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UNITED STATE I.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION..


Murat Halstead, the famous editor,
is writing special dispatches from
to the Chronicle. In
one he says he claims to be an expert
in national conventions, as he began
that special service in 1856, report
ing the Buchanan convention in Gin
cinnati and the Fremont convention
in Philadelphia. With all his exper-
fence, however, he has never met
with anything like the honest and
hard-headed disputes, now going on
at Minneapolis, as to the standing of
the delegations of the several States
with respect TO candidates in the Re-
publican convention.
A press despatch says the Blaine
men have won the preliminary Skin
mish and will control the organiza-
ton of the convention.
The Harrison advocates have never
stopped working for an instant and
claim to have absolute confidence in
their ability to nominate Harrison on
the first ballot, but the figures given
out are not those locked up in head
quarters. They are deceiving and
are in many cases juggled about so
as to deceive the other side with res
pect to the standing of several States.
A State politician, however, who
has spent two days in making can
vass, says that he cannot find more
than 425 votes for Harrison on the
first ballot, and that, he says, is
liberal. Senator Hansbrough, who
is considered good guesser, says
that by tonight the Harrison boom
will have evaporated and that the
selection of a Blaine temporary chair
man, when it is accomplished, will
take the starch out of the Presidents
friends and they will be unable to fix
on third man.
The Harrison men nave not taken
pains to deny stories that they lost
during yesterday and that Blaine has
gained. They laid in a general way
that they were stronger than ever last
night, but when confronted with a
poll of the States they said the fig
ures were cooked to order" Per-
haps they were, but there is no doubt
in the cases of Illinois and Virginia,
where great and unexpected gains
were made. Cullom's defeat for
temporary chairman makes the case
of Illinois still more alarming for the
supporters of the administration, as
it is difficult to keep following for
beaten man. The only gain mem
| toned for Harrison is three in Kan
| sas, where there are several good
Federal positions soon to be given
! out.
BLAINE RESIGNS FROM THE sECRETA
RYsHIP OF STATE.
Secretary Blaine rendered his res
ignation to the President on June 4 +,
in the following letter:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, ID. c., June 4, '92.
To the President:
respectfully beg leave to submit
my resignation of the office of Sec
retaiy of State of the United States,
to which / was appointed by you on
the 9th Of March, 1889. The con-
dtion of public business in the De-
partment of State justiies me in re-
questing that my resignation may be
accepted Immediately.
/ have the honor to be, very re-
spectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
To this the President made the fol-
lowing reply:
Executive Mansion, Washington, ID.
c., June 4, 1992.-To the Secretary
of State: Your letter of This date
rendering your resignation of the
office of Secretary OF State of the
United States has been received.
The terms in which you state your
desires are such as to leave me no
choice but to accede to your wishes
at once. Your resignation is there
fore accepted. Very respectfully
| yours, BENJAMIN HARRISON.
To Hon. James @. Blaine.
From undeniable authority some
interesting facts connected with the
resignation are CLEANED. They show
that the President was as greatly
surprised as anybody, and had no
knowledge whatever of Mr.. Blaine s
contemplated action before reading
the Secretary's letter. 1t appears
that Congressman Boutelle of Maine
called at Mr.. Baine's house the pre-
vious evening before leaving for
Minneapolis, and the two remained
closeted until within fifteen minutes
of the time of the departure of the
train. What was said is not known,
but this much has been asccrtained
On the way to the train Boutells
stopped his cab at the telegraph Of
flee and sent telegram to Charles
Littlefield, chairman of the Maine
delegation, as follows; "It's al
right-Blaine will accept"
I MCKINLEY THE DARK HORSE.
There are few men in Minneapo
lis not the greatest politicians it i
true, but still of considerable in
fluence who have been secretly