St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05


fight, il he were not Queered by his order
to shoot down the woIkingmen who
struck.
met Gen. Grover yesterday after
noon. He comes from Virginia. He
was for Harrison yesterday morning.
but was dazed at night. He is in con-
flict with Malone. and has the impress
sion that Il new man will be nominated
for the presidency. He shouts for Har-
rison, but he has no faith in what is TO
follow. Malone Will be here today; so
will the other antagonistic Harrison
men. but the thing is settled, and 1t Is
simply preliminarieS that are to be dis
cuSSed.
1t looks like a stupid convention be
cause there will not be fight enough to
make it interesting. Mr.. Blaine will
simply put the nomination in his pocket
and direct who shall have the second
place. If Gen. AIger's friends had any
discretion he could easily capture it.
lie has no faith in his own state
among most of the men who represent
him. Senator Stockbridge, who lives IN
a celery bed, is simply playing a blum
against the general condition. He is
not for Aiger and never was. The leath-
er-lunged orator from Kalamazoo, who
lives along the flats down by the river,
is still less for him. Julius Caesar Bur
rows was never for anybody but him
self, and he and fellow by the name or
Frazer represent the wind OF Michigan:
isn't it funny that this state should
have so much and yet so little?
Really there is nothing 10 say. You
can spin romanceS without limit, but the
personnel is settled.
"LittIe BreechcS'' FOrnker.
There is only one combat likely to Oc-
occur in the convention that Will attract
attention. a tall man with a white hat
reached the West house yesterday
morning. He is the significant feature
of the convention. This is eX-GoY. FOR
aker. The resignation Of Mr.. Blame
sort of deprives him OF his pyrotechnlcS.
Yet he went to his room after he had
signed his name on the register, and he
has been out of sight from that time TO
this, except 10 say that he is not dlS-
turbing himself about the presidential
nomination, because he regards the
matter as practically settled.
There are less than fifty men in this
convention who have been powers Tor
the last twenty-five years.
There are less than twenty men III
Minneapolis today who mean anything
in the higher newspaper life.
The town is full; but for place OF Its
size it is taking good care of the people
who are here.
There is 10 speculation except for the
second place on the ticket. Alger and
Jerry RuSk are the only two names, and
the real magic is for Rusk, because he
is considered to be sort of 1egatee OF
the Harrison administration, which. by
the way. collapsed so suddenly yeSter-
day afternoon that only few people
who are interested regard him as haV-
ing any chance. There are men who
have played in this feature Of politics
VINO do not quite like to be known. 1t
there were ever anything manifest III a
subtle game where men played each
other for fools, it was manifest last
night. The men who are opposing Gen.
Harrison have never for month dealt
without a sovereign in their hands.
They have known exactly what Mr..
Blaine intended to do, and he has fol
lowed his own purpose.
Always Wanted 1t.
There has never been an hour when n
Mr.. Blaine did not intend to be Cal
didate if his relations with the pre-
dent could be properly adjusted. Th.
was finished when he wrote his lett I
to ClarkSOn, but when the chairmaif
the national committee who succeed d
Quay expressed his opinion he kn "
what he was talking about. YesteE ay
there was a little weakening beca se
the Harrison men pretended to hav' Il
letter that Mr.. Blaine would not acc, pt
the nomination. l lost my nerve IN
that emphatic declaration, because.
could not reach the authority which hs s
played this game to the limit and woI.
The Harrison men do not give up the
fight; but the situation is so dreary with
them that they are not to be cOnSld-
cred. Mr.. Depew. who was heralded tC
present Harrison's name, just fixes him
self for the lecture which he is TO de-
liver tonight to the Swedes. Tom Plat
has nothing to say. lie is content with
the deal which the most abused man in
the United States has made without any
noise.
AS l imagine Quay tonight in his
room looking over the situation [ would
like to be like him. He is a curious
character. He hasn't any room here
His son Dick has 620 at the West house,
and the master Of politics is never there
except when he wants to be. The Penn