The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-08
MILLIONS At STAKE.

A telegram from MINNEAPOLIS. under date
Of the eth inst, contains tie following,
which viii bear repeating:
Matt Quay and the coterie Of bosses who stand
with him are making Oh fight Of their lives. 1t
is a battle royal. IN which the prize Is greater
than any patTy crown Oh earth, ana, realizing
this, GARRISON, Fliey, Pllt., Foraker and the
gang are standing back TO back 10 slash away
with a vengeance.
They have realized since early yesterday morn
ing that the Harrison men we're strong and dog
Gedly confident and that all efforts to sweep
them into the Blaine column have been Unayail-
ing. That is the rock upon which they have
struck aud upon which they fear their boat viii
60 10 pieces.
United States Senators. Representatives 10
Congress, agents OF great corporations hustlers
and boomers Of all kinds are working like a
house aire and shouting themselves hOaTse In
The interest Of the late premier.
They are out by day aud By tight, and are
rounding up delegates as fast as they can find
th m, but, some way or another they are not
making tie progress they had hoped.
Why u Is no one seems quite able 10 under
stand, and II friends Of Blaine are beginning
TO wonder why II Is that tie old name has lost its
magical charm.
We notice the above paragraph from
Minneapolis TO point out the fact that
the bosses are working to defeat the
nomination OF General Harrison. We see
also that one Of our bosses is at Mime
apolis. Iuasmueh as this last named indi-
yidual from San Francisco has heretofore
worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, we suppose he is at Minneapolis
10 assist that organization if possible. II
seems that a few of the large corporations
have been dispeased with some of the acts of
President Harrison. Notably this is the case
with the Central and Union Pacific railroads.
During the next administration, in all prob
ability, the claims against these two COM
panies will come before Congress for settle
ment, but the companies do not want such
a man as General Harrison for President.
The CALI. does not know that Mr. Blaine
would be any more likely to assist the two
railroad companies IN defrauding the Gov
eminent out Of its claims, for we are not
quite sure that the railroad companies want
Blaine for President They may be only
playing with his candidacy in order 70 Oh
tain some person who will favor them. 1t
is a bad indication, however, when bosses
great and small hover about the convention
and work for any particular candidate.
Then it Will be borne in mind that the rail-
road delegation which went to Chicago four
years ago we're frantic for the nomination
of Blaine. As we have said before the
name of Blaine may be played with by the
corporations In order to defeat General
Harrison and to secure the nomination of
some more pliable candidate 1t is one
thing to nominate a candidate, but quite
another to elect him. In case Blaine should
be nominated could he be elected2 In the
history Of the United States thus far no de-
feated candidate has been a second time
nominated and elected. Would Blaine be
an exceptions From present indications a
candidate taken up and supported by the
corporations and bosses would be defeated.
It is a question if the vote in as strong a
Republican State as California would be
certain. Then how would it be in other
States, say in Indiana? And what assur-
ance have we that Blaine would run any
better in a canvass before the people than
lie did in 1884, when he was defeated by
Cleveland2 1t does not seem possible that
the convention at Minneapolis will nomi-
nate Blaine, for the members must realize
the situation. ills sad however, that some
of thedelegateS from the Southern States are
open to the persuasive eloquence of money.
which will answer a purpose even if 1t does
come from large corporations. Altogether