Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-05
rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
MINNEAPOLIS, June AT midnight
yesterday the Harrison managers were
tired after four days work, most of it
thrown away upon unofficial arrivals Some
of them were out of temper, and one or
two wanted to fight The general respect
able citizen element which followed Har-
rison looked askant upon this behavior. A
smothered rage against Blaine BODIED no
good to party nominations, and strength
ened the hope of some quiet persons that in
collusion of the two main leaders q COM
promise quantity might be found.
The importance of the National Commit
tee was a subject of comment. Those per-
sons have q system of continuing themselves
and then nominating the candidate in ad-
vance. Of q leading person in this regard
it was said how he lived was a matter of his
friends, as he had been some time out of
employment
In the East and central parts of the
country defections in unexpected quarters
were found to Mr.. Blaine. The rottenness
of the Northwestern delegations of Harri-
son was apparent One of the prominent
delegates of Nebraska said to me: "Four
of us are tied up with instructions for Har-
rison, pressed upon us by his oficeholders,
but the delegation is for Blaine, because we
know well that Harrison can't carry one
State in the Northwest The elections
which have taken place since his term began
are, much as anything, expressive of the
opposition the frontiersmen attach to his
Wall street conversion.
Strength of Blaine and Ku.k
''The only men high in the Government
who have not exposed their Wall street
banks have been Blaine and Rusk. With
Blaine we can carry every State of the
Northwest 1t only remains to be seen
how much the true intentions Of our dele
cations will be made manifest. Harrison's
son has father-in-law in Nebraska former
ly Senator, and himself and oficeholders
tried to keep down the amative propensi-
ties of Utah. Nevertheless, Nebraska
and Kansas, like the Dakotas. and Mime
sofa, and Wisconsin, and Michigan and
Iowa, are heartfelt for Blaine"
The speaker was an old friend of Will
lam b. Seward, and he said: eff your
Northwest will not hold for the Republican
ticket there is no sense nominating it. Itell
you, they will not 60 for Harrison, and they
will go for Blaine. The next point to look
out for is New York State. Repeated cleo
tions there have shown us since Harrison
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has shifted his patronage around to concur
with the nominations, and has been de-
feated. The probabilities of the nomination
indicate that New York requires man who
will take of that vote which this year prob
ably does not want to support the Demo-
cratic nominee. Wherever there is Demo-
cratic disafection the nomination Of Blaine
is hoped 1t looks to me like Pierce's ad-
ministration, or Buchanan's, to see these
trading carpet-baggers and saleable negroes,
sent drilled and badged to Minneapolis to
renominate the President"
Liable to Shift to Harrison.
Nevertheless, it occurred to me that if
this gentleman was particular about con-
cealing his name, that perhaps the Har-
I1sOultes AuiSut Bek LIS NOtt.
A railroad man, who has for years been
the friend of the President and his family,
took me aside and said mildly: "Don't YOU
hope the President will be renominated?
He is good man. know him well, and
he is an honorable person. He is not going
to visit his indignation en- those persons
who have not supported him. He believes,
as politician, in fair division. They say
he cannot be elected. 1 am sure he can
and know pretty well what speak Of The
fact that the delegation is from Indiana is
indicative of the sentiment of the State
which went for him before. think his
prospects to carry New York are better
than they were four years ago. The bust
ness class has confidence in him. Surely it
ought to be easier to elect him now than
when he was an unknown quantity and had
received his nomination as the result of q
compromise"
Peunsylvanian's Ideas.
Said I: 'Pennsylvania, where you live,
is a good Republican State. How does that |
stand?"
II don't know" was the reply, "as to |
the holding of the delegation, but the best |
men there, many of them hitherto Blaine
men, are tor Harrison, such as Hamilton |
Disston. Let me introduce you to person |
who knows all about the politics of West
ern Pennsylvania"
He brought up an authority from Pitts
burg, who said: eff Blaine is in the fight
there are about six votes in the Pennsyl-
vania delegation against Blaine. If Blaine
is not in the field 1 think there may, l5 or 16 |
votes for Harrison"
"Then Blaine will get the bulk of the
delegation if be is runningp"
"Yes, that is the understanding. But the
Blaine wave is not running as high in
as it was two or three years
ago. doubt whether Pittsburg to-day is a
Blaine city, though so close to Blaine's
birth place Our manufacturing interests
feel that Harrison is discreet guardian of
Them"
'1s Magee for Harrison?"
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