The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-08
NO DECISIVE GAIN.
The Feeling Growing More Bitter as Time
Goes On.

The Feeling Growing More Bitter as Time
| Goes On.
! MINNEAPOLIS, June 6-The sun goes down
without any decisive gain by either faction.
The Harrison managers have succeeded in
holding their delegates well in hand without
break. while on the other hand the Blaine side
has been reinforced by outside influence.
HencefOrth the shouting for the plumed knight
| is likely to become more and more viciferous
and is expected to give tone to the crowd in
the hall. The Blaine managers hope this pop
ular demonstration wall serve as an excuse for
some of the delegates instructed for Harrison
to break away and vote for Blaine. There is
no doubt that the president has an advantage
on the instructions. which bind minority,
whose choice would be the man from Maine.
! The situation is embarrassing to all such.
Take the delegation from Iowa as an example.
The state is Blaine state and yet majority of
the delegation will vote for Harrison. This is
explained by Mr.. Wheeler, who headed the
ticket for governor, to be due to the supposi-
ton that Mr. Blaine would not be a candidate
and the management being left to those not
heretofore active, care was taken to select those
| friendly to the administration. This has been
interpreted to mean a rebuke to Mr.. Clerkson-
G mistake which was emphatically corrected
today on the unanimous reelection of Mr.
Clarkson to represent the state on the national
! committee.
How About Illinois?
Then there is the Illinois delegation, which
is understood to be thirty-two for Harrison to
sixteen for Blaine-a larger number for the lat
ter than was at first supposed Mr. Raymond
and two district delegates refuse to be bound
By instructions. which they claim were given
them when the conditions were different and
when it was supposed that Blaine would not
| allow his name to be used. They feel absolved
by the change and claim that they have a right
/ to judge OF their duty in their relations to
their constituents. George b. Swift, another
Blaine friend In the Illinois delegation con-
stTues his obligation differently. He will fol-
| low his instructions and vote for Harrison,
although he would prefer to vote for Blaine.
| Sheriff James II. Gilbert of Chicago will do
the same. but il the president should fail OF
nomination on the first ballot Mr.. Gilbert
would be likely to change to Blaine. There
are others in other delegations who would also
change after ballot. The Harrison managers
clearly understand this danger aud they are
/ displaying frst-class peneralship in keepin0
| their forces pledged to vote for the president
| frst. They confidently count on a nomination
| on the first ballot and the figures they exhibit
confirmed by information from other
/ sources.
There is not doubt that if the convention
were to reach a vote tomorrow Mr.. Harrison
would win. The outspoken support OF Chaun.
cey n. Depew. Gen. Horace Porter. Governor
| Mckinley and Senator Sherman has been the
chief factor after all in keeping a majority Of
the delegates in support of the president. All
except the senator have been heretofore active
| friends Of Blaine, known all of men to
a
/ wide reputation are force that cannot
/ be over-estmated in a contest OF this
kind. The Blaine people appreciate this,
and while showing no signs of dis
/ couragement they seeking to defeat
majority vote on the first ballot Their policy
] Is TO bring some favorIte sons into the field and
| thus divide the vote. They give out that the
/ decision of the Michigan delegates 10 present
the name of Alger is favorable to their plan.
But this the Harrison managers deny. The
/ managers of the Michigan delegation
/ probably mixed. Ex-senator Palmer is friendly
to Harrison and his influence is neutralized by
| the support of a Michigan man. Senators Nc
/ MILAN and Stockbridge advised the presenta-
ton Of Algers name.
Dark Horse Tnlk.
Several delegates argue that the fight be-
tween Harrison and Blaine renders the selec-
tion of a third man a necessity and Michigan
will stand a chance. The number advising the
selection of a candidate not involved in the
factional contest is increasing. The names
most frequently heard are Sherman and No
Kinley. Give us Mckinley" said Colorado
| man. "a winning ticket" said another
would be Sherman and Gresham" Another
combination is Sherman and Reid, late minis
ter to France. A proposition has been made
| to New York to drop both Blaine and Hsrri-
son and select either Sherman, Rusk or
| Cullom.
An attempt to poll the Illinois delegation
| today failed. The stood 20 to q
but this was not regarded as significant. as
the delegation was not full and Mr. Kohlsaat
| and another Harrison delegate voted in the
negative. But any test of strength on side
| issues is sure 10 be injurious to the Harrison
side, as many instructed delegates will not con-
strue their instructions as covering everything.
Therefore the threat OF Harrison men to appeal
! from the decisions of the national committee
| in contested cases would be a dangerous pro-
| ceeding.
Each faction keeps its mathematician who is
| prepared at all times TO convince The doubling
delegates of the certainty OF the success Of each
| candidate. The highest claim for Harrison is
541 votes out of total of 902. Two oonserva-
tive estimates one from each side, give the fol-
lowing results:
These estimates, deemed conservative by
each side, give widely divergent results. The
figures are placed side by side for easy com
parison:
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