Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-09

Ger the hr5t lew minutes, during which
cries of louder" were raised, also ap-
| peared to reach TO the rcnotest corners Of
| the vast auditorium.
Governor Mckinley Of Ohio was billed
| for an opening speech and ten or twelve
Ai"hnrntc musical. numbers. each. good-fo-
| twenty minutes or more, were to follow.
At the end of oil this Mr., Depew was put
down for dedicatorY address Governor
Mckinney failed to appear and fortu-
no musical program was not car
| r.ld out arranged so thee Mr. Depcyv
| was able to make his address early. lie
| was introduc ed by Governor Merriam. In
| opening he paid a tribute to the hall w
saying that lie had seen the efforts Of
| places much larger than Minneapolis to
accommodate convention, but this was
the first hall he had ever been in that
| would take care of them all
The political passages Of Mr.. Depew's
| speech were accompanied by most signi1-
cant demonstrations After he had run
through the list of "favOrite sons" each
receiving "A scanty measure OF applause,
he reserved to the last the names of Blaina
and Harrison as belonging, not TO the
state but to the nation, his point was an
ticlpated. a voice in the gallery cried;
"Biaine," and such aStunultuous burst Of
cheering arose that the orator was COM
PEELED to malt. Then he delivered his
eulogy of Blaine, and followed it with an
equally graceful panegyric on Harrison
as 1.-THE man on the record OF whose ade
ministraton any candidate must run and
win or be defeated
Once more the cheers broke out I'M
tumultuous volume and it was hard ta
say which received the greater portion q
approval. At the close Of Mr.. Deoew's
SpDprb tbarN iCttJ r,Ii- f., T,r
and Ingalls,, but as neither responded tn.
musical program was rendered and thu
exercises were brought to most satisfacs
tory ending.
National Committee Meeting.
The skirmshing for place by the Blaine
and Harrison leaders in connection with
the temporary Organization of the conven.
tion was brought to a close in the national
committee. The first business entered On
was that Of the election OF temporary
chairman. The Harrison men had iinal!y
| centerc1 upon Senator Cullom Of Illinois.
General Horace Porter of New Yor. hav,
ing declined to permit the use of his name.
| Mr.. Fassett after having announced thar
he would not be q candidate for the posie
tiOn, was induced to reconsider his des
termination at the request of the New
| York delegation, and early in the dav il
was understood that he would be the cam
did8te of the Blaine forces. 4. II. Dwight,
who held the proxy for Mr. Fassett pu5
him in nomination. Mr.. Clarkson. Mr.
Quay, Mr. Payne of Wisconsin, Mr.. Chase
Of Rhode Island aud Mr.. Conser spoke for
| Fassett, Senator Cullom was put in nom
ination by the Harrison men, Mr. Carey Of
Wyoming making the nominating speech.
Mr.. Evans of Minnesota, Mir. Bradley of
Vermont and Governor Mellette of South
Dakotai seconding the nomination. Ths
states voting for Fassett were:
Alabama, California, Colorado, Connec-
ticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho.
Iowa, Kansas. Louisiana, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan. Missouri, Nevada,
New York. New Mexico, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, penusylvae
MIA, Rhode Island, South Carolina Utah,
Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin
total G3.
The states voting for Senator Cullo.u
were; Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, KcatuckT
Maryland, Minnesota Mississippi Mon.
taua, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, Oklahoma, south Dakota, Ten
nessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and
Wyoming-total Il.
This was the first test vote. The lines be,
tween the Blaine and Harrison men wers
strictly drawn and revealed the fact that
previous claims of both sides were some,
what exaggerated. \ sub. committee was
then appointed to select the other ollicers
for the temporary organization.
Mckinley as a Dark Horse.
Since the arrival of Governor Mckinley,
dark horse talk has suddenly assumed
great proportions, and the name Of
Mckinley is on every tongue \ pri.
vate letter from prominent OhiG
Republican TO the Harrison men said
there was plan on foot to nom
mate Mckinley if the issue should not 10
settled on the first ballot. The Indiana
people went 10 Governor Mckinley and
asked him what be would do about the
matter. The governor assured them that
if they wished he would rise in the coa-
venton and ask the delegates from Ohio
not to vote for him. Notwithstanding
this assurance, talk about Mckinley is
heard everywhere, The dark horse move
ment has brought out the other minor
candidates again, and the talk in political
headquarters is "Blaine or Harrison on
the first ballot or a dark horse" Senator
Cullom has heard the uutteriug OF the
storm and his lightning rod is in position.
Word has gone out among his frienGs
that If Harrison is not nominated on the
first ballot he would like to have tha
Illinois vote thrown to him on the second.
Out Of this probably arose the story chat
Senator Cullom had n letter in his pocket
from the president authorizing tho wthe
drawal Cf his name on the second ballot,
The Allison and Rusk booms gathered
strength and even the Alger boom was
galvanized into something Ike activity.
sIahonu rs for IsI.rne.
The Virgin il delegation came in on c
special Pullman Sunday. Among them
were General Malone aud his son, Butler.
General Malone is strongly anti Harrison
and says: by the eternal, Blaine is ths
man" The delegation viii hold meet
ing for organization, and the main qucs-
tion TO consider is shall tho unit rule pre-.
vail. AT present the delegation stands 10
certain for Blaine and for Harrison, or
non-committal. General Mahoue is at the
head of the delegation and viii be made
chairman. General Mahone, in a shore
talk with United Press reporter saitit
There will be no complimentary votes