Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-07
DARK HORSE PROSPECTS.
The Michigan Delegation Reafiirms Its
Allegiance TO the Wolverine Candi date
mckinley stu for the President.


Mckinley Stiu for the President.
/ MINNEAPoLIs, MINI. June ct is esti-
mated by those who are making a careful
poll OF the delegations that nine-tenJhs Of
I tue delegates who are 10 occupy seats IN to-
/ morrOW's convention are IN the city to-
night, and therefore the eXtravagant claims
I OF everything i'm sight and in the future,
which have characterized the pretenSions
| of the leaders of both factions for the past
/ three days, We're supplanted to-day by as
/ siduous LABOR in the energetic attempt 10
/ verify as far as possible all their past
/ claims.
Every passing hour only tends to more
/ and more convince the casual observer that
/ the contest is 70 be bitter, and the presence
| of the large number of delegates in the city
aud the meetings of the various State
/ delegations to-day, gave an opportunity Of
/ ascertaining the relative strength Of
/ Blaine and Harrison In each OF the delega-
I tiOns.
In a general way it shows that Blaine
/ has gained in the East and in the extreme
I West. but that Harrison has more than
/ held his own in the most of the lake states
and the region between the Rockies and
| the Alleghenies.
The question now which is the subject Of
most speculation is, how many candidates
are there 70 be in the field. The leaders Of
| both the Blaine and Harrison forces have
| been proceeding upon the presumption
/ that Michigan will not present the name
I of Alger and that the field Will be lett
clear 10 the two great competitors. They
felt that as very close relation existed
between the Blaine leaders and the man
a~ers of General Alger, the latter would
retire
The action Of the Michigan delegation
to-day in reasserting their loyalty TO the
| Wolverine candidate seems, however, to in
dicate that this presumption is unwar-
ranted. Indeed, the Alger managers are
tonight claiming sixty votes for their can
Cidate. maintaining that in addition 10 the
support OF Michigan, ne will receive many
votes from the West and South.
The events of the Gay have tended TO in
crease the animOSity which has been con-
stautlv brewing between the TWO factions.
Heated arguments between individuals
have resulted in personal encounters dur
Ing the day, and once or twice it seemed as
though a small sized riot might be preclp-
itated.
Througout the day. when occasion offer
ed, a most intense feeling was manifested
bv the two Indiana factions toward each
other and it is feared by the conservative
leaders that much bad feeling has been
aroused which will require counsel and
Cancellation between now anu eleCtlOn uay
10 allay. It is observed that the managers
of the rival factions are growing colder and
colder toward each other and that many Of
/ these prominent leaders do not speak 10
their fellow Republicans as they meet in
the corridors.
10 is believed that the result viii be de-
cided upOn the first ballot. Despite these
/ conclusions of the great majority, however.
/ there are hundreds of Republicans in the
/ city today, scores and scores Of whom are
delegates. who are whispering that the
/ success OF the party next November lies in
I dropping both Blaine and Harrison and
taking 10 third man who has not been
actively identified with either faction.
As usual, Mckinley is the name most
/ frequently mentioned but the Governor
himself deprecates any suggestions Of him
! self as a compromise candidate and relter-
| ates his allegiance to President Harrison.
In the point OF popular enthusiasm Blaine
/ had the best of il to-day. The arrival Of
the Fl. Wayne, Ind, Blaine Club, the
/ Young Mems Blaine Club, Of Cincinnati,
/ and certain Blaine delegations from the
/ Far West were made the occasion OF sue
/ cessive demonstrations in behalf OF the ex-
| Secretary OF State.
The Blaine badges. blue bottoms and
other insignia OF the Blaine movement are
also seen on every hand, but the delegates
| to the convention, for the most part, dis
play no outward evidences OF their ailegi-
ance.