The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-18
Harrison Was Nominated Ii Spits
of. ths Opposition o. Re-
publican States.
LESS Than Half His Votes Re-
osived From States That
#s3 He Gan Garry.
His Msjority was but Etehty-Two, In
ciadins l3e redsral Onice Holders
There Are Many sorshsAds.

time. His sickness deprived him Of taking
part II the battle. and any ons Who has
seem the Bald Eagle Of Westchsstsr at !
national convention of his party will rssd-
liz apprsoists his disappointment.
The fsw fsmaininR political sharps have
discussed ths prssidsnt,s nomination Ia Ill
4 il phases. They have done this calmly.
Some Of their rs6sctions and several inoi-
dents which occurred during the Rrsat bat
tle are worth recording. Il il painful 70
say 20, but now that the convention has
acted It 10 necessary 70 record the eonolus-
ions Of these thinkers and they are all to
ths effect that the convention, even ia its
vote, did not represent the majority ssnti-
msnt Of the republicans. OF that vote
Harrison received 535 l-6; necessary Tor !
choice, 453. Texas swung in twsnty- two
votes. and thus made The nomination Of the
president certain. Gov. Mckinley was
compelled TO Withdraw his motion II that
point to make the nomination BY acclama-
tion. The delegates from the remaining
states declared that they wanted their vote
recorded. In spite Of the fact that the
president was already nominated BY the
Texas vote, Virginia, Washington. Wiscon-
Columbia threw votes il opposition TO the
president. This 10 considered remarkable
featurs Of the proceedings,
The republicans are dissecting the vote Of
535 Is given for the president. They start
with Alabama. which threw fifteen votes for
Harrison, and point ous that Harrison lost
the stats in 1888 ~ 60. l2B; Arkansas. which
also gave him fifteen votes on Friday, was
lost TO him fonr years ago BY 1920; Cali
fornia. which gave him eight votes and
Blaine nine, was won BY him in 1883 By
7,OS7; Colorado. which gave It's solid vote
OF eight against him, he carried in 1888 BY
18, 207; Connecticut, which gave him four
votes and Mckinley eight, was lost to Har-
ris0n In 1883 BY 8S6; Delaware, which gave
him four votes he lost BY BAL; Florida,
which gavs him the solid delegation Of
him its twenty -six votes, hs lost ia 1883 "
6AOOO; Illinois, which gavs him thirty
four votes and Blaine foartcen. was
carried Tor Harrison in 1883 by
2lO4; Indiana gave the president it's entire
thirty votes. and the president carried his
Of the twenty-six votes, Harrison having
carried it four years ago by 81, ,O00:s Kansas
pumped in eleven votes for him and nine
for Blaine. The state Was carried by the
republicans in 1888 BY $1,000; Kentucky
gave tho president on Friday twenty-five
votes and Harrison lost the state in 1888
BY 26,0OO; Louisiana was evenly divided
between Harrison and Blaine. and Harri-
son lost the state in 1883 by $1,000; Maine,
which pumped in its twelve votes for
Blaine. was car led BY the republicans for
Harrison BY 28.00O; Maryland. which gave
ha5rison i5a5 To- fourteen votes, was lost BY him in
Massachusetts,, which gave him eighteen
votes and Mckinley eleven, was carried by
the republicans in 1883 by 1900; Michigan.
which in the convention gave Harrison
seven and Mckinley nineteen votes of the
delegation, was carried By the republicans
in 1883 by 1900; Minnesota, which gave
Harrison eight and Blaine nine votes, was
carried by the republicans in 1883 by Sc. COO;
Mississippi, which gave Harrison 1915 votes
and Blaine AZ, was lost by Harrison by 3d.
00O; Missouri, which gave Harrison twenty
eight votes Of its thirty-four. was lost by
him BY 25, 600; Nebraska gave him the solid
fifteen votes Of the delegation. Harrison
carried the state by 27O00; Nevada, which
gave its six votes TO Blaine, was carried by
the republicans in 1888 by 1900; New
Hampshite, which gave him four of it's
eight votes was won by tho republicans in
1883 BY 220OO; New Jersey, which gave him
eight of its ten votes. was lost to him by
1000; New York, which cast thirty i've
votes for Blaine, ten for Mckinley and
twenty -ssven for Ha, rison. wa ca ried by
the republicans in 1883 by 14,OOO; North
Carolina, which gave Harrison 11ss, or 80
per cent Of the delegation, WAS lost by Har-
rison by 1900.
Ohio, which swung forty five OF its forty
six votes for Mckinley. was carried by the
republicans in 1888 By Is. 200; 0 s0on, which
gave seven votes to Mckinley. 80 per cent
OF the delegation. Was carried BY the re-
publicans in 1883 BY 6.0O0: Pennsylvania,
vhrU untn fn A..t to- A.H
three for Blaine and nineteen for Harrison,
was carried by the republicans by 79, 600;
Rhode Island, which cast FIVE of its eight
votes for Ha rison, was carried by the re-
republicans in 1883 by 4.4OO; South Caro-
lima, which gave Harrison thirteen Of its
Tennessee, which gave him thirteen OF it's
twenty votes WAS Lost to him by $4,000;
Texas. which gave him twenty two Of its
thirty votes and secured him his nomina-
tion. was lost by him by $4,000; YER
mont gave him its eight votes. the re-
ain, which gave Harrison nineteen of it's
twenty four votes, WAS carried BY the re-
publicans in 1888 By q, 600
1t l6 thus apparent. say the experts when
looking over these figures, that the presi-
dents nomination was in opposition to the
wishes of a majority of the delegates repre-
senting states carried by the republicans in
1883.
To continue the analysis OF the vote tho
president received 259 and fraction VOTES
fiom states which wore carried against him
in 1888, while from the republican and
doubtful states he received 234 votes out OF
489. showing that 2b5 delegates, or ma
jority. were opposed to his nomination.
The remainder of the presidents vote is
made mp from the new states, whose votes
have never been recorded in national
fight. Then again. the critics point out
that Harrison received bet eighty-two votes