Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-03
Preferences Divided Between harr''O"
and Blaiue.-Algcr Men
Confident, Too.
,,.sKsoN SAYS BLAINE WILL oe
noMinArso.
n,uev,s DeelTatlor.--A Sensational
Ipeiden,.-r he Formation
OF the Platform.
p,a.rsnt opinions a- 10 'he Result "'
an. uIournpoIis Convention

n,o.,,ut opinions NJ 90 the He-uit "'
,he Minneapolis Convention.
utSSEAPoi.Is, June 2.--Ail day the
,,bbi,s NJ the West Hotel Wei.
,t,onped with Republican leaders oil
y.,ional reputation, aud each has
,,,ng personal candidate for TIE
etr.ileicy. Thus men Of acknowl'
Ia poiitlcal aslutcness dliier dia-
s,stfleaIly a. 10 predictions OF tue re.
alts of the convention aud, while INC
trlefeuccs are genernlly diVidvu be-
iseen Harrison aud Bl'inei an Anger
,s,n appears from time TO time wan u
eonfldrnt prediction that Michigan
viii ultimately come To the 'front.'
Blaiue aud Harrison managers botli
suiyed this morning, and Tho con.
adenre which tho solfcobntluted
Hi,lne boomers announced that he
vsuld accept the nomination " '&'
tended 10 him aud the calm Assurance
NTH which they arc prosecuting tie
contest has suddenly given u serious
mes 10 the Blaine movement, anu
,olItlclana are directing attention 10
I'M an.lyels Of the probable vote " the
ys,imls state delegations. in the
matter Of figures the Harrison man
sr,r. rolnt to tho States which
lave given instructions for the
President and cite assurances OF
,upp,rt they claim ito be daily
receiving. The Blaine people give no
details, hnl claim about everything In
ssht, Hon. John &. New VI Indiana
4 leading The Harmon people, and
Hon. James Clarkson IA recognized as
the Blaine lender, with lellow-w orkvtH
In tho persons OF Hon. Henry O..
PAYNE Of Wisconsin, Colonel a. >,
Conger Of Ohio and Others, while Now
has ilr lltutenants John X. dOwdy,
chairman OF tho Rcpu blican State
committee, NJ. 4. Llghtner Of South
DAKOTA, delegate. General l.. n.
Mi,chner, Indiana; his law partner,
W. W. Dudley, eX-Se uator John q,
Bpooncr, Wisconsin, and number Of
others. The Indianians assert there Is
complete harmony In the delegation,
aud Harrisons will receive the
unanlmous vote OF Indiana. General
New h emphatic Ia the assertion that
blaine u not In the race. He said II
would be an insult to Blaine's man
hood aud integrity to assume that he
Has uiiiug when he wrote the letter
o, doelination.
THE CONTEST BEGUN.
The contest for the nomination IL
fairly begun. Both parties now have
htAdquartors In active operation.
Nearly hundred politiclans Of more
OF les Prominence ap taking part In
the cAucualDg. Chairman j. =.
Clafkson hendst"e Blaine forces. Hon.
John @. New Of indianapolis heads
lbe Harrison phalanx.
CARLSON reiterated his statement
that Blaine would bo nominated on
the I'm, ballot and would accept, He
declared the slatement that Harrison
has $50 votes to be "indiAnn poetry
AMI says Blaine will have 900, HarTi-
ton hall IN many.
New, ON the other hand, stands on
The ground that Blam. meant II when
hc declined 10 run for tue place. He
announced that Harrison would be
placed In nomination by Chguncey NJ.
lapew, aud Hon. II. w. Thompson Of
ladiAna, ex.secretary OF the navy,
would second tho nomination. Now
N.Y..
81 am lOoklrg for no important oppo.
.tion to Harrison's denomination.
what little opposition there IL cannot
nnlte. We already have majority OF
Tue delegates pledged and win nomi-
hA,e our man on the first ballot"
Clnrkson says that on the first bal
lot Blaine will have over 600 delegates
aud Harrison less than half that num-
Der.
Harrison In not unpopuIar,o fald
Clarkson, "but the people Of tho coun.
ny have decided that the oest interests
Ol me party VIII be sutservod by the
hcmlnauOu OF sOme other man. In my
judgment forty or moro OF the New
ioik delegation are opposed TO tho
iftaldenps denomination aud sixty Of
'lem Will yotn for hinlne.D
Governor Mckinley IN tho candidate
o. Tue Harrison men for permanent
chairman Of the convention.
TX Senator j, e. SpOonerof Wiscon.
80 Announces his preference for HaT-
Hson aud does not see how Blaine can
aecepl tho nomination In any event
unle'' II comes to him unanimously.
ahE MIoIIGAg DELEGATION WANTS
ALuEH
lai second place IN tho event Of
hiaine's nomination, and foi first place
IN ease Blaine declines.
II IA declared that Chauncey NJ.
urpew said last night that having nj.
Ways been a Blaine man ha was on.
atel TO receive AN intimntlon II there
- any intention on the part OF
nlalne TO be u candidate, and having
terlvei no such intimatlon he hal
,rAkeh the letter TO Clarkson M final.
ihls had u slight tendency toward
iAmpeniDg the ardor Of the Blaine
..omera. Depew'a position was ad-
nlted 10 DO u strong one, but was com.
uuMlel by the assertion that although
nia'no was not u candidate the party
WI nominate him aud lac will show
'Vellence to his party.
ONE OF TiIE SENSATIONAL Incl.
DENTS
Nuay was the receipt Of q telegram
mlhonncing that J.. Manchester
heyhus OF Maine, u member Of tbs
thauonal committee, had resigned and
US place filled by the election OF
'ot.ph II. Manley, one VI the most
Hustei friends Of Blaine.
Although accommodations were
mmale by Secretary Of the Interior
NeOle, word was received that he will
10y attend the convention. IL is pre-.
,uhleu ht did not desire TO subject lii.