The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-02
OFF TO The NORTHWEST
Washington Deserted and Minne-
apoIis Filling Up Rapidly.
FLOWERS SIGNIFICANT PHRASE.
The Albany "Evening Journal" Tells
How tho states peiegstiov. Stands
Piatt Says He'll Wear Rubbers II He
Comes Hons beaten.

WASHINGTON, JUNO S-W asnlnRtOn Is
being rapidly depopulated Of her Repub-
lican politicians More than half of those
in both houses of Congress will be on the
way to Minneapolis within twenty-four
hours. A score or more of newspaper
men have started to the northwest and a
special train of correspondents carrying
over 100 Of the leading press representa-
tives will leave at midnight over the
Pennsylvania line.
A Republican senator Is authority for
the statement that a personal friend called
at the Blaine residence TO obtain some in
formation relative to the proposed none
tary conference. and In the course OF the
conversation reference was made to a re-
port circulated in administration circles
to-day that Mr.. Blaine intended to send a
communication to his friends at Minnea-
polls relative to the Presidential nomina-
tion.
He positively declined to follow the ex-
ample set by the President and other
an interview, but he said-and much is
made OF the saying:
"You may say that will neither write
letter nor send telegram to the mana
gers of the Minneapolis Convention
Flower Was Indiscrcet.
WATERTowN, n. Y, June 2.-When the
Governor was asked what he thought of
the Syracuse convention, ex-Lieut. Gov
Allen c. Beach replied for him, saying
that they did not take enough stock in it
TO read the proceedings.
Gov. Flower says he will accompany the
Hill delegation to the Chicago Conven-
ton. Speaking OF his visit with the Pres
ident at Rochester, Gov. Flower said that
he anmired President Harrison. Mr..
Beach said that IL Mr.. Blaine was nom-
mated with. Harrison friendly to him.
that he would carry almost every State
in the Union. aud the Governor acquiesced
in this opinion.
How New York Stands.
ALBANY, June 2--The Euening Journal
divides the Harrison ana Blaine men in
the State delegation as follows:
For Harrison--Frank Hiscock, delegate
at large; Second district, X. A. Sharkey.
&. A. Moore; Fourth, Il. B Willis, j. j.
Schlusser; Fifth, Joseph Benjamin, G. T.
Hepp; Eighth, HeEaee Porter; -NiHtA,
M. Patterson: Tenth, S. V. X. Cruger,
William Kenkel; Twelfth, Col Elliott f.
Shepard; Seventeenth, G.. III. Sharpe;
Eighteenth, j. A. Quackenbush; Nine
teenth, John A. Sleichter; Twenty first,
L. c. 0'Brien; Twenty fifth, w. b. Cogs-
well, Rufus L. Peck.
For Blaine--Thomas c. Platt, Warner
Miller, Chauncey NJ. Depew. Delegates
at-large: First district, CARL c. Burr, b.
II. Warford; third, j. Nichols, Z. b. Bart
lett; sixth, j. +. Milholland, II. o. Ar
mour; seventh, j. ID. Lawson, q. III. Muir
ray: eighth, Samuel Thomas; ninth.
George Hillyard; eleventh, +. S. Gibbs,
Sheridan Shook; twelfth, William Brook
field; thirteenth. ID. 4. Porter, John
Reisenweber; fourteenth, ii. w. Bobert-
son, j. w. Hustled; fifteenth, I. w.
Bradley, Clarence Lexow; sixteenth, l. f..
Payn, w. II. Mase; seventeenth, j. Leroy
Jacobs eighteenth, II. q. Burleigh
nineteenth, Thomas Austin; twentieth,
John Sanford, III. j. Donaldson; twenty
first, +. s. Withefbee, twenty-second,
+. S. Goodale. q. 4. Sanford; twenty
third, j. 5. Sherman, V. Lansing Waters;
twenty-fourth, III. ). Munger. Hobart
Krum twenty-sixth, Edmund OCon-
nor, A. j. Decker twenty j. w.
Dunwell, 6: w. Allen twenty-eighth, j.
$. Fassett, j. w. Dwight; twenty ninth,
NJ. +. Sheppard, Il. d. Sherwood thir-
first, n. S. Beardslee, w. c. Watson
thirty-second, j. l.. Williams, Philip
Becker; thirty-third, N. V. V. Franchat,
John McEwen.
Plat and His Rubbers.
NEW YORK June 2.-Ex-Senator Thomas
c. Platt left the city by the Pennsylvania
railroad at $40 p. M. last evening on his
way to Minneapolis. When questioned
just before the train pulled out the ex-
Senator said:
"In my opinion Mr.. Blaine will be
nominated to a certainty"
ION the first ballot i''
"Of course. You don't suppose 1t will
take more than one ballot to nominate