Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-09

The latest news from Minneapolis has evil
IDENTIFY made no change in the opinion Of Secre-
tary Elkins. He is credited with having made
the following prediction today:
THAT Blaine's name will not be presented to
the convention and that Harrison will be nomi-
mated without serious opposition"
GARRISON KEEPING HIS CONTRACT.
"Clarkson is holding up his end of the con-
tract" said Minneapolis man, who. through
some strange dispensation, is not In Minneapo-
lis inst now.
what is the contrsct?" queried a STAR re-
porter.
HE promised the Minneapolis committee tina,
the convention should be in session not less than
four days" was the reply. you see," con-
tlnued the talker from the northwest, "the
people Of Minneapolis raised fund Of 800. 00O
the same to be used in looking after the ma
uonal committee and securing the general COM
fort and welfare Of the mob Of visitors. Now,
$lOO,O00 Is a big sum Of money, and while
our people are liberal they do not throw their
cash into the Mississippi. The street railroad
folks (who walk around under one hat and are
known as Tom Lowry. the hotel keepers and
the conductors of minor hasheries want to
gather in a few crumbs of the loaf they threw
upon the political waters and with a hasty con-
vention this would not be possible Chair
man GARRISON promised us that he would do his
best to hold the multitude, and he seems to be O
success as a holder"
NO LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
There has been no break in the confidence al
the White House. From the beginning Of the
struggle-for it is admitted that there has been
and still is more or less strife
the President and his friends have always
insisted that nothing but a denomination was
possible. Today,s news bears out the prophecy
with remarkable force. kilograms are coming
| In right along, and it is said that all of them
are filed with information of the
most satisfactory description. Throughout the
morning there have been numerous conferences
| between the President and the members Of his
cabinet, but there has been no appearance OF
nervousness, no evidence of even the slight
est nneaslness- Secretary Elkins over from
the department before 10 o'clock and there fol
lowed him Secretary Noble Postmaster General
Wanamaker and Attorney General Miller. All
Of these had more or less news in their posses
sion and these crumbs of comfort they swallowed
greedily, washing down the welcome morsels
with draughts from the ever-fowing fount OF
pleasing fact that trickles into the PRESIDENT
Office from Minneapolis.
EXPECTS NOMINATION on THE FIRST BALLOT.
II the impression prevalent in the more pub
lie portions of the Executive Mansion is reflex
Of Gen. Harrison's feeling then il would seem
must have received reliable information
to the effect that Mr.. Blaine il
really out Of the question. How thii
came or how real it is has not been divulged
but the assertion is freely made that Mr.. Blaine
name win not be officially mentioned in the
convention. With that as a basis
everybody in the White House
and few others who would like to be in there
as tenants in chief declare with all emphasis
that the President will be nominated either on
the first or the second ballot.
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE ALL RIGHT.
President Harrison has received assurances
which satisfy him that he has a good working
majority of the committee on credentials II
this is so, say the administration men, there
can be no room for doubt as to the result.
OPPOSITION TO MKINLEY
Opposition to the Mckinley boom made itself
apparent here today. Several good republi-
cans, who have the highest regard for Mckinley
personally, say it would be eminently I'M
fair to nominate him. They assert that
the only reason why he should be honored with
the nomination would be found in the Mckinley
bill, and the principal and popular features of
that measure, they assert, were put in it when
the measure was at the Senate end of
the Capitol. Reciprocity will probably cut q
good deal Of figure in the next campaign,
and the insertion Of the reciprocal section of
the bill was opposed by Mr.. Mckinley.
This fact, it ia argued, removes the greater rea-
son why the buckeye governor should be NOM
mated