New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-06
HARRISON MEN CHEERFUL.
TIE OUTLOOK IN MINNEAPOLIS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FORCES DECIDEDLY
LESS CONFIDENT.

| OF STRENGTH TO BE on THE TIM
| PORARY HNRMANsHIP-GEN-
FRAL ALGER'S CANVASS.
| rBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TKBCSE.l
| Minneapolis. June j.-The situation does not
seem to he changed materially within the last
| siN hours. In the absence OF many OF the dele
gates, who will not be OH the ground till to-
morrow. every body is still IL sea. Estimates as
10 the strength Of the Administration and anti
| Administration forces widely divergent AZ
| ever. EOtf sides continue 10 claim everything
| IN sight a policy which, under the circumstances
il may lie a. sair 20 pursue as any other. II
denote, the uncertainty, however, in which the
| ultimate result is still sllroudcd.
| The cont - will bc close Onc with the posi-
| b;y Of dark horse" in the background. That
| il will lie short, decided upon the first ballot per
hap-. s a theory which finds many firm believer
| This is Inconsistent however, with the idea OF
setting aside both Harrison and Blaine and select
| ing a third man Much more likely il IT that
the situation will change materially before Iues-
| day neNt by the infusion Of new elements Ill the
struggle: in other words. the formal introduc-
! tion of fayoritc SONS" and lcaIignmcnt OF the
f,rcr. now confronting each otlcr.
The most significant feature of the day is the
! utmost confidence displayed by the AdminiSiTi-
ion lorcc- in the success of President Harris N.
They prriicicd Yesterday that Mr. Blnnc's rcslg-
nation wpud in the end react in fay9r Of the
| President and while ii must he admitted that
| such view Of the incident was not altogether
warranted by the aspect Of things yesterday. il Is
mpo >iblc TO Gcny that the Harrison forces have
stood the shock admirably, an t3-dav are more
united and enthusiastic than ever in suppor; OF
| Lcir candidate More than this. they have
caught something Of the spirit OF con-
hdcncc which has marked the utteranccs Of
the anti-Administration leader. all along, and
within tie :ast twcnty-four hours assure every
visitor To- their headquarters that they not only
have the figures but are also sure Of the votes
representing thcui.
CONSERVATIVE ihTIM>TrS FOR HAEIHno%.
Their estimates. whenever given. are marked
bv extreme conseryatsll Thus they claim in
thc New York delegation not moro than twenty
in and at the utmost thrty-hvc. votes. IL
Massachusetts they claim onc-hali Of the dele
cation: likewise in Ncw-IIampshir" and Vermont.
I'm Connecticut they conccde the odd man to the
anti-Administatich forces New-Jcr~cy, on the
othr, hand the say will vote ~olidly for llar-
rison In tie estimate which some OF them sub
nit aud which gives their candidate within
thrty-iive votes Of n majority in the conNentlon'
they put down Arkansas ~ being lually divided
between the two cOntendng factions. and Lou
isiana. which sends a contesting delegation. they
omi; from the calculation altogether. Other
Southern Sfuses are reckoncd with in an equally
cautions manner.
An this Of course tends TO inspire confidence
| and il not without ite effect upon newly arrived
| delegates The strong card. however, played by
the friends of President Harrison To-
day was the action which was taken
late last night by the Iowa delegation
With Colonc Clarison. one of the most pro
nonnccd anti administration leaders and chalr-
man Of tho Rcpnhlicai National committee. VIII
in n few fec, Of where the meeting took pla'''
| ,bc DELEGATION decided. with two exceptions -
cast It's vote for President Harrison. Tie d"cls
ion while not altogether unexpected sIn'' " Is
a wclLknown fact that Colorcl tlari'oh influence
in Iowa politics has been on the wane Tor th' lis'
two or three yrlrs, had its Immediate eu'ct III
infusnu nrw life in the Harrison canvass. " Is
rot toe much T. say that for the time II "'.-''
the wave Of HlaiE" enthusiasm when hai swept
earlier in the day over the motley rro"d gam
..aI ;r ,le l,bhics Of the W,s, House This
morring tbe action Of tho Iowo dele cyotinn was
.tl subject Of discussion in all n: aspects an"
bearings upon tie deliberations of ;hc conv'n
I
thc result 4 personal opposition 10 him on The
p,r of Senator Allison and Representative Hen
dcrnn Others declared that II was simply a
nrclimrarv move in th, direction of Senator ALI
s,u's candidacy ana that that statesman name
would bc presented 10 the convention by the
| upi,ed dclcootior frorc Iowt. Whether such Il
sta,cmcn, was made simply with virw of coun-
tc,oriinr the crcct which the decision rcachc 10y
| thc Iowa men undoubtedly had upon most dcir-
patc. or whether il was made IN good ialth. i
opcn 10 argument. As matters stand now. the
friends OF the President have no reason To bc dis
satisfied with the result OF last nights conference.
/, has nndoultcdly STRENGTHENED their hands. That
much il conceded cvcn by the Administration
| men, win, icci rattle, sore over Colonel tlarkSon :
! failure 10 rctrcr' the promises he made to them
| so gliby a few weeks ago.
| ANTI ADMINISTRATORS MEN LEsS CONFIDENT
| In uIc Administration camp there is shade
loss Of confidence exhibited to-day than yesterday.
1yc leader. still continue 10 claim Il majority Of
vote in the convention, but upon being pressed
| thcv admit that the struggle threatens 10 he a
closc one This certainly, is Il different time from
| tbot which they sang tWcnty-tOnr hours ago
| Thcn il was absolute certainty which ciarhcteI-
| zcd their predictions. Now they seem disposed 10
| listen TO arguments. The failure OF many "i the
dceantcs to arrive to-day, who had been expected
| oovc most of their calculations tinge OF
| great uncertainty. The admission on th'ir part
| that the contest woull he a close one made II
! necessary that they should bc extremely c1utonN
when going into details They had few figures
| to offer. In the Ncw-lorlS delegation, which ar
| rived in a body to-day. they claimed from ior'y-
eight to fifty votes, without NenturnS to give
names In most of the Ncw-England State they
believed that they would receive a clear mal"ntN'
The instructed Illinois delegation. they declared.
was al heart really for Blaine, and would probably
divide before ballot was taken in the convcn-
| ton The Pacific coast delegations, they felt as
sured would develop additional Blaine strength,
and great stress was laid by them upon the decision
i LII render