Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-09
BANpYlno OF RuMoRs.
An Attempt to Boom Reed Falls
Through.

MISSEAPoLIs, June s.-There were
sensational ana conflicting rumors
about the mass delegation this evening.
One OF the delegates gave an IN
terview TO the United Press dur
ing the early afternoon, say
ing that the delegation Was arrang-
ing to GO solidly for Reed or Mckinley.
Then story was published in an extra
edition of an evening paper that twen-
ty-nine of the thirty delegates had
agreed to 60 to Reed on the fisst ballot.
There is grain of truth IN both state
ment, but no bigger than the gram of
salt, with which both Of them must be
taken. The mass delegation held q
meeting this morning, At which Mr..
Fairchild OF Boston, who has been cred
tied to the Blaine forces. offered reso-
luton that the deiegatiotion cast
its solid vote on the first
ballot for Thomas B. Reed.
Mr.. Atwood of Boston, who is q Nc
Kinley man, moved to substitute Nc
Kinley for Reed. Neither proposition
was seconded. Then Jesse NJ. Cove of
Holyoke 1.-The original Blame man."
suggested that the matter would better
be postponed. So the delegation ad-
iourned till $3.50 u. m. tomorrow, when
another attempt will be made to unite
on q dark horse. The Harrison men
tonight claim q gain of two in the
Pennsylvania delegation. They say
Mcconnell and GouGer, who voted for
Mr.. Blaine in the ttate caucus, have
announced that theYdid 90 at the per-
sonal request of Senator Quay, but
that they will obey the instruc-
tions of their district convention
and vote for Mr.. Harrison
IN the first ballot. The Missouri dele
CATION is reported tonight to be evenly
divided between Mr.. Blaine and Mr..
Harrison. Most of the estimates sent
out have given MIR. blaine twenty votes
from Missouri, but aBlaine man from
Missouri says that the vote will stand
probably 16 to Is one way or the other.
Indignant Csiorsd Men.
A group of colored delegates we're
seated In the cosy headquarters of the
Georgia delegation tonight discussing
the outlook. Nearly all of them were
for Harrison, but th3y were ''as mad as
hornets" and strabge to say, their
anger was against sOme of the very
men whose intere6t it was to keep
them in good humor. They
were angry with some of the
Harrison managers who, it seems,
had been pretty loose in their talk about
the southern delegates being tsmpered
with. The object Of the Harrison mr.
in making this charge. they thougni,
was not so much because they knew OF
any particular southern delegates who
were likely to be Influenced to vote for
Blaine, but simply to frighten the
southern men and cause them to feel
they were suspected. The group of
delegates seemed to understand the
motive and they were bitter in their
denunciation of 1t. AS one of them put
it. at was an unworthy attempt on
the Iart of the Harrison managers to
keep his men in line by insulting
them," and others said: "Mydelegation
is for Harrison but this kind OF talk
wo.s do him any good. know
President Harrison himself would not
countenance for . moment this cruel
SANDER of southern delegates to keep
his forces from breaking from him.
For myself, / am for Harrison. because
he made good president and because
think he can be elected, but his man.
ayers cannot keep ME in line by crack.
ing any such whip over my head"
An Alabama delegate said: know
many delegates who earn in year not
over $500 who have again and again
spurned the Overtures Of the managers
of the various candidates, who, al
though republicans, have forgotten
that the negro was no longer in the
market to be knocked down 70 the
highest bidder. Some OF these men
are offered as much as they could
make in six months and they spurned
the bribe with indignation"