The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-06-17
Democratic Ticket +!
HARRISON AND REID.

HAhhlSON ALND hEAD'
The Minneapolis convention, on Fri
day last, nominated as the Republican
candidates for President and Vice
President, Benjamin Harrison, of
Indiana, and Whitelaw Reid, of New
York. Harrison was nominated on
the first ballot, receiving 536 votes
against 1872 for Blaine and the same
number for Mckinley. The Maryland
delegation cast IA votes for Harrison
and for Mckinley OF the $50 votes
cast for Harrison 274 were received
from States and Territories which will
not give him single electoral vote. On
the other hand more than two-thirds OF
the votes cast for Mckinley and Blaine
came from States which went Repub-
lican in 1888. This fact alone would
seem to indicate that Blaine not Har-
rison was the choice of the Republican
party for President
The first measure of the relative
strength of Harrison and Blaine took
place ON Thursday, on the report OF
the committee ON credentials, which
was sustained by a vote of 462 to 423
This was victory for the Harrison
men.
On Friday nominations were made.
Blaine's name was presented by Sena-
tor Wolcott, of Colorado, who eulo-
gized the magnetic man from Maine
and declared that he would be nomi-
mated and elected. The applause
which greeted the name of Blaine was
loud and prolonged. 1t was started
by Mrs. Clarkson, wife of John S.
Clarkson, chairman of the Republi-
can National Committee.
r. w. Thompson, of Indiana, placed
Harrison in nomination, amidst great
enthusiasm. The nomination was
seconded by Chauncey M. Depew, the
brilliant orator and railroad President,
of New York. Like the other speakers
he waved the bloody shirt, dilating
upon the alleged outrages upon colored
men in the South, which, of course,
meant that the Republicans want the
Force Bill passed.
When the vote was taken the seven
Blaine delegates from Alabama cast
their ballots for Mckinley. 1t was evil
dent that it was the desire of Blaine's
friends, seeing he was beaten, to
stampede the convention for McKin-
ley, if possible. The scheme failed, but
it resulted in dividing the Blaine vote
about equally between Mckinley and
Blaine. Quay compelled his Pennsyl-
vania delegates to vote for Mckinley
also. 1t was all in vain. The Harri-
son column was solid, and the move
ment against him failed,
At the night session Whitelaw Reid,
editor of the New York Tribune, and
U. s. Minister to France, was nomi-
mated by reclamation.
The ticket, probably, is as strong as
any which the Republicans could have
nominated. While Harrison's admin
istration has been free from great
scandals it has been cold and repellant,
and but for Blaine it would have been
an utter failure. He nearly succeeded
in plunging the country into a cause
less war with Chill and altogether has
shown no craftsmanship in any di-
rection. He is in thorough accord
with his party on protection and urged
the passage of the Force Bill, which if
it had become a law would have para
lyzed business in the South and led to
disastrous consequences all over the
country. Thanks to the little band of
Democrats in Congress, led by Sena-
tor German, and few patriotic Re-
publicans, the danger was averted.
Last fall the people set the seal of
their condemnation upon the McKin-
ley tariff and federal interference with
elections, and the Republican party
now seeks to set aside this verdict.
President Harrison is as different
from Blaine as possible. The latter
is ON record as against federal control
of State elections and he protested
against the robber tariff, declaring
that it would not open market for Il
single bushel of wheat or single bar
rel of pork.
The nomination of Harrison seems
to have settled on the Republican
party like cloud The office holders,
1856 of whom were delegates to Mime
apolis, may affect spasmodic joy, but
the fact remains that there is no en-
thusiasm over the result, The friends
of Mr.. Blaine are bitterly disappoint-
ed. They thought they saw an OPP
portunity of making him President,
but Harrison proved to be too shrewd
a politician and their hopes are blast
ed. The nomination of Blaine would
have set the bills a-ringing and Re-
publicans cheering in every corner of
the country. They may vote for Har-
rison, but it is too much to expect them
to be enthusiastic.
The nomination of Whitelaw Reid
for Vice President. adds no strength
to the ticket, but it makes it har-
monious. Like Harrison, Reid through
his paper, the New York Tribune, is
one of the strongest advocates of
terrorizing the South by means of the
Force Bill He is in favor of the
highest scale of protection to manu-
facturers but none for workingmen
He has incurred the hostility of the
Knights of Labor through his dispute
with the Typographical Union. 1t is
true on the eve of his nomination he
made overtures looking to an adjust
ment of the difficulty, but he deceived
them in a similar manner once before,
and while they may make terms with
him they will not trust him. They
say it is too much like death-bed re-
pentance-a little too late.
The freight sheds of the Bay Line
steamers at Union Dock, Baltimore,
caught fire, Tuesday afternoon, and
were destroyed, together with the oil
warehouse of James Corner e. Sons.
Thousands of dollars worth of whisky,
Il