The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-12

But the Presidents Opponents Arc
Unable to Unite on q Candidate.

WASHINGTON CITY, May 11.-ISpecial. l.
As the time for the meeting of the national
convention at Minneapolis approaches it
is becoming more and more plain that the
hight for the presidential nomination is to
be exciting enough to be interesting to
every man who will be permitted to listen
to the proceedings. The last state con-
vention was held on Monday, and
up to today it is not at all
apparent that the question as
to who will be the candidate of the Repub-
lican party is any nearer being solved.
The matter would be settled very easily,
it is believed, were the intentions of Sec
retary Blaine really known. The failure
Of the anti Harrison men to get at his in
most thought in regard to the talk about
his candidacy is causing them any amount
of uneasiness. This state Of things is also
netting the friends of President Harrison.
Both sides would probably be better
pleased if decided statement could be
secured from Secretary Blaine. As the
case now stands the anti Harrison Repub-
licans appear to have majority of the
delegates In the convention, providing
they can settle upon some one candidate
that is likely to prove stronger than the
stampede the convention for Blaine if it
was known that he would accept, but it
looks little dubious for the anti Harrison
men who will attempt to nominate any
other man than Blaine. They still
have lingering hope that the
secretary of state will either give them
some pointer as to his intentions, or will
keep his intentions entirely quiet until
the convention has opportunity to act.
If he does this, it is not unlikely that his
name will be presented, and the enthus-
iasm that will be aroused will probably
swing the majority of the delegates in the
interest of his candidacy. Many of the
most prominent anti Harrison men and
Blaine workers still insist that Blaine
will be nominated and that he will accept.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, who had
a conference with Tom Platt, of New
York, last Saturday, stated today a rather
significant expression of Platt's which
was made to him at that time. Quay SAYS
that Platt told him that it would be ut
terly impossible to carry New York for the
Republican ticket with Harrison as the
nominee. Platt believes that Sherman
would be able to carry New York and the
country also. if he could be induced to run,
but he was entirely certain that if Blaine
would accept that he could defeat
any candidate the Democrats might select.
If it is finally found that Blaine will le-
fuse the nomination, it is probable that
Plat and the other nti-Harrison Repub-
iicans will do their best to form a combi-
nation strong enough to nominate Sher-
man. The one objection raised to Sher-
man at this time is his recent vote on the
Chinese exclusion act 1t is argued that
he would lose all the Pacific coast states
on account of this action.
Reports are daily coming to Washington
City from every section of the country,
showing that decided feeling has set in
in nearly all instructed states against the
candidacy of Harrison. The great diff
Guilty is that no st ate seems to he able to
decide upon any candidate other than
Blaine. This makes it apparent that if
Blaine will not accept the hope of the
anti-Harrison men in defeating him at the
Minneapolis convention will be gone.
Senator Squire today accompanied two
of his old New York friends, General Hus-
ted and Titus Sheard, to the state depart
ment where they had a very pleasant call
on Secretary Blaine. The senator would
not deny that there was any politics
talked while they were there. and said that
the secretary seemed in the best of health
and spirits. The men who accompanied
him are prominent New York politicians
who are very much opposed to the nomi-
nation of President Harrison, and are
part of the New York forces which will go
to the Minneapolis convention and OPP
pose the nomination of Harrison and seek
the nomination Of Secretary Blaine.