The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-10
BETRAY|NG
THE TRAITOR,
Blaine's Tricky Friends
SCheming to Abandon
Him at Mime
apo1is.
HE IS A DEAD COCK.
Harrison Is Sure Of a Renomi-
nation Unless a Stampede
Is Organized. .
M'K1NLEY LOOMING UP.
Particulars of the Fight Between
Gaddis and MurrelI, the
Niger and Nigger-
Buyer.
M'KINLEY LOOMING UP.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 10, 1S92.-This
morning the followers of Harrison were
jubilant. The test vote on adopting the
report of the Committee on Credentials
had resulted in giving Harrison 463 and
Blaine 423, which means that If Harrison
can keep together this vote he can
be nominated on the first ballot
by majority of thirteen. Ever since the
test was made Quay, Clarkson and Platt
have been kept busy assuring delegates
and newspaper correspondents that the
vote was not test ballot of the relative
strength of the two candidate. and that
many delegates who will vote for Blaine
voted for the report.
THE BATTLE WON.
This does not dampen the ardor of the
Harrison men, and they boldly declare
the battle is already won. What they
fear most now, is that Mr.. Biaine's name
will not be presented TO the convention
at all, and that an effort will
be made by the Blaine men
to. stampede the convention
in favor OF a dark horse Several names
have been mentioned in this connection,
but Mckinley appears to be the one most
likely to win if a compromise should be
effected Blaine leaders assert that talk
of u compromise candidate is absurd and
they claim that their man is in the fight
to win.
THE END TODAY.
A nomination is expected today.
Chauncey Depew will present the name
of President Harrison and Ex-Governor
Foraker of Ohio will perform like SER
vice for Blaine. There Is prevailing be-
lief that not more than two ballots will
he taken fO nOminatp
A report from the battlefield is to the
effect that the Blaine leaders claim that
they have captured twenty delegates
since the last vote was taken.
BETRAYING THE BETRAYER.
Another report sent out from Mime
apoils today Is that Clarkson, Quay, Fas-
sett, Wolcott and Platt had a long
discussion over the advlsability
of dropping Blaine and concentrating his
following on some other candidate. but
nothing definite was settled upon. Chaun-
ceY NJ. Depew today received the follow
ing telegram from President Charles S.
Smith of the New York Chamber of Com
merce:-
II heartily approve your course in the
convention. 1t is the opinion here that
Mr.. Blaine's course is hardly consistent
with honorable action. Business men
with whom converse prefer Harrison's
nomination to that of any other Repuo-
lican candidate"
All of Blaine's admirers here believe
that he made q mistake in sending to
General Clarkson the letter of February
last, and declare that instead OF writing
that letter he should have resigned at the
time from the Cabinet. Not only are
large number of the shreWdest pol
iticians here disappointed at the unex-
pected defeat OF the Maine statesman,
but they are also discouraged and dis
heartened at the turn affairs have taken.
for they believe that the Republican party
will suffer defeat at the polls next No
yember With any other candidate at the
head of the ticket.
HOPELESS ANYWAY.
No one who has observed the feeling of
the people toward the administration be-
lieves that tpe President could be re-
elected. In addition to this there is a
feeling of disgust in regard to the way
that the money question has been
say. will hurt the candidate, whoever
he is. for the plank as adopted is sort of
piece of crazy quilt A portion of it is
practically the same as was adopted in the
convention four years ago, along with
suggest N of an international conference
and bination of words that can be
copsLrue~ 20 mean almost anything.
The Administration forces are deplor-
ing the fact this morning that they are
without good parliamentarian leader on
the floor of the convention. They say
that matters were badly handled last
night at the convention, and that ii the
Presidents forces had had another head
to lead them the session would have been
shorter.
On this account there is a general feel
ing of distrust and dif1idence pervading
afraid that the opposition will catch them
manning.