The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-09
BOTH SIDES STILL CONFIDENT.


BOTH SIDES STILL CONFIDENT.
The Harrison Men Make Gains in Northern
And Southern States.
MINNEAroLIs, June S.-[Speciall-
The opening of to-day found no signi-
fcant change in the Presidential stu
alton. Both sides are apparently as
confident as ever. Gen. Alger is still
in the field, and no less than half a
dozen other distinguished Republicans
OF national reputation are mentioned as
possible compromise candidates. No
one knows when a ballot is likely to
be cast, as the whole progress of the
convention appears to be dependent en-
tirely on the action of the committee
on credentials. This organization prac.
tically controls the political situation,
as it is within it's power, in case that
power is exercised unscrupuously, to
seat or unseat enough delegates to ex-
ercise the balance of power in the con-
vention. 1t is very manifest that the
proceedings of that committee are not
to DO characterized by that harmony
which has been so strongly urged on ali
sides for the past twenty-four hours.
The Blaine people have control of the
committee but the opposition has very
large and aggressive minority, and every
vantage point is contested stubbornly
and eloquently. 1t has generally been
the custom that the committee on Gre
dentials, appointed on the first day of
the convention, has been prepared to
report on the opening of the second, but
tnat Will not be the case this year, and
no one knows-not even the secret man
ayers OF the Blaine forces-when tina
committee may deem it advisable to ex-
pedite its business and present it's re-
port
The Harrison people are maintaining
this morning, with a considerable show
OF FEASIBILITY, that they have made
gains within the past twenty four hours
in certain of the Northern and Eastern
States. Particular stress is laid bv
them on the State of New York, where
they claim at present, that they will
receive twenty nine votes on the first
ballot. The claims of all the candidates
and estimates and indications carefully
CLEANED from all quarters, show that
almost equal strength at this time. The
Blaine people have advantage of the
organization, not only of the convention.
but OF important committees, but the
Harrison managers certainly succeed in
keeping their forces we'll together to
prevent the slightest appearance of de-
moralization.
The knowledge that Mckinley is to
be chairman OF the convention has
added somewhat to the Presidential
boom OF the Governor of the Buckeve
State, which Is being widely discussed
by moro conservative delegates, and
there is evidently movement in some
quarters to spring his name as dark
horse when the occasion seems to indi.
cate the probability OF such action.
Hon. jeremiah Rusk, Secretary of
Agriculture; Hon. John Sherman, Sena-
Senator from Iowa, and others are men
toned as possible candidates, but
neither the Blaine or Harrison people
have thus far evinced the slightest in
dication of the abandonment of their
candidate to turn to a dark horse in
order to defeat the opposition.
Inc harrison managers are vocifer-
Gus in their expressions of confidence
this n orning and are seeking every ad-
vantage derivable from the IN.
crease Of strength in New York,
the delegation which was an.
nounced last night by Senator His.
cock. The names of tho twenty-six
delegates signed to the paper is pal
pable fact about which they can be no
cavailing, and the Harrison managers
are making the most of it. They claim
that from now their column will grow
until all opposition will cease. The
Blaine managers do not underrate the
moral effect of the gain in New York,
but they are preparing siuilar sur.
prise in another quarter. which thew
say they will spring later on
The administration men were worsted
last night in their efforts to keep the
credentials committee at work until
they could reach decision, but to day
they Jared little better (perhaps because
the Blaine men did not want to make
another fight for the committee de-
cided TO continue in session and hear
the ALBANIA fight while the chairman
went to the convention to report.
THE CONVENTION OPENED.