St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-06
Buckeye Delegation About
Evenly Divided Between
the Candidates.
An Indianapolis Man Says
Blaine Cannot Carry.
Indiana.

CUICAGO. June Large crowds OF
Republicans continue to arrive on thelr
way to The Minneapolis convention.
The hotel rotundaS and corridors are
filled with politicians Of all grades, the
sole topic of conversation being the
Blaine resignation and its effect upon
the convention. Speculation is as varied
as the opinions are different. Notwlth-
standing that it is generally conceded
that his resignation places Blame 10 the
fore. the HarriSan men hold tenaciously
TO their candidate. An exciting incl
dent occurred in tine rotunda OF
the Grand Pacific this afternoon.
IT was when white-haired Col.
Horace Scott. a Kentucky delegate
from Louisville. made lunge at local
politician. and was only saved by ms
friends from personal encounter III
which he must certainly have come OH
the worse for the wear. The colonel
and the politician began discussion or
the worth OF the two leading Republican
lights. Col Scott arguing for harrison.
The debate grew exceedingly warm, the
Sourherner entering INTO 1t with re-
markab.e fervOr even for hentuckiah'
.,Oh. vOu'U think differently when
Won get sober. You'll be for Blaine
then" Suddenly exclaimed the Cill-
cagoan. 80,
@By The gods. sir. I'll fix you. said
the colenel, and his rl9ht arm shOt OUT
for the face of his opponent III DEBATE.
The fist Iell short. ana by that time haf
q dozen spectators had hold OF Tue HeTI
Keutuekian. He could not strike. but
rad
erable emphasis for some minutes. Inc
ChTcagoan walked away. but returned
some time later, after the colonel had
cooled of, and begged the latter's par
don. Tie apology was gracefully re-
ceiyed. but Col. Scott added.
Il want YOU to understand L am for
Harrison, though I'll vote for the NOM
Inee of my party"
Early ia The afternoon few me- NIB RS
of the Cincinnati Blaine club created
considerable excitement by appearing
with their hands filed with waving
pampas uIumpS and wheat heads. Am
erican wheat and protection, The
PIumed Knight" was the cry. and the
crowd took it up. After that plnmeS
and wheat heads were plenty. anu III
an hour many hnely-dresSed gentle
man looked ike farmer Or a feather
renOYatOr.
Alger had little boom early Ill the
day OH the arrival Of delegation OF
prominent lumbermen from Saginaw.
The Cincinnati Blaine Glee club were
at tile Grand Pacific, and made the cor
ridors ring with their scngs. One OF
them, blaine Is the Man." took eX-
ceedingly well until some one looked
over the shoulder of one of the singers
and saw that the words were written.
HHarrisOu Is tie Man. lie announced
the result Of his peep, and the yell that
w,nt up drowned the singers voices.
81 don't think BiGine'S resignation al
fects HarrisOn's chances in the least.
said James r. Henry, of Indianapolis,
who at the last ate convention made
the race for the nomination as state
treasurer. ! think BlaiHe's chances in
Indiana, if he be nominated, will be
fully as good as they were tile last time
he ran. Cleveland then beat him by
1900 i'm the state. His chances VIII be
no better ;his time"
What do yOu consider ile prospects
of a dark horse -
-Go0d; exceedingly good, and if Har-
rlSOn cannot get it | hope The dark
horse will. Our deIega' Is would swing
TO Mckinley, of course"
~ shall vote for Harrison" said r.
B. Hawlry. Of Galveston, Tex, at the
Grand Pacific Furthermore, l shall
not cOuntenance any dark h0rS~ Ii
Mr. Harrison - nos to be eandi at. L
shall vote for Mr. Blaine"
How does YOUR delegation stand }"
The delegation. in my Judgment,
will be largely for HARRISON
J. b. Smith, editor Of the Toledo
Commercial. is a Harrison man.
sour state delegation" he said, ''iS
divided as follows: Blaine 20. Harri-
son %. | believe Harrison can carry
the pivotal states, particularly New
York and Indiana. Ohio, l believe, will
vote for either Harrison or Blaine"
The Connecticut delegation, consist
ing of the twelve delegates, twelve
alternateS and about as many others.
arrived in the city about O'Clock over
the Michigan Central, and stayed over
only few hours. A majority of the
delegates. according to Thomas " allaee,
of Ans0nia, are fOT Blaine. Gov. Bulk
ley is AT the heaJ OF the delegation, and
is for Blaine.
One of the strongest Harrison men in
the rotunda of the Grand Pacific today
was B. Wilson Smith, postmaster of
Lafayette. Ind. Mir. Smith thinks the
only salvation Of the party is Harrison.
1T is astonishing" he said, ''how
many Harrison votes have been made
Ill Lafayette since , o'clock yesterday
AFTERNOON. when the News Of BIaine'S
resignation reached there