The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-07
NOT A SINGLE DARK HORSE
The Fight Squarely on Between
Blaine and Harrison, and
Raging Furiously.
Reappearance OF the Inevitable
Howlers and shriskers for
Names Man.
Tactics Employed by His Followers for
sixteen Years. Harrison . Fssman
Worthy His stool.

and Harrison, and no dark horse vet /,
sight. That is tbs situation tonight in ,
sentence. The Blaine plumss are wavin,
IN the corridors like ton thousand feaths
dusts's. Blaine bands are playing esr-split
ting martial music, Blaine shouters are rel
and hoarse with pumped up enthusiasm
ana Blaine workers are claiming the eartl
and tho fullness thereof. The crowds ana
the camp followers AMI the army of th,
disappointed are for Blaine, and to an out.
slider who has not heard and seen tho sam,
demonstration for the same man for th.
last sixteen yoars IL would sesm az though
Harrison and all the rest are to bs drowned
in the volume of sound.
Harrison il not ont OF it BY any means
He il the toughest. hardest, most wary an.
tagonist Blaine has ever tackled in all the
years of his chronic candidacy. Arthur. il
1884, was soft mark for him in compare
son with the hard-headed little Hoosier.
Harrison is making tho fight OF his life.
His forces are compact and united and the
federal patronage 10 being played for all II
is worth. Blaine's managers are squealinp
Tonight over the inroads Harrison ID m ak
ing on them by promisss Of office. Blaine
has lost in the west and south BY this means
to-day not less than twenty votes and he
will lose twice as many by morrow
night, il New and Michsncr and Garter and
the rest can make the trades they expect.
The Harrison men are trailing after the
Blainiacs with banners and bands from
hotel to hotel tonight, but they are not
depending on hurrahs. They are ont after
votes and they are getting them, too.
Nothing but stampede, ct the Harrison
70, COS would give the nomination to Blaine
tonight. Harrison has the most votes il
the delegations pledged TO him stand firm.
What Piatt, Quay and Clarkson may be
able to accomplish in another t1snty- four
hours nobody can tell. At this writing
Harrison has anywhere from forty TO sixty
majority on any showing that can bs made.
The dark horses are Sherman and Me-
Kinley. but there 10 no organized move
ment for either. Quay would like to 90 to
Sherman, il Blaine can't make it. Platt
on the other hand, would prefer Mckinley.
Tho perennial Alger ID his csgn candidate.
but the two Ohio men are the only ones
that other people talk about. When it
comes to dark horses the Harrison men will
have moro to say than Blains's followers.
for the presidents supporters are dis
ciplined force, while Blaine'a are crazy and
incoherent. Tho weakness of Blaine lies
in the fact that his best workers are not his
friends. He is simply club, in their
opinion. to knock ont Harrison.
They care not what becomes of him. Each
side 10 mortally afraid of the others
strength. Tonight neither is quite willing
to let the test come between the two men.
Both are praying for third or a fourth
candidate to start in the race in order tv
give them more breathing space and a
chance for combination. Between these
two it is fight to the death, bitter, un-
unrslsntinR. The country has
never seen its parallel. and in the opinion
of cool headed mon tho nomination of
other of tho hostile leaders means party
suicide. ~
The Montana delegation met this fore
noon and elected A. J. Seligman chairman
of the delegation; Thomas Couch for tho
committee on resolution; Paul Mccormick.
credentials; A. b. Hammond. order of
business. The state convention had
Alexander G. Botkin national COM
mitteeman and the delegation ratified the
ehoice. The Montana contingent in Min
nsapolis numbers over 100 and inoludss
both Sanders and Power. Their head
quarters are with Wyoming on Hennepin
avenue. near the West. An informal dis |
showed that four and probably five |
Of the delegates are for Blaine and one for
with Harrison leanings