The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-28
TRACY And PORTER
Either May be the Republican
Nominee.
THE OPPOSITION TO HARRISON
its Strength Has Just Dawned on the Presi-
dent-His Knife is SharpeRed for Alger,
Allison and CulIom.

Especial to THE HERALD-Exan1ner Dispatch1
New YORK, Feb. GA World special
from Washington says: There is the best
authority for saying that the President.
who left town yesterday morning for
weeks stay at Virginia beach, carried
AN ANXIOUS HEART IN HIS BOSOM.
he has within the past few days begun ia
realize the danger he is in from the combi-
nation now working to defeat his renomi-
nation, and it is thought that he has sought
retreat at this time TO digest the import
ant information he has Just received.
1t was crude awakening for the Presi-
dent. He has been comforting himself with
the belief that the withdrawal of Mr..
Blaine left the way clear for his renomina-
zion. Many of his friends agreed with him.
1t was known, of course, that other candi-
dates for nomination were being desig-
mated, but their individual strength gave
the President little concern. 1t was only
when their collective strength was re-
vesled TO him, together with the plan Of &C
tion agreed upon by them, that the Presi-
dent and his most SagaciOus friends were
alarmed. Strange as it may seem, it was
the confessed
CANDIDACY OF EX-SENATOR BLAIR
that gave the President the key to the situ-
alton. That announcement was received
at the White House at first as elsewhere,
| in spirit Of great good humor. Inquiry,
however, disclosed the fact that Blair5s
candidacy was not joke, that Mr..
| Blair was not only sincerely
candidate, but both OF the Senators
IrOm New Hampshire agreed that if
he desired it MS state should instruct its
delegation to the national convention for
MIN. This was SO amazing that the Presi-
dents friends continued their inquiry and
were convinced that the opposition TO the
President is in control of three-ffths of the
votes that will be cast at Minneapolis. A
conference of
THE PRESIDENTS FRIENDS
in town was called and steps taken to put,
/ II possible, new aspect on affairs.
The details Of what the Presidents
| friends discovered are interesting. There
| are four candidates, besides Harrison, likely
TO have the support of their home delega-
! tons
| ALGER, CULLoN1, ALLISON AND BLAIR.
Then come two men believed to be can
d1dates, both strong and each in hot con-
test likely TO develop into a formidable
rival Mckinley, of OHIO, and Tracy, of
New York. Then these states likely to
send uniDstructed delegates to the conven-
| ton are counted against the President, for
it is reasonable 10 assume that wherever
the President has not been strong enough
| to secure instructions he will be weak
enough to be attacked with success in the
national convention. The summary, based
upon the foregoing calculations, shows
Delegates 10 be instructed for other can
dates: Michigan II, Iowa Is, Illinois "a,
New Hampshire 4, total 50.
Delegates likely to 20 to Minneapolis IN
instructed CalifOrnls 8, Colorado t, Idaho
3, Kansas 10, Minnesota 9, Maine 6, Mis-
souri, II, Montana 3, Nebraska S, Nevada 5,
New Y DIRK SO, North Dakota 3, ONO %,
! Pennsylvania 3d. Washington f, Wisconsin
II, Wyoming 4, total lS5.
THE GRAND TOTAL
of instructed anti-Harrisou and the unin-
siructed delegates is 240. BY this it will
be seen that the Presidents nope OF max
Ing any sort Of a showing at Minneapolis
lies in the southern states, whose support
has never yet been given to a Republican
candidate who " as successful. The office
holders are busy in all those states, but
the Presidents friends realize that unless
some impression in his favor can be made
in the states which give their electoral
votss to he party and are to-day so cold
and indifferent 70 hin,
HIS CASE is MOST PRECARIOUs.
Secretary Tracy is one of the Presidents
most intimate friends The President
leans upon MIN more than upon any other
member of his cabinet and trusts him
absolutely. General Tracy desires the
Presidents denomination, but the other
day this town was filed with copies of g
New York publication containing a two
page biography of General Iracy, orna-
mented with an excellent likeness of him
for the presidency. 1t caused some talk,
but was treated lightly by the secretary.
Immediately afterwards, however, Marshal
Randall, one OF the most efficient of the
Presidents heutsnants, went to New York
to sound the local Republican leaders as to
securing Instructions from that state for
President. He found
NOTHING BUT GOODNESS TOWARDS TIE
PRESIDENT.
He returned persuaded that the New York
delegation would 60 TO Minneapolis unin-
structed ard under the influence Of Z. c.
Platt who has SO far refused all overtures
, to come into the Harrison camp. The
President, IL is said, Goes not hold Secre
; tary Tracy responsible for the attitude oil
, New YORK towards himself, but on the
contrary, is even considering how, in tbs
f event Of being defeated himself, the ad
, ministration's strength may be thrown t.
, the secretary. The President has hi!
/ knife sharpened for Alger, Allison anC
: Cullum, who all opposed him at Chicago il
1888 and have done what they could since
to encourage opposition III the party u
him. Allison refused place i'll his csbine
and Alger made himself so very obnoxiou.
, ne could not break into the cabinet. Cul-
: lum belonged to the Gresham crowd, anC
has been an energetic ''kickeri from thu
start. The President, therefore, if forced
, out of the race by the combination, will b.
/ likely to turn to Secretary Tracy and d.
what he can TO make him the candidate.
t TIE SELECTION OF TRACY
i forfirst place would necessitate the nomi
nation of a western man for second place
t and the Harrison people here would favo
Ex-Governor Porter, of Indiana, ministe
y to Italy.
4 This then is the administrations policy
b If the ticket is not to be Harrison an
. Morton, it must, if the administration cal
o muster the strength, be Tracy and Porter
q Two Miners Killed by Falling Ore.
J, BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 27.-TSpecial tele