The Portland daily press., 1892-06-07

nut forward hut Mr Mckinley wouldn't
agree to this proposition. As soon as
he arrived and had settled himself in his
room. he was seen by Gen. Miehener of
Indiana and Commissioners Carter. who
were anxions to learn whether he could
be depended upon to remain
firm and loyal to the President.
He assured them that he would. To the
newspaper men. who saw him, he said.
without any eouivocation, that he was
for Harrison and that he would not ac-
cept the nomination It 1t came to him
unanimously. To some friends in pri-
vate he went further and said that he
didn't believe that the present year was
his time. He himself feared, he said, the
falsehoods that would pc circulated to
his detriment about the Mckinley bill,
but feeling sure that the test of time,
would but make him and the protection
law stronger he was willing to wait until
1895. .'if the Onion delegation he
went SO far as to say, should attempt to
present nv name. I would plead with
them not to do it. Of course ~
cannot control others, but I cannot
and will not hesitate to make nv
position known" MI. McKinley's
declaration that ne would not be. candi-
date did not however have the effect of
stopping the talk in connection with his
possible nomination. The Pennsylvania
delegation, in their conference, discussed
the situation and showed decided lean
ing for third man and metioned Nc
Kinley.s name with great favor.
The action of the Michigan delegation
in deciding to place Gen. Algeras name
in nomination intensified the third man
talk and was without doubt done for
that very purpose. Gen. Alger, as
stated in these dispatches, yesterday
was actually out Of the race then
but another conference was held this
morning, at the request of the Blaine
men, with the result of placing him in
again. According to Land Commission
er Carter it was because the Blaine men
cation was released from its favorite son
its members went over in large numbers
to the Harrison column. AS matter of
fact the Blaine men are doing everything
they can to cut down the Harrison col
umn at any cost, and as Mr.. Alger is
thoroughly in sympathy with them he is
in or out of the race exactly as the exig-
encies of the situation demand. 1t was
limited, too, that if Alger should again
take the field, it would stimulate the
Wisconsin people to rally around Rusk
and give him the solid vote of
that delegation ON the first ballot, in
which case the Harrison column will be
still further decreased. Up to this even
ing; however, this effect has not been
reached. Col. Dufield this afternoon
said that he would present Alger's name
to the convention.
The action of the Michigan delegates
set the
Wheel of Gossip Again Revolving
at lightning speed. The unsettled con-
dition of affairs led to quite break in
the New Hampshire delegation which
last night stood four to four for Blaine
and Harrison. This morning two of the
eight were for Blaine, two for Harrison,
one for Reed, one for Mckinley, one for
Alger and one who did aot know exactly
who he was for Fess tg that breaks
like this might become epidemic, the
Blaine men and the Harrison men hur-
ried to keep their followers in line and
when the other delegations met their
efforts had succeeded to the extent
of preventing the spread of what
seemed for few minutes to become an
epidemic. Two other New England
states held meetings of their delegations,
Massachusetts and Connecticut. In the
former the delegates were said to stand
just as they had been recorded, Is for
Blaine and 15 for Harrison, although
direct poll was avoided. The Connecti-
cut men stood to 8 for Baine. AS fast
as the other delegations met their action
was reported to the two headquarters
and was also jotted down in the columns
which were being filed by men who were
doing some little figuring on their own
accounts. The uncertainty of the day
centered around the southern delegationsS
AS stated in these dispatches last night,
it was plainly evident that neither of the
two candidates who were then in the field
could be. elected without support from
the South. For the first time in the his
tory of the convention it seemed as if the
Southaheld the balance of power and, as
a natural consequence, the Southern del
egates were in demand. Most of them
hung around the doors of the national
committee headquarters where their nu
merous contests were being settled, but
the remainder were closeted with the
leaders. In one room Governor Foraker
had at least 20 of them endeayoring to
persuade them to come into the Blaine
line. The South Carolina delegation
sought the rooms Of the National Com
mlttee OF their own accord and Senator
Wolcott was asserting this afternoon
that
Blaine Had the Entire Delegation.
This, however, is sure to be an exag-
gerated estimate. The North Carolina
men were also the objects Of much solic-
itude from the anti-administratio mana
gers and some of them were converted.
The subcommittee which had in hand the
contest helped along the Blaine situation
all they could by deciding to place
upon the rolls all the anti Harrison
contestants except Utah. This action
does not settle the matter, for this fight
will most certainly be taken into the CON
vention. General New gave directions
this afternoon to the deposed delegates
in the Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi-
ana delegations to prepare the strongest
possible minority report to be submitted
to the national committee at it's meeting
tonight.
One of the interesting features of the
day has been the manner in which many
of the older members of the national
committee have been displaced. Us.