New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-11
BEFORE THE CONVENTION MET.
CONFERENCES OF THE OPPOSING LEADERS.
THE PRESIDENTS SUPrCRTFRS WE'RE GREATLY
ENCOURAGED Nv THE RESULTS or THURS
DAY NIGHTS SESSION AND THE BLAINE
MEN DECIDED TO THROW As MUCH
CT THEIR STRENGTH AS
rossIELrr1 M,KlNLEY.


POSSIBLE II M'KlNLEi
Minneapolis. June I0.-Therc was every hdi'auon
mi, morning That the leaders Of the Elaine forces were
SIN nndanntcd and that sharp and bitter contest
,c.vccn tno rival forces I'm prospect Wien the
gray. d,,yn nro'c over the convention city TINS morn
ing II found t.o leaders Of the two great facuo' %
the Republican party marshalling their forces Iot .
decisive contest which was soon u com" Tor ponA''i
supremacy The night had been sl'epie'S o'' u
oa-,v ali of those who assume 20 direct every secret
conference every move the political chess poaiu.
Tn. usrr,son pcopc felt that II they could hoh te'r
our, victory was assured the Blaine people were con
,inced TINT II the Administration CANDIDA was -
,cotcd every stragGlcr must be raiilcd an" SUI
o., nd =, b,cak the forces Of the Administrations Inc
orec, q, the test vote In last nights '"hN'h""n W"
90 ,rhuo ,hc Harrison leaders with loiticr oohnucn'c
w, =. oooyl,c. the rank and file Of the Blame
-. thu, the man from Maine was not U NC
occ,cd with that pop liar acclaim when Ian u,'n ~
o,rcntiv contemplated. In the vast AUDIENCE ~ -
,.onlo last night there wns not SHE" p'',," w
,,d no, understand that tho vote upon '''e ".'"'
r.s,,on sho,n Of all It's technlcaliticS was rea"S
COT. uron TN, preferences Of the delegates i'r pc"''
,,..,t.o, and lanes G.. Blaine. When the i"'l'''n
, ,,o NJ the vlciors their enthusiasm Tor pF''l
limo reminded one Of tho familiar scenes "' '''
on,ons Of Grant and Ccnkllng and Logan but tbs
,o. t,r a few minutes only, am EhN' P'"' w
collection that the majority was not 81 great uu' os
,,.rv enOr must be cN'fted W P'''''' 80
cha ,dnipi.t,ation forces during the conferences VI
the night. , T., ,to Convention
nan taken all In ALL was di'tencty anu plep'u'''
,,,,y for James e.. Blaine. Nmic ''' i''''', ~,
,,,o,,cd 10 have a majority ol the oc"s"'o' ~
,r,l,s Of the audience in the galleries "ci' aPV','
1850, od,nircr, of the Pinned Knight ana 10,
m ,rr,r,unitv TO demonstrate their nhmliH"oh' wa"
49, h t,,,rison victory in its popular cn'cl WIS ~
49,, ain comnorativcly little enthusiasm anu "'nle
Tho plonc leaders afer the test baIio' "PPc"'.u ~
cdly cr,.tfallen. there was no uiHi'"u"'' "a ~
| enthusiasm from the galleries. ~ ,.,
, e., sou,c of the great States Of the 'hloh'
H., which exert such immense influence upon III
,au,ic,l conventions showed what the power Oh o'E'"
f. al, 40 I'm tic councils Of the Ecpubhcah PhlS'
| =, ,t state Of Penn, yvana 1t was deihohS'r"'cu
,no, dcspltc all the Occurrences oi the "s' ,V"
| montbs senator Quay was SIN supreme III '"' t
| in tho keystone state. In New iOrN 'le ie'"'' "
| di,ided leadership wa fully apparent Nhic ioF''
&c., ,.o,ers SWING into line under Patt, iaSSet ana
M ivy, ,,o c,uss of the man from Maine twenty
| - t,rowcd the comrtly Dcpcw and the persistent
| ui.coc, +, support Of the Administrations
| i, colo,ado and inded all the silver S'at'S' Tue
| vote was soldly cast against INC N''''"'N"''"
| unncis produced surprise anu dcl'o''""'o" wv
| ..r,,,intv II Chicago politics by giving twenty
| ,otcs for Blane while the Administration Pc"P'c
| ,d only bccn conccding him twelve or thirteen
| ruo tnIdIlcd the expectations OF both SIDES DS
voting six for the minority and twenty ior 'he ma
| FORTY report bleeding Kansas dlVlutu he' oo"
oo,os give ten for and ten against, wliie the hoo'
| state OF Kentucky supported the ADMINISTRATOR" !" Il
| vo,e Of twenty to six. Maryland florida' ihuah"
| x.u Mcxlco and oklahoma gave their soma sup
mort 1, the cause OF the Administrators ana iuhho
Maine New. Hampshire, Washington ana Distri't oi
Columbia were as unanimous In their support OF ui'
| az Secretary of state Michigan, the home OF MScr
proLnIy divided MS II would divide on the lresidcha
ballot with Algcr out Of the race-twcity Tor bia'he
| and eight for Harrison Ohio showed the eiect Oh
| m, impctuols and effective leaiciShp OF eN-ro'-
ernor Foraker BY giving twenty for the minority
| and nineteen fDr the majority report In Tennessee
although the delegates generally instructed for
| tho President the Blaine cause got twelve
| votes and Harrison got ten. Texas rolled up
twenty for the majority and but five for the minor
ity report while Virginia, led by Malone gave fifteen
| for Blaine. and nine for Harrison. West virginia
showed That the power OF Elkns is still factor IN
that state by giving ten for tho Administration ana t"'
| for the minority report
| The convention had scarcely Adjourned ere caii
was issued for conference OF the leaders Of both
faction, in their separate rooms in the West Hotel
and this test vote was tatea up aud carefully anais%ci
| in dGail The result TO give even aidluoia!
cucouragcr.n to Harrison managers who cane TO the
| conclusion that In certain states where the majority
report han not received the expected the Pre'
dent would gain several additional delegates by the
| fact that the Blaine men WHO woro Instructed ioi
Harrison would feel bound q follow out their instrlic
| lions when the ballot for the Presidency came All
through tho nigh, conferences held In different
par,s Of the hotel and amssarcs were Dispatched 70
make a last effort 10 win waverIng delegates to ono
| cr thn o.hcr n. the rival factions.
The morning opened with the Harrison people sui
confident but the blaine managers arc none The less
determined. Chairman Clar.-son said that he had