Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-06
DRAWING THE LINES.
Political Forces Gathering About Two
Names at Minneapolis.

NAMES Ut hfnntdpOlls.
MINNEAPoLIs, MIMI, June 6.-The friends
of the administration seemed considerable more
serene and confident than they did yesterday,
although they profess that their mood has no.
changed whit and that it is the other people
and not themselves that worrying. Never
theless. some of those who on Saturday and
yesterday were expressing the view that il wac
going to be a close and bitter fight and that. in
their private Judgment, the President was not
as strong some of his managers believed.
were free 10 say this morning that later view
of the situation hardly justified their previous
doubts and fears and that they were now salts
fed that, calculating what it is certainly eX-
pected to accomplish between now and Thurs
day morning. there was no need OF any alarm
on the part of the Presidents friends, either
here or elsewhere.
BLAINE MEN IN GOOD HuMoR
Very much the same tenor was the talk at the
various places where the Blaine boom has an
habitation. The cause of the ex-secretary. il
was declared. was stronger this morning than
on saturday night. although no figures would
be given. The Blaine people have "a roster OF
the delegates with the way that each man Is eX-
pected 10 vote on the first ballot. and a second
roster showing how the Harrison adherents. or
many of them a. least. will be certain to turn
when the proper time came. but they are no.
making these documents public property for
the benefit of the opposition.
IL was freely charged this morning that the
Harrison element was making many statements
that were not founded ON fact and laying claims
that would certainly fail to be verified The
statement of the Harrisonians. for instance
that they had been visited bv several members
of the Michigan delegation who had volunta-
rily promised TO support the Presidents re-
nomination, although counted for Blaine, wes
pronounced a yarn out of whole cloth ard the
methods of Depew. New. Kitchener and the
others simply gigantic game of bluff.
knowing their protestations of absolute con-
fidence, however, the Blaineites started in this
morning to make Home howl and they propose
TO keep up the morse until the balloting is
reached. 1t is to be ''Blaine, and nothing but
Blaine, so TAR as brass bands and badges and
pictures and all the other outside parlphernalia
, Of political campaign are concerned. The
idea is 10 impress the strangers from all parts
Of the country, who are already here or will
come in today or tomorrow. with the idea that
nobody bat Blaine is being thought of or talked
about. The badges. pictures. music, &c, can
be had for the asking and without money and
without price.
BIO HURRAH FOR BLAINE.
Blaine clubs from a number of points in Hi
| nois, Ohio, Wisconsin and other states will
bring reinforcements to total of several
thousand shouters during the day and every
man Will be expected TO use his lungs for all
| they are worth. In one of the big buildings of
the city there are stored away 5000 white
/ piumes. as many SNOWY uniforms, several wagon
loads Of fags and banners and pictures of
Blaine and the outfit for q band OF sixty-one
pieces.
This afternoon. according to present plans.
| this stock in trade is TO be turned loose on the
streets for the benefit of the citizens and visitors
/ aiready on the ground and Of the new arrivals
The whole aim and idea is To have such gigan-
| the howl. such an internal din and racket. and
TO keep u up so long 10 make people believe
i even against their own will and sober thought
that no such man as Benjamin Harrison i,
being thought Of or talked OF. and tina, James
/ q. blaine has everything about his own way
/ II 10 10 possible 90 accomplish stampede by
this hind Of campaigning. the stampede l. going
/ 90 come
But the .Prssidssss sdvissu N The present