The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-09
Blaine Lungs Tired, Feather Duster
PIumes Dropping, and lingo
Banners Trailing.
Harrison or a Dark Horse, and
the Presidents Forces Still
In Line.
Blaine Followers Openly Nagotiatlng
With FavOrite Sons -McKin inley Com
Ing to the Front.

out OF every five cool-hesded men -.ou meet
tonight will tell you that they believe
that Blaine has destroyed Harrison and an
nihilatea himself. Twenty -four hours ot
delay have weakened both Blains and Hnr-
rison unmistakably The tactics Of Quay,
Platt and Clarkson are all toward more de-
lay, and it ia doubtful il ballotinR begins
before Friday. II will not il the anti Har-
| rison men can prsvens IL. They do not ex-
poet to make gains for Biaine
by procrastinating, but % Plattt
Qrimly says, ''We'll see how much
endurance those Harrison fellows havs.''
Platt insists that he is honestly for Blaine,
but even the crazisst followers OF Blaine
Are beginning to suspect the good faith Of
the leaders. The Blaine lungs arc tired,
the feather dnster plumes are dropping, the
jinRo banners are trailsd wsarily through
the streets and like the man whose name
they take in vain, tho boomers are aick,
blue and disappointed.
We are seeing the last DAYS OF Blaine and
his methods and followers forever. His
chief support comes from his old enemies;
his old friends are agginst him. some sor-
rowfully, others with no charity for the
third candidate would 90 through the
convention with rash il one could Re
found. Mckinley is the popular man Of
the convention as far as personality goes,
but the low tariff western states are afraid
to take him. At least one-half Of the Ohio
men, under the manipulation OF Foraker,
are also against him. Yet Mckinley
Will get forty or more votes, very
likely on the first ballot. ana
must be considered probability. The
anti-Harrison bosses want Sherman, but
the west, especially the silver states,
strongly object to him. II Harrison does
not win after ballot or two look for l
big effort to deliver Nav York. Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio to Sherman in spite of the
west He will Res several southern states
when Harrison's vote breaks. Tom Reed is
also full AedRsd candidate. He has been
personally soliciting the Massachusetts
men to vote for him tonight, and he will
get some votes IN the convention. His
ticket Is Reed and Rusk. .'Tom
and Jerry" Here and there is
fsebls echo of Lincoln, but
nobody here is working for him. The Har-
rison forces are still kept we'll in hand.
They are not losing ground. and may have
gained some to-day, but the opposition to
the president is 90 determined and bitter
that many of his friends say his nomina-
tion would be fatal to party success, and il
makes them lukewarm. They would be
easily persuaded to look elsewhere for q
candidate. 1t is the most unrelentingly
aggressive. ugly fight ever seen.
against candidate.
The scene at the West hotel to. night ID
Bands arc are playin rival
PROFESSIONS are marching. hooting and
ieering at one another, and at one time !
free fight was on in the crowded lobby. |
Il was started by Blaine crowd marching !
in with banner which read. Harrison
will lose Indiana by 10000" A Harrison |
procession made a rush for it and tore it TO
'hreds. The Blaine gang in surn tore TO
pieces portrait of Harrison and in ten
tho floor was Uttered with the
Blaine plumes. flags and banners and the
police were holding the combatants apart.
20 it goes ut every turn, and time only in
ensites the trouble.
1t ia Harrison or dark horse. Harrison
,az the office holders, Wall street moneys,
nd tho ough organization behind his dele
.ates, and it will be hard to whip him. He
3 game and stubborn fighter and il he
rims over the men arrayed against him he
Eill be the greatest leader in his party and
Ia absolute master. He can be beaten
nlv by the game his enemies are playing,
4 keeping the delegates divided among
hree or four candidates until his support
rows tired and brsaks II ha doea mt ~ IN
{ the start he will be beaten. A. WI.