Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-03
COURAGE PLUCKED UP
By the Harrison Men Left in WASH
ington, but the Blaineltes
BELIEVE THEY WILL WIN OUT.
The secretarys Continued Silence Taken as
Great Omen, but
HE NAY SOON RESIGN HIS POSITION

ESPECIAL rxLEGKAM TO THE D1srATcH.l
WASHINGTON, June 2-The Republican
politicians are leaving Washington as fast
as the railway managers can accommodate
them. and by tomorrow all who are going
to Minneapolis will have departed. Most
of the leading spirits are already gone, but
the spirit OF gossip remains behind, and has
exhibited great vivacity to-day.
The Harrison men have plucked up much
courage during the last "a hours, and are
extracting q wonderful amount of consola-
tion from the fact that Senator Quay &C
cidentally missed seeing Secretary Blame
yesterday when he called to bid the Secre-
tary goodby. They are able to discern in
this trivial occurrence a rupture of the anti
Harrison plan of campaign and an explo-
sion of the Blaine boom. They are very
willing to ignore the conference of the
Blaine leaders at the Blaine mansion on the
preceding evening, and some of them de-
clare that no such conference was held.
Representative Hit, of Illinois, is one OF
the few prominent Republicans here who
go so far as to express disbelief in the hold
ing of the conference, which is one OF the
best-established and most important facts
of recent political history. With very few
exceptions, however. this fact is acknowl
edged by the Republicans generally.
Rsrrisonites Cheered by Silence.
The Harrison men here have also tried
very hard to-day to demonstrate that
them. They claim that 1t indicates an ad-
herence to his February renunciation, and
some of the more sanguine of the Presi-
dents friends claim to believe that the
Secretary is secretly intending to play into
the Presidents hands by remaining silent
until it is too late for the anti Harrison
men to make new combinations, and then
retiring in favor of the President
The fact that any of the Harrison men, in
their desperation, can entertain such an
improbable supposition as this shows very
clearly what straits they are in and at
what frail straws they are clutching. On
the other hand, the anti-Harrison men at
the capital have retained to-day the full
measure of the confidence which they enter
tain of being able to defeat the Presidents
denomination.
News has been received here from the
West to-day that 700 of the 900 delegates
are known to have declared in favor of
Blaine. This is stated as upon the authority
of Mr.. Clarkson. Of the 700, fully 100 are
delegates who have been hitherto included
among those pledged to President Harrison,
but who now announce that their pledges
were conditioned upon Mr.. Blaine's ab-
:sence from the field.
Blaine Men Reason Differently.
The Blaine men insist that this proves
beyond a doubt the existence of an over
whelming sentiment in favor of Blaine
throughout the country, and gives a clear
indication of the final action of the conven-
tion. They say that the only remaining
hope of the Harrison men lies in the pro-
mitigation of another letter of declination
by the Secretary, and such a letter, Mr..
Blaine has positively declared any num-
ber of times within the last few days,
he will not write. The theory that
Blaine may still be secretly friendly to
Harrison finds little support in the fact
which has been widely commented on here
to-day, that the Secretary and the Presi-
dent have not met since the return of the
President from Rochester yesterday morn
ing Although there was a Cabinet meeting
on Wednesday, Mr.. Blaine did not attend
it, and although be has repeatedly
passed by the White House on
his journeys to and from the
State Department, he has not called on the
President. The rumor of his impending re-
tirement from the Cabinet at an early day
las become general, and is accepted as high
iy probable by almost everybody. The i'm
possibility of his maintaining official and
confidential relations with the President
after what has happened already, and no
matter what may happen hereafter, is gen.
orally granted.
Talking Of Third Man.
There has been some talk In certain quar-
ters to-day about what might occur in case
Mr. Blaine, for some reason, might with
draw in favor of q third candidate. Even
in that contingency the anti-Harrison Re-
publicans here claim that they will have
sufficient strength in the conv sntion to beat
the President, and the name of Alger has
been frequently mentioned as one on which
the nti-Harrison delegates could combine
with success.
Among the rumors sprung upon the
public to-day by the foes of Mr.. Blaine was
a story that he had been again prostrated by
a serious illness last night The story was
q pure invention, and the Secretary gave
the lie to it this morning by going to the
State Department and attending to his bus
mess there as usual But while it lasted
the report created great excitement at the
Capitol and all over town.
Among the Republican Congressman the
opinion is almost unanimous, SO far as they
will express positive opinions at all, that
the anti-Harrison crowd have the inside
track, and that Blaine will in all proba-
bility secure the Presidential nomination.
There are many Republicans, however, who
are unwilling to register a decided
opinion, especially over their own
signatures, but they show plainly what
hey in reality think. On the other hand,
he Democrats in Congress generally ad-
nere to the idea that the President will be
,enominated. This is Colonel Fellows
opinion, and also that of Senator Villas,
representative McCreary, eI-Commissioner
Mason, Ex-Governor West, of Utah, and
many other representative Democrats now
n Washington.
Mckinley on the Vote of Ohio.
CLEVELAND, June 2-Governor Nc
zinley, in an interview at Akron, O., to-
Law, said concerning the Ohio delegation
o Minneapolis: 'T suppose the dele
,ation will be divided, as II