Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-07
THE CONTESTED SEATS.
Harrison Seems to Be Getting the worst
of 1t in the Committee-Work among
the Southern Delegates.

Harrison Seems to Be Getting the Worst
of 1t in the Committee--Work among
the Southern Delegates.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, June 6.-The
shouts, singing and band music Of the
political clubs draws people from every
direction to the lobby and corridors of
the West Hotel to view the spectacle,
but all day long score and some times
threescore of eager watchers has stead
fly surged TO and fro around room 1872,
selling every opportunity to get those
inside, or to secure an inkling OF the
way in which things were going in the
contests to come.
The contest between Harrison and
Blaine seems to be growing so close as
to make il possibility that on the de-
cisions of the committee on contests
will rest the party nomination. The
party outside the room was made up
largely of colored men, but occasionally
leaders of the two forces were on hand
TO learn and report how the fight was
going. The news received was far
from cheering TO the Harrison men,
who had been counting on almost solid
delegations from the Southern States.
In many instances they were able to
hold their ground but the fight was
losing one on the whole and in Alabama
they were especially hard hit, the anti
Mosely faction capturing all but three
of the contested seats.
The Harrison men are angry at the
way in which contests have been de-
cided and the outlook for the undecided
ones. They complain that everything
is going against them and threaten to
make a fight on the national committee
along the line.
The Alabama contest will be carried
to the full Executive Committee but
whether or not the fight in this or other
contests will be carried further it is too
early TO say, there being difference of
of opinion as to policy. The first con-
test decided to-day was from Utah in
which the regulars, or anti-Salt Lake
Tribune faction won. This gives Blaine
two votes.
The members of the Southern delega-
tIonS find themselves of considerable
importance to-day and appear to APP
preciate the fact. The Harrison men
are making strong efforts to hold them
in line, while the anti-HarriSon forces
are bringing all the means at their COM
mand to break into the South and APP
pareutly with some effect.
Fred Douglas, Notwithstanding his
age, is actively at work In the Harrison
cause, addressing colored men and
stIffeuing the lines where they are in
clined to waYer. At the Georgia head
:. 10 hnln
CATION while it was engaged in perfect
ing its organization. The Georgia dele
CATION, it has been asserted, were solid
for Harrison, but a suspicion developed
that some Of them were unfavoraoIe
and Mr.. Douglass urged them to stand
firm and true. He announced that he
was for Harrison as against Blaine and
denounced the latter on account OF his
opposition to the force bill of 1873. An
effort was then made to have the dele
cation polled and pledged to support
Harrison as long as Indiana kept him
in the field. The object was to smoke
out some members who were said to be
weak kneed and it was accomplished
for two delegates at once objected on
the ground that it was superfluous.
Gen. Longtreet Is at work for Blaine.
Warner Miller, of New York, is also
quietly doing some missionary work for
Blaine among the colored delegates.
Ex-senator Bruce, Auditor Lynch, and
other colored men are working for Har-
rison. An effort was made to win over
Mr.. Langston 10 the Presidents sup
port but he told the committee in an
outspoken vigorous manner that he was
on the other side. He claims that Vlr-
ginia will vote for Blaine with the ex-
cepton of four or six delegates. Others
give the President at least eight votes
from Virginia.