The morning call., 1892-06-11
HARRISON
One Good Term De-
serves Another.
WHITELAW REID
Here Is the Ticket That
viii Win.
THE CONVENTION OVER.
its Work Accepted by All Loyal
Republicans.
HARMONY RULES THE HOUR.
4 Great Battle Has Been Won and
Lost and fractional Feeling Is
already Dead.
Special TeIegraphio Correspondence Of
The Morning Call"

MINNEAPOLIS Convention HaID, June
1O-Benjamin Harrison will be the next
President Of the United States. and by his
nomination was ended one OF the greatest
political conspiracies ever organized in the
history Of this OF any other country.
The triumph Of the President is accepted
here as meaning the sound of the death
knell of the great bosses who have en-
deavored in the last week to override the
will Of the people Quay. Clarkson, Platt
and Filley have gone down to ignominious
defeat, and the better element of the party
is triumphant at last.
It is evident they never were for Blaine,
but were merely juggling with his great
name in order to defeat the denomination
Of the President Soreheaded because they
could not control the patronage of the great
efice, they deter mined month ago to beat
Harrison. At that time they did believe
that Blaine would allow his name to 90 be-
fore the convention. They hoped. how
ever. by the use Of it. to create such an op-
posi- tion 10 Harrison that third candidate
would be necessary 10 harmonic the party
This was the game which they played and
which they lost
Reed. Mckinley, Alger, Rusk, Sherman.
or any other man who stood the least show
of being elected, was. in their eyes, prefer
able to the man who sits in the White
House. Why? Simply because they found
by experience that Mr.. Harrison was not
TO be dictated to; that in the administration
of affairs and in the distribution of the
Offices he acted upon the broad principle
that the best interests OF the people at all
times were to be placed above the personal
ambition of g few selfish and designing
men.
As the time for the convention drew near,
It became evident TO them that the strength
Of the President was much greater than
they had anticipated They had not realized
how he had SO strengthened himself in the
country during his three years administra-
tion until it was too late for them to take a
backward step.
Quay has never been the friend Of Blaine.
He has never supported the ex-Seere tary Of
State before and the fact that he did so now
was looked upon as suspicious.
ClaTks0n. 1t is true, has always regarded
ex-Secretary Blaine as one Of the great
men Of the generation. and under other
circumstances his support might have been
honest and candid.
So far as Platt is concerned however,
there is another tale to tell. Tie ex-Sena-
tor from New York was the personal friend
and follower Of Roscoe Conkling. When
the magnificent Senator from New York re-
signed his seat in the Senate because he !
could not be allowed by Garfield to dictate
the Federal appointments Platt was his
colleague and, following blindly In the lead
Of Conkling. performed hsgreat Me, too"
act Of Withdrawing from his seat Ia the
upper House and going back to his people
for Vindieation. The result of that act is
still fresh in the minds of the people.
Conkling was at war with Blaine, and at
the lettePs door he laid the blame for his
defeat. Platt was in close sympathy with
him. No one believes now that Platt has
ent fight he had no desire to nominate the
man from Maine. but was aetuated merely
by his wish to beat Harrison.
Filley was angry because he could not
be appointed Postmaster at st. Louis. Har-
rison, soon after his Inauguration, looked
about for proper man to fill the Office and
selected COlsnel Harlow, a man VINO has
been connected with the postal service for |
nearly quarter of century and who was |
regarded as the best man for the position |
that could have been found in the West. |
He had the Endorsement Of John W. Noble, |
James B. Mccullough, r. c. Kerens and |
nearly all in fact OF the best known and |
most prominent members of the Republican
party, including the business element in St |
Louis. Filley was backed by 'ths boys"
He made a desperate fight. but lost, and
from that day to this he has done every
thing in his power to beittle the President
He is another of the conspiratOrs.
From this it will be seen that the men
who managed the so-called Blaine fight
we're simply soreheaded politicians who
wanted to divide the spolls among them
selves and who had no thought or care for
the welfare Of the people.
Anything to beat Harrison" was their |
slogan from the first to the last, and they
succeeded in enlisting the sympalhies of
such men as Foraker. Wolcott and others
who had not been able to force the Presi- |
dent into giving them everything they |
wanted. Foraker In particular was embit- |
tered against the President because he did |
not like John Sherman. who had the con-
fdence OF Mr.. Harrison. Neither did he
like Mckinley. because the latter is in his |
way In Ohio and has always managed to
keep the festive Joseph down.
They knew last night that Mr. Blaine had
no chance whatever of being nominated
and yet they refused 10 withdraw his name.
MCKINLEY KEPT FAITH