Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-10
BEN WINS It.
Harrison Delegates Are
Seated.
BATTLE NOW ON.
Settlement of Contest
Over Credentials.
SESSION WAY INTO NIGHT.
What Was Done Under the Gas Light
by the Republicans at Minneapolis.
SESSION WAY INTO NIGHT.
What Was Done Under the Gas Light
by the Republicans at Minneapolis.
Special TO the Tribune.

Special 10 the Tribune.
MINNEAPOLIS, June l0-The third day
Of the convention opened very quietly.
The delegates are beginning to suffer from
that "tired feeling" of which the medical
advertisers speak, pathetically, and there
Is "A decided falling off in the noisy exhibi-
ton of the early part Of the week. The
Blaine men, however. are striving to pro-
long the agony in the hope that they may
gain sufficient strength from the opposing
faction To carry their man through. and
while it is apparent that the Harrison
men are anxious for a ballot at the earli-
est possible moment, and that they are
fully conscious that delay Is dangerous.
yet it Is not improbable that Mr. Blaine's
followers may overreach themselves by
their policy of mastery inactivity, and
that their manifest purpose to hinder the
progress of business may disgust not
few delegates, those especially who want
to get home, and in the end there may be
a reaction in favor Of Harrison.
There was no opposition when General
Cogswell asked that the committee on
credentials be given till p. m. The vote
for adjournment until evening, 407 to 206,
was on the surface Blaine victory, mas
much as it delayed business.
Has the Blaine Boom Burstf
1t is reported on all sides that the Blaine
boom has burst and that his name will
not be formally presented to the conven-
ton III. &. Payne said: "Blaine can't
be nominated. If we can get just two
ballots Mckinley will be brought for
ward"
General Clarkson, representing the
Blaine side of the house, was asked imme-
diately after the adjournment the uues-
tion point blank: do you consider the
ballot on the adjournment test vote"
A pleasei smile fitted over Mr.. Clark
sons fen ures as he replied: "Well, we
wanted to nd diourn and they did t."
Senator IIiscock, "A recognized Harrison
leader. was confronted n moment after
ward with exactly the same query, "Was
it test vote?" The senator's answer was
brief and emphatic NO. sir, decidedly
IL was not a test vote"
If This IL So Harrison Has 1t.
At a caucus of Harrison men held i'm
mediately after adjournment of the con-
vention, over Central Market hall, the roll
of the convention was called and one of
the delegates present says that twelve
more than the actual majority needed to
nominate answered to their names and
said they were going to vote for Harrison.
Reports were male by state delegations of
absentees who would vote for General
Harrison bringing the total vote assured
to him up to $50.
Tho First Evening Session
of the Republican convention was charac.
terized by the same lack of eager interest
on the part of the visitors and delegates
remarked at the previous sessions. 1t was
not until long after the hour for opening
the session that the galleries began to fill.
The evening was warm and pleasant.
Just before the hour of meeting the report
was circulated that the Harrison mana
gers were Discussing the advisability Of
forcing ballot at this session.
Harrison forces were silent as to the
course they intended to pursue, and when
questioned merely stated that they did
not know whether the convention would
reach n ballot at once or not. Up to
the last moment uncertainty was mani
tested rs to the intentions of the Blaine
managers regarding the presentation OF
Mr.. Blaine. IL was stated that ex-Gov-
ernor Foraker and Mr.. Platt were both in
clined to the belief that IL would be wiser
not TO formally present Mr.. Blaine to the
convention. In the event Of this decision
DelnB aunereu 10, IL was obvious tnat III the
Harrison people decided to restrict their
nominating and seconding speeches, bal
lot could be reached within a couple of
hours after the opening of the session.
When this condition Of affairs became
known The deepest interest was manifested
by both the galleries and the delegates.
At $50 every scat in the auditorium ap.
peared To be occupied, and as some adver-
tiser had distributed fans TO every in
dividual in the audience, magnificent
sight was preseated by $4,000 fans waving
In time IN the music Of the band.
At this juncture Chairman Cogswell
OF the credentials committee appeared on
the platform. aud at this signal that the
most important committee OF the organi-
zation had concluded its labors, the con-
vention bur- into applause.
Dick Thompson Uonorcd.
"The convention will please come to or
der" said Chairman Mckinley at pre-
cisely s:45, aud Chauncey NJ Depew i'm
mediately demanded recognition, and In a
felicitious speech moved TO congratulate
Hon. Richard w. Thompson Of Indiana on
his s3rd birthday, and TO invite him to
the platform. Prolonged cheers followed
Mr.. Depew's motion, and when the mani.
festations had subsided, Chairman Nc
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