Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-08

In the Secretary q ofiice performs . IKE
service for inquiring senator's
DRIFT or sExrrMRNr. .
II the drift OF sentiment in the House
amounts to anything the nominee at
Minneapolis will be Blaine or McKin-
Isy-possibly Blaine and Mckinley.
Harrison men are drifting more this
morning than at any previous time, and
among them talk OF Mckinley or some
other compromise candidate is rife.
However. it does not take any search to
find Harrison men who are confident as
ever and tell you that private dispatches
received from the seat OF war this morn
ing makes certain the fact that Harrison
has 500 delegates, giving the opposition
the benefit OF every doubtful vote.
SENATOR HALE's VIEWS
Senator Hale said to Star man this
afternoon that as far as he knew there
was no change in the situation at
Minneapolis or here. "Mr. Blaine
starts for Bar Harbor this afternoon
feeling very we'll" The Senator con-
tinued "There is no doubt the combat
at Minneapolis is hot one, but l still
believe Mr.. Blaine will be nominated. l
know nothing OF any movement to take
up third man. 1t will be either Blame
or Harrison, and the nomination will be
made on the first ballot. And whoever
it is," the Senator continued, che will
receive the united support OF the whole
party"
SENATORS NOT MUCH INTERESTED.
The few senators at the Capitol to-day
did not appear to be very much inter
ested in the Minneapolis convention.
There were not more than twenty in the
chamber at any time, and they seemed
to be listless and disinclined to work.
In the clerks office q telegraph-operator
was stationed In readiness to receive
over the wires which had been run
in there specially for the purpose
any important news from Min
neapolis. The bulletins that came before
the early adjournment Of the Senate were
numerously duplicated on yellow tissue
paper and handed around in the chamber
by pages to such senator's as desired to
see them. Copies of them were also
posted on the specially-constructed bull
letin-bosrd placed in the Clerks office
by Secretary McCook.
MR.. DISGLEY's CONFIDENCE IN BLAINE.
1t is the belief here that to-day will
tell the tale of who will lead the kepub-
lican ranks in November. The fight on
temporary chairman is expected to be
sharp and decisive. The lines, it is said
at the Capitol, will be strictly drawn on
this question. and Fassett and Cullen
will stand as the representatives OF
their respective chiefs. One of the
best informed of the stay-at.home
representatives is Mr. Dingley, OF
Maine. $50 far as / can see" said Mr..
Dingley to-day, "the vote on the tenn
porary chairman will be an excellent and
sure test OF the respective strength OF
the President and Mr.. Blaine. l have
thought for several days that Mr. Blaine
would be nominated, and see no reason
TO change nv opinion. So far as any
decentralization can be seen it is in
the Harrison camp. The peculiar
condition of affairs in the conven-
ton would seem to render it impossible
to bring out any third man, as the nomi-
nation will be made on the first ballot.
Rusk and Alger seem to be prominently
mentioned. In case Of Blaine's nomi.
nation | should consider it likely that
the second on the ticket would be some
/ man especially friendly to the President.
Yes, Rusk would fulfil this require
ment.
WHAT THE FRIENDS OF BOTH SAY.
Both Blaine and Harrison partisan!
are talking sympathetically OF their can
didates to-day. The Blaine people insis
that their chief was compelled to resigI
because OF the manner in which hi
every act was criticised by the opposi
ton. They go even further than that u
many instances and assert that the tor
ments to which they say he was subjected
were deliberate and had for their objec
the shaping of situation which coult
result in nothing else but severing o
relations with the administration. The.
say emphaticallv that Blaine was treated
very shabbiIy in the letter accepting hi
resignation.
On the other hand, the Harrison advo
Gates assert that Mr.. Blaine was treated
with all consideration by the Presiden
| and by ali his Cabinet associates, and tina
it was not until the premier showed {
disposition to toy with the nomination
that any criticisms were uttered. Thes'
men do not think that the ex-Secre
tary is entitled to any sympa
thy, but they do claim that thu
President ought to command sympa
thetic respect for the manly way IL
which he has borne himself throughou
the entire difficulty. Mrs. Harrison ha
been seriously i'll, and this has troubled
the President day and night. At ever,
opportunity he has left his desk to spenC
the greatest possible amount OF time b.
his wife's bedside. IT was his desire to b'
with her continuously. but the pressure
of public business would not permit, so h'
has gone about his duties burdened will
the most wearying description of trou
bic concealed from public view. In tn,
midst of this situation came the unex
pected news that his chief OF staff woul'
he candidate before the Minneapoli
convention, and this was followed b.
the resignation. Such combination o
adverse circumstances, his admirers say
would have upset most men, but there
nothing in either appearance or manne
1 to indicate that the President is dis
turbed.
THE PRESIDENT SERENE.
The President is displaying rare com
posure over the political situation and
not allowing the contest at Minneapoli
to interfere in the least with his peace c
mind. This is shown by the fact tina
he found time to-day to write an auto
graph letter TO an Indiana farmer ccr
graduating him on the possession OF
Jersey cow which has beaten the recor
in the butter-producing capacity. Tn
President said in his letter that eff
man who makes two blades OF gras
grow where but one grew before is
public benefactor what honor should b
paid to a COW which gave two pounds {
butter where but one pound wss give
before?"
Indifrsrences Among Repr presentattves.
(By telegraph to tho Dispatcn.l
WASHINGTON. ID. c., June 7.-Neve
since before the war has such an al
parent indifference been shown by men
haya nf tha House tn the decislOn of