Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-08
Circuit Court-Part II.
HARRISON is BEAT.


There Is intense excitement tonight
among the delegates to the republican
convention and the vast army Of
boomers who are in the interest Of
both the avowed candidates and the
"dark horse" who IS IN line for the
presidential nomination. The convent
ION will meet tomorrow and az the
hour appointed for the formal opening
OF the great struggle on the floor of
Exposition hall approaches the canvas
sing OF delegations to ascertain their
probable line of action is being prose-
cuted with prodigious industry. To-
day Governor Mckinley has been a
prominent figure and so has ex-
Speaker Thomas b. Reed. ingalls, has
come in from Kansas, Cullom from
Illinois, Warner from Missouri, and a
number of powerful leaders from the
far west. Not an element is lacking to
make the canvass from this time
forward one IN which every
move is significant. The utter.
ances of all delegates today are
more careful than heretofore, for the
state leaders are on the ground and
are directing the movements of state
delegations with intelligence and dis
cretion. The calculations heretofore
made from canvasses among scattered
delegates are worthless today. Very
many of the delegations are earnestly
discussing the situation in executive
session, just as Michigan did earlier in
the day, and individual preferences are
being abandoned for the sake of state
prestige IN the accomplishment o gen.
eral results and for the sake OF what 10
deemed to be the interest OF the party
at the polls. An extraordinarily
notable instance Of this tendency is ex-
hlbited In the action of the Pacific
coast states whose delegates have been
meeting IN Joint session and whose vote
now seems likely to go in solid mass to
Mr.. Blaine. Joseph ii. Manley told me a {
3 O'Clock tonight that he expected the
absolutely solid vote of seven OF the
western states for Blaine, and Chair
man Garrison who stood within hear.
ing distance added that his replies were
to the same effect. However this may
be 1t is true that today has witnessed
more earnest discussion of the presl-
| dental situation from the standpoint
| of party interests than has prevailed
| heretofore IN the whole time since the
! delegates began to arrive, and when
the convention meets tomorrow there
will be hardly delegation whose gen
| eral line of acton will not be definitely
i decided upon. I believe it to be the
truth, "a Governor Foraker said in his
splendid speech this morning to the
| Cincinnati Blaine club, that this 10 to bu
| the most important and the most mem.
| orable convention in the history of the
republican party. tits assured to be one
OF much new blood and much indie.
| pendent thinking. The talk of bossisnl
INDUCED in by some newspapers
| here as 10 any feature of It's
| work thus far is bosh. There ~ lead.
ershlp. but no bossism. Arbitrary dom
| nation would be tired in vain uvon the
intelligent mass of young republicans
who make up IN part the great couven-
/ ton which will assemble tomorrow.
! For all these reasons. therefore. and
| many others, u IL not safe to predic,
/, what the conventions outcome may be
| but | think one result Is already as
sured. II seems practically certain that
| President Harrison will not and can''
be renominated. Hs sdherente. who
are az brave lot of men "a ever made
a political canvass, still claim that VIC
tory will perch upon his banner, on;
they are still Tar short OF the votes nee.
! essary 10 nominate on the first hAilot,
and the way nearly a hundred OF his
delegates are fretting and chafGg
under their Instructions indicates That
on the second ballot he will have fewer
votes than on the first Without pre-
dieting a. 90 the nominee IL seems Ger
tain that Harrison - already beaten. -
y. r. tlelstt, Editor Detroit Tribane.
speeisl Minneapolis Correspondence,
June 4.