New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-07
MINNEAPOLIS CAMPS ASTIR.
HARRISON AND BLAINE FORCES TO MEE1
IN THE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
THE PREsIDENT's LIEUTENANTs FIRMLY con-
FIDENT AND TIE BLAINE RANKS IMPOSING
NEITHER SIDE A MAJORITY OF THE
WHOLE CONVENTION, But
GENERAL HARRISON
SEEMS TO LEAD.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKrBUNE.I

four hours the tenth Republican National Con-
vention will have met and begun formally 1he
work Of selecting the candidate Of it's party Ior
the Presidency. As the critical moment draws heor
the lines become more tightly drawn whlch TOT .'e
last few days have divided the opposing camps.
The ultimate result, however, remains shrouoed
in doubt as much as ever Both sides continue
to claim majority OF votes IN e"e
convention. Neither shows signs OF weakening
Each is confident Of success The supporters OF one
President assert that they can depend absolutely
npon az least 800 votes. The followers oi MI
Blaine say they are sure of not less than 5oo'
II ia imnossible 70 reconcile these conflicting claims
without assuming that there are some hundred ana
odd votes not committed. This, in fact, would
scem 10 be the case About $50 Of the soS dele
catcs composing the convention are yet to be heard
from They will probably all be In ire
city by tomorrow noon. The preferences
of O large mtjority Of these men no ohe
seems 10 know anything about Under the CIT
rmst,nces IL s not strange that both sides should
claim them. and both claim them with vigor
! because neither Is really certain Of clear anu
undisputcd majority.
As the closencss OF the contest becomes more
and more evident, bitterness OF feeling de'eioiS
which cannot but cause anxiety 70 those WIN
believe that harmonious action on the paro Oh u'e
convention is essential to Republican SUCCESS ia
Tho annrooching campaign This bitterness OF feeE
inc the absence of which one OF the most grau-
ting features of the canvass Of last weektbreatens
20 ossume proportions which in the opinion OF
conservative Republicans will make II incumfent
mon the convention to discard the claims OF the
two candidates and take up third man, whose
rone has not becn identified with the interests Oh
either Mr.. Blaine or General Harrison.
AN t-NpLEAsANr INCIDENT.
An incident OF this morning in the ro'uhaa Oh
the West House, where two rival factions iioh'
Indiana came near to blows over an attempt to
hou1 down Blaine banners, frAy served to
strcngthen their views OF the situation Inc
talk Of the leaders OF the two
factions has also been lacking III
discretion for the last day or two, and has li'
| creased the tension. Those who refuse 10 see
in all this anything more serious than the OUT
breal, Of eprit Of rivalry. harmless In ltself anu
unavoidable from the occasion and gatherihgs
| of this kind point out with good deal OF iorce
| that the convention ought not 10 assume "'e ie-
! sponsbty Of saddling the party with 'he con.
,en,ons Of two Of its leaders and the quarr'is vi
their followers. This growing bitterness Oh
feeling taken In connection VIII" "'e
d;strust with which the leaders Oh
ooh faction scan the lists of their followers ac-
| aann,. tor Tho revival of the "dark horse talk
|
h,o, so far n,ocecds from anti-lIaIrison quarters
T, ia oenerally interpreted as inderect confession
! ~ weakness By springing dark horse or Ia
orter upon the convention the ant-llarrson Lead
| crs hor, To make inroads upon the Harrison col
| umn II they succeeded, for instance, in inducing
Massachusetts and Ohio to support Goverhor Mo
Kinlev: Iowa TO vote for Allison; Illinois 70 pre-
sent Senator Culom, or Connecticut to champion
Senator IIawiey, il evident from glance at uie ID
hl.s which will be found further that Harrison
| would he far greater sufferer than blaine III
the execution of such manoeuvre' III Is pS
no means impossible that movement OF t'li'
| kind will be attempted anyhow Tomorrow ""en
the baloting Is expected Ia begin, III ior no oucr
purpose than that Of masking the batteries aS
/, were. Of the Blaine army. II the first ballot
should iustify it, then the favorte SONS would OF
course Immediately be withdrawn ana Tue ue-
cisive vote would he taken
| HARRISON MEN CONFIDENT
| The discussion Of this and similar rae
tics has no perccptbe effect upon the
managers Of General iiarrison's canvass VINO ieei
| confident that the "favorite son game cannot
be worked upon their man. Those men, they say
,sill stand by President Harrison from first TO
last Lnd they will not for single mo-
mont ,yaver in their support of him There Will
he no fayoritc sons" and no complimentary votes.
Tho dcht. in the opinion Of the Harrison lead
era will he decided upon the first ballot. ana
| il will he decided in their favor
| Tho canvass Of Mr. Baincs friends
received a new impetus to-day ny the formal
announcement of Warner Millers conversion
| Those who were present at tie meeting oi the oe'
ccation this morning. when /. Z. flat' propoSei
! Mr. Miller as chairman Of the delegation, aml'
silence as profoun as il was significant, are Will
ing tonight TO pay $40 for Kodak OF 'he
scene of the final ratification oil the new ai'uoc'
| Another incident which put Blaine headquarters
| IN bigb good humor was an informal ballot taken
hv the Virginia DELEGATION. which resulted Ia
dohtcen votes for Blaine and sin for
Harrison. n poll which IN the opinion
Of competent Judges, will undergo fur
tcr revision before Thursday next and
thc compctcnt Judges say the Harrison managers
| know their business report received rom
members Of the Ohio delegation, who claimed 10
| have made a careful canvass resulting In 20
votes for Blaine and 10 for Harrison, set faces
smiling in the rooms where Messrs. Platf. clark
son and QUAY directed the work OF their leu
tenants
| In the headouarters of the friends Of the Pres
| ident the utmost confidence was displayed III
his success The arrival Of ex-senator ingalls,
an outsnolen adherent Of the President, the gains
! reported to have been made upon uus'wor'"s
information in directions where heretofore all
efforts seemed 10 have been in vain, ana o'her
c1ually gratifying indications Of the strength and
nonularitv Of the President were more than sut'-
ctrnt TO keen ND the courage OF Colonel Michencrs
assistants and tighten the burden of their labors.
| Eyerything which they claimed pointed to the
Presidents nomination the first ballot.
ONE CONSERVATIVE CANVASS.
The following table is believed to represent
as conservative a canvass Of the different delega-
| tions as it is practicable to make at this time
| 1t cuts down the estimates OF poth