The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-23
HORSE NAY WIN.
TIE PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT FULL OF
UNCERTAINTIES

Blaine and Harrison May Both Be
Left-The President Sure to Have the
Indiana Delegation at His Back.
Blaine Favors Alger IL He is Not
Selected himself
WAsHIvGTox, Jan. Eff the Presi-
dent has nothing else in the Minneapolis
convention said close friend Of his to-
day, she will at least have his state behind
him. as he did not have it in 1SSS. He
practically selected every member Of the
state committee yesterday, and he will per
sonally select every delegate from Indiana
to the Minneapolis convention. They will
be the best and brightest republicans in the
the state, too. / believe that President
Harrison will have great
many delegations at the Minneapolis
convention, that Secretary Blaine will be
out of the race by that time, and that Presi-
dent Harrison will undoubtedly be renomi-
mated, but whether that is so OF not it is a
source Of great pride to me, as an Indiana
man myself, that President Harrison will
have Indiana at bis back"
BLAINE's FRIENDS THINK DIFFERENTLY.
Naturally enough. Secretary Blaineis
friends take different view of the proba-
bilities at Minneapolis. They think Secre-
tary Blaine will be nominated with sub
Btantial unanimity," if not by reclamation.
Among republicans, who are neither Blaine
nor Harrison men, the opinion is spreading
that neither Of them will be nominated.
Neither wants the nomination unless be has
q fair chance Of being elected. In the opin-
ion OF conservative republicans Secretary
Blaine will come TO see that he cannot be
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cannot be elected if he Is nominated, and
President Harrison, who would take a
nomination by bare majority, will come
20 see that be cannot be elected. In their
judgment Secretary Blaine does not want
President Harrison nominated or elected
any more than President Harrison wants
Secretary Blaine nominated or elected.
Hence they are looking for other candi-
dates.
BLAINE TO BACK ALGER,
They have about concluded that IL Blaine
pulls out he will try to nominate Gen.
AlRer, but that he will certainly try to pres
vent the nomination Of either Represent
ative Reed or Gov. Mckinley or Senator
Sherman. President Harrison is said to
have no second choice, but any Of those men,
toned, except probably Gen. Alger, would
be acceptable to him, and 80 would Repre-
sentative Reed or Senator Allison. The
very latest possibility mentioned IS Secre-
tary Tracy, who has made the
great success of the cabinet
whose war record is fine, and whose
popularity Is great enough to warrant
belief that he might possibly carry New
York. He would have President Harrison's
support and Secretary Blaine's opposition.
Secretary Blaine resents the usurpation by
the navy department Of the powers of the
state department, even under the direction
of the President. Representative Reed de-
MED to-day a circumstantial statement that
he had been interviewing republican sena-
tors with a view to securing their support
for the nomination. 81 never exchanged a
word with a senator on that subject" he
said In his emphatic way.
INDIANA's STATE COMMITTEE.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Jan. 22.-Delegate
conventions in thirteen congressional dis
tricts of Indiana yesterday selected the state
committee. Eleven Of the members are OUT
Spoken for President Hsr ision, while Hem
mingway, of the First district, and Hanna
of the Twelfth, have agreed not to antagon-
ize him. In every district resolutions were
passed indorsing the administration, and in
nine out Of thirteen districts resolutions
were passed declaring for the President for
denomination.