Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-07
10 OPPOSITION 70 FLsSEff.
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nate IlarrisuA 90 the srsi Ha.ist q 20 la.ss
men are custsct in u,.sr ,isl-i. ths.s ~r ts 30
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ihst tiis's !. 40 fca.nu g. tlisn - hHt.g ta
hird cAuutlat. III f-laa of - WsrftssN
mei, % nominate Nthinit h. ra. q. - t--n
di-''us-e'i. i"r the tua-"n tisst the dsssts - q
are rot widely knosu.
1hcre = v.t. .'ieers.ic~ - opinior stusas
tho-c sho have iook,l tnt" iis slly.st =. g.
whsi iife eSec, "a the htcns utgn, hs NAst
the hHrrt-'H men are hanging ,sn with h~-
hihies 40 . 'Hrs nar-s is tiai ti' Uhio aeias-
n"n cannot Rh"-d ." '"t' 'g.insi him. .i'd
that cousiiorabl, Huuil.r - III. gi.u Who are
nov working Tor luaiur ss-IiI - clad - ssst
ts,ir votes iuI some Ouh.-i onn,,i.lai. ~ ihsr
could 10 10 Nithog, anl 'asF', ~ n"niiuA sIu,G
Harrison. They have css.slasr,,l 1hs matter
very CAREFUL, M ali i,s lesrinyS. and q mhy be
regarded as certain that ,h.y have s,t,ied urn
the course they slll Iur.re IN the .yeu, hat
Nlr. Harrison cannot get tAe n"aiHist,on the
frat ballot.
Born sIDEs aSxioUS
With all their professions of "onfidenss Il h
evident To any close ol'zslg 90 that totL siacs
are suffering great anxiety. Jhe Bla'ac s-copls
have been fighting all along 20 overcome =
majoritv against thcm instructed whiI" % We
thought Elaine would not run. The Harrison
people have been struggling 20 hold certain
delegates who were pledged 90 their candidate
under n misapprt h'nsipn to Rlsines posi-
tion. Under the rhrcnd management of Me-srs.
Clarksou. Quay. Hiatt aud othcrr a large
nunber Of votes appear Ia have been drawn
of from the Harrison line. just how many
I a. sl..ss4 IA hat
neither side can tell. The Harrison people
cshim not 90 have lost enough overcome the
msiarity they hnd To start with. but ln private
sorle of their Eambcr fear that the lors has been
greater. On the other hand the Blaine people
while they may feel confident, cannot ba GER
| tain that they have made many n liable gains
as they claim. II is perfectly safe to say. how
ever hottest their estimate mas be. that neither
side has at this moment absolutely certain
| enough votes 81 nominate. OF the number Of
votes which can ne relied on, RlsiIt aud Harri-
son stand about evenly, aud the noniinhtion de-
ponds upon a LOT Of unreliable and non-con-
4 mitted votes. The tables made up On both sides
are rchable up to certain point and do not
greatly disagree up 90 that point. but there they
strike out among the unknown votes which
have 20 be estimated on the two tables vet far
apart. The majority IL placed oI, one .id. or
the other, according to the bIss oi him who
makes the estimate.
TIE HARRISON ESTIMATE.
The statement made yesterday Co. rue b.
| of Mr.. Harrison heutenAnts that Mr.. Ifnrrsson
lacked forty woes of enough % nolnilrate wss
| based on a count of reliable votes only, lenviug
the floating vote 20 draw from IA their private
calculations. The Harrison men have 20 take
into consideration that the driving 10 being
done on the ether side and that al sbsolutely
undecided member is apt TO be pulled against
them. aud that AT the same time certain
number of those who ave fully committed to
Mr.. Harrison cannot be relied on, but NAV 10
either say. Ii il out Of this situation that
arises the rneSpresscd doubt which the dis
passionate Harrison leadcrs fvsl and out al Il
4 grows tue Mckinley movement. Some of their
| fears may not be well FOUNDED l,nt out % the
uncertainty has come the s'ttled plnn TO throw
as many Of the Harrison votes possible 20
| Mckinley on the second ballot If Harrison 10
not nominated on the first.
In the lauguage of Inv informant, quoted
\ briefly Yesterday the situation thu. de-
scribed: 1t il definitely settled that Mai. Nc
Kinlev is TO receive every HtAlwHrt Harrison
| vote on the second ballo, II Mr.. Harrison il rot
nominated ON the first ballot. AZ present Mr..
Harrison lacks some forty votes Of enough 10
nominate Ii NAV be that can nail down
enough of the shaky ONES between now and
Thursday. when the bnliotng is o. begin, to
bridge over this gap, hut IL looks very uncer-
tain. The expectation ls there VIII lie some
votes cast I'm the air or ON inVorite IONS Mr..
Mckinley will get eipout thirty complimentary
yoteS on the first ballot. Gen. Algcr will get
the solid delegation Of Michigan and there viii
be other votes scattering. I'D that ON the hrst
ballot it is regarded aS probable that Mr..
Harrison will not have quite enough TO
nominate though he will have more votes than
will Mr. Blaine. II il turns out this way
know of certain votes which will 60 from Har-
rison to Blaine on the second ballot In fact
We know that there Is a certain number of dele
gates. not many Fortunately. who will vote for
Harrison on first ballot merely TO relieve them
selves of obligation TO do and will. II there
arc any more ballots cast their gotes thereafter
for Mr.. Blaine. Iii therefore certsin that Mr..
Harrison cannot be nominated ON any but the
first ballot and if that ballot shows no results
the Harrison men who are in earnest viii break
at once 20 Mckinley. OF course We cannot
carry enough votes to him from our own rHnks
20 nominate him, but We are perfectly confident
that there are men now In the Blaine lines who
are there merely to defeat Harrison and who
would gladly 20 over to Mckinley If we led the
way."
This was a frank and free statement OF the
situation by a most prominent and devoted
Harrison man, made merely because he
friendly TO The STAR and thought Il safe 20 tell
a paper at that distance the plain truth he un-
derstood. There are some serious elements Of
doubt. however, about the ability 20 carry tins
plan into successful execution. IL IL so well
understood that if Mr.. Harrison IL not nom
mated on the first ballot he will not be NOM
mated at all that soon as this ballot should
pass without his nomination he would be out Of
the race. leaving the field 10 Blaine IL is not
70 be supposed that with everything in their
own hands as il would be then with nothing
20 do but to nominate their man, men who
have been working for Blaine for personal or
public reasons would run the rick of changing
TO another candidate to be brought now into
the field.
WILL NOT DESERT BLAINE.
In speaking Of the matter those men who are
working for Blaine with the least feeling Of per-
sonal friendship toward him declare that it
would be simply blind idiocy for them 20 de-
sert Blaine after they had practically won the
fight They declare that they are so bound to
him now that their fortunes must rise or fall
with his.
During the night an immense amountSof WORK
was done on both sides to strengthen lines or
to make accessions, while the shouting of
''Blainei Bainei Blainer is kept up incess-
antly. The ready workers Of both sides are
struggling with the untiring delegates While
10th sides claim TO have a majority. . safe ma
jority, they do not permit this fact 70 interfere
with their working with all their might
In the preliminary skirmishing during tbs
night the Blaine men had the advantage In -
curing the selection Of FAssett for temporary
chairman over Cullom and in the COMMITTEES
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