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TWENTYFIRST*

YEAH. OMAHA. FRIDAY MORNING , ..OiUNE 10 , 1892-TWELYE PAGES. .NUMBER 3o8.

Opposing Armies at Minneapolis Eotiro

After an Indecisive Skirmish.-

ELAINE'S

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FIRST BLOW FALLS HARMLESS

Attack Under Rot Olarksoa's' Leadership

Fails of the Object Aimed At.

HARRISON FORCES SOLIDLY IN LINE

Renewed Efforts by Blaine Men to Split-

Them Prove Unsuccesjfnl ,

NEBRASKANS WILL VOTE STRAIGHT

Some Want to Bolt But it is Believed They

Will Not.

LIVELY MEETING AT THE HEADQUARTERS

Brilliant-anil Tolling Speeches Made by a

Number of Orators.

BELIEVE BLAINE OUT OF THE RACE

Sentiment in Washington Thoroughly United

on President Harrison.

WAS ONLY A-TRICK TO GAIN TIME

Adjournment of the Convention Until Even-

ing

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Shows the Blaiuoites'' Despair.

GOOD 'RESULT OF A HARRISON CAUCUS

Over 1'lvo Hundred Delegates I'lcileoil to-

Votofor tlio President TomntiiUous-

tu Unfit Home * Draft of theriutiorm.

MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Juno 9. fSpaclal-Eelogratn to Tin: Bui : . ] The convention hastaken n recess until 8 o'clock this evening onmotion of General Sewoll , ono of the Har-

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loaders. The vote has , therefore , nosignificance , as partisans of both candidatesJoined In passing tlio resolution.

The HarrUon forces are now holding acaucus in Market hall. They insist thattheir lines araunbrokcn and that they haveiv clear majority. Thby "expect to gat to thenominations this evening.

The macolng hold nt the Nebraska head-

quarinra-

was a BUCCOSS. "Warner Miller.John M. Thurston , Church Howe , EdwardHosowator , Senator Hlscock , Chauncoy-Dopow nnd .Tuago Scott were the spaakors-.Thurston

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thought Blaine would poll 15,000-

inoro votes In Nebraska than any other can ¬

didate.-Cnauncoy

.Dapow said that Mr. Thurston

was a laid convert to Blaine and that hohimself had been ostracised tor years In seinepolitical circles In Now "Xork for advocatingBlaine at a tlmo xvhon Thurstou was on theother side.-

Mr..

. llosoxvat'jr also ropllod to Thurston's-arguments. .

Hlscock mudo a strong speech advocatingHarrison.

Judge Scott said bo would obey instruc-tions

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, but was at heart a Blaine man-.It

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is usllovcd still that thu delegation willcast a solid vote for Harrison on thu firstballot , though Warner and Funk nro re-

ported¬

us being anxious to cast their firstvote for Binino.

JlnrrlHou DcloguteH Caucnu.The Harrison caucus Immediately after the

noon adjournment of thn convention createdn tremendous sensation. Thu delegates motIn Central Market hall. At the foot of tbostairs below stood "Long" Jones of Chicago-.Up

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Btuirs , tallying delegates as theystruggled lu , wore Church Howe and Mr.-

Plerco..

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Four hundred and sixty-nine delegates re-

ported.¬

. All announced that they were forHarrison. On the platform stood Chauncoy-Dopow , Major General Savolb , ex-SenatorPalmer nnd ascora of otbor statesmen. Theroll of sttitos was called as if lu regular con ¬

vention.All of 'Nebraska's delegates wcro present

except J. L. and E.V. . Webster , Warner ,

Funk , McClcod and Goro. It was mutedthat all but Warner and Funk could bo de-

pended¬

upon to vote for Harrison on tbofirst ballot. The list rolled up-

KO votes. Thcro was much enthusiasm.-Chauncoy

.

Dopow was mudo floor manager of-

tha Harrison forces. Spoonor and Btnvell ,

McComus , Cannon and Ingulls wore quietly'decided upon to support him in the coiningBtrugRlo. The caucus adjourned , thoroughlysatisfied that nothing could dnfoat tbo nom-ination

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of tbo president.How the NeivsVIIH Itocolvctl.

The news spread llko wild flro. When Irushed to the Nebraska headquarters In theNlcollotjit was tboro bolero mo. Mr. Gore ,

had boon absent on the commltteo onplatform , corroborated the Information ,ri x "1 hnvo no doubt , " ho said , "that Presi-dent

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Harrison will bo ronomniatod on thefirst ballot. "

K D. Hlchnrds endorsed the statement.Church Howe came In Hinlllnp. Hn had atally Hit tu his hand and checked off thettalcs , Ho has done actlvo work as the Nu-

briuku-

member of the HarrUonsecret executive committee of forty ,

Ho said : "We've got ''em suro.There uover bus boon any doubt of It , andour list today at our fifth meeting tallied ex-.uctly

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with those made at tbo previous otic.-

Vo.

have 611 votes certain , with O''l ns highVvator luark. At our first mooting wo chockedup 478. Yos'crday wo put It confidently at-Ctl. . Nebraska u 111 cast 14 votes for Hard-iOu , Iowa tiJ und Kansas 2.1'-

No

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Doubt of the ICcgult.-

Mr.

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. Kosewutor said : "I have no doubt ot-

Harmon's ronomlnatlon nud sea no reabott-to change my stato-nont ot Tuesday whichIRHVOJOU. The combination against himhss failed to combine , oven wheu uilug-Ulaltio ai a Hulking horse , and U cannot , In-

tny Judgment , uulto ou j else lu theface ot the prcildcui'a known ilreuifth. "

Thcro are nviny well known Nebraskatacoj In Iho city , betides luojo previously

noted , 1 saw on the street today oxCon-gressman

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Dorsoy and Cockrcll.-A

.majority of the Nebraska delegation

called Mi In afternoon to pay tiiolr respects toWilliam McKlnloy. Jr. , headed by J. L-

.Webster..

. This U regarded ns having pos-

Rlblo-

significance In the case of a thlrJ can ¬

dldato.Late tonight It Is reported that all the

dnlogatton but Warner will vote for Harri-son

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on the first ballot. In case of a secondcholco several declare themselves for Husk.-

An

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tlio Session Opened-.It

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Is 3 o'clock as I wrlto la the great con -

ventlon hall. The scats are nearly Bllcd ,

The Immense quadrangle is n sea ot faces.What may bo called the orchonral clrelo. Isfilled with delegates , roproaontlng much of-

tbo brains and political sagacity ot the rc-publlo-

.Chauncoy.

Dopow has Just come Jn amidloud hand-clapping. Ho is to nominate Har-

rison¬

and lead his forces. The fiery For-

aker-

, tall , erect , with silver-sprinkled hairand mustncho , takes his soul to the roar ofSenator Spooncr , Joe Cannon and Me-Comas of Maryland , Thcio actlvo , nervousfighters with the Irldoiccnt IngalU nro to-

do the floor work for the Harrison forcoj.-

in.

front sits Tom Plait nnd Warner Mlllor.Down the nislo u Senator Cullom and In linewith him Senator Folton of California.

Scattered throughout the mass , one's eyesunconsciously light on the faces of Folton-nnd Wolcott , Shoup nnd Dubols , M.ihono-.Sloat

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Fassoti , General Sowoll and scoreof other mon of national promlnancs. Facingthem nnd surrounding the chairman's plat-form

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are gathered the representatives of thepress of the country.

Many Jourimllitts Present.Among the tables ore lots of such brilliant

Journalists as Mural Halstoad , C. C. Good ¬

win , Edward-ltosowater , Aldeu J. Blethcn ,

and 200 special correspondents speciallyselected to do the work of this great gather-ing

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, but the crowd Itself Is most Impressive-.It

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bums in and encloses on nil four sides ,

rising tier on tlor, deli-gates , press nnd plat-form

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, 10,000 facas glvo lUht and shadow tothe sccno nnd await IrapUlontlp what Is bo-Moved to bo the first Interesting session ofthe convention. Slnco 3 o'clock the 'air hasbeen filled with rumors.

The great political ka'oldoscona has nowboon given another turn. The loiters appar-ently

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show the name ot Harrison. The nooncaucus , nt which over 5'JO vote ? wore pledgedfor Harrison , and a clear majority ot voterswore said to bo present , has arousedinspiration to the fever heat. Willthe credentials committee report ! Will theground ba drawn for nominations as thepartisan managers announce ) Are theanti-admlnislraUon forces routed J Thosenro the questions everywhere asked. Plnttand Clarkson aud Quay have been la con-

ference¬

; that much Is known. Can theystill protect their faction and mauo nowbreaches In the walls ot the man from In-

diana¬

?

The band plays a patriotic air. There Is

much oxcitcd canvassing among delegates.-

JleglunliiK.

tlio Work.Reports nro now In order. Interest centers

on General Cogswell of the credential com-

mlttco-

, who comes to tbo platform. Thereare to bo majority and minority reports andthe galleries scent the first fight of the con ¬

vention. Uoncrnl Cogswell jnakos his verbalreport. ItsTtc'iiof'Is'nlr'oady'known. It givesmaterial advantage in votes to the Harrisonside. Mr. Walluco for the minority makes apartial roport.

The reading ot the majority nnd minorityreports consumed nearly half an hour. Gen-

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Cogswell moved that the report boAdopted ns a wholo. Chauncey I. Filloy roseto start tile ficht against adoption. Ho maden protracted speech on tbo Alabama case , histlmo being extended for the purpose.

Massey of Delaware answered him. Knightof California mulcoj the first sensation bvcharging federal Interference with the selec-tion

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of delegates to the convention , espec-ially

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in the case of Alabama. Ho catchesthe crowd and rcoaivos the first protractedcheering of the evening, The debate thenfirst began to grow warm. There wore livelycolloquies verging on personalities. The gal-

leries-

bccatno boisterous with hisses nndevidences of disapprobation and Joe Cannonsuggested that tboy bo suppressed.-

Hemitor.

AVolcott Tillies II Hand-

.benotor.

Wolcott plunges Into the fray to-

maico a carefully prepared attack on theoflkoholdcr delegates und the oftlcoholdlng-visitors. . The galleries turned themselves

when ho sat down and then the debatewent on with varying fortunes of gallery ap-

preciallon.-

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Two of Iho "big four." Dopow and WarnerMiller, speak. The latter demanded a divis-ion

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of the question ,

The light Is on. General Cogswell de-

mands¬

the previous question in a vlgoiousrejoinder to Wnrnor Mlllor. Massachusettsas a state renews the request andtwo states second It. There Is aspurt of protests , parliamentary inquiriesnnd excited appeals -for further debate, butthe convention promptly suppresses furtherdelay. The previous question is ordered nnd-

tbo first roll call begins on the question ofdefeating the report of the committee oncredentials In the Alabama c.iso-

.I'ropiirlng.

for Muslin's ] ,

Iho crowd throngs the aisles and corri-dors.

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. The buzz of the conversation increasesthrough the hall. At 8:30: Chairman Cogs ¬

well of the committee on creden-tials

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enters the hall. Tha waithas boon largely for him , Theconvention has assembled for business nudthe Harrison forces propose to force througha movement to clear the deojs for action.The hall Is Intensely hot. There is no'vontll-alien.

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. Flvo thousand fans wave flerpelyand the band strlkcj up again , It Is nownearly 0 o'clock. The convention is waitingfor the formulation of the report of the com-

mit

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too ou credentials.Five minutes to 0 MoKlnloy calls the con-

ventlon-

to order , Felicitations are extendedto Uncle Dick Thompson of Indiana upon bis-

S3d blrthduywulch llads him In the midst of arepublican national convention , as bo hasbeen in every previous ono since 1850. Dopotvmakes a graceful speech of introduction ,

Tbo convention cheers and old Undo Dieit ,

escorted to the platform , makes a ringingspeech In a > olcc which half the conventionorators might envy-

.It.

Wu > u CloKo Vote ,

There were various -.rranglos during theprogress of the roll call. Intouso Interestprevailed. It was evident as the call pro-

greyed-

that the veto was to bo a test of thestrength of the contondlni ; parties. Ne-braska

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cast six votes against the ma-

jority¬

report. As the cull progressed Itevinced a closa vote between the Harrisonand Blaluo forces , The vote , which was In-

terrupted¬

by the going out ot the electriclights , was finally concluded at 12tO.: ! Itwas a Harrison evening.-

llcutly.

for the Mornm- ,

The convention has finally gotten down towork and may bo expected touiorrowto beginthe real business of nominating a president.Had n vote been taken this evening GeneralHarrison would have received a bandtome

mtijorlty. His frler.ds bavo rather gainedthan lost confidence in the result In today's-caucus.

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. They nro now In the midst of thestruggle in which their opponents are light-ing

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for time to iniiko some other nominationthan that of tbo president.

The great contest of the evening , as wasexpected , was over the adoption of the reportot the commltteo on credentials. It broughtout all the loaders In actlvo, and sometimesacrid , debate. It ended dramatically In aroll call filled with surprises , none of whichwas greater than a dalay ot twcnty-fivominutes in almost total darkness.-Tbo

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result of the roll c ll , whllo It-

gave the Harrison loaders n good ma-

jority¬

, was closer than anticipated. Itwill bo grnatly Increased on subsequent rollcalls and Indicates at least GOO votes for thepresident.

Many would-bo ahlrkcrs vote with theminority who will not dare to vote with Iho-nullHarrison comUno on the -first ballot ,

Tbo votu scorns to assure the president'sn-omination. . 13. A-

.IIAKItlSO.V.H

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MTKUNUTII.

F.lst of tlio noleeuten Who Declnro Tliny-VI11 Vote for Him.

MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Juno 0. The Harri-son

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leaders culled a mooting suddenly todayfor 1 o'clock , tit Market hall , for the purposeof brlnginfi together the Harrison delegat-

ion. . It was In a sense a confidential moot-

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, for those not In the confidence of thatsldo wcro not Invited , aud the press was not'-admitted. . It Is claimed that there xvoro 400-

dolegatcs present at the meeting , and thatthuso 400 represented altogether M 1 dolegates. It was decided to follow the lead of-Mr. . Depew.-

Mr..

. Dopow was asked about the correct-ness

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of this statement. Ho confessed It,, nnd declared that the contest %vas practicallyended.

Another delegate says that the numbergiven is unreliable , because a good manywere simply vouched for by those present.-

IlnrrUon'ft.

True Strength ,

Following is thu list of votes promised to-

Hnrrison lu the mooting :

C. M. Dopew was chairman of the mootingand Chris McGee secretary.-

lllalno.

Ilooiners Kilter n Uculiil.The Blnlno lenders promise to flank this

movement before morning , but how it can bodone they do not explain-

.It.

is further said that the Colorado dele-gates

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, who nro for Blaine , and cloven Bluinomen from Iowa were present in the mootingsimply for the purpose of seeing what xvasgoing to bo dono. This statement is made onthe authorltyof a Colorado representative ,

and Blaine loaders point out that the facilitywith which the news was given out from theHarrison headquarters indicates that this is-

a clover gnmo of bluff. There is no doubt ,

however , that It is the sonsutlon of the hour.' It is a bluff a cold , clammy , desperate

bluff , " said Chairman Clarkson of the na-tional

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committee. "Hero ore two men , " saidhe, I'who wore in tlio Harrison caucus inMarket hall , and I can pledge my wora tbcyare both Dlaina men , ana I can orovo it bythorn personally. "

Ono was a colored delegate from NorthCarolina and the other a whlto northern del ¬

egate. Both sanctioned the remark made byClarkson ,

"I can say to you , " continued Clarltsoa ,

"that we nro not a bit disturbed over the al-leged

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clatnl that the Harrison people havesprung at this late hour. I am satisfied Unitover onc-tbird of the men in Market hallwore Blaine delegates , and fifty or sixty ofthe delegates in the hall wcro planed thcro-by mo.Vo know of the purpoHO of the Har-rison

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people and prepared to moot it by hav-ing

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our people present , and when the ballot-ing

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commences in the convention the truth of-

uiy assertions will bo sustained. "I'liitt Kchoux ClurUsoii'a Word * ,

Ex-Senator Platt was of the same opinionns Clarkson regarding the importance of theHarrison fathering. Ho characterized it ns-a pow-pow of oflicoholders , oniccholdingdelegates and alternates , together with anumber of outsiders-

."About.

one-third of those present woreBlaine curiosity seekers , " ho said , "whilethe whole number present was less than 45-

0.ExGovernor.

Fornker and Comjor also as.sorted that It was not purely an assembly ofHarrison delegates , but that it was inoro of-

a gathering of Harrison shnutors and work-ers

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than those who will huvo any voice inthe convention.

Senator Hlscock of New York was onlytoo glad to talk abaut the Market hall massmooting. The senator was emphatic that4iO!delegates were present who had pledgedthemselves to vote for Harrison's ronominat-lon.

-. The senator acknowledged , however,

that all of the 430 wore not In the hall , butthat men from different delegations catno upand stated whom their delegates would votelor.

The Blaine people claim that this list willnot bear analysis in some respects. For in-

stance¬

, the credentials committee has JustBottled all the contests in Louisiana , andonly four men out of the Harrison delega-tion

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are slated. The Harrison caucusstory counts on eight from that state.Colonel Dufllcld gays that Michigan will votesolid for Algor on the first ballot, whllo tbocaucus claim that Harrison Is to got llvo-votes. . The full vote of Uoorcla Is creditedto Harrison , when It is claimed by theDliilno pcoplo that at least two votes aresolid for Blaino. Oregon , too , is creditedwith four votes for Harrison when the op-posite

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is also assorted-.Harrison's

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Follower * Klntcil-.It

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Is evident that the Harrison people nro-grontly clatod over the off act that their meet-ing

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has produced , and that they regard it astheir trump card is aUo apparent. TheBlalno loaders , despite their assertion that It-

Is nothing inoro nor loss than a big bluff , aregreatly disturbed and are considering the ad-vhablilty

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of getting up a counter demon-stration

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Ni : our or THU it.vcu.-

IliiM'Uon'i

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Friend * Do Not Think Ills Xnmonil ! Ito 1'rocutoil.W-

ASUIXOTO.Y.

, O. C. , Juno 0. [SpecialTelegram to TUB BEE.J Whether it arisesfrom the absence from tbU city of most ofthe Blaine boomers or w bother. It is a resultof information received from Minneapolis ,

itls certain tnat the Dlalna sentiment liaspractically dlea out hero. Tbo Washingtonpublta is now looking for President Hnrrl-ton's

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ronomlntulon with general uanlraltyand there 1 * a strong belief that ho will sc-cure the coveted prize on the first ballot.The opinion U expressed freely at the capi-tal

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and is concurred In by monwhoaroi-tnown'to lo not over friendly to the uamln-islnitioii.

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The change of sentiment Is said to bolargely duo to the growinc belief that themen who have boon loudest In pressing thentuno of Mr , Blaine have boon uoltig BO withthe expectation pi bo.lug able iu this war tomake a break In the Harrison ranks and In-

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tha defeat of tha president withoutactually desiring the selection of Mr. Blaine,but rather of a third candidate.Many experienced politicians , Includingseine who have been Idontlllod withthe Blaine Doom , have expressed this opiniontoday and appear to consider that the ox-secretary at tale has been the tool by theuse of wnlch the anU-admlnlitratloa menbavo hoped to bo revenged on I'rosldonl llur-rlton

-for fancied or real illght.-

Soinitor.

llitln'N View * .

Senator Halo took thli view of the

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situation In no Mntorviow today inwhich ho U .quoted as giving :

"Tho truth is there nro nmontr thosewho wore foromoitlttfurslnB Mr. Blitno to-bo n candidate Ibis , time, men who did notwant so much to sod Irira nominated as theydid to use blm 16 dafejaiho rcnotultmtloii ofthe president. Thpsatnro the men who nowexpress doubts rn to (whether Mr. Blalno'snnrno will or will not bo presented to theconvention. They think they huvo accom-plished

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their purpoio> f doro.Uluu the pro-!dent and now they nro maneuvering to dropMr. Blalnc also anq nominatea third man-

."I.

think thenMj danger that they tnnv bosuccessful in this move. I am not sure thatthe postponement of the balloting is In Mr-.Bialno's

.Interest ? , U may bo part of the

plan of the men I have t pokou of to sot himusldo. I thinIc Mr. Blalnc's Interests wouldbo best served by going to n ballot nt onco.-I

.think ho could bo nominated today. "The Harrison men Insist that Mr. Blnmo's

name will not oven ba presented and that ho-

is now practically 6ut of the question , Thedispatches which hnvo been reccivud todny-at the whlto houss are of this tenor and theadministration Iciidcra' In Minneapolis do-clnro

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themselves confidentthat the presidentwill bo reuomlnated witbout any serious op-position.

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. .V.i no victory pnincu in too committee on

credentials over thojdontost between the Uc-lcgutos

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from AUbnmn was now b matter of-

co.iKratulntlon ntltho white house today.Private Secretary Hnlford was so plcaiedwith the situation asIt appeared to him thisafternoon that ho expressed the opinion thatthe presidential forces strong enough ,

It they cared to 0 It , to force matters to ucrisis tonight , talin .ballot , ronominato Gen-eral

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Harrison nud thus conclude the mostimportant work of the convention.

Homo Incitement lu tlio livening.Until evening Washington was utterly

barren of oxoltcmdnt today. The morningdispatches from .Minneapolis instead ofarousing Interest 'noted as n soaatlve. Noono would have sUspected from the appear-ance

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of the streets of the capital and thedepartment i buildings i that ono of themost important political events ofthe year was ponding. Bulletinswore posted in various places but tnoy at-tracted

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little attention and the conventionwas unanimously voted the dullest affair ofthe kind over heard of. When news of therecess arrived everybody expressed disgust.There wore many speculative ones an to thereal cause und motiveof the delay. It wasgenerally believed that the antiadministrat-ion

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men at Minneapolis were sparring forwind und hoping to damugo the HarrisonInterest and at the snmo tlmo to gain uu oo-porlunlty

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for making new deals in their owu-behalf. . ,-.

The almost universal opinion was tha thedelay would bo fatal lo Mr. Blaino's ownnomination , and that ho was now virtuallyout of the rnoo whether ho formally wllh"-drew or not. The favorite- argument of theunit-Harrison men that delay would also bodisastrous to the projidont seemed to bo nolonger assented to , by tbo public , andthe admirable staying qualities of theHarrison Doom wcrotfrequontly discussed.

The republicans a? .the capltol evidencedsome anxiety today about the activity of thesilver raon nt Minneapolis and wcro oppre-honsivo

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lost the convention might bo per-suaded

-Into n falsa ''or

' weak position of thefrco coinage question. The text of the pub-lished

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sketch'for. tbo Silver plank on the plat-form

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was scrutrnbicd with care and it didnot 6ocm to nloaso tlio"republicans very well.Next to the ticket iUclf, this is deemed bythorn the most important point to bu settledby the convention and many republicanshero are afraid of'-bolne : outgeneraled bythe democrats on this-issues. As the eveningwore on the streets mo'ar the tologr.iph andnewspaper ofllcos became more crowded , andgonulno Interest in 'tho convection revivedwhen the details of'Uib evening session beganto arrive.-

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OK THE SITUATION-.JTif11

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Harrison Men "1'ecl Confident CompromiseCmullilutcn Tillknl Of.-

MiXMnAroLiS.'Minn..

. , Juno 9. If the silentwalls could speak the echoes of tbo wordswhispered in. darkened chambers today , thewhole world would bo astounded at the waysof political conventions and the moaus thatare employed to create the popular sentimentthat makes or unmakes the destinies of menand parties. The hour for street paradesor exuberant demonstrations in the corridorsand rotundas of the hotels has passed ,

and has been succeeded by an era of-

sllout and almost frantic political activity-.It

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is felt on all sldOs that tomorrow mustoccur that decisive ballot on the great ques-tion

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of the convention , to which all havelooked forward with feelings of eager an-

ticipation¬

and anxiety. Bolh parties seem torealize today that public ondur.mco hasreached its limit of patlenco ; that the factionwho sought for delay or obstructed thematerial progress of the convention wouldbccoino the unpopular faction , and ba-

the ono that must bo carried downby the tldo. And so it was that when theconvention mot toaay at 11 o'clock and thereport of the committee on credentials wasread and tbo chairman of the organizationros o and stated that all tbo progress com-

patible with mature deliberation had beenmade and asked for an extension ot timeuntil 8 o'clock this availing , promising thatthe llnal report ot the commltteo wouldDO forthcoming at mat time , they acknowl-edged

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that trio request for this additionaltlmo , which was made , had been previouslycommunicated to the Harrison managers , andwith the assurance of tha Blaine majority ofthe commltteo on credentials that the reportwould certainly bo presented at tbo houruamea and the field left open for the greatpolitical battle , the administration puoplo de-cided

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to make no attempt to force an earlyreport frum that commlttr. .* .

Cliul of the Drier KcHpHc ,

Indeed , both tha factions seorcod glad ofthe brief respite afforded by the adjourn-ment

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, mid the Interval from noon until S-

o'clock this evening xvas ajslduously em-ployed

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by the loaders of both clomonti Inmaking a last strenuous attempt to holdtnolr forces together mid defeat the opposi-tion

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candidate , tyow well tiny have suc-ceeded

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Is a mystery in the political world ofthe futuro. only to1 ba' unraveled when thesecret performances of the delegates are dis-closed

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oy tomorrow'R convention-.At

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no tlmo since the convention openedbavo the demands for a compromise been sogenerally expressed as today. Indeed , It canbe almost said that tlio, convention U nowdivided Into three elements the administra-tion

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people , tha Blatho forces uua tbo conserv-ative

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element , whliih , la demanding nothingbut the party's BUCCOSB , and which shownovldonro of aggressiveness in insistingthat both the Icadlna Candidates should vivoway to some man frua from factional limit-ations

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who can oarey tha party to victorynext November , an the race of the wellknown fact that ' posltlvo and un-equivocal

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pledges failed to glvo any of tbocandidate a majority in the convention , theloaders of tha faction still stubbornly presstheir assurance of kticoois on the first ballot.-

3Ia.

tcr Stroke'of' jfho Hnrrliou Sinn.The Harrison leaden root thvilnosso of the

Blaine manager* by a master stroke today.Immediately after the adjournment of theconvention word Wsjpaisod secretly aroundamong the Harrlsoimioii of the various dela-gations

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that a moating would be held , ato'clock in .Market ball for the purpose ofagreeing upon thd line ot action to bo pur-sued

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bvho Hnrnsijn doloKates. At thismeeting Hon. Chauncoy M. Dspoiv was , ofcourse , a prominent ilguro , nud actlvo-HarrUon inanagocs .found it expedientto turn over to him the ostensible.management of ( ha president's campaignfor roQomlnation. TbU meeting was asecret ouo , The HurrUou loaders maintainthat there wore -144 delegates actually pres-ent

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, und that over ? nift'ibya standing votepledged himself "lo luppori tbo president onthe first billot. U i * aUo asserted that addi-tional

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delegates were roprcsunted sufllclont-to bring I ho vote up to 520. Diligent In-

quiry¬

, however , leave *' doubt as to theexact number iq attendance at the meeting ,

The latest reports uro tbat the number wasby no moans luftlolcnt to control tbo nomina-tion

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, but that many of thorn assumed to ipuaicfor absent delegates who , they asserted , wcrofriendly to the jprcMdcnt , aud that tbo grund

total thus crontcd bv the poll of those presentaud the absentees for whom others vouchedgave the president over 400 votes-

.Crcntctl.

CoiiHtcrniitlon In tlio Itlntno Ilnnks.Admitting thin to bo what actually toolt

piano , It li very uncertain Indeed Just howfar the delegate * present Wbro onablea lo-

sponk authoritatively for the variousnosontccs of their respective delegations.-Bo

.that ns It may , the most was made of

this meeting mid wltMn llvo minutes attaradjournment the report was being circu-lated

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throughout the city that the Harri-son

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men had hod u meeting and demon-strated

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bv the actual presence ofsomething Ilka overM ' delegatesthat the president's nomination wasassured on the first ballot. This reportcreated temporary consternation In the ranksof the Blaine dclogatoi , but their trainedloaders soon rallied their following by derid-ing

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the so-called Harrison conference nsmerely a scheme to bolster the hopes ot therapidly disintegrating Harrison faction , nudInsisted that the mcctlnir was attended byloss than 400dolocatcsnnd thatthono presenthad no authority whatever to speak for theatsontees most of the absentees , the Blulnomen contend , being positively committed tothe man from Matno-

.MclClnlcy.

us n Compromise Cniullilntc.The favorlto compromise candidate , whodo

name Is on every lip tonight and who. Inpolitical parlance , tins almost censed to bo-

a dark horse , although disclaiming any proI-

PIICO-

as to being a candidate , Is GovernorMcKlnloy of Ohio. Tbo governor U ap-parently

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not making the slightest QlTorc.toadd to his boom , which had its Infancysovonty-two hours since , and now has ai-sumod

-such magnificent proportions as to bo-

coino-

a constant menace to both of the fac-tions

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; butdosplto all this his name Is men-tioned

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on every side, and is becomingquite as familiar to the groups that clusterlu the corridors to discuss the situation ascither Benjamin Harrison or Blaino.-

In.

souio quarters thcro is considerablemention of the name ot Sherman , but thetact that McKlnloy Is present and visible toall tbo delegates , and tbat Sherman Is ab-sent

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, gives tbo former n great ad vantngoovorhis dUtlnpuishcd friend from the state of-Ohio. . There is no doubt , however, thatSherman will receive a few scattering votesoven upon the first ballot , and many main-tain

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that It should not be considered a sur-prise

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If the convention finally settled downou the veteran senator for the nominee.

Senator Allison is also frequently men-tioned

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, but Hon. Jorcmlnh Rusk of Wiscon-sin

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appears to bo a rather more popular can ¬

didate. Some of the Wisconsin delegatesare today wearing Husk badges and are ap-parently

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trying to cronto ixlltllo boom for therecretnry of agriculture , although it is not atnil certain that ho will rocolvo the supportof any of his own state delegation until afterthe first ballot.

The McKlnloy badge is also frequentlysoon on the streets tonight.-

KxuIUiiK.

Over the Decisions ,

Anti-Harrison pcoplo are exultant over thefact that In the several coutosts decided bythe commltteo on credentials Blnlno profitsover Harrison In about the ratio of two to-one. . The effect of all this is to increase theBlaine and antl-HnrrUon vote by twenty orthirty, and it is particularly inoro for thisreason that the Blaine pcoplo provided thatthe commltteo on credentials should reportbetween the nomination socachos.

That the strength ol Genera ; Algor willdevelop on the first ballot Is pretty wellascertained .tonight. Ho will receive thesolid support of the Wolvorlno stato. and thescattering votes which ho will receive fromother states will probably swell his grandtotal to about forty orforty-flvo votes on thefirst ballot. His managers maintain , witha good deal of earnestness , that on the secondballot Alger's strength will run up to not lossthan seventy votes , but .whether thisprediction Is well founded or not is a matterof viry little importance ns every ono con-ccdesthnt

-n-socond ballot , if it ever comes ,

will witness many kaleidoscopic cnangcs.Delegations who have been instructed tovote for Harrison or Algor, or who havepledged themselves to vote for anybody elseon the opening ballot will consider them-selves

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free to vote as they please on the sub-scquunt

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ballots , and it is this fact which Justat this tlmo makes the presidential darkhorse rather the favorite in the political field.

Colored Delegates Cannot Agree.The attempt of the delegates from tbo

southern states to act In unison has not re-sulted

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in any satisfaction to themselves oranybody olso. They have had several con-

ferences¬

and many of their number havemade appeals to their brethren to stand to-

gether¬

and not miss the first occasion lit thehistory of the republican party whore thecolored delegates had the slightest prospectof holding tbo balance of power. Allthis eloquence Is wasted , however,

for this evening finds tbo coloreddelegates of qulto as many dlflorentminds and favorites as are their whitebrethren. The failureof the conference waschlolly duo to the suspicion tn the minds ofeach of the colored gentlemen that some ofthe other delegates wore attempting the roleof leaders of tbo raco. It was hoped by thefriends of General Algor thut the coloredvote would decide to go as n unit , and in theevent that it did ho was confident thut itwould vote with the Algor men in order thatthe two elements might ba certain to bo in aposition finally to control the nomination.But the plan has failed , and there are no in-

dications¬

that any further attempt will bomade to draw tha color line in tba republicanconvention , certainly not by the colored re-publican

¬delegates themselves.

Created Considerable Comment.Considerable comment was occasioned this

afternoon by tbo distribution of a little cir-cular

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anonymously issued , nnd containingthe speech of Hon. "William McKlii'oy , Jr. ,

at the national convention of IbSS-.On

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that occasion John Shermanwas the choice of tbo Ohio del-egation

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for the presidency and Me-Klnloy

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was a delegatc-at-lurgo. Then , asnow , an incipient McKlnloy Doom had boonstarted rolling , and thcro wore indicationsthat ho might bo ono of the darkhorses. Major McKinley arose andstated that ho was there as a-

dolcgato and under instructions from thestata of Ohio to favor the nomination ot JohnSherman , and liohopod the delegates wouldrefrain from voting for bun. "I am sensibleto the honor you would do mo but in thepresence of tha duty raiting upon ma , Icannot remain bilont wllh honor. I cannotconsistently to the Btato whoso cre-dentials

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1 boar , and which hastrusted mo ; I cannot with honorable fidelityto John Sherman , who has trusted ma lu hiscause , aud with his confidence ; I cannotconsistently with my own personal Intecrityconsent or seem to consent to permit myname to bo used as a candldato for this con ¬

vention. I do not request I demand thatno delegate who would not cast n reflectionou mo shall cast his ballot for mo. "

Opinions ou the Circular-.It

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seems uncertain who has caused thiscircular to bo Issued , but Its distribution buscreated consldorablo oxcitomont. Many seemto think it is the work of the Harrison dele-gates

-, who vloiv with envy the prominence

which the uamo of McKlnloy U receiving atthis tlmo , nnd nro disposed to talto tbo po-

sition¬

tbat hn cannot consistently allow Illsfrlonds to make blm a candldato whllo ho isworking for President Harrison. But as-McKlnloy is not instructed for Harrison itwill bo seen that his position today U qultodifferent from that of 18SS , and that the at-tempted

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parallel , if that It bo , fulls lu Us-analocv. . Others seem to the McKlnluycircular as haviuir been Issued bv some ol hisfriends , who denlro to remind the country othis loyplty to Sherman lu 18S3 , and convoythe- Intimation that if a compromise candi-date

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is to bo sought there U duo him at thistlmo the loyal support of the entire delega-tion

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ot the Buckeye state , as well as thekind consideration of tbo delegates of theentire convention.

They Claim the llnlunuo nf I'owcr antlWant a Now Candidate ,

MiNsiurous , Minn. , Juno 9 , There areeighty-live colored delegates la the conven-

tion¬

, They claim they have the balance otpower , which they JIDJJO to u o. Flftvalght-of thorn mot latt night , and tha opinion wasgenerally ox pressed that a now candidate Inplace of Ulalue aud Harrison should bo takcu

Hhotrcrt.- .

t.'lrm.Their % | > Tested-.Verlmtlmtff

.

rt of tlio Convention.Council 111

4. Hdltorlul nnil Comment.Washington New .

IS. Omnliii Detent * Colnmljin.Other Sparling New .

rireiuen'd Tourimmcnt.0 , .Market Keports ,

8. Nebraska ,

1) , Oinitlia .May Vet lluxe n Uepnt. f-

IliuUlcrs KniloMO thoNelirnskii Crntr.il.-Siddlord

.Coming to ( imalii-

i.ielcetlo.

: Uootiirii 1'orglvo Knell Other ,

in. DUtrlet Court .

II. Tlio Chinese Highbinders.13. Wnkem-ut In Siillslniry..-

Mrs..

. Cronlc lu 1arln.

up , though Fred Douglass stood up for thepresident with vigor. Some favored Hoedand more Algor.-

1IAIT

.

VOll UAItlt HOKHIiS.

Another Templiitlim OllVrod by UltimoAIcu to llreuU IliirrUou's llm.kl.

MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Juno 9. The prosl-

dontial-

situation took a very significant turnlast nlcht ono fraught with possibilities ofgreatest importance to the result. An ex-

tondad-

conference , lasting throe hours , washeld by the loaders of the Blaine forces Inthe Colorado headquarters , nnd nearly altthe chtof politicians of the various state del-

egations¬

wore summoned from tlmo to tlmo-to their presence. In this mooting therewore Chairman Ularksou , Senator Quay ,

Senators Teller and Wolcott , Senator Wash-burn , Delegate Higglns of Delaware andex-Governor Forakor. At this mooting therewas discussed at great length the advisabilityof taking measures to brine ono or inoro darkhorses Into tbo field lu order to draw oft theHarrison vote and thereby effect the de-

moralization¬

o ! his forces , resulting ulti-mately

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either in the nomination of Blatno or-

eomo ono ot the dark horses candidacywas to bo encouraged.

Several of the Harrison delegates of theIowa delegation wcro Invited Into the confer-ence

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, nnd a suggestion delicately convovod-to thorn that if the ontlro vote of the stnto ofIowa should ho cast for Allison , ha would ro-

colvo¬

the vote of Delaware and possibly cer-tain

¬

other scattering votes tn different local ¬

ities. The Harrison man of tbo delegation ,

however, did not rocalvo this suggestionwith any great enthusiasm and appeared dis-

posed¬

to abldo the result of the after ¬

noon's conference wherein it was decidedthat Allison should not bo brought out as ucandidate , nt least not until after the firstballot in tbo convention should fall to effect a-

nomination. .

Certain McKlnloy mon of tbo Ohio dologa-tlon

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were also summoned to the augustpresence of those party luailors and the inti-mation

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convoyed to thorn that perhaps theBlaine pcoplo might look with favorupon the candidacy of McKlnloy Ifthe Harrison delegates would glvohim their loyal support on theopening ballot. This tlmo the suggestionwas received with willingness , but no ar-

rangement¬

was perfected , us the gontlombUsummoned wore unable to spoaU nuthorlta-tivply

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for their Harrison colleagues of theOhio delegation.

The Harrison delegates from Rovornl otherstates wcro also Interrogated as to their dis-

position¬

to furnish a dark horse in the racefor presidential honors , but the conferencefinally closed without anv dollnlto ugroo-racnt.

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. At tbo conclusion of the conference itwas noticeable that tbo McKmlsy boomhad In some mysterious way received quitean impetus , as the governor's eligibility wasfroclytdiscussed in all quarters.-

TIIKIH

.

LINKS UNHUOICIN-

.Keports

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from lliirrtsou r.eadcr.i ShowThem Heady for the Hut tie.

MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Juno 0. A midnightreport from Harrison headquarters said : Wohave hold our Hues unbroken , notwithstand-ing

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the tcrriflo assaults made upon thorn.Our returns show that wo have 521 votes forHarrison. This does not Include any con-

tested¬

seats. All sorts of claims have boonmade by the opposition regarding variousdelegates nnd certain delegations , but uponinvestigation they wcro found to bo incor ¬

rect.Tho result loaves ua without the lossof a vole aud confirms tha accuracy ot tbowork dono. Wo are roaJy at any mo-jiont tomoot our opponents in a nominating bAttle ,

but they , fearing the results , are makingdesperate attempts to postpone It. Theyhope by delay to accomplish In some waythat which they cannot have accomplishedby speedy action. They have boon mistakenin the belief that delay would woukon us.The characteristics of our candldato aresuch as appeal strongly to the conservative-element of our party , which desires a cau-

tious¬

, but strong and honest administrationof public affairs.-

.r

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. , TIXT or TIII : riATi'ousr.I-

teport

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of tlio Commlttcn on Keioliitlons-Coinploti'd. .

MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , Juno 9. The follow-ing

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Is the full text of the platform as com-

pleted-

by the committee on resolutions :

The representatives of the republicans ofthe Unltsd States , assomblod.ln general con-

vention¬

on the shores of the Mississippiriver'tho everlasting bond of an ludoitruetl-blo

-ropubllo , whoso most glorious chapter

of history is the record of the republicanparty , congratulate their countrymen on themajostlo march ot the nation under thn ban-

ners¬

Inscribed with the principles of ourplatform of IHbS , vindicated by victory nt thepolls and prosperity In our fields , workshopsand mines , and make the following declara-tion

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of principle ) :

1'rotectloii null Koclproclty.-Wo

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reaffirm the doctrmo of protection. Wecall attention to Us growth abroad.'omaintain that the prosperous condition ofour country is largely duo to the wlso reve-nue

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U'glslutlon of the republican congress.-We

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believe that all articles which cannot boproduced in the United States , except luxu-ries

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, should bo admitted free of duty andthat on all imports comlne Into competitionwith the products of American labor thcroshould bo levied duties equal tp the differ ¬

ence between wages abroad and at hnmo.-Wo

.assert that the prices of manufactured

urtlclos ot general consumption have boonrcdued under thu operations of the tariff actof IB'JO-

.Wo.

denounce the efforts of the democratic-majority of the house of representatives todestroy our tariff laws by piecemeal , as Umanifested by their nttaok * upon wool , loadnud IOAO ores , the uhluf products of u num-ber

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of states , and wo ask the people lor theirJudgment theroou ,

Wo point to the success of the republicanpolloy of reciprocity , under which our ex-port

-(rauo bai vastly Increased , and now and ,

enlarged markets have boon opened for theproducts of our farms and workshops.-

Wo.

remind the people of the bitter oppo-sition of the democratic party to this practi-cal

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business meaauro , aud claim that , exe-cuted

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by a republican administration , our[ > ON 1III1IU TAUK.j

D1IT ' ] ( Till? TDOT

Forces Tor and Agauwt tlio Praslileut Moos*

tire Their Strongthi-

IT WAS A GRCAT HARRISONIAN VICTORY

Fisrht Over tlio Adoption of the Oommittjo-

on Owdoiitials"

TWO ARE MADE TO THE CONVENTION

Blaine Mou Hand in a Minority Report and

itia Bofusml.

HARRISON'S' SUCCESS IS NOW ASSURED

Largo Majority of the Contesting Dalogataa

Seated Favor His Homiuatioa.B-

LAINIAC

.

ATTACKS UPON DELEGATES

Knight of California Bittjrly Assails thePresident's' Supporters ,

ONE MINUTE OF SUPREME SATISFACTION

Cohorts of the Man from Maine Got Much

Pleasure from Knight's' Speech.

ALMOST A PANIC IN CONVENTION HALL

Eleotrio Lights Out While the Ses-

sion

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Was at Its Height ,

HISSED A FRESH MAN FROM ILLINOIS

lloutlien'M ItollcctloiiN on tlio South SwiftlyIteHentmi by tlio Convention Ver-

batim¬

I'moeoiUitKH "I tltoNight Session ,

CONVENTION HAT.I , , MIXNRAI-OMS , Mian. ,

Juno 0. "Tho convention will please coma-te order, " said Clmlrnmn McKlnloy at pro-

oisoly-

8:45: , nnd Chauncoy M. Djpow Imme-diately

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demanded rocognltton mid In a folio-

It-

on 3 speech moved to congratulateHon. UlcUard W. Thompson of In-

diana¬

ou Ills eighty-third birthday ,which occurred today, and to' Invltohim to the platform. Prolonged clioow fol-

lowed¬

Mr. Douow's motion , nnd when themanifestations subaldod Chairman MclCiulcy-caid :

' ''All in favor of the motion say nyo."jThere "was astorm of a.vos-

.JU. .

ho nycs""lmvo it ," 'said Ohalrmau Mo-Klnloy without putting the nogaltvo vote ,

and great luuxhlcr nna applause approved,

this dclicato compliment to the great In-

diannn.-

.

It was a scone of pnthuplasm long to bo re-

membered¬

tliat greeted the appear.iuro of thevoncrablo ox-soerutary of the navy as hawalked up the nlsio nrm-ln-ann with Cuaun-coy M. Dopow and A. C. Dawcs of Missouri ,

and ot course the incident was not complolowithout n speech from Dick Thompson.

The resolution admitting members of theGrand Army of the Kupubllo to seats in theconvention was , of course , adoutod , and amessage was road from the mayors of Tltus-vlllo

-and Oil City announcing to the world

the stuto of distress and suffering that pre-vail

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in thoio luuu.latod dlurlcls and mak-ing

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a public tippenl for aid.-

Ciinsml.

li.Yeltmneiit.The announcement of the committee ou

credentials that a minority report would bosubstituted created considerable oxcltomontand there was u painful suHponso'xvhllo thatwo reports wore bulng orally submitted as-

to what would follow. The general opinionwas that the anticipated "test of strength1'between the Harrison and Blaiua factionswould bo the 'interesting incidentof the evening. The majority reportrecommended that twelve Harrison dele¬

gates in Alabama , Mississippi and Louisianabo seated in place of the same number ol-

Blaluo men , given place on the temporaryroll , and the minority recommended that tl.'otwelve Blaine tnon on the temporary roll boplaced on the permanent roll , The report otthe committee also covered contests in Texas ,

Kentucky , Maryland , South Carolina andthe District of Columbia , but there was nopolitical significance in those nontosU andthe report was unanimous on those cases.

The majority report sustained the nationalcoininlttao us to twonty-throo votes nud re-

versed¬

the national committee as to HOVOU.

loan votes.Grout Cain liir llurrlson.

Politically the result was a gain of thir-teen

¬

votes to Harrison mid ono vote to-

Dlalnc , a not Harrison gain of twolva-votes. . This gain included six votes laAlabama , four In Louisiana and two In-

Mississippi. . The gain In volos. was mndoowing to the fact that Harrison men had wonover throe members of the credentials com-

mittee¬

, and tlioy easily secured o majority.Wallace of Now York nuuouncod the pur-

pose-

to light the report on the Jloor an to thevotos.

When Chairman Cogswell moved that tbomajority report bo udoptod ho was loudlychocrod by the Harrison delot'iitos , and whenChauncoy I. Fllloy of Missouri moved to tub-ntltuto

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the minority tborofor the applauHowhich followed from the lilalno delegatestold tbo galleries that thalong expected fightbetween the lilalna and HurrUouforces} wiis on. Tlio chief point la-Mr. . rilley's' argument lit bnhalf otthe minority report was that theregular of the party in the Ala-bama

¬

case hud boon barred from their logu-lar

-place of mooting by the United Blutcs

deputy marshals , but Mr, Masooy ot Dela-ware

¬

mulntalnodtbat the case had boon con-

sidered¬

fairly on its merits and that tlio ma-

jority¬

ropnrt should bo adopted.-

Dofoiiillnir.

the Itliilnollm.-Knlgbt

.

of California spoke warmly lufavor of the minority leport. Ho declaredthat the Moseloy faction , recommended by-

tha majority to bo seated , had , throughIts federal officers , attempted to thwartthe will of the pocplo of Alabama. It wasenough that the democratic parly lupprcsiedthe will of tbo people In the south withoutan hundred thousand ofllcoholdnrs thwartingthe will of republicans In parly convention.-Ho

.appealed for Juntlco tor the loyal repubt-

llcatu of Alabama , [ Loud npplnuio , |Intensified luleroat wua ylvcu tu KuIgUl'i