Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1892 — MONDAY DISPATCHES. [ARTICLE]

MONDAY DISPATCHES.

The dispatches received on the 6th would indicate that there Is very “warm atmosphere” at Minneapolis, but that Harrison still seems to be -in the lead. Mr. Mores, of the Indianapolis Sentinel, who is pn interested abserver at Minneapolls,<tellegraphs his paper as follows: So far as can be ascertained Secretary Blaine's resignation has not resulted in any appreciable loss of administration strength. . . , My best judgment is' that Harrison will be nominated on the first ballot, with votes to spare. Quay, Clarkson, Platt, Foraker and the other anti-Harrison managers appear as confident as ever, but I can discover no grounds for the confidence, and there is every reason to believe that they are playing a greht big game of bluff. It- is doubtful if they -ever intended to nominate Blaine. They were using him as a rallying center for the anti-adminis-tration forces, intending at the proper time to bring out their candidate in the person of Alger or perhaps McKinley. Blaine divined their real purf o;c, aud having got them fully committed to him, resigned from the cabinet and thus practl" cally announced himself a candidate.. It was a bold stroke, but will hardly win. Minneapolis, Minn., June 3.—The sanctity of the American Sabbath was sacked to no man to-day. In the mad whirlpool of political hopes and fears men forgot their Christian faith, and remembered only their political creed; forgot their Maker and their Savior, and worshipped only at the shrineof their political idols. At 11 o’clock, ‘when the tolling bells called the devout to Christian worship, the lobbies of the hotels were filled with a surging, seething mass of excited humanity, and when the minister in the neighboring church led the opening prayer the corridors of the hotels were resounding with the cheers and counter cheers for Benjamin Harrison and James G. Blaine,

All day long this excitement continued and as these words go out over the wires the fierce competition of political enthusiasm continues with increasing vigor, It has been a day of kaleidoscopic changes. The situation has been constantly shifting, constantly varying, and the wave of,sentiment that swept over the assemblage in one hour would be followed by a wave of reaction the next until in the end it was difficult indeed to sum up the total of political sentiment; to ascertain the measure of the ebb and flow, the true drift of the political sentiment. In one respect the day has been surprise and the significance of that surprise can only be weighed by the events of the future. The Harrison leaders have rallied their forces and the demoralization of last night has given place to energy, vigor and resolution tonight. Indeed, of the two great factions Into which the Republican party is divided the administration element is as strong in leadership, political sagacity and organization as even thq experienced leaders who head the opposition. All this has been a surprise to those who have kept aloof from both factions, fully expectant that the waye of Blaine sentiment that swept over the land at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon would be irresistible in its force, and that to-day would find gathered in its embrace all the scattered uninstructed delegates of the Republican party. But such has not been the case,. Indeed, to a close observer it is apparent that the Harrison forces are as stong to-day as they were twenty-four hours ago.

The Blaine people say “that all this is the result of organization^ son managers are holding She rank and file of the delegations loyally to their leader but that when the decisive battle comes the Blaine enthusiasm will carry all before it and the distinguished son of Maine be nominated on the first ballot. The Harrison leaders laugh at these predictions of their opponents and say that they are stronger to-day than they have ever been and the reason of their increasing strength is that the delegates to the national convention have become weary of the temporizing of ex-Secretary Blaine and have found in his retirement from the cabinet and his entrance into the contest at this late hour an evidence of bad faith, disloyalty and duplicity toward the President of the United States.

The name most mentioned among the list of dark horses is that of William McKinley, jr., Governor of Ohio. Inquiries are alrtady beinj made as to his ability to receive the solid support of the Ohio delegation in case the leaders turn to a dark horse far a candidate. The sensational quarrels of the Ohio Republicans are proverbial and the vital question is. “Would Foraker and his friends favor McKinley?” This question is answered in the affirmative by many of Foraker’s friends, but the ex-Governor himself maintains a discreet silence. It is rumored that John Sherman, the greatDliio Senator,would be Foraker’s favorite in case the Buckeye delegation were called upon to furnish a candidate, as Foraker would almost certainly succeed Sherman in the Senate should the latter be called to the Presidency on the 4th of March. Sherman, too, has hosts of friends in other State delegations, but he is no more oopular than the young Napoleon o! protection, as the special indorsement which is to be given to the McKinley bill makes its author a peculiarly fitting candidate just at this time.

Mme. Carnot, wife of the President of the French Republic, is a countess in her own right, but, like a sensible woman, she does not’flourish her .title around in a way to overshadow monsieur, her husband.