Show THE ROPE AT ITS UTMOST TENSION great tugo tug o war between the blaine and harrison men mon I 1 at the convention city THE MAN FROM MAINE developing THE STRENGTH OF A HERCULES minneapolis june 0 especial special to THE STANDARD this evening there is abild a wild scene of con confusion fusion at the west hotel the spacious rotunda is jam jammed med with several blaine and harrison Harri aon bands dram drum c corps or 1 a and bugles these mingled with shouts yells and cheers created pandemonium and formed a scene beene of the most stirring I 1 nature the contagious enthusiasm I 1 is 3 spreading like wildfire the latest estimates give blaine illaine 47 plurality over hard son press seats short blaines Ul alnes resignation caused much stir and consternation in the harrison ranks but the arrison li men are rallying there are no seats for the press there are over a thousand applications in and but three hundred seats provided convention hall opened minneapolis juno june 0 0 associated press Pres tho the convention hall was opened ocene pressia to the general public t tonight by a grand concert and the vast audience num numbered gand ered over at 8 9 ocl ock upon conclusion afan of an overture from front the opera reinza Ke inza the audience was well seated a and nd received the opening number with every evidence of delight lei lit which was allons r increased by director wei weldone 8 rendition of the star spangled banner llan ncr yankee Doo doodle diell and auld lang syne dyne the tile chorus aee aee the Conque conquering hn hero canies conies was sung with geat great splendor splendor the various choruses and so solos os were pree preceded eded bya by a speech from front chauncey 51 31 depew depe w whose comi coming on the stage w was s hailed with such an 11 uproar as only ten thousand persons can call make blaines alnes Bl U unexpected strength tiie the chief surprise of the tile d day a was theun the un acted streng strength til which the tile ulaine faction n remonstrated demonstrated in the ohio delegation tit the e contest over the selection of a member of the tile national committee resolved ved into a contest in the blame blaine and harrison ion forces fit in the delegation the to result su it was a victory for the clarris JI arnson on deop people I 1 e 11 by a close vote of 23 to al 21 it lion 0 william I 1 11 ah n was elected member of the national committee e and governor mckinley made chairman of the tile delegation western men man for blaine A hot broke out at the ilia beginning I 1 I 1 ng 0 of f a caucus of western delegates attim that at assembled this tills afternoon in the california delegations headquarters fully iro delegates were resent present from pacific coast and mountain states senator teller prest presided led and paid said it was useless to discuss the platform until the caucus decided as to the candidates to be su supported pa if Ir arrison was nominated it mattered not how strong the sil silver plank a adopted the republicans could not mrry the western states the senator declared that barnson Har under no circumstances cou could id get tho the electoral vote of colorado much excitement was caused by this blunt declaration judge spence of california replied vigorously le ie young of california followed spence in ill as a spirited address and was reinforced by no alls less a blaine lieutenant than boutelle Dou telle of maine T the he latter spoke with marked emotion of the western support ort of blaine in isal and that he had been escorted to his ills home bk by Califor californian nion delegates a proceeding boc beding which Dou bontelle telle urged would C be a no lesa less fitting now 1 1 1 staff ki I 1 A 2 senator jones of nevada followed boutelle jones declared harrison dangerous because of bis his veto propensities and said he threatened to veto the lie free coinage bill judge spence contradicted jones point blank and gave tit for tat to the radical element of the caucus and proclaimed aimed that if a split was brought about in the republican publican Ke party through the action of the tile convention it would rest on oil blaine llla ioe the caucus was in an uproar and the blaine men shouting and cheering made auch such a showing allowing of strength that the tile harrison men surrendered and left their opponents to have full sway away the excitement was all occasioned by the offering of a resolution by spence heartily endor endorsing kit 1 1 the movement to procure an international a agreement ement for the universal free coinage of silver ver and reciting it was deemed expedient and arid just to the tile people that congress should at once provide for tile coinage f all the silver product of our own country countr v and a tariff levied on imported foreign silver no vote was taken on the resolution and when de young moved the sense 0 of the tile caucus was that a committee composed qed of one member of each delegation represented be appointed for the purpose of e embodying m the wants of tho the meeting in the form ofa ofa a resolution to be presented r e r 1 ted to the national committee on p platform fa t fo r i it t the he in motion 0 carried with a tremendous t hurrah jack of california bartine of nevada townsend of colorado Bi edberg of montana salisbury of utah clayborn of idaho and bennett bennett of washington were named and the tile caucus adjourned with the lh blaine feeling aroused to a high pitch how flow illinois stands the meeting of the illinois delegation today to day revealed considerable difference of opinion as to the extent to which the various district delegates feel themselves bound to obey instructions on oil motion to poll a heated dj discussion casion took place but the motion prevailed 22 12 to 20 dimmed immediately I 1 those who were opposed to the tile motion challenged the tile correctness of the vote vot e and sent out forthe for the ab absentees sen tees whirleth while the a dispute was in fit progress senator cullom a suggested that the movement be abandoned I 1 this was agreed to and theaon the con census of opinion ia is that the dele delegation Fatio 11 stands thirty two lor for blaine and sixteen for harrlson on oil the first ballot the committee for blaine at a meeting of the national committee tonight to night the tile harrison men made a fight tight on fassett and wore were defeated the result of the votes for temporary ch chairman a irma I 1 were Fassett 29 cullom i so 20 fassett will be temporary chairman of the tile convention and this tills as a va lest test vote shows that blaine men control the tile committee action ratified at midnight the full committee ratified the action of the subcommittee sub committee in fit the contested election cases it is predicted that the action of the sab committee in other cases will be affirmed |