Show A SIGNIFICANT TURN Dark Horse Candinates To BQ Brought Form For-m rd on the First Ballot MINNEAPOLIS June SThe situation took a significant turn tonight the extended ex-tended conference lasting nearly three hours hold by Blaine leaders in Colorado headquarters and nearly all the chief politicians of the various state delegations were summoned into the presence of the committee at the mooting There was discussed at f groat length the availability of taking f measures to bring one or more dark horses into the field In order to draw off Harrison votes and thereby effect a demoralization of his forces and result In ultimately nominating Blaine or one of the dark I horses t Several Harrison delegates from Iowa were Invited Into tho conference and the l suggestion was delicately conveyed to them if the entire vote of the state or Iowa was 1 cast solidly for Allison ho would receive the vote of Delaware and possibly other f scattering votes The Iowa delegation however did not receive the suggestion with enthusiasm and appeared disposed to abide fully by the result of this afternoons conference wherein It was decided that Allison should not be brought up until after the first bollot if it should fall to effect a nomination Certain McKinley men of tee Ohio delegation dele-gation were also summoned and the intimation inti-mation conveyed to them that perhaps the 4 Blaine people might look favorably upon the candidacy of McKinley if tho Ohio Harrison delegates would give him McKinley 3i Mc-Kinley their loyal support on tho opening ballot This time the snirtreB i tion was received with willingness i ness but no arrangement perfected j as one cr two gentlemen summoned wore d unable to speak authoritatively for the Harrison colleagues of the Ohio delegation The Harrison delegates of several other elates wero also interrogated as to the disposition dis-position to be furnished a dark horse but the conference finally came to a close without a definite agreement At the conclusion was noticeable that the McKinley boom in some mysterious way had received an impetus as the governors gov-ernors eligibility was freely discussed in all quarters fuSTILY SUMMONED At 130 this morning exGovernor For aker was hastily summoned to the Colorado Colo-rado headquarters atter the adjournment of the Committee on Resolutions and is in conference with the antiadministration leaders Among the wild rumors afloat is that in the event of the probability of the defeat of Blaine a compromise candidate will be in the person of McKinley Allison or Sherman are to be sprung on the first ballot |