The Evening Bulletin

THE BLAINE BOOM,

A Number of Prominent Politicians Interviewed on the Situation.

New York, May 28.--The Blaine feeling which has been expressed with a mixture of hope and fear for the past week by his many supporters, who have been congregating in this city, took a decided bull movement last night.

Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, a delegate to Minneapolis, was cautious and guarded in his statements when he arrived here the other day, but he has now evidently got his bearing and is prepared to speak by the card. Said he last night: "Confidentially I believe that Blaine will be nominated on the first ballot. I see nothing to prevent it. In the section of the west from which I come, there are only four state delegations instructed for Harrison. My own state delegation will cast its first vote for Blaine. He will get eighteen votes out of the forty-eight delegates in Illinois, all but two of the six votes in North Dakota, and one-half of the Minnesota delegation. Montana will give him her six votes; California, with her eighteen votes, will go to him with a rush, and the other states will follow suit."

James M. Ashley, president of the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan railroad, who has already announced his intention to do his utmost for Blaine, said last night that the Pacific slope should have a place on the ticket. He thought that Blaine and Estee would sweep the country.

J. Sloat Fassett was asked what he thought of the ticket as given above. He replied: "Mr. Estee is a good man and it would seem to me that the Pacific coast ought to get what it wants, if its demands are reasonable. But I understand that Mr. Estee was not a soldier and the candidate for vice president must be a western man and a soldier."

"Do you mean Alger?" was asked.

"General Alger is both a soldier and a western man," replied Mr. Fassett. "He is popular, and I have a very high opinion of him. Whether he will be the candidate or not I cannot say."

"You are reported to have said today that the person who is nominated is the man who gets 451 votes. You have seen Mr. Blaine today. Are you prepared to say that Mr. Blaine would accept if he received just 451 votes?"

"Well, really, I did not ask Mr. Blaine that question, but I do not think he would accept under those conditions."

Considerable interest was manifested in the arrival of General J. S. Clarkson, who was expected to reach this city, on the congressional limited with news of importance from Washington. Ex-Senator Platt went to the Palace hotel to meet him, but learned that he would not arrive until after midnight.

Secretary Blaine, who was expected to arrive in Washington last night, did not leave the city. He remained in his rooms at the Fifth Avenue hotel all evening and had, as a caller, Mr. Platt who remained with him some time.

After his visit to the secretary, Mr. Platt said: "I understand that Mr. Blaine will leave for Washington Saturday evening. There is no significance in his going to Washington. All reports about his abandoning his intention of going to Bar Harbor are rot, as he never had the faintest idea of going there in the first place."