, 1880-02-26

ception Of the Fourth District, all the de1s,,,.
known to favor him, while the beIiafo bIisio9 J. are
pressed that the del egation from the Fc,eeS- IS e
District will not antagonize them. s. os9tolth .ttth
was the Blaine feeling in this distrG;sstt1 stt1ong
one of the best men before the ConrsnrtiIoaa nat
State Senator Harris, Of this city, was shhslan hs1n
beaten because it was understood tbars asdiS Y
WS %notbe1p Opposes @an 70 eouafv ths Maine senatot
Judge George Ii. ChapmanU manUn''nent,
similarly beaten because he don,:was vas
to express a positive preference. Nsla1ed n
strMctions were given, but resolution nv nos.l u;
without comment instructing deieeasssttao
against the noFlination Of any man 1aes ~
original Blaine men, and viii nfea yote fep q iate
continuously. In other districts the faaIiama I'D
for Blaine was quite as strong. a1thonuseSs ueSsang
where except in the Second District ~. ao-
delegates instructed. In the Second nisssg;!ues Msg!e
the Convention expressed a preferencat te
Blaine and Harrison, and in the Eleventh 1oF
BLAINE AND ,gAsHBuRSE WERE sr1ecrsr,.
1n the First District Washburne was Ds nama$
as a second choice after Blaine. j rionra1stGl .1sG
effort was made in Orth's District 7foi9Ss %Ss
NINTH to secure one Grant delegate hnt} }ae S'a
friends failed to rally sufficient strenetba nat als
two stout Blaine men were chosen: n n din 10
Fifth District an attempt was made tn na.a aa
resolution instructing delegates IN F>,,o ~
against the nomination Of candidate har;Hm,es rH,e
held the office of President one term. hnta af9as
lively discussion twas tabled, togetherw;tHhs
an amendent TOR two terms. Yet in this
district the delegates selected are sfrons o1.s
Blaine men. 4 noticeable feature Of I'Jthbs All tbss
conventions is, that, while the sentiment ,sae ro
strongly for Blaine, yet with single avcas ~
tion no instructions were given, and ONLY K
the indianapolis Convention was resoint,on,. ~.
passed opposing a third term. This il an
evidence Of care and discretion that certainiv,
speaks we'll for the State
DELEGATES TO TIE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
To the IEkster1 Associated P7,ss
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 25.-The Rannh.
lican Conventions were held in all the Can,
gressional Districts of this State TODAY fnr
the selection Of delegates to the Chicaso
Convention.
Mai. Alexander Gilchrist, Of Evansville, and
chosen. No instr'lcion BY bSa the coayentiens Ms{s
Personal preferences Of Delegates Blaina
first, Wasllbnrne second.
Second District, at Washington; delegates
Samuel E. Kercheyal, of Washington. ana
John B. Glover, of Bedford. Resolutions Of
instructions fayoring Blaine and Harrison
passed.
Slemmens, of Gordon, and ]. E. Friedley
of Vienna. No Instructions.
Fourth District, at Law5enceburg; dele.
gates, John e. CroZler, of Madison, and F.
4 Atkinson, Of Lawrenceburg. Both for
Fifth District, at Martinsyille; delegates
DaEid D E BeeH u Speaeer and j. B. Honan
Sixth District, at Cambridge City; dele.
gates, Milton Peder, Of Knightstown, and I,
III. Little. of fConnersyil1e. No instructions
Seventh District.at indianapolis: :delegates
r. o. Hawkins, of indianapolis, and James
B. MacFarren, of Shelbyyille- Resolutions
adopted instructing delegates to vote against
Blaine is the first choice of the delegates,
The Convention did not instruct.
Eighth District, at Charlottesville; ". R
Mckeen, OF Terre Haute, and E. H. Nebeker,
Of Covington- No Instructions. The Blaine
element prcdomlnates-
: Ninth District, at Frankfort; delegates
and Dr.. George F. Chittenden, Of Anderson.
District decidedly for Blaine.
Tenth District. at Logan5port; delegates,
+. S. Bcdell Of Lake County,. and John n.
Weimer Of White County -.
Eleventh District. at Marion: no insruc-
tons; delegates, J. J. Todd, Of Wells County,
d.
Twelfth District, at Albion; delegates
William y. Ciapp of Albion, and Charles E
Baxter Of Waterloo :.
Thirteenth District, at Laporte; delegates
Clemens Studebaker of South Bend, and B
L. Davenport Of E1khart- The Convention
adopted resolutions favoring Blaine as tho
first choice and Washburne IS second.
EVANSVILLE.
Special Dispateh to Ih< Chicago 1fs5un<.
I$of, 01rJ7fl
lican Congressional District Convention held
here to-day elected Alex. Gilehrist. Of
Evansville, and N7m. Il. Hosg, Of Boonvillse,
two decided Blaine men-as delegates to
the Republican, a ational Convention
SECOND DISTRICT.
Special Dispdtch to Ths Chicago rtbunk.
VNcESSEs, Ind.,- Feb. 25.-The Repab-
1icans of the Second Congressional District
held their Convention at Washington To-Day: @
meeting was harmonious, throughout
Samuel Keerichlval and John ?. Glover
were elected delegates to the National Ton
vention. The choice Of the Convention vas
James G. Blaine for President and Ben
Harrison for Fice-President-
= EIGHTH DISTRICT.
speeta, Dispateh to TIE Chicago Ttt1uas.
TERRE HAurE, Ind, Feb. 25.-The Eighth
District Convention for the PURPOSE atnns1 q ssss
LIZ uc1t5ALCo " 1lV ACPooAGeA41 ~'1rlJ
vile to-day. The Hon. Michael White, .!
Montgomery County, was made permanent
Chairman, and F. C. Donaldson, OF vigo
County, permanent Secretary: The entfe
district was represented. ": K Mcheeau
vigo, and Enos Nebeker, OF FOUNTAIN. Me.g
elected delegates to represent the dlsltiesa1s
Chicago. Mr.. Mckeen is non-eommlna,
but is quoted as Blaine man. Mr. Neoeks!'
originally for Grant, is now for ,Blalne. 4
motion to instruct for Blaine was EoG4
down, although the delegates were alaass
unanimous for him.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Special Dispatch to The Catcaeo 1rtosa'@
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. .5:-The NINA
District Republican Convention , met M r.s a.
Frankfort, Clinton County, to-day. :. n; ser lsg,
lor was elected Chairman. Delegates sen99Sn ~.
to the National Convention n TsR m
inbotham, of Clinton County, and ~; Chs
tenden, OF Madison County: :lhe oelesssft
were uninstructed, but Blaine. IS Me stafa nsss
choice Of both. For member of the otats3
Central Committee n. humlef' "
Tippecanoe County, 4 Sherman man'
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Triot's&. ~.
MARION, Ind, Feb. 25.-Deiegates OF uio o
Eleventh Congressional District met aeT taG
to-day. Every county was fully IepIesss4a@of -
]. F. Vaile, Of Howard, and J. NJ lo4o', ,Sa Ha
Wells, were appointed rs delegates u .tad tad
National Convention. Before they wele .ea voMa
for, each publicly announced his PTe1ele9teorr ~
for Blaine as the Republican candldaN ~
President. i. ". Delong, OF Huntl94A3Ttna 43ata
County, was selected as member OF Ine DIV"
Central Committee.
TWELFTH DISTRICT.