Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-20

They Take Good Care Not to Let Him
Know What They are Up to, How
ever-Arthur and Blaine Still Bagging
Most of the Delegates.
WASHINGTON, April ia delegation
of Massachusetts Republicans, who have
just left the city, came here On a very un-
usual mission. They represented the ele-
ment that is for Edmunds as the Republi-
can nominee, but which is not exactly
certain about his habits. They had heard
that be was partial to the flowing bowl,
so the delegation came here to find out
about it. All the Massachusetts members
gave Mr.. Edmunds a good record. Mr..
Hoar, who is a sunday school Senator,
went so far as to assure the visitors that
he believed that Mr.. Edmunds was per-
fectly abstemIOus Of ardent spirits. The
delegation did not call on Mr.. Edmunds
and ask any questions about it. There
would have been music had they done so.
MARYLAND REPUBLICANS.
BALTIMORE, April 19.-Specials report
that Montgomery county sends to the Re-
publican State Convention Blaine and
Lincoln delegates, and Hartford county
uninstructed, but favorable to Arthur.
Besides these two county convention
primaries were held in twelve counties to
choose delegates to the county conYen-
tiOn. Advices state that the friends of
Arthur carried Caroline and Cecil cOun-
ties, rand the friends of Blaine carried
Baltimore, Carroll, Somerset, Talbot and
WicOmicO counties. All the district con-
ventiOns meet Thursday next, the oath
inst. The custom house officials and in
ternal revenue officers have made a fight
for Arthur so far in the Second and Fifth
district. In the primaries to-day of the
four counties composing the Second dis
trict the Arthur men carried two-Cecil
and Harford-and Blaine's friends two
Baltimore and Carroll. The two last named
have a majority of the convention. In
Anne Arundel county, III the Fifth Con-
gressiOnal District in which primaries
were held to-day, as far as heard from to-
night Blaine has carried two districts
with two to hear from, and the indica-
tions are that Arthur's friends viii
carry the county which Will give him the
district. In the Third and Fourth Con
gressiOnal districts comprised in Balti-
more city primaries will be held next
Wednesday.
BLAINE MEN FROM ONANDAGA.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, April 19.-All Of the
fifteen delegates from Onandaga county
to the Utica Convention were chosen
without opposition and are for Blaine and
Lincoln. Five delegates to the Utica
Convention from the Second district of
Onandaga are for Blaine.
UNRESTRICTED, BUT FOR BLAINE.
CLEVELAND, o., April 19.-The Repub-
licans of the Twenty-frst Congressional
district send Blaine men to Chicago, but
they go unlnstTucted.
UTICA GOES FOR ARTHUR.
UTICA, n. Y, April 19.-FOur Arthur
delegates to the State Republican Conven-
tiOn were elected to-day by the First Dis
trict Convention.
TILDEN INDORsED.
KEOKUK, Iowa, April 19.-ResolutiOns
indorsing Tilden for President were
adopted by the Lee county Democratic
Convention to-day.
THE OLD TICKET NOT INDORSED.
Iowa CITY, April 19.-The Democratic
County Convention was a stormy affair
to-day. Resolutions favoring the nomina-
ton of Tilden for President were with
drawn, although the convention largely
favored the old ticket.
ST. LOUIS FOR BLAINE.
ST. LOUIS, April 19.-Reports from
nearly twenty of the Republican county
conventions held in st. Louis to-day, to
choose delegates to the Congressional DIS
trict and State conventions, to be held
next week to elect delegates to the Ma
tional Convention at Chicago, show that
wherever Presidential preferences were
expressed they were generally for Blaine
and Lincoln.
ARTHUR CAPTURES NEW YORK CITY.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The primary
elections in the twenty-three assembly
districts in this city, for delegates to the
State and District conventions, resulted
in the choice of delegates in favor of Ar
thur, with but one or two exceptions.
The Republican Congressional COnven-
tions were held in this city tonight.
The Sixth district sends anti-Arthur men.
The Seventh were for Blaine, the Ninth
for Arthur, the Tenth for Arthur, the
Eleventh divided between Arthur and
Blaine, and the Twelfth and Thirteenth
were for Arthur.
TENNESsEE's DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
NASHVILLE, TENN, April 19.-The
Democratic State Committee to-day re-
solved to call the State Convention for
June Is.