Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-02
l News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. NURSING THB ROOMS. A Variety of States at Chi
 cagO.
 -----.--zz--. THE TALK KOFTHEPROPH All At Sea Regarding the
 Result. THE MEN FROM OUR STATE. To Divide After Voting FOr.
 HawIey.
THE MEN FROM OUR STATE.
POLITICAL.

for Possession of the Convention Hall -Senstttve City Fathers who Want
 to Take Away the Building-The Talk
 Among the Delegates-SOme Estimates
 of the Strength of the Candidates 1 The Connecticut Delegates Divided
 After the First BalIot-The Situation,
 Wrapped Up in Mystery Which Ne.NIan
 Can Penetrate.
 CHICAGO, June Probably within the
 next eighteen hours the enthusiastic shouts of
 delegates to the Republican national conven-
 tion will be reverberating through the rafters
 to the Exposition building, but possibly they
 wont. There is a doubt in the case cloud
 is on the horizon, one which. although at present not bigger than a mans hand, may
 develop into good sized storm before the
 setting of to.morrow's- sun. That august
 body generally known as the municipal
 fathers, but officially designated as the board
 of aldermen of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, is tonight exceedingly wrathy,
 and the question whether the business which has brought eight hundred delegates and twice that number of political workers to Chicago is to be transacted at the time and l place designated in the official call; in fact ! whether this weeks convention is to be or !
 it chooses have something to say. The wrath aforesaid is due to the fact that this august body in it's official capacity has been denied l not only place of honor, but actually cor- ! ner in the convention hall from which it may ] 10 ok upon the proceedings By way of ex- p'anation it may be said that the ground ! upon which the building stands is the prop erty of the city and the continued of it | by the Exposition managers purely 8 matter | of suffrage. The relations between the man sgsrs and the aldermen are not of the most | harmonious nature and several times during
 the past few months they have been so strained that it looked as though the board would decree that the building must go. While this extreme measure has never been reached, however, the mutual animosity continues to exist, and hence it was that when the Republican National committee decided to become temporary tenants of the building the board laid claim to recognition as the trustees of the ground loaned for the purposes of the exposition. The recognition required was in the form of tickets for the erowd. As it happened, however, John c. New and the committee on admission failed to see the matter in the same light and the application of ''Your honorable body'' went under the table. A second application was made and met the same ignominious fate A few aldermen spoke as individuals of retalia- ] tion, but the matter might have blown over had it not been developed on Friday that the Exposition managers had improved the shin> ' ing hour by erecting a gallery outside the space allotted the convention from which not ' merely themselves, but their sisters, cousins | and aunts to total of several score can view | the proceedings free from interruption or ! molestation. This kindled the flame and ! since the announcement was made several l of the aldermen have been debating ways and means of getting even with the convention | committee. Tonight it is stated on good au- ! thority that Lawyer John F. Stafford will tomorrow go into Judge Drummonds court and ask that the injunction now pending yainst the occupancy of the lake front be i'm msdiately enforced. If an order to this of . fsct is granted it will close the building nd o lst the convention. This move failing it is said the council at the meeting tomorrow will pass order withdrawing poIics- pro- lection from the convention and will further instruct the superintendent of buildings to examine the structure and pronounce 1t un- safe. Then all the crowd which may gather in or around the building can-for the pub = lie veal and to preserve life and limb-be summarily dispersed and peremptorily told to move on. Whether head or tail of this programme will bs put into execution is doubtful, but the Republican committee is fully advised of the condition of affairs and will have counsel on hand when the court opens to resist any application of the kind indicated, while tato-morrow nights meeting it is believed that the wiser counsels of May or Harrison will act as check to the alder men carrying their will to the extreme limit.
 The wire pulling today has been at its height. Combinations have been made and broken and the several headquarters present busy scenes. Of course no predictions can be made with reliability. The Blaine man agers assume an air of assurance while one fingers in their presence which has the effect of inelining to the opinion that the matter is settled while on the other hand the Arthur, Edmunds and Sherman mana gers are quite as sanguine. There appears to be growing sentiment against the nomination a dark horse aud the drift of prognosti- cation is that one of the four principals must be chosen. There is also disposition to make short work and three days are consid- cred to be sufficient time. The Edmunds men claim ninety-two votes that will stick to him till the last hope expires The following figures are given in detached estimate of the first ballot published by the Herald to- day and which was prepared with great care and is believed from an impartial standpoint to represent the situation as accurately as possible at this time: Blaine 336, tArthur 3o9, Edmunds 78, Logan 56, kk,. VUhJI ia given but the 12 Connecticut votes- There are s20 delegates, All being necessary for | choice Collector Robertson, of New York, claims that Blaine will receive $40 on the l first ballot. Speculation in tickets Of adm1s- sion to the convention has already begun, prices for single tickets ranging from $15 to | $50.
 The statement that the colored delegates were solely on the ''make' seems to have
 some foundation. A thoroughly responsl- ble and impartial public man gives 1t out for l a fact that while lounging in an obscure cor ridor of the Grand Pacific he overheard the following colloquy bet Ween one of these del 1 egates and one of the Arthur managers:
 Good morning, MT. -, I've come to
 see you on business and we may as well un-
 derstand each other now. :. !, am ners for money and want it.. "But,
 responded the gentleman from New VOTE, s'you are not willing to be understood as
 desirous of disposing of your vote for money F' 'I don't care about the unoer-
 standing" retorted the colored representa-
 tive. t1rse heah for money and don't you
 forget it." "How many more delegates from
 your section are similarly inclined !" ques- l tioned the manager ''Well, sir, there are l four pentlemen with me who stand just where
 I do.s By this time several persons had
 reached the scene and the New Yorker told l the delegate to .rshut up," which aroused l his anger and he quilted the corridor with
 the remark 'sTse heah for money and I'll
 have it."
 While some loud talking was being done by
 one of the Blaine advocates this morning, in
 which he asserted that everything was fixed
 and there could be no doubt about the nom-
 ination of the plumed knight on the first ballot, Q gentleman pushed through the
 crowd and said t.Sse here. my friend, I
 have been looking for you Nov da want Eo0 you you
 to put up or shut up. Here are $z.ooo 9dls.
 playing a large roll, spelling for the want of ! some one with nerve enough to cover them
 with Sl ,0oO that Blaine will be nominated on i the first or any other ballot. The wager l kT, ta6