The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-03
WAKING WARM
The Fight for Position Becoming
Hotter.
The Events Of the Day Before the
Convention.
The Proceedings Of the National
Committee
In the Natter Of Deciding Contested
Seats.
Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas, to be
Temporary Chairman,
Which is Considered to he Blaine
Victory.
The Maine Statesman Gaining in
Strength.
He Will Undoubtedly Lead in the
First Ballot
With the Prospects Of Final Vic.
tory Encouraging. |
Organization Of the West Virginia |
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He Will Undoubtedly Lead in the
First Ballot
With the Prospects Of Final Vic
tory Encouraging.
Organization of the West Virginia
Delegation. /.

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CHICAGO, Ill, June 9-This has been q
day Of increasing crowds and fierce activity
in wire.pulling and caucrsing. He would
be gifted observer who could tell the net
result Of the days work. Everybody
claims great gains. l see no reason to
alter my estimate Of les. night that Ar.
thur is beaten, snd that Blaine eau
be nominated. am unable to
verify the Blaine figures Of last night.
It looks as though Blaine will hsre on
theirs. ballot from 3l5 to 800. My figures
are BIG. For Arthur1 gee 27s on the first
ballot. After that Arthur will lose
from the South and Southwest,
ard the moral efec. Of that
loss will practically settle his csse.
Logan will get some Of Artnur's loes from
thoae sections. Blaine will get more. II
Logan does not grow his strength will drift
to Blaine unless stubborn fighting shall
run through many ballots, in which csse it
would not be surprising to see John Sher-
s,sc,aSIa ~ hes s,,sro.h or M W 'D ' &C
Harr;s,n has hoo, nm. :, ,re sol5
io,msjIr hrt the facr fba; e resham he7
n,anv rarn friends in tha indians dele.
CATION, and the very queer performance Of
the Indiana caucus, he's stripped that dele
CATION Of the i1ttuence it might have had
BLAINE AND THE coLoRED DELEGATES.
Blaine hes developed strength among
the co!ored men, which hes surprised and
stunned his enemies. Some of the meat
sct;vs. Riains worke,s are colo,ed men
80 IL - .'.:N.,s - ,.-ss.-,.. - ~ -
VINO "aAA 1ne n'ot III 'ne heaoquAt' Vi
the lobbies and address the crowd
in B!alne's lnterejt There was
a scene at the Grand Pacific,
when q Maryland co!ored man pushed
througha crowd 70 snswer cclured dele
gate from! South Carolina, who was shout
i1g iot 0tInus. Aue csoSu I iil.so s aus
from @ that that tr;hi1ne be sddre-sed the mnlti.
tude in epeech that filled the room with
wllc cneera. 1t was one OF the ep!sode3 OF
ths &c asy. .,:,.;s. :, p,.,,, c,,u.,n :, J..
tansss az ~ for ,remnorsrr chairman Of the
convention is Blaine triumph. Quietly
Clayton has been getting in good work iol
b.s,ne, sna 'h's cnoice mas o'e2tun'leo tne
-, raywssr vreo,yr, ps,re.rtoy
iwc,.y VIRGINIA continues to recsive
-, ,,,,,.,taa a,tan.;on f,o,, Tho f,;enda ~ al,
N' - - ,:.r;t"'. s;''.,- - ~ 80.
tne canoltoates' !t tnoagn Atfnuf men nave
given it up az bad job. They see there
is no break in the soldi delega.
ton and no prospecs Of making any
When the delegation got in to-day and
appeared in the crowd wearing We,t Viz
e;nia Blaine badges, the boys made come.
thing Of "a sensation. The delegates are
all hers excep! Redmond and Miller, who
have telesrsphed tha. they sre on the way