Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-12


 animation at the hotels, which th delegates alone could culy impars. Ih
 national committee, W. L. Scot
 General SpinOla and Thomas I. Grad
 were among those who were early o
 the scene yesterday. Ex-GOvernO
 Sterling Morton, of Nevada, wa
 observed in tle lobby Of the Palme
 House and was afterwards seen il
 consultation with the advanced ad
 vocates of revenue reform. MortcI declares that the party must, in justic,
 to itself, declare unqual.fedly for
 reform of the tariff law, and Congress
 man Morrison declares the platform C
 the party took precedence over every thing else. He belIeved with gOOC platform 1t could go into the tigh and win. He declared that tho South and greater portion oI the west could be relied upon to sup port reasonable reform in tariff princi ples and many northern and New Eag land delegates would be opposed to Il and 1t was a question whether the south and west did not constitute a clear major. ity. It was recognized that the tariff | question has taken precedence in pOin; of interest thus far in the preliminary work of the convention, as the free trade advocates have been outspokeu ir their demand that the subject be clearly defined by the National Convention. To representative of the associated press this morning, Hon. Henry Waiter son said the statement that Mr. HarTi- son defeated Mir. Morrison at Peoria gave a very wrong impression of what really occurred there. The Illinois del egatIon adopted a tariff for revenue only. The resolution of Mir. Harrison started out to quash thls, but finding that he would be beaten he modified hls demands and asked that the resolutions be simply referred to the National Con- ventiOn. This the State Convention Was wiling to concede Io them.
 CHICAGO. July "A senator from Ore- goD, who arrived here yesterday sad for the past week or ten days the tide has run against Cleveland. "As nearly az can judge all Washington people who went to New York to inform themselves about Cleseland, have returned con viuced that he would be @ hazardous man to nomInate"
 General Roger A. Prior, of New York, said: ''I tbink can say without qualiti- cation that If live and am nominated the party will lose the state by 100000 votes"
 Gen. Chas. W. Blair, a national com mittee man, of Kansas, said yesterday: "I have just returned from the east and l can assure you that New York demo- crats are united as a man against Judge Field, of California, who is the strongest man we could nominate. Heis head and shoulders over any candidate; bis re- cord IS good, and he could carry New York by jO,COO votes.
 The Tam many chief had long con- sultatlOn last night of several hours duration. When nearly through Benj ,- min F. Butler was Sent for, and re. mained until the close of the caucus. Nothing definite could be learned, out the chief discussion was upon the ma iOrity necessary to secure tue New York delegation. The action Cf the Kings county delegates in deciding to vote for Governor Cleveland, thus giving him a majority Of the delegation. W $ not sat isfactory 10 John Kelly. He became de- sirous of making tEO-ihirds vote uec- esssry tO secure the sOhd vote of the Empire State. Whatever was done was kept quiet, numbers of the delegates themselves being debaTTed from the con- sultltIOn of the chiefs.
 At the meeting to-day of 6 large number of California citizens and Dem- ocrats pF~sent at Chicagc- m dtteudauce npOn the National Convention, the fol- lowing expression ofopiniOn was unanim- Ously adopted: "Whereas, the atTrunt offered to Judge Field by the California State Convention, was not an expressIon Of the Democratic party, nor the people of that State; It was fact Onal out burst of the convention winch was largely composed of delegations ap- pointed by county committee es m denial of the peoples right to primary election or other participation processes which. at the beginning of the paTty's entrance upon q presidential campaign, was with out precedent, and misrepresec tatiOn Of the best party and most elevated public sentiment ID California. and has ser eriously jeOpsrdized the electoral votes which the united party would be proud to present to the victorious national democracy: and
 Whereas. the people Of the Pacific coast, regardless of party, are uuIu-tly indignant at the attempt to treat with cOntumely an eminent citizen whose fame belongs to hIs country; whose rec ord IS spOtless in regard tO democratic principles as taught by Jefferson, v;n- dicated by Jackson and embodied in these latter days by Iilden whose right to the presidency ID 1876 was so nam tained by Judge Field as member of the electoral commission as tI give 1t the sOlemnIty Of an undisputed historical title; therefore
 Resolved, That We esteem 1t duty as It should be the pleasure of every true Californian, to give Judge Field hls proper place of honor foremost among the leaders of the Democratic party from whose number the President can didate IS to be chosen.
 Resolved, That We will pledge our best efforts as Californians for the can dIdate chosen by the national cOnven- tion tO whose battle We wlll enter with that enthusiasm which has always made a united Democracy nvincible in our State. We ask for the claims, the record and the merits of Judge Field, the respectful consideration they deserve, confident that We can guarantee that our State will give tim her electoral vote. unheeding the mistaken counsel of our misguided fellow citizens who are enlisted in the deploIabe work of the disorganizaiion which Is often the fOrerunner of defsat."
 The above resolutions were signed by J. E. Carr, Chairman; R. l. Faulk, Secretary; Edward Curtis, JnO r. Irish. State Senator Kelly, State Senator Dougherty, tx-Lieutenant Governor 5. l.. Johnson and Judge $. 5. Wright
 Some delegates, especially those from the South, are lOath to accept Tild ms letter of withdrawal as final, and talk of his nomination any how. The Daiiy News will say on this subject; It may be said authOritaiively that Daniel Manning has in his pocket a letter from Tilden to meet just such a contingency as this. Should Tilden's admirers in- sist on bringing bis name before the convention, this document will be read. IL IS safe to say that 1t will reiterate an1 emphasize his letter of declination. ItI is further understood that this paper will be a flat declaration for Cleveland, and all favorable io the sage of Gray stone will be asked to transfer their al- legiance to Cleveland.
 Last night the California delegation held a secret conference. It was ascer- taiued that Oregon and Nevada woald