The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-05

served ior The dslses'ss. In this spsos
'uss N isbfs 10 Accommodate
re Sa "ofs,as ns,n's" ,,.,. I"
rms STAGE snd fsiisrs on tho bnildine have
been ssly decorated rlih hsrs, buhiinf',
and from the galleries. -hioh run IN a
ssmi- cifole around the hslls, the arms oi
esri Oi the states and tefdtaflss hsye been
hung. John A. Martin, Mr., New and other
IN en- Der. Of the national committee, have
spsDt the greater portion Oi the day SUPER
Intending these ohsnges which will be cans
nl.tsi before 10 mnffov noon, Senator
Plumb aud half Of the Missouri delegation
arrived at the Palnier house to'da.; Dele
gates from Nebraska New Y0fk Vermont
VI assschu-ptip. New Hampshire and R1odr
Island are also here. None of them, how
ever, have been here long enough 10 he hhl'
10 give any new opinion upon Tue
situation. A prominent member Of ,he
Vermont delegation, howsyer, who hes
been hers two DAYS assured the Assoc ed
Press correspondent that Etmunds was fast
gsining ground and would haS. At le'st lOl
yo q. on the hrst ballot Intercourse among
tho Massachusetts, delegates showed etrone
under.ourrent Tor Rem Harrison, although
the delegates Will h. solid for Il imunds, as
hr has a chance, although Arthur will Get
sane OF their votes, II they break. None
OF tina delegations that sr'tved 10 day have
perfected their orgsn'gstion, hut u Is
Thought thst all OF them will TO morrow.
Ssorstsry Martio, OF the national commit
tee, sent TO all delegations to-day request
that they all be prepared to report 70 the
convention upon Its TEN norary organization
Tuesday tbs officers and committee me-,
ana that tho names OF the chairman OF the
state and senatorial delegations be sent
tn the national committee before tho con-
yention assemblies.
.uder Sullivan, president OF the Ma
tionsl League OF Amerc', was pressed ms
eysnipg for his opinion on the qnestion
whether the nomination OF Blaine wonld
csuee spy considerable quantity OF lrah
votes to be transferred from the democratic
to tho republican side. MT. Sullivan OK
plsined thnt his position asthe head OF sueh
Organization forbade an explanation IN Ina
subject, but lsugipglv remarked: III, say
thi,: Nominate Phil Sheridan and you have
thu Iriah vote"
Thu Virginia delegates, headed by srpa-
tor Malone, are otherwise termed tine
straight outs.n The other delegaron, with
the exception OF Deseodorf, arrived this
evening, General W. O. W,ckham was the
leader OF the latter party. When asked
what be thought OF the sc'inn OF me
national COMMITTEES in giving the
yeotiou, he said he was not sur
pri.ed, The resi- contest would he made
in the convention. The expression here,
however, LIVERY gensrsl, bo.h IN the Biaihe
and Arthur cam ps, that hshone aud he
folio sers will be seated by the convention.
The charm pship Of the convanuon cou'
tinues to provoke large share OF 'ttehtiop.
Western Blaine IN IN have favored Grow OF
Pannsylvanis, but do not care 10 pross hlin'
IA D. A N .
a t.st ore, as showing the Bls,ne 6ireneth.
Az the natter now stands, 1t appears tba'
the chairmauship will probably be given ~
Mckinley, OF Ohio, rs rersoh rhu
would not antngoni2s ether
Arthur or Paine people. The
rnmor that Powell Clayton, Of Arkansns,
lad declared ia isvor Of Blaine, was t'lked
OF qlite freely to-day and Tonight, ana
many profess TO believe II true Whiis ON.
ers deem il false. Colonel W. Il. Ol'Vef, OF
Little Rock. who, though not deisg'te,
is supposed 10 be in a position
to know, says Arksneae will
stand A,tbur. 10; Blaire, A
The Edmunds men did most Of their mis-
piouary wosk to-day among oeiegates from
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota:
their idea being, If possible to secure
enough votes to prevent the nomination. OF
either Arthur or Blaine in the early stage
OF the proceedings. They claim
to have secured eight ,r,oh xo.es
and ok nom Minnesota, or q total OF TWEEN.
tV, An iuformel vote OF norton OF the Min
uesots delegation tAkea this evening re-
suited: Blaine, 8: Edmupds, 3: Arthur, 2;
feds claim cd that on the first ballot Min
neSota will stand: Blaine, 16; Eimunds, 6:
Arthur, 4. One Of the delegates from
Wisconsin ssys that the opening uots
that state will stand: Arthur, IL Blaine, 8;
Sherman, 2. Various rumors have been
Texas representatives, the last OF whom
4 representative Of the sssoo'ated
pres talked with sewers member
On The subject. Tha Blaine men
cisim eleven or twelve votes and copceds
Arthur dI or seven. wnile
the supporters Of the president
cav he and Blaine will .eaoh
have about seven cerIsin. The remainder
are scattering or uncertain. The delega-
ton will organize tomorrow.
rHp SITUATION SIMPLIFYING ITSELF.
CHICAGO, June 2. Ill q. N. - Tho
situation this morning In the preeiden.
tial canvass 10 very much simplified. All
the delegates are now on The ground ,tpc,ud
ing Nav York and Penn.ylvania, whose
coming had been looked forward to wish
some Interest. The negotiations which
were carried fer xari in the interest OF re.
spectlve candidates yesterday, makes Il
clear that the sdherents of SIX candidates,
namely, Arthur, Blaire, Edmunds, Sher'
man, Logan and Hawley, have made fair
measures of their strength, and deem
thai the present aspect of the light warrants
them standing by their neO. The most
ardent Of the Arthur and Blaine men do
not now claim for them q majority OF the
convention. The highest figure mentioned
Tor B sine is 1873, and the highest for Arthur
is spou, 800, ous conservative advocates Of
each put the figures for both under 5OO;
the ' stand taken by the Edmund,
Logan and Sherman men. The friends OF
the Vermont senator to-day ara in high
feather over the possibility Of bis nomina-
ton and contentd he has developed
UNEXPECTED STRENGTH
in all the northern and western states,
and has even acquired some votes 10 Mis-
souri,, and no strong are they 10 their faith
that q caucus of oil his adherents was
sress At the rooms 81 the Massachusetts
DELEGATION. It Is attended by all Vermont,
nearly all Of Massaohusetts and New Jer.
sey delegations, q portion Of Now York, In
Guiding Andrew D. White, Theodore
Ro.sevslt. John T. Gilbert and George
william Curtis snd portions OF the Rhode
Island, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan
d DELEGATIONS. The csucus numbers about
eighty five, and the Edmunds people con.
tend they hold the balance Of power and
can summon, 100 votcs: II the the
by their colors, tue convention will
40 NJ stionably result in dead look. Lo-
san's forces have been instructed to remain
by him, and the Chic men, who are for
Sherman, numb erBg somewhat more than
one.half the delegation. declsrs that all
oyertures which bsve been made them
have been ignored, and they will certainly
REMAIN BY HIM
through the numerous ballots, In the pres
ent belief that the fight, as it now stands,
IN to sny man. This portion OF the OHIO