Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-05
CHICAGO CONVENTION,

CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Multitude Electrified =, n.
d0v' CLAYTON Defends Hi, po,;,,u
Against Unjust Ortitism.l 0''''0n
permanent Chairman Hepd.r.o,,
Arthur Continued En-. "
element.
special TO the Gazette
CHICAGO, June 4.-The asn.o, :,
rSlfs :, today is but little changed \, ID,
,Ihere have been gains and lossas ~ ~
ooln sidessand the fight is belra :. a. :.
r,ea on with increased vigor The IN sr rs-
,a, -, OF ,he Blaine following yesterday
IN the selection Of temporary chsi,ma.,
supplemented by the selection 90 n"'
Henderson to-day as permanent chat
man is claimed as victory bv 81.
friends of Arthur, who proclaim - a ~
an earnest OF what will follow when
.ne crisis arrives. Their quiet methods
nave something puzzling ifnot nv,
livery distracting to the other sids
Last night and during the entire da,,
excepting when the convention wss
In session the -
ARTHUR HEADQUARTERS
was thronged with visitors who ca, -, .
20 renew their allegiance or to log.roll
Tor the man of their choice Thera
was sprinkling Of the Blaine men
a'so present also for the purpose Of
taking notes and reporting the matter
but the wary adherents of Arthur were
TOO. cunning to show their hands Az
nLAINE's HEADQUARTERS,
the scene was Of the liveliest descrir-
ton and was continued without abeta-
ment throughout. Prominent sneak.
ers addressed the multitude from time
TO time Keeping up a feeling of entbu.
slasm unequaled. The Blaine men
claim to have lost no strength so far.
they do not claim walk over as at frat
but they feel comfortably confident of
success. They made and lost votes nv
their actions in regard to the colored
men but 1t is not improbable that thew
have suffered from it. The appeal 10
the Northern delegates to relegate the
colored man little more to the rear is
Intellectual as they know little or moth
ing of the Senegambian or of the of.
fences he is charged with, while to the
Southern delegation who are composed
OF colored men and of pensioners on
the bounty of Arthur's gifts the appeal
is positive fire brand. One thing in
favor of Blaine is that Southern dele
gates who are now in Chicago by vir.
tue of Arthur's influence, and who
have received from that cause about
all they can reasonably expect, may
tap new fount of inspiration on the
other side if properly approached
Rumors are so conflicting that 1t is
difficult to form an intelligent opinion
but the wise ones say that neither Ar
thur nor Blaine will be chosen, but
after dead lock
A DARK HORSE
will be selected. Speculations AZ To
who this will be continue. Logan will
have strong following among the sol
dier element, as also will Gen. Haw.
ley, but the latter cannot marshal
sufficient force to rive him a start
Edmunds is thought to be an accepta.
BILE man but the tenacity of his follow.
ing in not joining either of the oppos.
ing forces has embittered all hands
against him and he is done for. Gen
Sherman is either unambitious or very
sly, and he is credited with the latter.
1T is said he is waiting until his boom
gets ripe before he pulls IT.. Lincoln
surrounded by the halo of his fathers
name and memory, is perhaps in a
fair way of success as any. Gresham
ia in the same boat with Edmunds,
he will not elect and he will never be
forgiven. Logan has a thriving boom
let fostered by the residents Of the
Lake City, but it is not likely
that it will ever mature. The fact
seems to be patent that before any
dark horses will be brought out the
struggle between
THE MoNEYED POWERS
VIII first have to be brought toan ISSUE
and settled either by the nomination
of Blaine or Arthur or by deadlock
proof that neither can be chosen. TIT
rumor that the Arthur delegates woult
spring n ticket composed of Harrison
and Allison on the convention as soor
as the result of the first ballot wa
known gains ground and credence
They mean to die hard, and II the,
sink pull their combatants down will
them, and they have adopted the tao
tics used by Conkling in 1876, when
Blaine was defeated and Hayes wa
nominated. Conkling's friends ar
here. and while Arthur claims thei
support it is known that the!
are working teeth and toe-nai
for the man from Maine. II, as 1t
80, ,,,;iI turn hi