New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-16
KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS
rHp CONVENTION TO DECLARE FOR BLAINE
AN OUTLINE OF THE WORK To-DAY-A NAohiNA
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BAnRspURa, April 15-The contest III INC -'o
rnbNcan State Convention to-morro" n"' 49,
narrowed TO the choice of COngressnah-a.-h.ais
pnd the settlement of few details OF organA1"
The names of the temporary and permanent 4sa
,nc oAec.rs the delegates-atlarge to Cmcaeo' 'n0
prosidant,al electors and the chairmen OF lhe 00i"
pittees were agreed upon to-day ao 1ot;or
marty leaders and it is believed thSt 'n0
taken will be ratified by the conVen',on. sod 80
also arranged that a resolution shoaiu W Gov
.'0o '.s- .ha de,epates-at-large to vote 1or
Ian,as q Blaine for President as long az
Tsname Is before the Chicago Convention Az VI
,hoso Questions will probably be decided "l'Aou'
80, d,v,sion Of the convention. There are seNerai
candidates in the field for COngTessman-at-hais'
end M ATTEMPT will be made to influence 'ho "o'1O
of the convention on that subject. ine
fonr Of chrisr Magee's delegates from AiiesnonS
Conrtv are contested by Blaine delegates anu
the decision Of that question VIII pIop"Di'
taken the only vote of factonal chalao''i' 90
tbaty not be any test on the Presldehtiai
The convention will overwhemlhgiy ~ ~ " 600
That is not questioned. Among the ZOo vi o0o
ord alternates already here there is no
.ou, 90 orv other candidate. So far as KhoWn'
ar,bny,s name has not been mentioned mere Io-u'y
M y oord,date for President. 1t is well undeIstoou
.ho+ Orov Maree Rutan and other Cameron leu-
tenants are for Arthur but they DO noU laK 49,
him here. In fact Magee is talking lor huniuHO''
1 ho o+bors are silent on the question. syS-
.ouofc effort has been made by Quay 10 Sc
cnre the election Of delegates VINO, "hlIo pO
fessinc themselves for Blame ana "ooep,He
instructions TO vote for him, would sun vi o'iTi
.,..o,t,ors oc+ nnd4r instructions from Quay lie
was in par successful. His plan was 10 ni"A'
Iomue1 an temporary chairman OF the conNen-
e. He sent for Todd and mad him substitutes
tor onotber delegate Mr.. Todd declared hlmsei.
g. ploine tbouch il is we'll known that ne Wotuu
oct under Ouays instructions on other question
Rn+ declaring on the floor Of the convention tu"V 1
was for Blaine would furnish an excuse IoI a'i
da1ecates who wanted to serve the " "macnlhe u
do 80. while apparently carrying out theI inS u0~
tiOns
MR.. ouAY's. CANDIDATE PUT ASIDE.
Senator John Stewart and other Independents
Who knew the details of Mr.. Quay's plan to retain
control sent him word that they would denouhce
.bo scbo,ne IN the convention and would oppose
Todd as not truly for Blaine and make every ueie-
cate show hls colors. Quay then sent Weru tna' H'
could carry 40 delegates for Todd Tor CHAIRMAN
and asked for a conference. 1t was well uhUe1
stood that this absurd claim was made 10 tly ana
save something from the machine Wlech' Dut ~
1rasthouCht best allow conference ana II possoe
have an entirely harmonious convention honc'
(onqpeg gSDan l3aVne, OF 1lllSDulR3 T'i'''i
and Mr.. Smith Editor OF The PhiiGde'ptia Tre8S' all
pronounced Blaine men, and Senator Cooper cnaI-
man of the tate Committee who recently got on
"tbe ncople's train" as he calls the Blaine move
mont tlis afternoon held conference with MT
Ouav and informed him that Mr.. Iodd couid no' pe
chairman of the convention. They seiec'eu eA-
senator w. B. Waddell, of Chester a pronounced
Rlaine man, for temporary charmanand e1-SpeaAer
Calnsha A. Grow, another Blaine man, 1or per
,oanent president of the convention As ~ vas
useless for Quay to offer opposition lie salu tii%'
all Of his friends would vote for them IL was 'hen
agreed. in the same harmonious spirit to name
Tndoe w. II. Jcssup. Of Susquchanna; Senator
o,'is Emery ir. of Mexican; i. T. Jones, Illts-
hrrc p. /. kimberly, Of Mercer James McNanes
ond Hamilton Disston, of Philadelphia, as the SIX
delcrates.at-large. They will be instructed 1or
plaipe. who is the Individual choice OF each dele
gate named with perhaps the eXceplono1 Mt llSS-
ton. who is not known to have pronounced Tor any
candidate. Calvin Wells of Pittshurg; judge
1oiscpripe. OF Carbon and Lcmuel Todd were Sc
lected for ElectoIsa-largc. 1t was agreed TO name
aCmnnittee on Credentials 10 consist OI hlhe Ih'Il-
hers. Of which the Blaine men should name Tour
and Quay four, and Of which Senator stewart
n,on,inent Blaine man, shall be chairman. The
members of the committee are men of high rank
and can be relied upon for fair report upon the
contest in Magees district The point is the intu-
e,ce the decision will have upon similar contest
IA come before the convention at Chicago, as
tho decision can have 10 effect upon the conven-
tion here Colonel A. LOwden Snowden, OF Phla-
delubia was selected for chairman Of the Com
mttee ON Resolutions.
AN OUTLINE OF TIE PLATFORM.
The platform will be short and Will be fashioned
after the one adopted last year, with Wharton
Barker's plank in regard to the division of the sur
plns omitted Marshal McMichael, of the Pres-
dents household, came here to-day to secure the
adoption of a resolution approving President
Artbur's administration "for its honesty, nteg-
ritv and sagacity.' 1t was decided 10 change the
last word and allow the remainder TO stand, to be
followed by resolution lnstructlug the delegates
for Blaine. ,,,.,,. ~
General E. A. Osborne, General William Libby
and e. +. Watson are working hard for the nOInln8-
fion for CongreSsman-at-LaTge. MI Grow and
Others are also talked of for the place. Some of the
Blaine men think that no conference should
have been held with Quay and that the "machine7
of its conduct in 1880; but as auio there is
general approval that the concession Of confer
ence was made and that there will be 40 note Of
dlscord. -
The delegates from the XXNth Congressional
District tonight elected j. d. henderson, Of JelieT
son and II. &. Howard, of Indiana, as delegates to
licago and required them to sign pledge TO vote
for Blaine. The Cameron men cOncede that Blaine
has fifty of the sixty votes this State will cast at
Chicago and there is some probability OF the entire
delegation voting as a unit pr Blaine.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS.