Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-08

Equipped with this plan the Tammsny and Flower delegates went into the meeting oi the State delegation. crowd six deep lined the corridors leading to the large parloE guarded the door and admitted delegates only. The caucus was long and exciting. After organization an informal vote was taken as to the choice of candidates az fol- lows: For Cleveland AT, Flower 22, scatter- ing 3. The first formal vote was exactly like this. On the second ballot there was an abandonment of Flow CT, nobody but Jacobs of Kings county voting for him. For Bayard, Bel mont, Grady, Bowers, Kelly, O'Donahue, McQuade, Muller and Townsend voted. For Slocum, Faulkner. Bowling. Stolhnecker, Sanford. Murphy, Hamilton, Stevens, Moore. Danforth, Sears, Brewster, Galop, Purcell, Greyling and Leary voted. It stood 47 for Cleveland, 25 against. After this vote few opponents of Cleveland began to leave she room. TammRny fought against the rule. but Jacobs an anti Cleveland delegate, spoke in favor of 1t, saying that the Tanmany men who were now oppos- ing it were it's staunchest friends in the Saratoga convention. It was not honest he claimed for Kelly to urge the unit rule at Saratoga when he thought Kings county was with him, but to oppose it at Chicago, when he found Kings county against him. The second ballot stood AT for CIave- Iduus 10 1Or 0lOcuLQa J LOE OSy6EO AuO l TOT Tilden. The delegation adjourned at 3 o'clock to meet again at o'clock and decide the unit measure.
 The attempt to overthrow the init rule in the convention will be seconded by Butler, Mcdonald and,other candidates Kansas voted against the unit rule at it's meeting, but cast 13 for Cleveland and 4 for Bayard. Iowa met and decided to vote for Cleveland, twen- ty-one being given for the New York Gov ernor and one blank. New Hampshire in- structed it's delegates for Cleveland also The drift was towards Cleveland after the New York State meeting, but Kslly's threat to defeat the unit rule is regarded az likely to injure him seriously. Roswell P. Flowers chances are not injured, so it is claimed, by the turning of his votes to Slooum. If the unit rule is abolished he will be brought for- ward again. Every indication points to g long and bitter convention. The Thurman members of the Ohio delegation met this af- ternoon and finally decided to put Allan G. Thurman in the field. This oomplicates the situation still more. John R. Mclean is to be given the chairmanship of the delega- ton.
 Immediately after the adjournment of the caucus Mir. Kelly and his followers held 8 secret conference at which 8 general inter- change of views occurred respecting the situ- ation. Following this at p. m the caucus reassembled and the discussion on the unit rule was renewed with great vigor. After g long debate 8 resolution was adopted, 61 to II, that the seventy-two votes of New York shall be cast in the convention for Cleveland An amendment to the resolution was offered by MT. Powers and adopted that when the vote Is given as unit, statement shall accompany it to the effect that the delegation is not unani nous in it's preferences and that the vote on supporting Cleveland stood as follows: Cleveland 49, Slocum 13 Bsyard g, Flower l. It was only on condition of this state- ment being made that MT. Kelly gave his consent to the seyenty-two votes being cast together. John H. Mooney, one of Kelly's most intimate confidants, said tonight that MT. Kelly pronounces the anti Cleveland strength by no means broken and he hopes to go into the convention and defeat the Governor. The New York delegation, MT. Kelly still believes, will go for Bayard. The Tsmmsny leader hoped much from a conference to be held tonight of the supporters of Bayard, Butler and other prominent candidates with 8 view to uniting the opposition to Cleve- land. MT. Mooney believed that the North Carolina dele egation which came instructed for Cleveland had determined to come out solid against him. It is said tonight by persons who should be well informed that Mir. Kelly has prepared protest against Cleveland's 8 nomination and will read it to the convention at the proper time.