New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-22

the XXVIth Congressional District under under az. ar
quest 10 vote for Mr. Blaine. Mr.. Platts aPpc6i-
ance here in opposition President Arthur causes
general astonishnent. This piacels ex ocnatoI
coe Conklings home. week ago II was suPpJsodd od
by politicians all over the State that delegates lan
been elected To the Congressional ConVenloh vi t''o
district who would elect two Arthur delegales ~ ~
the National Convention, but suddenly mysterious
hand pulled out two or three pegs ana TWO antI-
Arthur delegates elected TO the National CON
vention by the Congressional Convention. II IS De
lcved here by the Arthur mel that the mysterious
hand was that of Roscoe COnklng .o,
Among the delegates and politicians who arrNeu
to-day were James d. Warren, of butsio GnTias 6nr.
man of the Republican State Committee; CnalleS
L. Fitch, editor Of he Rochester DemoGdt oHd
Chronicle; Chester 5. Cole captain of the I3rl Oh
New-Y9rk jeremiah Drew OF Ne|nulEi NenntoI
Thomas Edward W. johnson, one OF the secre-
taries of the Republican state Committee OK ex-
Police Commissioner Dewitt c. Wheeler, OF New
York; ex-Canal Appraiser BOstwlck, OF lthaca anu
Colonel Archibald Baxter, OF Emlra. Rooms nave
been engaged at the hotels for Theodore
John j. Bren Walter Howe, j. R.Lydecker, james
w. Harper, iT., and Bernard Blglln OF Nem-I N ~
ex-Licutenant Governor John G.. Robinson ol
BinghamtOn Collector William II. robertson 60 oH
Congressman James s. Smart Of Cambridge oSWL- oSWL
roll T.. Smith, of Syracuse: Postmaster =. W. ";
DIckey, OF Newburg General y; Nj. curtis, oI
Ogdcnsburg; silas j. Dutcher and a,, Sena7
tor Daggett of Brooklyn; AsSomblyman
Forsyth, of West Troy; b. +. Flaglgr OF Niagara cara
Falls; ex-Speaker liusted Senator Low of MID
dletoWn: ex-senator Macarthur, of troy ex-
Lieutenant- Governor HOskins, and AssemDlyihah
Haskill, of Madison County
A GLANCE AT THE LIST OF DELEGATES.
"A BODY OF ABLE And EXPERENCFD REPUBLICANS
SOME OF THE LEADING MEN.
UTICA April 21.-An inspection OF the roll OF
delegates shows that the convention that meets
here on Wednesday will contain many OF the most
sagacious and experienced of the New-fOrk Re-
publicans scarcely county is inadequately rep
resented while nearly every one would seem 10
have entered upOn the duty OF selecting delegates
with the praiseworthy determination of con-
trIbuting 10 the convention prudent, capable ana
Trustworthy cOunsellOrs-men who would know
what il was best to do this Presidential year and
how 10 do it.
Albany County heads the roll The conspicuous
figure in the delegation Is Hamilton Hairls lie Is
commoplv regarded as one of the most astute poll
ticians in the State. For several years he was
chairman of the Republican Committee, and he has
represented his district in the Senate and Assem-
blv. John s. Fowler, who heads the Cayuga dele
CATION. has been Mayor of Auburn and a member of
the Board of state Assessors. Assemblyman Horton
Is a member of the ChautauQua delegation Arcme
f. Baxter, gallant solder who was the Repubii-
can candidate for Congress in the AAlAth District
two wears ago, leads the Chemung dele
CATION. AsSemblyman \. JudSon hneeland
js one of Cortland's representatives..
John H. Ketcham appears IN the list of Dutchess
Delegates He has served in the State and National
Legislatures and Is a member OF the present Con
rreSs. He entered the Union army as a colonel ana
rose TO the rank of brevet Major-GeneraL Ere
sends among Others, eX-Asscmblymen Roberts ana
R,ncham. AsseInblvinan " c. Boynton leads
the Essex delegations another AssemGlyman, L.
L. Boyce the Fulton delegation, and still
another one, Iucian Il. Bailey the Genesee delega-
t.on. United States Senator Warner Miller and
Sneaker Sheard Of the Assembly are two OF Her
I1mer's delegates
The Kings County delegation contains number
of strong men. Claiming Frothlngham is II we'll
known Brooklyn independent. Ethan Allen Doty
is a member of the Independent Republican Con-
ference Committee, Mr. Heath is member OF the
Assembly, M Nicot is a member OF the RepubIIcah
state Committee. The Madison delegation is
headed by ex-senator 4. NJ Holmes. Congress
man and ex-State Controller James H. Wadsworth
leads the Livingston delegation. Monroe viii
sneak through such men 81, Mayor Parsons, Of
Rochester. and Charles Z. Fitch, Editor OF The
Deo,ocyat and Chronicle of that city. Among the
prominent Ncw-York delegates are General Anson
G. McCoob Assemby yman Roosevelt, Senator Gibbs,
Joseph W. Harper H.. Hugh Gardner, George Bliss,
Solon b. Smith. Emigration Commissioner laintor,
Justice jacob u. PattcTs II and john ID. Lawson.
Among tho Niagara delegates IS Willard \. Cobb,
the Editor of The LOckpOr journal. Niagara Will
attract unusual attention III this convention,
owing TO the fact that she is part of the NHNIlld
Conrrcgsional District, which was unable to agree
upon Il basis of representation for the selection
of deIccates On the Orange delegation are
Moses d. Shvcrs. the Editor of The
Uiddictolrp Trcss and Judge John J. Beattie As
-eluhy1nan G.. NJ. Sweet is OneHt the Oswcgo dole
gates Samuel :. Edick, IN ex-senator Is a dele
gate for Otsego. EX-Assembyman l9mgS Is
Queens delegate. Colonel George T.. hwt"h
and James Forsyth arc among the Ren'Se-
Iger retYescutatiVcs. EX-Assembi yman EIske ~
one of the Richmond delegates. AsSemhlYman
n NJ Curtis who led the l69th Regiment Of New
York in the assault upon Fort Fisher, and eX-AS-
ecmbiyman Peck are among the II. Lawrence dele
gates Another gallant soldier and eX-As5embly-
man Gcoige West Will help express the
views of Saratoga. Assenblyman John W. NedGcr
leads the Schenectady delegation, and eX-Assem-
b'vm9o Evans TIE seneca delegation. Thomas {.
Plaft president OF the United States Express Com
many and ext ulted states Senator, and W llildm
smith ex-Superintendent of the Insurance De-
nartlneIt are among IIOgas representatives,. var
zen County is represented in part by A. j. CheTtTte
and /. K. Lock MT. Cheritree was member OF
the nnsitutoual COny ent ion of SG7 aud has been
District A ttorney of Warren. Mr.. Locke is tho
present Assembl ynan for the county. On, the
Washington delegation are Congressman BurelQh,
AssemLlyman Baker and ex-AsSemblyman Terry,
Pliny r. sexton, president of the First National
Rank of PALMYRA, who was the Republican Cand1-
date for state Treasurer last fall, leads the Wayne
delegation The Wyoming delegation Is led by ex-
Lieutenant-G Governor HOskins. and the Yates dele
CATION by Stephen B. Ayres, the Editor O1 Ihc
latCS County Chronicle
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