New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-28
PREPARATIONS AT CHICAGO
FEW DELEGATES YET ON THE GROUND.
,ur ARTHUR MEN AT woRK-ARRANGEMENrs IN
THE CONVENTION HALL
inv rrtroR lPH To TRIBUSE.l

49,; IN the anuroaching National Republican Coh-
yent;on are arriving slowly Beyond the members oi
the National subcommittee, there nave, as yeIoeon
only a few prominent arrivals. consideraoie NUN
Der of delegates expectedto arrive to-inoiio"
and Thursday and from then on the interest IN INC
situation viii grow hourly The hotel lObbies have
nreserved tber wonted air thus far and the Guy mas
in no way felt the touch of the crush that VIII po
upon it before the close of the week. ihoio 81"
few outward evidences of the approaching su"sei'
in the way of headquarters, banners anu NAYS anu
the delegate with preference has been uhaoio tnu'
far to place the headquarters of his favorite WIN
the exception of Logan, headquarters nave oeen
opened for any of the candida'es' lniS VIII w
remeded by tomorrow.
THE WORKERS FOR ARTHUR AND SHERMAN
The Arthur men have perfected their local organ
ization and have everything in shape to bring 'ie
"business element" to the front to impress rurai
delegates. The Arthur quarters at the anici
House will be thrown open tomorrow. Ihoush
denied yesterday by the custom HOUSE
peoplc it was positively stated that
Secretary Chandler would be one OF
the earliest arrivals among Arthurs heutenan's'
John A. Kasson will be on hand on Thursday to
represent aud foster what Arthur sentiment may
come out of Iowa. Some of the Southern Delegates
hogan TO drift in to-day, singly and in pairs, and
the contingent is being carefully looked after by
Powell Clayton and Webster Flanagan. Inc lore-
runners of the Sherman movement IN ONO VIII At
rive TO look over the ground tomorrow anu teie-
grams received to-day indicate that strong repre-
sentation from the West and Northwest VIII reach
the city ON Thursday morning.
SIZE AND CAPACITY OF THE HALL.
Powell CLAYTON, of Arkansas, II. II. Stone OF
Michigan and A. II. Beatty, of Montana members
Of the National Committee, arrived to-day, and
with the members of the subcommittee and local
eommittee visited the Convention Hall and di-
rected number Of changes. The apparently
peyer-ending rows of chairs in the hall, the lm-
mense sounding-boards, the large boxes on either
side of the hall, and the stage which seats l,4oo
people contribute to the vastness of the view. AS
the hall now stands the officers OF the Convention
and the invited guests will occupy the l,4oo seats
at the north end. Then the press tables will fol-
low, and next to them the delegates and alternates
Aises OH either side of the seats for the delegates
and alternates separate them from the extra press
seats and private boxes. tho latter painted red
The boxes number thirty-six on each SIDE
and Will hold ten persons each ms
makes total of 720 box seats
Proceeding south In the hall, railing separates the
delegates and alternates from the general puDilc.
After 2 900 seats distributed to the holders OF
stage and press tickets and 1000 to the delegates
and alternates there will be 5000 seats for the
general public. This makes a total of 10000 This
number includes the 1,5OO seats in each gallery.
the private boxes and the flies ibis morning,
when the committees reached the hall they made
a discovery They found that the directors
of the building, who applied for GOO seats and
were respectfully refused, had surreptitousy con-
structed platforms for about one hundred seats up
in the west fly of the building. Access is obtained
bv stairway leading to the treasurers office out
side of the hall proper, that the committees have
really no authority over the trespassers. AS tho
seats are so high also, the committee will make no
affection One out-of-town member laughed when
he was told what the seats were for
THAT is a sample of Chicago gall,' said
he land suppose it goes" ihe lie
exits for the masses are at the south end OF me
building Delegates and guests enter by doors near
the north end. The delegates VIII moi come IN con-
tact with the masses at all, high ratings se"ral
them and tickets indicating their riglts 10 ,oSle-
gates seats. Mr. New, of the committee, sald thaI
as 10 the admission Of cOntesing delegations ne pre-
sumed they would be pelnhtteu IN on IootuIg W!lh
The other delegates. ami if the Committee on Gre
dentas chose to dispossess them they could 90 So
THE STRUGGLE TO BEGIN IL A FEW DAYS.
David AllertOn secretary of The New-1ork In
dcpendent organization, arrived last night, and has
taken up quarters at the fremont. Since bis arri-
val he has been in consultation with the Chicago
Independents and Edmunds men represented by
N n Fairbank Franklin MacVeagh, General 4. c.
Mcclure +. G. Keith and others George William
Curtis Carl SchurZ and other Independents from
New-YOrk, are expected In day or TWO 10 take
charge of the Edmunds and Gresham movements.
The Indiana men who have arrived are Delng
courted assiduousy as the Gresham movement ap-
pears to be recognized as one that may spring INTO
prominence. The Independents here unqueSti0na,
tIy talk Gresham. in the event OF DEADLOCK ana
hopelessness for Ednunds. The Blame boom is ex-
pected 10 take ON large proportions with the ARRIVAL
of the CalifOrplaus and their banners next Satur-
day morning, to be seconded by the New-IOrk and
Pennsylvanla delegations on Sunday, ana the
Iowa and Kansas delegations on Monday.
An attempt has been made toward feehng the
pulse of the subcommittee in the matter of the
temporary chairnanship, movement having been
started in the interest of Senator Cullom for the
place but il is believed 10 be faiut II may never
be heard from again. There is open talk. however,
chairmaBship upon the theory that one dark horse
would be tagged at the start, but whether the
movement has force IS too early yet 10 be deter
mined.
RUMORs ABOUT THE DELEGATIONS.
Notwithstanding the small number of delegates
ia the city, rumors are already ahoat to the
movements in the ranks of the various
candidates II was given out this evening that
William Pitt Kellogg had deserted the President
and gone over to Blaine and that adYices from
iOus Southern States were to the effect that the
Arthur delegates in many places were wayerng
in their allegiance. On the OtEer hand, ATthUr's
supporters claim 10 have letters from Louisiana
Texas and Arkansas saying that there
is no danger, and that Arthur will get
all the votes he calculates on. 1t
friends predicting that If they stand by him he will
win in the end 1t is said that the Logan leaders are
receiving letters from many of the delegates nom
the back counties urging the withdrawal OF Logan $
name at the earliest opportunity in order that they
may have a chance to vote for some one who can
win. 1t is known that the preferences Ol these
delegates are for Blaine.
ORGANIZATION OF THE CONVENTION.
NAMES MENTIONED FOR TEMPORARY AND PEEMA-