The Portland daily press., 1884-07-08
BLACK CLOUDS
lowering Over the Democrats in
Chicago.
John Kelly and Butler Hold {
Conference
AND WILL POOL ISSUES IN FAvOB
OF MCDONALD.
Butler Admits That He is Out of the
Race.
Special to the Press.)

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CHICAGO, July THE arrangements for the
Democratic convention are complete, and to-
morrow noon the great show will open. II
will be great day for the Democracy, as in
deed this one has been. 1t is now Cleveland
against the field, and the chances are exceed
ingly good for the field, and to all appearances
for Joe Mcdonald in particular. There is an
immense crowd of strangers in the city, and
the feeling among both delegates and outsiders
is very bitter, the New York delegates having
failed to give Cleve land two-thirds vote in
their caucus, and the friends and enemies Of
Cleveland having kept up their fight all day
and with constantly increasing bitterness, 1t
is now doubtful il Cleveland will lead the
convention after the second ballot.
John Kelly and Butler have held confer
ference today, and it is believed they have de-
clded to pool their issues and go in for McDon
aid. Butler now admits that he has no show
for himself, and he has promised his fellow
delegates from Massachusetts that if they will
not desert his standard until he gives the word
he will bring about the nomination of man
who will poll the entire Democratic vote and
carry the labor vote almost solid. The delega-
ton, it is now thought, will accede to the
wishes of their leader. Butler is to be member
of the committee on resolutions, and he will be
allowed to insert labor plank in the platform
in accordance with his own views.
While the convention will not give Butler
the nomination, it is plain that it will regard
him as great power in the party. All of the
other candidates court his favor and promise
him anything he may ask for in the way of
position and patronage in return for his sup
port. He is feared by all his rivals, and con-
sidered more of a bette noir than Kelly.
The Cleveland men do not give up the fight,
but they are less confident than they were in
the morning. They are making desperate
fight, and are claiming that if any man except
Cleveland shall be taken the impression will
go over the country that the great Democratic
party has been forced to obey the behests of
John Kelly and Ben Butler. This, they say,
will be enough to ensure Blaine's election.
The Mcdonald men are full OF pluck and
profess confidence of ultimate success They
admit that Cleveland will lead on the first, and
probably the second, ballot, but expect to gain
largely on the third ballot and win on the
fourth or fifth.
Bayard will make the next best showing, but
he cannot hope to carry off the prize. Even
Southern delegates take the humiliating posi-
tion that his Dover speech would kill him il
nominated.
Randall's support will be very slim, and
Fields even simmer. The Tilden talk has
about died out, but there is fear that some
body may get up in the convention and move
to nominate the old man by reclamation.
What such motion would lead to no one can
tell. III nominated Tilden will surely decline,
and thus leave the party badly handicapped.
Andrew d. Green, Tilden's most trusted
friend and the man who is said feeds the sage
when he cannot feed himself, is expected here
tonight There is much curiosity to know the
nature of his mission. The Cleveland man
ayers say he will bring Mr.. Tilden's blessing
for the Cleveland boom, while the opponents
of the New York candidate ,are sure that he
comes to pick holes in it by order of Uncle
Sammy. Perhaps by tomorrow night it will
be easier to tell than it is now whether or not
Cleveland can win, Black and heavy clouds
tower above the Democratic shanty at present,
and they may or may not be dispelled by the
action of the convention.
(To the Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, July THE crowds to be accom-
modated at Chicago are much greater than at
the Republican convention, which fact is due
largely to the presence of great number of
marching organizations, some OF which re-
semble full marching regiments by their num-
bers. While it seemed probable last night that
all had arrived on the scene of action, this
morning witnessed the arrival of additional
hosts. Delegations, clubs, parties and individ-
lie into
trains without limit. AS they moved directly
upon the hotels those places became as the day
wore on inaccessible to every one except stall
wart pushers.
The national executive committee held
session this forenoon and arranged for the dis
tribution of tickets and seating delegates and
alternates. The session began at noon today,
and the meetings of the various state delega-
tions began at 10 o'clock.
Ohio is the only state whose meeting is post
ed is that some of the delegates have not yet
reported.
William E. Villas of Wisconsin and Governor
Hubbard of Texas are the two gentlemen most
prominently mentioned for temporary chair
man, but the desire to compliment the North
West and South runs counter to the desire to
have some representative of Western-Germa
element, and Peter Leibee of Indiana has been
named in this connection.
The scenes of activity about the Palmer
political centre, were renewed early this morn
ing. By o'clock the main corridors of the
hotel and thoroughfares leading up to it were
filed with great masses of people which by
their very numbers made the progress of the
cable cars and carriages very slow and at times
well nigh impossible. In the dining rooms
and cafes in the vicinity of the hotel there was
an army OF men, hats in hand, waiting their
turn for seats at the breakfast table. In fact
the crush has now become so great as to make
comfort q matter of only faint possibility. The
discomfort has been greatly increased by the
fact that the headquarters of the party have
been centralized instead of being divided and
scattered, as was the case with the Republican
national convention.
meeting of German Democrats tonight at
Muller's Hall. Gen. Franz Siegel, Joseph
Pulitzer, and Ex-Governor Mueller of Ohio,
with other prominent German citizens, will be
present.
The Chicago Daily News says:
Abram s. Hewitt has arrived with a tariff
for the national platform. Although he reach.
ed here at SO late a day he created as much
stir as did Henry Watterson when he gestab-
lished his headquarters at the Palmer House.
Hewitt's resolution was of a conciliatory ma
ture, and seemed to meet the approval of the
Western tariff reformers, but it was not suffi-
GENTLY positive in its declaration against pro-
lection to suit reformers of the most pronounc-
ed type. During the day conference was
Weed and others, at which it was decided by
the opponents of the Watterson school to re.
ject the He witt resolution in part and to unite
upon plank similar to that adopted In Ohio
This will not suit the extremists in favor of
free trade, and the tariff fight will probably
occur over that plank.
The Tammany delegation held caucus last