Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-04
AFTER The SKlRMISH,
Gathering Up the Dead and Dy-
ing Warriors.
Counting the Losses and Prepar-
ing for the Real and
Earnest Fight.
Political Spy Glasses Discover
the Field to Anxious
Generals.
Are Arthur and Blaine MortalIy
Wounded.
Or is II Bat the Strategy of
War, and the Deceit of
POlitics7
The Fight Transferred from the
Exposition Hall to Hotel Corri-
doris, Secret Chambers and
Private Groceries.
WHAT OF THE MORROW ?
Hark, from Chicago the Doleful,
Awful Sound Mine Ears At
tend the Cry.


Spscid 10 The Register.
CmCAGO, June THE situation here re
Scmbles kaleidoScope-each days turn
presents a new and different aspect Yes
tcrday the figures were rose-colored for
Blaine, and today his best friends admit
that his outlook is ANYTHING but promising.
The bid for the Southern delegates, in the
shape Of Powell Clayton's nomination as
temporary chairman bv Blaine friends on
the National Executive Committee, turned
out to be bad investment, and the opposi,
ton elements have been able to maui the
Maine candidate with the very club pre-,
pared for their own destruction The Con
vcntion opened with more indications OF
apprehension than Of enthusiasm. The Hal
Of tie Exposition building was
BraveIy Decorated
with bunting and the decorations stretched
from tho lower edge Of the sounding board
above the stage to where the gallery seats
touched the roof at the opposite end of the
long auditorium There was no lack Of
music and flowers. aui uniformed visitors
and all the other parphcnalia of a big con,
ycntion, but somehow the spirit which usu,
allr characterizeS q large political gather
ing seemed to no absent There was an
omuimouS lack of cheering at the outset,
and the arrival Of distinguished statesmen
attracted little apparent attention and no
general applause. Chairman Sabin called
the convention 10 order promptly at noon,
and presented the Rev Dr. Bristol, who
made a ringing address under the guiSe of
an opening PRAYER There was
Nothing Humble About Bristol.
He held his head up and told the Lord
what the Republican party had done for the
country with as much vigor as though he
were naming an old war horse for re-nom-
ination. Sabiue's address as chairman,
which followed, was less effective 1t was
evidently prepared with a view of awaken
ing enthusiasm. The reference to past VIC
tories and past leaders were Skillfully in
troduced, but their mention brought out
slow responses. and not until an illusion
was made to Garfield did the applause be
come general aud hearty. 1t dwindled off
again rapidly toward the termination Of
his remarks and when his nomination OF
CLAYTON as temporary chairman was
reached it took all the strength of the Blaine
men to raise q cheerful noise over the lame
and impotent conclusion There was
scramble for the floor when Sahin con
cludcd, but
Henry Cabot Lodge,
who stands for the ultra reform gilt edged
element of Massachusetts, RePublicanism
was recognized. The convention scented
the coming battle before he opened and he
had no trouble in being heard. His speech
was an adroit one leaving no room for com
plaint among CLAYTON friends and yet re-
ferring distinctly to the malodOrous reputa-
ton of the candidate presented by the COM
mittee and at the same time advocating the
r. Int of the convention to revise the selec-
ton. Referring to the implied compliment
intended to be paid to Southern Republic
cans in the selection of the temporary Pres
;Iept, He thought the wiScs of the south
,rn delegates should be regarded in the
selection of the candidate and with grace
frl compliment to the race and attainmentS
of his nominea, he proposed the name of
Jas. r. Lynch, the c0lored eN-Congress-
man. from Mississippi. butchers second
inc Of the nomination was recognized as
The Administration backing,
and ike himself, it was short and weighty.
Morrow. of California. took up the cause OF
CLAYTON in a vigorous way, but Geo. Wm.
Curtis reply pretty effectually disposed of
the agreement based on the precedent otthe
Marty in the matter of following the recon-
mendations of the National Committee, and
It became apparent that the fight must be
between candidates, and that the commit
tees influence was not likely to count fur
her than its control of delegate votes. The
balance of the speeches were in the nature
of personal appeals. The Blaine men, like
John Stewart, Josiah Drummond' Congress,
man Horr General Prentiss and Colonel
Carr nleaded for harmony, the relief OF the
committee and Clayton from threateaed
stigma and pointed to ClaytonS empty
sleeve as a proof of his integrity, as we'll as
his valor The opposition, backed up WITH
sDeeches from young Roosevelt who would
have been unheard but for the intense desire
70 hear him, and from the Southern deie-
oates who claimed that Lynch was the
choice Of their section, held out Tor their
original proposition. and after
An Artful Attempt
on the Part of the Blaine managers to have