The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-03

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mainder Of the hall will scat something over
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1t is definitely decided that john Stewart,
of Pennsylvania, will nominate Blaine. He
was two years ago the independent Repub-
lican candidate for congressman at-large,
but was defeated. Jndge William Ii. West,
OF Ohio, viii second the nomination. He is a
blind lawyer, AMI man of moving
eloqucnre. He was a candidate for governor
ten years ago, and was defeated by William
Allen. Tie nomination of President Arthur
VIII be maize by exConglessman Martin l.
Townsend, of New York, and seconded by
ex-senator John Is. Henderson, one of the
delegates At large from Missouri, and one of
the great lawyers of that state. Senator
Shelby NJ. tu,lanI will numinate Logan. At
a conference of the Edmunds men OK Gov-
ernor john d. Lohg was decided upon to
present the name of Senator George F. Ed
mundS. Judge J. b. Foraker, of Ohio, will
present Sherman in brief, business-like
speech, and it is probable that an Indiana
man will second the nomination.
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE SITUATION.
As usual all sorts of rumors were flying
bnations were discussed with vigor The
feeling has not changed to any great extent.
The Arthur men are building their hopes on
seeurin,, the EimundS vote when the dis
tinguished Vermonter is out of the
race, and on the other hand the
Vermonter's earnest friends, who think that
Arthur is already beaten, though not out of
the race, are expecting that when the break
up" comes the friends Of Arthur will rally
around the Edmunds' standard The I'M
preston was that the outlook was not so
bright for Arthur as it has been, and some
said that his forces had been badly
handled, ami that too much had bsen left
to the effect of the business mems move
mept, so that the other candidates had been
allowed to make inruads on his strength in
the south.
In spite of these adverse circumstances it
must not be supposed that Arthur is utterly
defeated, AMI il lac does not get the nomina-
ton il is strongly assorted that his managers
may name the nominee. The arrival of the
redoubtable J. J. O'Brien and the shrewd
Barney Biglin, of New York, revived the
spirits of the Arthur men, and it looks
now as if the tide which has been
running against him may be stemmed if it
is not turned in his favor. The Logan men
seem to have done Arthur almost irretriev-
able damage in the south by seducing his
delegates and weakening him where he was
strongest. There seems to be no question of
Logan's popularity and strength among
the southern delegates, white and
colored, especially colored. The Lo-
gan people are more confident than
hol, has -.
gates only stick to him through thick and
thin they will be a magnet that will draw
from both Arthur aud Blaine enough votes
to land him in the white house. That is their
hope and expectation. The time may come
| when Logan can nominate Blaine, but his
| friends are determined that his delegates shall
vote for him on the last ballot as well as on the
| first, even if the last ballot nominates some
| body else. Senator Cullom, on motion of
| Mr. Clark E. Carr, of Galesburg, was chosen
| by the Logan men to put the senator in
nomination. This will make Cnllom con-
| spicious, but it loses him the place he would
have preferred and probably could have
| secured-the craftsmanship of the convention
"a position in which he would have distin-
| guished himself
The Indiana delegation held secret session
for several hours, and the inference was that
| the Gresham Edmunds- Harrison "boomsn are
seeking to besblended into one Before
| the meeting, General Harrison was
| told by a number of the delegates
that the questions before the session would
be of such a nature as to make il
preferable to have him away. He therefore
sent in an alternate in bis place, and re-
l 70 an he irT
| floor of the Pacific Here he wa.
found by press representative to
whom he said, in answer to the matter OF
| his candidacy: II did not come to Chicago
as q candidate but should anything of thi.
nature come up I would feel it incumbent OF
me to retire from the scene entirely" Thi:
virtually places him in the field as ''darl
horse.n
Later much excitement was caused in tn,
meeting when, after the completion of the
organization, delegate moved TO take NJ
the names of Gresham and Harrison ant
unite on one of them for candidate befor,
the convention. After warm discussion tht
question was made an order for session O
the committee at late hour.
The national committee resumed its session
at 1915 p. N. Joseph E. Lee appeared as
proxy for William W. Hicks, of Florida.
The sub committee, through Horace Davis
chairman, to which was referred the cas-
Of the contesting delegation from
the First Georgia district, reported
declaring that the committee con
idered only the proceedings in the district
convention as bearing on the prima facie case
Of the two parties, and did not go into the
merits of the split prior to that convention
They find the proceedings of that convention
Of an irregular and turbulent character
with very conflicting evidence as tc
!, its merits, but the COMMITTEES deemed on
the whole that prinla faeie case was with
Alexander n. Wilson aud Taurus Blue and
their alternates. Mr.. Deyeaax moved as al
amendment that the matter be referred t.
the committee on credentials, and that NJ
names be plocei On rolls Lost
: Mr. Deveaax then moved as q srhsfitut,
that the names of johnson and Grssn b
plaeed upon the rolls. Defeated
The report OF the committee was ther
/ adopted.
, Senator Jones reported verbally in til,