Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-03
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
a Temporary Organization
Perfected at Noon
To-Day.
John T. Lynch, of Mississip-
pi Elected TelApOra-
ry Chairman.
BY This Resultthe Arthur Men o. own
tho BIaineites After Heat
ed Contest.
A Close Situation .An Around,
With u Prospect of IL
Deadlock as the
Outcome.
The Pres,aential ou,iook

Chicago June 2.-The Maryland dele.
CATION took a vote Tonight to determine
bow they would stand III the early bal.
loting, aud the reeult was: Blaine, 12;
Arther,4.
Rhode Island will vote for Edmunds.
and at meeting tomorrow morning will
decide where they will go in case the Ed.
munds campaign proves failure.
Kentucky took test vote tonight and
was found to stand: Arthur, II; Blaine,
6; Logan, 2; Sherman, l. The delega-
ton could not harmonize on second
choice.
The New York delegation had a pro-
tracted and very interesting meeting
with closed doors for the purpose of
organizing tonight. The meeting began
at O'Clock, and was not concluded till
after 10 o'clock. Speaker Sheard says
the Edmunds men agreed to vote with
the Blame men, but broke when Burleigh
was reached. As result of to.night's
balloting Sheard estimates the delegation
will stand: Blaine, %; Arthur, 30 TO 81 !;
Edmunds, IA to Is.
At meeting of the Pennsylvania dele
CATION tonight it was de9i aed to present
the name OF Galusha A. Grow for perma.
nent chairman of the convention. One
of the delegates estimated Pennsylvania g
vote to be: Blame, 46; Arthur, IA.
Others give Arthur as high asl7.
The crowning incident of the day was
the action taken by the Indiana delega.
ton with respect to the candidacy of
Senator Benz. Harrison. He was re-
quested to quit the headquarters, for OBJ.
vious reasons, and he retired to his room.
The delegation then balloted aimlessly
through three hours session as to the
stand they would take in the convention.
A proposition to present the name Of
Harrison was carried by fair majority,
but an unanimous vote could not be OBJ
tanned, owing to the intervention of the
friends of Mr.. Gresham. It is said that
q deadlock is highly probable, and at
the proper time some prominent delegate
might present the name of VIM. Tecam.
sch Sherman, the band at the same time
striking Marching Through Georgia," !"
when, the generals friends say, he will
go through with an enthusiasm which
cannot be controlled. This has been
suggested so many times to-day as to
excite considerable comment. When
the objection was urged that the general
does not desire the nomination, and will
not take it, the reply in every instance
was: eve know he will accept if NOM
mated"
IN an interview with Horace White,
OF the New York Evening Post, he said:
" It seems to me that Blaine and Arthur
are about evenly matched at 800 to 800
votes each; that Edmunds will have
about 100, Logan SO, Sherman 40, and
Hawley 12. The following Of the other
candidates is somewhat uncertain"
Senator Malone, of Virginia, has pre-
pared table of estimates as to the stand.
ing of the convention at the outset. He
says he is sure Arthur will have 81 S votes
on the first ballot, that Blaine will have
322 on the same ballot, and he predicts
Arthur's nomination on the second ballot.
Wheeler, of Syracuse, who CLAIMS to
know whereof he speaks. Gays Conkling
is in favor of any one to beat Arthur,
and to that extent is for Blaine.
Ben Harrison, of Indiona, says he is
not candidate in any sense, and will try
to prevent the presentation of his name
before the convention. What he will do
in case his friends insist on naming him
he declines to say.
Fred Douglass arrived to day and was
probably most eagerly listened to of any
among the crowds in the Sherman house
rotunda. One attempt was made to worry
him by referring to his recent marriage.
BE with difficulty preserved his temper
and replied good.naturedly. Douglass
said the colored delegates, being mostly
of6ceholders, felt bound to vote for
Arthur, but when the break came the
bulk Of their vote would undoubtedly go
to Logan.
If the, Sherman aud Logan men stand
by their colors. the convention will un-
questionably result in deadlock. The
Logan forces have. been instructed 10 re-.
main by him, and the Ohio men who are
for Sherman, numbering somewhat more
than one-half the delegation, declare
that all overtures which have been made
them have been ignored, and that they
will certainly remain by him through
numerous ballots in the present belief
that the fight as it stands is to any man.
This portion of the Ohio delegation has
received some assurances Of support
from Indiana in the event Gresham or
Harrison are not named. In this general
view of the affair. the attitude of Wis
consin, Michigan and Indiana is watched
with the great deal Of interest. The
combined strength Of these states, il
merged with the strength Of the indie
pendent or Edmunds movement st the
east, IL ia thought might turn the tide
strongly. The respective strength Of the
Blaine ..and Arthur following has
certainly bafied the judgment Of the
closest Observers, - the tactics
Of the Arthur men has been TO pursue
very quiet canvas, and they have
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