St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-03

but the Blaine and Logan men made pool and
selected Powell Clayton. Then the Arthur men
howled and said Clayton was a hard man. They
talked as though he was carpet-bag interloper,
and not entitled to be recognized as member of
the party, but the more tales they tell
about him the more self-evident it becomes that
he is a irst-class member of the party and one
of its leading lights. In fact, if all the mad
Arthur men say of him is true, he ought to be
selected for their presidential nominee, with
Dorsey for vice president.
'M'LAREN HAPPY.
Gen. McLaren who used to live in Minnesota
before Window died, is happy tonight He is
in charge of the national committee. His name
don't appear on the bills, but he is a sort of resi-
duary legatee, or subsidiary secretary,
as it were. He is, withal stalwart
Arthur man and ihe duty devolved on him of
making up the roll OF members who were prima
facie entitled to seats in the convention and be-
ing recognized by the committee could act until
the committee on credentials report. OF course,
where there were any contesting delegations, he
made up his roll with the Arthur delegation as
entitled to seats. The detached press report
which you have shows that the national commit
tee took all the Arthur men into camp.
When 1 met Gen. McLaren tonight he said:
1.-THE roll made ont in Washington has been
adopted without single change except one blank
in Pennsylvania, where no delegate had been
selected and that has been filed"
congratulated him upon having been in ac
cord with the administration, but when turned
the conversation upon Powell Claytons election
for temporary chairman the moss on him shook
as though he didn't like it. He thinks Clayton
bad, very bad, and imagines that he was mixed
up in star route matters. Still he derives some
comfort from the fact that the needle-work and
piano statesmen of the Curtis Schurz pattern are
vowing tonight that they will support Arthur
against Blaine.
ODDS AND ENDS.
The colored gemmen from Africa have been
much more quiet to-day. Sunday was their big
time, but this being business day they could
put their time in at better account selling their
tickets than in talking for Arthur or Blaine.
Sunday the imam and BROTHER monopolized the
hotel and Corridors the headquarters rooms of
the various delegations and the streets. To day
their exuberance was only occasional.
While the California delegation was shouting
for Blaine at the Grand Pacific headquarters, a
giant from dime museum came in and lowered
up about two feet above the tallest. He wore q
broad brimmed hat, about three feet across from
brim to brim, and g solid for Blaine " was the
greeting he received.
The speeches of the Californians on the Chi
nese question were utterly lost on the crowd.
The giant walked out while one man was speak
ing, and it broke up the meeting The enthu-
siasm of the Blainetes was SO ardent that they
abandoned his cause to look at free giant show.
That just about illustrates the reliability and per-
manency of the Blaine delegates-vide Mime
sofa.
The number of extra bar tenders required to
keep the convention running is something which
would appal the heart of Mr.. Satterlee if he
could be present. The Grand Pacific required
seven at time when two would do upon or
dinary occasion, and the Palmer has a cores
ponding increase. They are cleverly consistent
withal, and out of consideration for the presi-
dents conviyial habits, the majority of them
wear Arthur's badges. In fact, it is only an oc-
casional darkey that sports Blaine badge.
met Mr.. Bickham, editor of the Dayton (Ohio)
Journal, to-day, and knowing that all great men
originally sprang from Ohio, stopped to hold
sweet converse with him.
''The Ohio men are making damned fools OF
themselves as usual,'' he said. s'They always
do. They could nominate John Sherman if they
would unite their delegation, but they will fritteI
away their strength until Wisconsin or Mime.
sofa or some such state will throw Tecumseh
Sherman into the ring and he will walk off with
the prizes.''
give this as pointer for Minnesota to i'm
mortaize herself according to the Ohio idea.
The crowd is fully one-half less than it was
four years ago. Potter Palmer told me to-day he
had only had 1,400, but he expects 1900 to-
morrow, while he can accommodate $500 OIL
more by crowding little. He says every room
is engaged for the Democratic convention except
few in addition just erected
which indicates larger crowd here in July thar
in June, this is natural, people are always
anxious to be in at "a winning game.
BLAINE s PRESENTATION.
West, of Ohio, has beeh selected to nominate
Blaine and ex-Gov. Davis, of Minnesota, has
been chosen to second the nomination.
THE OUTLOOK.
OF course everything now is mere speculation
and person outside of Chicago can guess about
as well as one who is present. You hear more
lies to the square inch here than would be re
qnired to roof Dakota territory. There are re
ports of combinations and counter combinations
of denials and counter denials, of conversions anc
counter conversions, until one becomes
so mixed that he is ready to declare
that all men are liars who are attending this na-
tional convention. There are reports that Blaine
| and Logan have made an alliance with Logan for
| the second place. Mrs. Logan is here managing
her husbands campaign, and good manager she
is too. ] don't believe she Wishes her husband
to play the second fiddle. Then Ben Harrison is
cutting Gresham's throat. John Sherman is
smilingly getting to the front according tc
| another report, Another story goes that the
Blaine men have proposed to the Arthur meI
that each side stick to its man and take the
chance on drawing the scattering. The Arthur
men are said to have declined the offer and tc
consider it sign of weakness on Blaine IS part
1t looks to me as though the decination of the
proposition indicated that the Arthur men want
ed to have an opportunity to break to somebody
to defeat Blaine.
The Blaine men tonight claim $40 votes an6
one convert from Minnesota among them This
probably refers to Col. Graves The Arthu,
men say they have 327 and large gains in pros
pect soon after the balloting commences. Ou
of the chaotic rubbish see no reason to change
my views already express ed, that both Blaine
and Arthur will be defeated.
The Harrison boom has damaged Gresham
dark-horse chances, but has not ruined them
Joe Hawley is smiling over the Indiana row and
posing for lightning to strike wooden nutmeg,
John Sherman is hopeful, and Edmunds rest:
serenely on the support of the diaper statesmen
who call themselves Independents.
The convention meets at noon Tomorrow bu-
will not get beyond preliminary organization
The report of the committee on credentials vii
not be made until Wednesday morning 1t is al
most certain that there will be no ballotins unit
Thursday. 1t is strange that there should be Sc
much fuss and delay in selecting victim for 8
funeral. II. P. II.
MONDAYS MOUTHINGs,
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