Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-03
NO. 131.

believed the delegation will divide its votes
between Sherman and Logan.
The failure of the texas delegation to
organize is said TO be due chiefly to bitter
personal dispute between Caney. Blaine
negro delegate of Galveston, and an Arthur
man, Geo. Mslloy, collector of customs at
that port as to which should represent Texas
on the national committee.
The crowning incident of the day was the
Action OF the Indiana Delegation
in respect to the. candidacy OF Harrison.
Eearly in the morning Harrison was request
ed to quit the headquarters for obvious rea-
sons and he retired. The delegation then
bsttled hardly through othree hours session
as to the stand they should take in the con-
vention. The proposition to present the
name of Harrison was carried by fair ma
jority, but the unanimous could not be OBJ
tanned, owing to the intervention of the
friends of Gresham. II was argued by them
that Gresham could not allow his name to be
urged in view of his cabinet position, but the
friends of Harrison thought that the fact
ought not to initiate against the candidacy
of Hrrrison and that under the circumstances
the friends of Gresham should give way.
1t was contended that if Harrison could go
into the convention with solid delegation
1t would prove strong recommendation IN
his favor. The arguments were all wasted,
as Gresham's adherents refuaed to come into
line. They agreed that if the delegation was
allowed TO go into the convention with their
hands free, and il was demonstrated that
neither Arthur nor Blaine could be nomi-
mated, and any considerable number of votes
were east for either Gresham or Harrison,
then Indiana would give her entire vote to
the one who showed the most strength. The
vote of the State will be given to Blaine and
Arthur very equally, with possibly two votes
for Gen. Sherman.
Maine Delegation Organised.
The organization of the Maine delegation
is as follows: Chairman, Geo. c. Wing;
secretary, Austin Harris; vice president j.
Il. Bodwell; committee on credentials, j.
Manchester Haynes; resolutions, A. p. Wis
well; rules, j. II. Drummond organization,
ID. II. Crocket; member of the national
committee, Chas. A. Boutelle.
Scenes I'm the city.
The hotels are beseiged tonight by host
which jammed the lobbes and corridors to a
point of suffocation. 1t was composed of
people aimless in their wanderings save pos
sbly of being near the scenes of the supposed
action. They found the quarters either emp
tied of delegates or barred against their en-
trance. At the Grand Pacific they gravitated
into the commodious Blaine quarters, pos
sessed themselves of the campaign literature
scattered about profusely, viewed the becom-
ing pictures of the Maine man, then strug-
gled painfully to extricate themselves from the
mass through the packed halls to renew their
experience in the Arthur and Logan quar-.
tiers. The inevitable feature was the pres
ence of
styiishly Atsired Ladies'
IN great numbers. who followed their escorts
through all the pl aces of crush and endured
the rising clouds of dust and close atmos phere
with pluck worthy of better cause.
Visiting Delegation.
The Pacific Coast delegation visited the
Texas delegation tonight, where they were
received with rousing cheers, while the cheers
for Blaine could be heard for blocks away.
The Maryland delegation took vote to-
night to determine how they would stand in
the early balloting, and the result was Blaine
IL and Arthur 4.
Rhode Island will vote for Edmunds, and
at a meeting Tuesday forenoon will decide
where they will go in case Edmund's cam
pagn proves a failure.
Kentucky took a test vote tonight, and
will stand Arthur IL. Blaine 6, Logan Usher
man /. The delegation could not harmonze
on a second choice.
The New York delegation had a protracted
and interesting meeting with closed doors. for
the purpose of organizing. tonight. Sixty
seven of the seventy two delegates were
present at the outset. Geo. VIM. Curtis was
chosen chairman: Speaker Sheard of the
New York assembly for assistant secretary,
and f. II. Hobbs for me mber of the commit
tee on credentials.
Thus far the Edmunds men had voted con-
stantly with the Blaine de legates and having
helped to choose four of the eight officials
suddenly changed and voted with the Arthur
men. that combination choosing the remain
ing four, which includes II. q. Burleigh on
permanent organization; George Cahoon on
rules and order of business; VIM. Dowd on
resolutions and J. ID. Lawson, a pronounced
Arthur man, for member of the national
committee.
Sheard says the Edmunds men agreed to
vote with Blaine men throughout the list but
broke the good faith when Burleigh was
reached.
Sheard estimates the delegation will stand
Blaine q, Arthur 30 or 81 Edmunds IA
or 10.
At meeting of Pennsylvania delegation
tonight decided to present the name Of G. A.
Grow for permanent chairman Of the conven-
tion. One of the delegates estimates that the
Pennsylvania vote will stand: Blaine 46,
Arthur IA.
The Massachusetts delegates organized AZ
follows Chairman, Senator Hoar; secretary,
John +. Andrews; assistant secretary, T.. II.
Haskell; vice president, VIM. W. Rice:
member national committee, John NJ. Forbes;
permanent organization, Carroll d. Wright
rules, Robert X. Bishop; resolutions, Henry
Cabot Lodge; credentials, VIM. w. Carpo.
There is much excitement over tho eIact;on