The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-04

ton against Is for Lynch.
Rhode Island was solid for Lynch.
Smalls, of South Carolina, led off 8
solid Lynch vote from that State.
Tennessee is going the same way.
Roll call has been in progress two hours.
There are five States and Territories yet
10 be heard from. This will probably
consume another hour or more. The in
terest Is undated. Lynch was forty.sx
ahead when the Texas call began.
"Lynchn said the diminutive General
Malone, and those near him took up the
announcement and yelled at the top of
their voices and for moment the audi
ence went Wild. Scores of delegates
crowded around Malone with cengratu-
latons. The Chairman not hearing the
announcement requested 1t repeated,
which was the signal for more cnthu-
siasm. The Malone delegation gave but
four votes for Lynch.
West Virginia delegates are solid for
Clayton.
Wsconsin's vote was divided, and each
delegate as he made his announcement
was cheered by the friends Of one can
didate or the other.
On the completion of the roll call, the
vote stood;
Lynch ...................... LIZ
Lynch's majority. ................. a
On motion Of Clayton, Lynch's election
was made unanimous, and Cabot Lodge,
Clayton anu Taft escorted Lynch TO the
platform amid great enthusiasm,
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, June g.
The morning opened bright and sunshiny,
but with sultry atmosphere and clouds
in the back ground which indicate Sc
we're thunder storm before the day is
over. At ten o'clock there was a fair
amount of activity in the Exposition
building. 4 picture Of the lamented Car
field looks down on couple of hundred
correspondents aud as many spectators
who have taken time by the forelock and
put in an appearance bright and early
The building presents a handsome az
pearance.
The situation before the opening OF the
convention is some little changed from
| yesterday so far as the feeling toward
| The leading candidates is concerned. Ar
| thurs supporters have pluCked up cOur-
age to some extent, and though scarcely
| hoping to nominate their man, they are
confident Of being able to defeat Blaine.
| "If Arthur can't Blaine shan't' expresses
their feeling with a considerable degree
! OF accuracy, There is still great enthu-
siasm for Blaine; he still remains by far
the strongest candidate, and his friends
say they will stay by him until he is NOM
| mated. Ii he survives the third ballot, ii
is tolerably safe to say that he will be the
nominee. though the element of doubt in
all human affairs cuts no small figure
even here.
THE VlCE-PRESlDENCY
is not generally discussed Lincoln is d
favorte for the position with both the
Blaine and Arthur men. Governor Robe
of Maine. one of Blaine'S strOngcs
hackers, gave Lincoln a warm indorSe
ment in speaking to the correspondent
He is eool-headed man, and does no
put Blalne's strength on the openin
ballot nearly so high as some of the NOR
enthusiastic. awe will 90 into the con
| ventiop with something over $50 votes,
said he. 81 think we will nominate oul
man. He will draw besides the Logal
| delegation number of Arthur supporters
who will not consent to be turned oyel
in body to any candidate. OF course,
If man is put in nomination from the
| West the State and
SECTIONAL FEELING
! will affect Blaine by preventing him from
! getting votes that would otherwise 90 tc
him. In this view the Harrison move
meut may affect him untavsrably,"
CAMPAIGN SONGS.
Among the many stirring scenes of yes
terday there was none more stirring thai
that enacted late in the afternoon in tn
rotunda of the Grand Pacific Hotel.
was densely packed at the time, there be
ing more than 1000 people in the 70
tuuda and adjoining corridors. Th
Arthur managers had hired a man with
throat of brass and lungs of iron to warn
the chilling hearts of his followers witt
campaign songs. The first efforts of tn
Stentor fell fat. At the close of ever,
song there was an IMITATION to cheer 70
Arthur, very feebly responded to and in
eytably followed by yells for BIain,
which shook the roof. Finally the SINCE
began:
"JoHN BROWNS BODY"
singing the burden with real pathos
When he reached the chorus his voc
was drowned by the voices of others fair
ly shoutingit so that it could be heard TO
blocks around. 1t was the marching son,
of the
"GRAND OLD PARTY
under which they have marched to victor
for twenty years. The singer wound u
with an improvised stanza;
shake out the grand old ensign
Its folds of white and blue,
| And where the devil drove the hog
Drive the Democratic crew"
"Now, three cheers for Chester A. Ar
thur" he shouted as the last echoes o
the song died away, and they were givel
this time with will-three time
three and then again; no one cheerin!
louder than the Blaine men, not for Ar
thur, but for the q. o. P's battle son,
and its memories. 1t only needed "IIan
Jeff Davis on Sour Apple Tree rs W
90 Marching on" to have made the tri
umph complete.
Another occasion, when great deal o
enthusiasm was awakened, was at tn
meeting of the
WESTERN DELEGATIONS
in the Blaine Headquarters, A speec