The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-10

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state shall be allowed to change il
vote until the roll of states has bee
called, and every state has cast il
vote"
discussion, the committee decide
that undetached coupons will not b
accepted for admission to the CONVEX
tion hall.
The committee adjourned till l
. o'clock tomorrow with no antlcipa
tion, however, of having any busines
on hand.
THE EXCITING EVENT.
The exciting event of the day wa
the struggle in the New York delega
tion and the heavy vote polled il
favor of the unit rule, was argued
would force the Tammanv opposition
to close corners, but notwIo.4s ,tndine
what appeared to be famous victory
of the Cleveland followers, very few
of the leaders were willing to concedt
the untrammelled success of C!eYe,
land in the balloting, owing to the
fierce nature of the struggle AMI the
failure of portion of the delegation
| to come out openly for the maj vrlty
candidate. 1t had been acknowledged
that if the caucus had ended with the
certainty that New York would cast
her full vote for Cleveland, sufficient
western and southern strength would
be at hand to make his nomination
sure.
The fact of the lack of unanimitY is
being used by the friends of other can
didates in pushing their claims for re-
cognition. The Cleveland managers,
however, are in high feather, and
claim as the result of the days work,
that the fight has already been won,
and that it only requires the
sitting of the convention to seal the
victory.
PREFERENCES.
Very few of the states which per-
fected their organization to-day, took
test vote as to their preferences.
The position of the Pennsylvania del
egation, is known to be for Randall
Delaware for Bayard; and Indiana
and Kentucky for Mcdonald. 1t is
given out that in the convention she
will cast her IL votes for Cleveland.
Iowa to-day took vote and will, on
informal ballot, give Cleveland 21,
Bayard 2, Tildon 2 votes; one blank
vote was cast. !
The Georgia delegation, to-day was
addressed by General Faulkner
of New York, who presented objec-
ton to Cleveland's candidacy. Reply
was made for Cleveland by Joseph
Pulitzer, who spoke at length and
with great earnestness. The impress
sion on the delegataon was f avorable
to Cleveland. While there was no
formal vote, it was understood the
vote of Georgia would be cast for
him.
Vermont instructed her chairman
to cast the vote, as 2 unit, for, Cleve-
land.
Massachusetts is solid for Butler.
In the event of his defeat, it is be-
lieved the delegation would be divid-
ed rather evenly between Mcdonald,
Thurman and Bayard.
it is contended that, by the split in
Ohio, that the delegation is, in a
measure, healed, 1t is declared that
Mclean will be chosen chairman
unanimously, the adherents OF Thur
man making this meve. but it is
claimed, at the same time, that Thur
man has q votes in the delegation.
New Hampshire instructed its dele
gates for Cleveland. A threat, which
had been voguely made heretofore, OF
was renewed with great vigor this af-
ternoon, and now it is believed that
the fight to be made in the conven-
~ hn 1nI hxrn n
is conceded, if it wins, it will serious
ly complicate the situation and leave
the Cleveland opposition in New
FORK free to act.
While Flowers campaign appeared
to have ended, as result of the eau
Gus this afternoon, his supporters con-
tend they are not opposing Cleveland,
and that if the unit rule is defeated,
those VINO went over to Slocum will
return to Flower and make it a rally
ing point for his supporters generally.
KELLY'S CROWD.
A caucus was held to day in John
Kelly's room, with the sole purpose
of organizing campaign against the
unit rule. Mr.. Kelly contends the
national convention Of 1868 ordained
that theunit rule could be dispensed
with any time at option at any subse-
quent national convention.
AS a result of the caucus it is de-
clared Massachusetts, Iowa, Kansas,
Delaware and other states have de-
cided to support the proposition on
the floor of the convention. The
Massachusetts, delegation held a
meeting this evening which was adj
dressed by General Butler, in which
he said: 81 will support the nominee
of this convention, no matter who he
may be-"
THE NEW YORK DELEGATION.
The New York delegation met at
II o'clock, and at 2 y. m. were still en-
deavoring to come to some agreement.
1t is reported in the lobbieS that
vote taken showed AZ for Cleveland
and the rest divided between Flower
and Bayard.
The Connecticut delegation agreed
to cast 23 votes for Cleveland, and
him.
JUSTICE FIELD.
A strong point is being made for
Justice Field, that his opir ion in the
cases involving constitutional ques-
tions present sound democratic doc
trines; as to the limitations as, the
powers of the government, and that
his nomination would attract strong
republican support.
CLEVELAND'S TRIUMPH.
The New York delegation met at
IL o'clock and continued in session
four hours. Great interest centred in
this meeting, as having a very impor-
tant bearing on the final action OF the
convention, and the hallway in front
of the room in which the session was
| held, was filled with throng of peo-
pie anxious to secure early tidingS OF
the result. 1t was understood that at
the meeting tonight Tammany de-
cided to insist on two-thirds major
| ity for the enforcement of the unit
rule, and the question was whether
that number could be mustered. There
was long and exciting discussion
the tenor of which has not yet been
| learned. Rumors of the result of the
balloting crept out from time to time
but could not be verified.
The following ballots were takeI
for presidential preferences: First
an informal ballot-CleVeland, 46
Flower, %; Thurman, L; Bayard, l
Tilden, 1. Second or formal ballo
after changes AZ; Genera
Slocum, Is; Bayard, 8; Flower l. 1
is understood that the Flower meI
, complimented Slocum and Bayar,
with view thereby of winning tn