The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-30
The Anticipated Convention.

LaAAlfs sF+ahluN u kAf A"NAANIANlAhA
republican convention. says: The
tickets % admission. Numbering e.s5i.
are being neatly engraved on steel b,
the v eslern Bank Note and Engray.
ing company. ar d will be ready for dis
tribut0u on the day before the owen
ton. Each delegate will have SIX
tickets for distribution. while the GSu
will 90 TO the press and the balance a.
the ~alternates. members OF the cum.
mittee. invited guests. subscribers H.
the fund and others. The tickets for
the press. include only the daily papers
and press associations. The headquar-
ters Of the national republican com
miitee will lie located at ~ Dearborn
street until a day or two before the
convention. The members OF the
various local COMMITTEES confer there
daily and the room Is considered thu
thegeneral republican headquarters for
he time being.
II - now generally considered among
those who are on the inside that Sena.
tor Logan has abandoned all hope on q
presidential nomination aud is arrang.
ing his plans to direct his strength
where IL Will do the most good. Not
only he but all other candidates are
strongly opposed to any combination
with Arthur. THIS may not be the
personal feeling of the leaders, but is
decidedly the expression Of the follow.
ers ard working politicians. A larg,
majority Of the most influential ad
heIents Of the anti-Arthur candidates
look upon a change Of the adminstra.
ton as the contamination. THIS, OF
course is not in a spirit of d~isloyalty.
but in the way of friendly rivalry
within the ranks of the party. There
fore ths Arthur people are not expect.
ed to cut much of u figure in any coali.
ton, for all the trades are being made
up with The present administration
left out"
The same correspondent writing t.
Las Vegas Gazette, says: "Blaine and
Logan will be the winning ticket ut th,
forthcoming convention said n prom
lnent Maine politician to your CORES.
pendent to-day. lIe declined TO have
his name made public but further states
hat he has been here for a week and
that ut Il conference held last week at
Washington an agreement had been ELL.
tered into by the two chiefs TO effect
the above result, and that no ordinary
circumstances could prevent ii. Blaine
he added, would certainly have 36l
votes on the first ballot and then Logan
would have his name withdrawn and
the Illinois delegation would be added
10 the Blaine column which would &C.
cure his nomination for president Oh
the fourth ballot. oh, IL will he quick
and effective work" remarked the poll.
tician "and to make up the eight W.
nave now twenty-five positively pledg
ed" Inquiries among the leaders hert
revealed The fact that a combination
had certainly been made within a week
by which IT seemed assured that Blaine
would head the ticket. The arrange.
nent also c~ontemplates the nomina.
uon of Logan for vice president by the
combined strength OF the two, and the
balance Of the programme contem.
plates the names OF Conkling, H0at,
Fairchild, Sherman ana Edmunds for
the cabinet, and the names of Lincoln,
Phelps Gresham and Hawley for for
eign minists RS. 1t seems To be doubted
very much whether the above cabinet
could be "a happy family, but IL is stat.
I'd that Conkling would not probably
accept, he merely desirlng a cabinet po-
sition rendered him as a sort of vindi-
cation. His revenue from his law prac-
tIce is now Of such magnitude that he
claims that he cannot atforG to re-enter
political life again actively. The one
strange part of the bargain is The last
clause which is TO the effect that l. ogan
is understood m being in tine direct
line OF presidential succession in 1885.
The political clans are gathering in
force and every day marks the arrival
OF the advance agent of some delega-
ton to flake possession OF the hotel
apartments engaged weeks ago and
make ready everything for the actual
workers. The friends of the presiden-
tial candidates are already here and
the various booms are TO be well look
ed after. The number Of dark horses
is increasing ana have already reached
the aggregate of tbirty-one, 90 prolific
is the country IN presidential timber.
The many little boomlets will not be
neglected but are being carefully
nursed for the great contest Oh the
Ord Of June. Vigorous politicians are
busy slate making aud m astonishing
number OF favorite persons will be
brought forward. The subject OF
craftsmanship of the convention 10
actively discussed ana the choice