Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-08
CONVENTION DAT.
raE rsEsEsr uUTLooN AT oBIoAeo
Great CROWDS Blocking Up the boteis-rhe
POSITION of New yorE-an Earnest
rant Against the Unit kuie.

Great Crowds blocking Up the Hoteis-tue
POSITION of New YorE-an Earnest
Fisht Against the Unit kuie.
The scenes Of activity about the Palmer
house, Chicago, which is at present the
great national political centre, were
renewed early Monday morning. by eight
o'clock the main corridors of the hotel and
thoroughfares leading to it were filed with
great masses of people, which by their
very numbers made the progress ot the
cable cars and carriages very slow, ard at
times well nigh impossible. In the dining
rooms and cafes in the vicinity OF the
hotel there was au army of men, hats in
hand, waiting their turn for seats at the
breakfast tables. In fact the crush has
now become SO great as to make comfort q
matter of only faint possibility, aud the
discomfort has been greatly increased py
the fact that the headquarters OF the party
have been ceutraliZ ii instead OF being
divided and scattered as was the case with
the Republican national convention.
The crowds to be accommodated are
much greater than At the Republican con
vcntion, which fact is due largely To the
presence of the great number OF marching
| organizations, sOms of which resemble a
| full marching regiment by their numbers,
while 1t seemed probable las. night that
| all had arrived ON the scene Of action,
this morning witnessed the arrival OF al
| ditioual hosts. Delegations, clubs, par
ties, and individuals came pouring into the
city on the carly trains without limit, and
rs they moved directly upon tho hotels,
| these places became, as tho day wore 0u,
inaccessible to everyone except stalwart
pushers.
The Democratic national committee
began its session at noon, Chairman Bar
mum presiding. Mr.. Barnes, Of Georgia,
| nominated Augustus .. Bacon, OfGeOrgta,
| for temporary chairman. Mr.. Stockdale,
of Texas, nominated Governor Robert b.
| Hubbard, OF Texas. Mr.. Martin, OF Miss
i,sippi, nomInated Charles L, Hooker, of
| Mississippi. The committee proceeded to
| ballot, with the following result: Whole
number Of votes cast, 81. Hubbard
received % Bacon ., Hooker 6. On
motion Of Mr.. Prince the nomination OF
| Governor Hubbard was made unanimous.
Mr.. Prince was elected temporary secretary
Assistant secretaries and reading clerks
were chosen aud Richard J. Bright, OF
Indiana, was named for sergeant. alarms.
The committee decided TO recommend TO
the convention that the rules of the last
Democratic convention govern this body
until otherwise ordered, subject to the
following modification That in voting
for candidates for president and vice
president no state shal! be allowed to
change it's vote until the roll Of states has
been called aud every state has cast its
vote.
Everything Ringing on New YORK.
The New York delegation met at IL
o'clock and continued in session four
hours. Great interest was felt in this
meeting, as it was thought TO have q very
important bearing on the final action OF
the convention. TIE hallway in front OF
the room in which the session was held
was filed with throug of people ANXIOUS
70 secure early tidings of the result. 1t
Sas understood that, at meeting late
Sunday night, Tammauy decided 10 insist
on two-thiEds majority for the enforce
ment Of the unit rule, and the question was
| whether that number could be mustered.
There was a long, excited discussion, the
tenor of which has not yet been learned,
though rumors of the results of the ballot.
ing crept out from time to time, which
could not be verified. The following are
given as the ballots taken for presidential
preferences
| First, or Informal ballot Cleveland, 46 ;
| Flower, 23 d; Thurman, | Bayard and
| Tilden, /, Second, or formal ballot after
| changes Cleveland, Il Gen. Slocum, Is;
| Bayard, . and Flower, l. 1t is under
stood that the Flower men cOmplimented
Slocum and BayaId with . view of inning
thereby he votes Of Kings county in the
convention. Ii is stated that the vote on
the enforcement OF the unit rule stood Ga
tos.
The struggle in tue New York delega
ton and the heavy vote polled 10 favor Of
the unit rule caused much excitement,
and IL was argued that II would force the
Tammany opposition into a close corner,
but Notwithstanding what appeared 10 be
famous victory of the Cleveland fol
! lowers, very few OF the leaders were will.
iLg TO cOncede the untrammelled success
Of Cleveland IN the ballOting, owing To the
tierce nature Of the struggle and the fail
ure Of a portion of the delegation TO come
out openly for the majority candidate.
IL has been ackno wledged that II the
caucus had ended with the certainty that
New York would cast her full vote for
Cleveland, sufficient Western aud South
| ern strength would DC at hand TO make
his nomination sure. Tho fact of lack
| of unauimty in the delegation is now
being used hy the friends of the other
| candidates in pushing forward their claims
| for recognition. The Cleveland mana
| gers, however, are IN high feather, and
claim as a a result OF the days work that
the fight has already been won, and that 1t
| only requires the sitting of the convention
to seal the victory.
How Other states VIII Vote.
Vermont instructed her chairman to
cast the vote Of that state for Cleveland.
Massachusetts, is solid for Butler, but in
the event of his defeat it is believed the
delegation would be divided rather evenly
between Mcdonald, Thurman and
Bayard. II is contended that the split iu
the Ohio delegation is in measure healed
1t is declared that Mclean will be- chosen
for chairman unanimously. The ad-
hereuts of Thurman are making this move
but it IL claimed at the same time thai
Thurman has 27 votes in the delegation.
New Hampshire instructed its delegate
for Cleveland. The threat which has beer
vaguely made heretofore of an attempt tC
defeat the unit rule was renewed with grea-
vigOr this afternoon, and it is now believed
that the fight will be made in the conven
tion, which will DO led by Tammany, anC
it is conceded that If it wins It will
seriously complicate the situation, anC
leave Cleveland's opposition iu New Yorh
free to act.
rightiDg the Unit mule.
| While the Flower campaign appeared t,
have ended, as a result OF the caucus, biz
supporters contend that they are no
| opposing Cleveland and that IL ths uni