Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-09
FROM CHICAGO TO-DAY.
HOW BLAINE WAS NOMINATED
INSIDE VIEW OF TEE CONVENTION.
NATIONAL RIFLES IN The LAKE OITY.
ARCHBISHOP WOODS SUCCESSOR.
NEW POOL OF THE GOULD PROPERTIES.
THE INSIDE AT CHICAGO.

How Mr. Blainess Mamarprv MamnwoA--
An Effictent OrgaafEasioa-PFePar
u"ns sor the Democratic Oo0veasaoos
Special Dispatch to TIE Evrxus srAa,
CHICAGO, June a-Some OF the details OF the man.
agement OF Mr. Blaines canvass have come % The
surface since the nomination on Friday lasl, and
prove TO have been or the most thorough ana ef,c-
ent ntcharacter Before the convention met over eaghr
hundred letters had been received giving the Der.
sonal and political status OF eight hundred and six.
teen delegates, leaving but four unaccounted for.
These letters Were epitomzed into ledger % thar
there's dne record Of every delegate could be found At .
glance. Where any question arose O sub commit
tee was detailed TO confer with the deecste 10 -
cure certain pledges and promise& II was part,-
tlaiy through this service that the motion TO ad-
lourn after the third ballot was defeated. Thero
were great many delegates who would not vote
Tor MT Blaine as candidate, but who were willing
10 vote on certain preliminary questions not afectc
Ing, as they thought very directly his intereasa
While there were Others who were not unwilling 70
Besides this personal knowledge OF each deiekate
committees were selected 70 walt on all Delegates
known 10 be doubtful and TO influence them 70
Whitelaw Reid and ex-senator Platt rendered such
excellent service In this direction by assurances
that Blaine could carry New York that many men
who were In doubt were thus captured and held ana
requested not 10 vote except on the second third
ballot 80 certain was this strength that even II
Illinois had not changed the fourth ballot would
have shown an Increase OF 20 votes for Blaine and
the column would have risen TILL all possible COM
olnatlons had been defeated-as the result showed.
In addition TO all this the Blaine managers had
vlgiiant men detailed 10 watch each delegation
where votes had been promised them
:, Ihe course OF the stalwarts also had great In
lluence. MIR. Geo. Z. Gorham and other we'll
known and intimate friends OF Mr.. Conkling
worked increasingly for Mr. Blaine, and II had the
decided effect OF cutting down the Arthur column
on the other hand. there WAS no good manager IN
charge OF Mr. Arthur's campaign. All efforts that
We're made for a combination failed utterly, as n
known, and, like the Edmunds managers, they
were at sea half OF the time
Perry Carson had quite q levee at the Grand
Pacilc yesterday. He was very generally con-
graduated on his parliamentary tactics In secur.
Ing place on the national committee.
w. III. outlaw, a colored delegate, who was re-
ported TO be from the District OF Columbia but be-
longs In North Carolina, WAS charged here with
selling tickets 10 the convention because he had
man named Dawson arrested for not returning q
ticket 10 him Mr.. Outlaw says that he sold no dck-
cts and had nothing 70 do with any such business
whatever.
Preparations have already begun for the demo
cratic convention. Col K j. Bright late sergeant
alarms or the Senate is here In charge. The COM
mittee are discussing the plan OF enagng the ball
q. w. A