Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-16
BLAINE'S OPEN BARREL.
THOUSANDS SPENT FOR DELE
GATES AT CHICAGO.

The Black Arthur Contingent Mainly
Relied On for p Parchaseable Recruits
$4,000 which the Georgia Phalanx
Might Have ScOoped in-Edward Nc
Pherson INDUCES In a Little Pleas
antry.
WASHINGTON June 15.-A gentleman
who closely observed the convention in
Chicago tells the NEWS correspondent that
money in large quantities was used to
secure the nomination of Mr.. Blame, nor
was there anything haphazard about the
way in which the bribery was done. A
man to do the buying was assigned to
each Of the several delegations from the
South, and all the trading for votes from
each State was done through him. It
began very early in the preliminary days
OF the convention. Thirty votes were
wanted for not later than the third ballot,
and prices were arranged for the first,
second and third ballots.
PURCHAsABLE DELEGATIONS.
The delegations selected as most likely
10 furnish suitable material for the COM
merce in votes were from North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama Ten
nessee and Arkansas.
Ten thousand dollars came to the Sher-
man House for six votes from South Caro-
lima. Only two were got-one on the first
and one on the second ballot. The same
sum was ready for the same number of
votes from each of the States of North
Carolina and Tennessee.
Six Arthur delegates from Tennessee
voted for Blaine on the first ballot, under
the lead Of Mr.. Pettibone, an original
Blaine man.
NORTH CAROLINA CONTINGENT.
Only two so voted from North Carolina
until the third ballot, when four went
over.
Ex carpet bag Senator Conover took in
hVe votes from Florida on the fourth
ballot. These had been valued at 1000
If turned in on the third ballot.
The Arkansas trade was very thoroughly
understood early in the struggle. Eleven
OF her votes went to Blaine alter the first
ballot.
Alabama yielded two votes on the second
ballot,and no more until the fourth ballot,
when she gave s. Louisiana and Missouri
made up the 30.
$4,000 FOR GEORGIA.
Ten thousand dollars was set aside for
the Georgia delegation, but they could not
be shaken. So open was the bargaining
that it was not deemed indelicate to speak
OF 1t IN meeting of tRe Arthur delegates
VI AhAAoNa ulICl nOUus lUB chairman
OF the meeting, DIR. j. j. Mott, of North
Carolina, thought it no more than fair to
his delegation to state that one of the
Blaine men on his delegation was white
man, and that, therefore, it was not pro-
bable that he was bribed. This non se-
quitur was greeted with applause, but
why it is difficult to tell.
sMALLs' APPEAL.
Congressman Smalls also touched upon
it in his very enthusiastic Arthur speech.
He earnestly implOred his colored friends
to stand firm from the beginning to the
end for the honor of their race. and to dis
prove the charge that their votes were
purchasable. Very severe expressions
were indulged in toward a supposed
Blaine agent from Washington on the
evening before and the morning after the
nomination, by Postmaster Taft, of
Charleston. In fact, it IS doubtful if any,
thing about the canvass was more thor
oughly known and believed than that
votes were bought for Blaine from the
Arthur delegation from the South.
MPHERsON's HUSIOR.
Edward Mcpherson, addressing the
Pennsylvania Republican Association
last night, 'Eallowed' that the keystone
State would roll up a majority of from
$4,000 to $4,000 for Blaine and Logan, and
that they would sweep the entire North,
and gather in as nest eggs the States of
West Virginia and North Carolina. James
G. Blaine, he said, has the most powerful
intellect in the nation either in or out of
office, and is more than the peer of Glad
stone in force and executive ability. The
speaker eXtolled Logan as frank, man.
ly, honest and truthful citizen. and closed
by saying: "Come up to headquarters,
but we don't want your cash. Oh, no. We
intend to run the campaign without
money" This little touch of humor was
loudly applauded.