The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-02


Blaine men have favored Grow Of Pcnnevl1.,nia
but do not care to nrass him ovino N n faar
that the vote 1nay, he rnada test ono ~ ehoUI-
ing the Blaine strength As the matter now
stands il apnears that tho cbairrnansbir viii
probably be given to Mckinley of Ohio ae a
person who would NOT antaSonizo e;tbor tho
Arthur or RIaine naonla 'N0
A rnmor that Powen Cavtor of Arlonoos
had declared in favor of RI3ina 1Das ta1iend 81
quite freely to day and to-nicht and many nro-
fessed to believe IT true while others denied II
Col w r. Oliver of ittIo I2onL ,Ybo +borah
not delegtte is in = nosition Ia [novT ssI,s tie
vote of Arkansas will stand for A,+bnr 10.
Blaine ~
The Virginia delegates beoded h1- Senator
Mahona otbaru.;sa terroad ,.+ha s+?l4 80 =
arrived today The other dclaoo+ion u,tb tba
exception of Mr. Dczendorf arrived this even
ing. Gen: w. c. WickbaIn was the leader of
the latter marty Wban asi-od vhat ba thou1,bt
of the action Of the national COMMITTEES in oiy;nS
the Malone delopates seats in tbn convnnfion he
said he was nor eurnrieed rpba vol nontaet
would be made in the convention The eynrese
sion here. however. is very general in both the
Blaine and Arthur eamns tbot MahonA and his
followers will he seated Inv the convention
Mr. Edmnnds' men ali most ~ tbo;r ,,;ss;o,-
al.y work to dav amone the deIegates from Mich
igan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, their idea he
ing if possible. to secure enough votes to nre
vent the nomination of either Arthur or Rlaina
in the early STAGE of the nrocee5inge Tbev
claim to have secured eight votes from Wiscon-
sin, six from Michigan and and six from Minnesota, %
or total of twenty An informal vote of a nor
ton of the minnesota deIeoation tnksr this
evening resulted Blaine. 8: Ed1nunds q. Ar
thur q 1t ia claimed that ON the frst halIot
Minnesota will stand Blaine l6:
Edmufsds, 6; Arthur. 4. One of the delegates
from Wisconsin saws that at tho onan;rg vote
that State will stand: Arthur II Blaine 3:
General Sherman. p
Various rumors have been afioat with regard
TO the standing of the Tavas ro,rosa, t;ae a.
of the Associated Press talked with yeyeral of
the members ON tba snhieet The Rlaine rnen
claim eleven or twelve votes and conceda Arfbnr
six or seven. while the supporters of the Presi
dent say he and Blaine viii each
have about seven certain the remainder scatter
ing or uncertain The delegation will organize
tomorrow. Col Anthony of Kansas. saws the
vote of that State will stand IN or - for Rlans
to or for Arthur
Two or three opinions were ohtainahla at tho
Nebraska headduarters One was that the
State wond vote soldly for Blaine, another that
piisie woul3 p, nave I: Arthur z, and Edmunds
as having declared for Blaine declined r. sev sev
whether the rumor was true or false He said
ne should leave that matter to be settled by his
sentatives met today and s ~ iePIe 3ba
foiiliec7, iis 5ii1ez1: join L. Thurston, chairman;
r. r. l.. Reed. viee-president; George w.
mambar 'ofi'tin' of thn secrttary' W. l, ocogt,
w F. Howard. committee on resol,,,
tons; G. p. Matthewson, committee
o,n nu';s anu orser ol business II MeCali
Howe member of the national committee
The Minnesota deleoat;on choea tho foIIou,;n,,
officers. Senator n NJ Sohin cboirman.
Barlow vice president: G. A Graves assistant
secretary; O. B. Gould. committee ON rnles and
order Of business: G. k. Davis, COMMITTEES on
resolutions: r. B. Langdon committee on ere
dentiaIs
Senator Aldrich. of Rhode Island savs his State
will cast eight votes for Edmunds for four hal
lots, and after that the delegates will vote their
personal preferences.
received a telAor,ro from tho homo oAico tb;e