The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-06
THE CONVENTION.
WHO WILL BE THE HELMsNfAN
OF THE REPUBLICAN SHIP
OF STATE STILL UNDE-
CIDED.
THE SITUATION.

THE sITUAIlON.
JUNE 2.-Politics got the better of
religion yesterday, and many q good
church member spent the Sabbath in
discussing presidential candidates In
the hotel Hobbies instead Of joking his
neighbors in devotional exercises. The
hotels were crowded from morning to
night, and the company was far more
inclined to be social and cOnvivial than
on any previous day since the clans be-
gan to gather.
In point of noisy enthusiasm the
Blaine men seemed to have decidedly
the best of it. They took possession,
early in the day, of the ladies' ordinary
in the Grand Pacific, and turned this
spacious room to good account by keep
ing brilliant "stumpers" in readiness
to address large crowds on short notice.
They also sent good takers into the
crowds and made the air lively with
wordy discussions with any Arthur
man they could get to stand. But 1t
was generally observed that NO con-
versions were the apparent result of
this exchange of heated opinions, and
that the Blaine men got it as hot as
they gave 1t to the supporters OF Ar
thur. "The Blaine men are resorting
to their old trick of trying to carry
everything before them by storm, but I
am afraid they will do nothing but give
their boom the wind-colic, of which it
may die, )" remarked an old campaigner,
when he heard the Blaine headquarters
ring with cheers after one of the i'm
promptu meetings held there. The
managers of the Blaine boom claimed,
however, to have made great progress.
Mr.. Blake, of the New York I3fb,me,
who keeps ''tab" of the Blaine vote,
claimed last night 1873 votes on the first
ballot, and promises of more from dele
gates who had before been considered
solid for Arthur. He said that Arkan-
sas was solid for Blaine because the
delegates, since their arrival in Chi
cago, had learned that they were elect
ed as Blaine men to represent the
strong Blaine sentiment in their state,
and could not afford to 60 back on their
constituents. 1t is, however, a fact
that at o'clock yesterday afternoon an
actual poll of the delegates gave votes
for Arthur, 5 for Blaine, and for
Logan. The Blaine managers also
claimed as new gains 2 votes from
Georgia, from Florida, from Massa-
chusetts, from Mississippi, and 10
from Connecticut, which figures were
looked at with doubling smile by
lcdulllS ucicSdIco llOlu tildo oGdCCs hO
gain in the south, they further said,
delegates having been found too unre-
reliable a quantity. Some colored
delegates were outspOken for Blaine,
and hoped to bring a few of their breth-
rem into the fold, but no great impor-
lance was apparently attached by the
Blaine managers to the colored vote.
AT the same time it was noticed all
through the day that the Blaine BOOM
ers were looking after sable-hued Ar
thur men, and generally selected crowds
of colored men as an audience for their
loud discussions. The noisiest Blaine
men were the delegates from the Pa
cific slope, and from Dakota, and their
enthusiasm seemed boundless. They
openly proclaimed that Blaine was the
only man who could carry the Pacific
states and could lose New York with
out losing the election. But the great
importance they attached to the
Chinese question seemed to hurt them
more than to assist them, when arguing
with the colored men, who claimed
that the Chinese question was Of local
nature only, and that the demand for
the total exclusion of the Chinese from
becoming American citizens was utter
ly un-American.
The Arthur men maintained the same
dignified behavior that has character
lied them ever since the fray COM
menced. They looked sharp after
southern delegates, and were very
much pleased when ex-senator Viii
liams, of Ohio, the historian Of the col
Ored race, arrived in the evening, and
set about at once to talk Arthur among
the colored people.
The fight between the Arthur and
Blaine forces begins to be as hot, in
deed, as was the fight between Grant
and Blaine four years ago, and the
strongest language is now being used
in the discussions, which often run into
downright encounters. The Arthur
managers seemed less confident Sum
day than they had been, and their
hackers admitted freely that deadlock
between Arthur and Blaine seemed in
evitable. No particular gains were
claimed for Arthur, but it was claimed
that he had held his own, and that per-
haps break would occur in his favor
which would save him after all.
The Logan men were less noisy than
on Saturday, but kept hard at work.
Their headquarters were crowded all
day, and their missionaries were busy
in the l0bbies doing all they could to
make the bitterness between Blaine
and Arthur apparent to everybody. A
story floating around the hotel that
they had agreed to help Blaine and
come to him whenever their vote would
nominate him was strongly denied by
the Logan leaders. 1--WE shall stand
by Logan to the last" said Senator
Cullom. "and no proposition of any
kind, involving the withdrawal of Lo-
gan from the race, will be entertained
by us for moment. We feel sure of
Logan's nomination if neither Arthur
nor Blaine can be nominated" The
Logan men will distribute largely
signed appeal from nearly all the states,
members Of the American Free School
association, asking the convention to
nominate Logan on accountof his prop
osition to give government aid to the
schools, and for various other reasons.
The Edmunds men, represented by
the New York independents. were hard
at work. and claimed to find the out
look of their candidate far more favor
able than they had expected. A rumor
that they had decided to abandon Ed
munds and take up Gresham was posi-
lively denied by Mr.. Roosevelt, who
said that Edmunds wOuld he kent in