St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-26
THE UTICA CONVENTION.
"Gath' Attends and Goes Away Over
flowing With Talk.
He Goes into Ecstasies Over Blaine's Big
Showing.
[special Telegram to the Globe. |

Especial Telegram to the Globe.
New YORK, April 25.-I went to the Utica
convention on the 23d of April The last
time went to convention at Utica, Chester
A. Arthur arose as the chairman of the
convention and as chief of the New York
city delegation, and helped to tie the dele
cation to Chicago up 50 that it had no free
exercise Of its vote, but was compelled to be
the register Of the ambition and resentments
Of ConkIing; Cornell and Plat, Arthur,
John T.. Smythe, Dennison and
names now forgotten were foreman and hired
people in the scheme. There began the great
emeute which led to the death of Garfield and
procession of bitterness ever since.
/ saw a convention Of some 500 delegates
house. The only women | saw present were
in two of the upper private boxes.
A large audience was in the gallery,
which seemed almost duplicate
Of the delegates on the floor. [ never saw
the equal Of this convention for manly APP
pearance, good behavior, and mixture Of
vigilant attention and self understanding.
Bosslsm being out Of It, there was naturally
perfect good nature and courtesy. One boss
among men is like one shark and a small
boy. Ee inspires hostility and grows savage
with his own power. There was not a dis
courteous thing said in this convention,
and the two men recognized as leaders
were Miller and Roosevelt. They were only
recognized by a sort of assent wholly apart
from patronage. President Arthur has
withheld the patronage from Senator Miller
in the true Cass fashion, and therefore the talk
about Miller as Cass is gratuitous. Miller
has not the years of a Cass. He is only forty
six years old, and Roosevelt, who applaud
ed him warmly whenever he spoke, as if they
both disclaimed revalry or hostility, is
probably not over twenty seven.
The moment the bosses broke up, the
leaders in New York politics became young
men. 1t is this old and hardened, yet
rapacious trade, which seeks to consolidate
its power like dying kings. A change Of
outward carriage of countenance and of
speech marked this convention, which find
ing no accustomed boss to hearken to and
giggle at or applaud to the echo, engaged
itself in the novel process of reflection and
paying attention to the action of the conven-
ton.
On the platform, as the chairman of the
committee was iammed Warren, Of Buffalo,
man of unquestiOnably decided character,
however, unaccustomed he may have
been tosuch duties He is the best, the only
important friend Arthur has had in New
York state of late. A man of rather dark
eyes, smooth face, smooth gray hair, firm
mouth and serious exterior, he gave to
Arthur the countenance of Il positive man.
If Arthur had spent all his days in the com
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more fit to rule
action of the convention Is discussed from
now till doom's day, it means just that
Blaine beat Arthur, but was foiled of the
full reward of the victory by the unexpected
ly large number of delegates who would have
neither Arthur nor Blaine. To prevent the
convention from going forth to the world
under the description Of Blaine's con-
vcntion, Arthur pulled up his tent and
formed behind Edmunds. Warren formed
this resolution, and it is believed after con
sulting with Arthur personally by wire.
Mr.. Arthur has taken deep personal in
terest in the convention. He revised, or
prepared, list of delegates, showing him
self to have still the leading chance, which
was published in New York a day or two be-
fore the Utica convention. He is still in the
field as a presidential candidate, and his be-
lief is that he can disengage from the indie
pendents and from the followings of others
enough votes to nominate him. The serious
point with him was not having majority of
the New York delegation. OF the district
delegates he had not more than thirty
or 81. There are in all ~. If the four dele
gates at large had been named by the Blaine
men New York would virtually have been a
Blaine state. The country had expected this
result. Arthur and Warren prevented
Blaine electing any of his friends delegates
at large, and then began to say that Ed
munds was the best friend that Arthur had in
the world, and that these Edmunds delegates
would be Influenced in Arthur's favor by Ed
munds himself.
So Mr.. Clinton Wheeler said to me the
evening after the convention, when was
about to come home. Said he: 'Gath
we've taken the delegates at large from
Blaine and elected the men in favor of a
Senator Edmunds."
The strength of Blaine was about $40
votes, as appears from the vote cast for Sen
ator Pitts. The strength of Arthur was
about 1S5 votes. The strength of the indie
pendents, with Roosevelt, was r. In the
convention were 497 delegates. Thus when
the Edmunds and Arthur men
united to elect the temporary chairman
they had only a majority of %.
Blaine's friends can see how close he came
to carrying this state, where he never had a
residence and where he has been persstently
opposed in every form and with intense
hatred for the past ten years.