The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-01

Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
moved that the delegation heaoeo
by Senator Malone be placed upon
| the rolls.
Mr.. Beattie, of Montana, offered
an amendment referring the contest
to the COMMITTEES on credentials
without action.
The amendment was lost, on a
vote by call OF States, as follows:
Ayes-CaliforDia, Maine, Nebraska,
New jersey, West Virginia: Art"
IONA, Montana, New Mexico,
Wyoming. Total ten. Noes, Ala
bans, Arkansas, Connecticut, Dele
ware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
7 Massachuse is, Michigan. Mime
sofa, Mississippi, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New York, North Caro-
lima, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Vermont. Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin. Dakota, Utah,
Washington Territory, and District
of Colu mbia. Total 315. The origi.
nsl motion of Senator Aldrlch was
then carried Dy a similar vote.
The result of this vote seats the
Mahone delegation in the national
convention, subject however. to any
action taken by The convention.
In the matter Of contesting dele
cations from first Alabama and first
Georgia Districts. it was decided t.
refer them to subcommittee OF
three, with instructions to report
according to the evidence.
In the matter Of the c0nteSting
delegation from the Fifth Kens
lucky Di trict, a motion to refer the
matter to sub committee was lost.
On motion of Mr.. Adler, OF Ken
lucky, Silas F, Miller and John
Mason Brown were placed on the
roll as delegates.
Senator Cullom asked that action
upon the contest in tine second II.
linois be deferred until next Mon
day in view of the illness and alb
sence Of Mr.. Cook.-Carried.
A motion to reconsider the action
taken in the Georgia case was lost.
Com mittee then decided 10 re
consider the action taken in the
kentucky case, and on motion 1t
and all other undisposed of cons
tested district cases were referred to
subcommittee Of three with in
structions to report on Monday.
At 9 o'clock committee adjourned
to Monday at II noon.
WARMING UP.
Chicago, 81 The heat o the D 'es.
idential convention was very con-
siderably intensified to-day owing
to the large influx of delegates and
the presence of the outside force
which are expected to play prom
inent part in shaping the outco
of events. About 400 delegates have
arrived on the ground, and have
been supplemented by an innumer-
able host of fiankers, who are at
present the most active factors in
the preliminary battling. 1t Is con.
cedel that no convention in
the history of the party
was composed of delegations
more thoroughly unhampered in the
way Of pledges than the present
one. all OF which tends to lend sharp
excitement to the early movements
in the tight. The hotels to-day be-
gan for the first time to feel the
force of their crush and the CORR.
doris of the leading ones were alive
throughout the day with active
workers. A sensational feature of
the day was the arrival of the Cali
fornia and Nevada delegations,
which made their way from the
deeot to their hjtel 10 the sec I'M
paniment of martial music. to be
heartily greeted by l.rge waiting
crowd On their advent II the Palmer
House
The New York independents
comprised Of Geo. VIM. Curtis. Gen
Francis G. Barlow, Frederick c.
Halls, David Allerton, John A.
King, Carl Schurz, Theodore Roose,
velt. James w. Wadswor.h and
Wharton Barker, arrived Gu the
through Pennsylvania limited at
10 30. Only portion of their num-
Der are delegates. They represent
more properly the Republican con
ference committee Attached to
the same train was a car containing
a number Of Senators and Represen-
tatives from the national Capital;
their car was attached at Harris
burg. Among their number were
Senators Hoar, Piatt. Sawyer,
Blair, Jones, Conger and Congress-
man Horn and Arson D. McCeok.
Iudisna;s advance guard, consist
of Senators Harrison, Morris, Nc
Donald and John II. Baker, dele>
gates at large, also arrived early in
the day. It had been said that
Senator Harrison would not attend
the convention, but would send an
alternate. His presence was in
itself sufficient denial. He said:
"I am here, you see, and I shall
vote with the other Indiana men,"
Regarding the mention Of his name
in connection with the Presidency,
the Senator said: 81 am not a can.
didate, and never have been; if l
were. l should certainly not be
here" He would not state his pre-
ference. Morris and Mcdonald
said if opportunity offered, the Indi-
ana delegation would present the
name of Harrison or Pre- .hsur.
Ex-Governor John d. Long, OF
al - =; &c,