Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-31
RALLYING AT CHICAGO.
DELEGATES ARRIVING AND
SKIRMISHING BEGUN.

| Sh1Rm1SHlNG BEGUN.
one-Sixth of the Entire Convention on
the Ground Last Night-The Marshals
OF the Different Candidates Already
Hard at Work Organizing Their Forces
and Enlisting Recruits.
CHICAGO, May SO.-The morning trains
brought in portion of the Iowa delega-
tion, three members Of the South Carolina
delegation and six Texas delegates. Be
| yond few delegates from Ohio and Ken.
tucky, and the arrival of portion of the
Illinois delegation, the above constitute
the only additions to the few arrivals of
the two preceding days. From New York,
! Pennsylvania and the national capital,
however, came large additions to the
advance guard of those interested in the
outcome of the National Convention, but
who form no part of its working
body. Their presence, however, has
impaired great life to the
! preliminary skirmishing, and for the first
time the hotels are taking on the air of
activity shown by them for weeks pre-
NlOus to the convention of four years ago.
Headquarters were opened this morning
Tor the Arthur and Blaine forces, those of
Gen Logan having been in existence for
some days. The remainder of the Iowa
delegation will arrive tomorrow morning.
at which time the California delegation
VIII also put in an appearance. The
| organization of State delegations wiz be-
gin tomorrow afternoon in the case of
those which have full representation in
! the city. The weather, which has been
cold and raw for the past three days, grew
warmer to-day, and if the present tempe
nature is maintained it will prove perfect
for convention purposes.
MORE ARRIVALS.
CHICAGO, May 30, P. M.-There were
additional arrivals this evening, and
among the more prominent were Hon.
Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, whose
name is mentioned for the Craftsmanship
of the convention. and Congressman
Thomas Bayne, and three other accredited
pennsylvania delegates are also here.
Hon. Andrew d. White, of New York, ar
rived in advance of the main body of his
delegation. Judge Foraker, G. W. Moul-
ton and Amos Smith, who represent the
vanguard of the Sherman delegation, ar
rived this afternoon.
ONE-SIXTH OF THE DELEG ATES ON HAND,
CHICAGO, May 80, lip Mt was es-
timated tonight that about I40 delegates
had arrived, or about One-siXth of the full
complement of the convention. By TO-
morrow night, or Sunday morning at the
latest, two-thirds of the delegates are ex-
pected to be on the ground, so that the
activity which IS to occur anterior to the
proper will be at its height on
Sunday. The California delegation
will be the first to arrive in a body,
and their arrival early tomorrow has been
so widely heralded that it is confidently
expected to impart fire to the canvass
from the outset, owing to the pronounced
character OF their preferences for the
Maine statesman. The California dele
gates are accompanied by those from Ne
yada, and the two delegations are a unit
in all their movements.
A meeting of the Iowa delegation for
| organization and to map out their future
line, of action Is called for tomorrow
evening. Two delegates from Washing
ton Territory arrived to-day, as
did all but two of the Oregon
delegation. The advance guard of
the Sherman men, in the persons of
Judge Foraker, delegate-at-large from
Ohio, and Luke A. Staley, alternate from
the First district, reported this evening.
The New York contingent was supple
mented during the dav by the arrival of
b. Platt Carpenter, Silas B. butcher and
j. /. Gilbert among the delegates, and
Clinton Wheeler, Charles Gould and Gen.
George ii. Sharpe among those who come
to view and take part in the preliminary
skrmishing.
A. G. Ma1loy, Of Galveston, came at the
head Of six Texas delegates and reported
that the remainder would be on hand to-
morrow.
Chauncey l. Filley was the first of the
Missouri delegates to arrive. w. n.
Taft, Postmaster of Charleston, S. c., and
three other delegates were the first arri-
walls from the Palmetto State. Col. Brady,
delegate-at-large of the Malone delega-
ton from Virginia, arrived to-day
to pave the way for the coming
of the full delegation. The Kan
sas delegation will arrive on Sunday at
noon, and il is expected that it will be
the last Of the full delegations to arrive
on the scene.
GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
The headquarters of the candidates were
regularly opened for business to-day and
consultations were constantly in progress
between the leaders of the movements in
behalf of each, while trusty lieutenants
were out making the acquaintance Of the
struggling advance guards of the various
State delegations as they arrived. In
this way the various leaders were enabled
to secure information at the earliest mo-
ment of the condition of affairs in large
proportion Of the States and revise their
estimates of the strength of their
respective candidates. This in
vOlved almost continuous private
consultations in inner-rooms. The chief
centre of interest during the day was the
Grand Pacific Hotel, in which are the
headquarters of Arthur, Blaine and Logan.
The carpets of the Railways and parlors
have been covered with canvas to
save them from the wear and tear and the
litter of the incoming hosts which
will fill them tomorrow and part Of next
week. The man headquarters for Arthur
are in the gentlemen's parlor on the Jack
son street front. Across the folding doors
at the entrance is large strip OF canvas,
lettered in black, with the words ''For
President, Chester A. Arthur" To-mOr-
row tables will be laden with pamphlets
containing reports of the recent Arthur
business mems meeting in New York
These headquarters are in charge of
Clinton Wheeler of New York, James d.
Warren of the Buffalo Commercial AdUer-
tiSer, and George II. Sharpe of New
York. 1t was said to an associated press
reporter atlthese. headquarters that the out
look was cheering, and that the Presi-
dents friends generally were growing
more confident as the situation de-
veloped.
The Blaine headquarters are in rooms
Nos. 40 and 81 of the same hotel, and are
in charge of Stephen b. Elkins of New
Mexico, G. A. Grow of Pennsylvania, and
j. S. Clarkson, editor of the State ReqiSter
of DesMoines, Iowa. A small placard on
the outside of the door and lithograph
portrait inside are the visible signs that
this is the centre of the Blaine councils
LOgan's headquarters occupy rooms
Nos. "a and So, and are in charge of A. NJ.
Jones, Chairman, and Daniel Shepherd,
Secretary, of the Illinois State Central
Committee.
Thus far no headquarters have been
opened for Edmunds, Sherman or Hawley.
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
In the discussions and doubt prevailing
in regard to the question of the frat place
the Vice Presidency has dropped almost
completely out of sight, for the reason
that the traditions of the party make the
latter depend on the former as a mere
matter of political geography. A new
candidate for that position, however,
was developed to-day in the person of
the Hon. Andrew d. White, President of
Cornell College, who was spoken of for
the place in case the fortunes of politics
should make a Western man the candi-
date for President. The subcommittee
of the National Committee completed its
preliminary labors this evening to be
able to report to the full committee,
which is to assemble at noon tomorrow.
1t is known that the following members
will be present at the meeting, including
those who are expected to arrive tonight:
John c. New, of Indiana; Powell Clayton,
of Arkansas; Horace Davis. of Cali
fornia; John S. Routt, of Colorado; o.
II. Platt, of Connecticut; Mr..
Hastings, as proxy for Christian
Febiger, of Delaware; b. c. Cook, proxy
for John A. Logan, of Illinois, John p.
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