McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-06-12
The Two Gentlemen Who Were
Fortunate in the Chicago
Convention.
The First Being Nominated for
President and the Latter for
Vice President.
Scenes and Incidents Of the COnVen-
ti0n--HOw the Nominations
We're Received.

for the coming national republican cOnven-
ton. Those gathered here, delegates and
on-lookers, seemed divided between a de-
sire to talk politics and give due observance
to Sunday. While the light Of the sun
shone into the hotel corridor, there was no
open caucusing Of delegations, though in
dividual missionary work was not wanting.
Groups and single individuals also were
| constantly coming and going at the various
headquarters. Acquaintance were re-
| newed and friendships revived. While the
main corridors of the leading hotels were
constantly filled with changing, chatting
| throngs, whose color, ranging from pro-
| nounced blonde to coal black, and whose
| wide variety of dress and manner of speech
| testified to the broadly national character
the results were OF very mixed and I'M
| certain character, the friends of all can
| didates claiming increased strength and the
| discovery of weak spots in their opponents.
The Blaine men made more demonstration
| than the others, paying visits in entire
delegations, and moving their headquart-
ers from two small rooms, heretofore &C.
cupied, to the large ladies' ordinary at the
| Grand Pacific hotel.
"Keep your eye on Wisconsin, Indiana
and Michigan, - remarked a member of the
national committee. s'The strength OF
these states is being freely claimed by at
least three of the leaders, but whose instruc-
| tons, it is known, are of character which
| permit great freedom of action, and whose
| votes, il thrown into the interest of any
one candidate, might carry with them VIC
tory"
CHICAGO, June 2.-The situation this
morning in the presidential canvass is very
much simplifed. All the delegations arc
now on the ground, including New York
looked forward to with some interest. The
negotiations which were carried forward in
the interest of respective candidates yester-
day make it clear that the adherents of six
candidates, namely: Arthur, Blaine, Ed
munds, Sherman, Logan and Hawley, have
that the present aspect of the fight warrants
most ardent of the Arthur and Blaine
men do not now claim for them a
majority of the convention. The
highest figure mentioned for Blaine is
338, and the highest for Arthur about 325,
but the conservative advocates each put the
| figures for both under three hundred. This
is necessary in view of the stand taken by
the Edmunds, Logan and Sherman men.
The friends Of the Vermont senator to- day
were in high feather over the possibility Of
his nomination and contend that he has de-
velOped unexpected strength in all the
northern and western states, and has even
| acquired some votes in MlsSOuri-so strong
are they in their faith that caucus of all
his adherents was called for this morning,
and is now in session at the rooms of the
Massachusetts delegation. tits attended by
| all the Vermont and nearly all the Massa-
chusetts and New Jersey delegations; por-
| ton of New York, including Andrew D.
White, Theo. Roosevelt, Jno. I. Gilbert.
and George William Curtis. and portions of
Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
Michigan delegations. The caucus numbers
about eighty-fve, and the Edmunds people
| contend that they hold the balance of pow
er and can summons one hundred votes
which, if their estimates are correct, and
the Logan and Sherman men stand by their
colors in the convention, will unquestion-
ably result in a deadlock. The Lo-
gan forces have been instructed to
remain by him, and the other
men, who are for Sherman, numbering
somewhat more than one-half the delega-
ton, declare that all overtures which have
been made to them have been ignored and
that they will certainly remain by him
through the numerous ballots in the present
belief that the fight, as it stands, is to any
man. This portion of the Ohio delegation
has received some assurances OF support
from Indiana in the event Gresham or Har-
rison are not named. In this general view
of affairs the attitude of Wisconsin, Mich
igan and Indiana is watched with great
deal of interest. The combined strength of
these states, if merged with the strength Of
the ssindependent'' or Edmunds movement
at the east, it is thought, might turn the
tide strongly in the direction Of a new man.
FIRST DAY.
CHICAGO, June 3.-The republican
national convention, the eighth in the his
tory of the party, convened at noon to-day.
The spectacle presented at the opening was
notable one in many ways, and its des-
scription would be worthy of high flight of
the Imagination. The working body of the
convention, the greatest in point of num-
bers Of any national political assemblage,
occupied only small portion of the vast
auditorium. The remaining body OF the
hall was filled by an audience which occu
pied every point of vantage. and made up
picture, as viewed from the press stand, of
an almost unending sea of faces, of solid
black and uncovered heads, relieved by
the rich colors and futtering toilets of the
ladies, who were present in great force. The
hall is the largest and has been termed the
most complete ever thrown open for the
work Of a vast deliberative body. 1t is in
one sense temporary, having been construc-
ted within the walls of the exposition build
ing, situated on the east line OF the city on
the shore of lake Michigan. Its seating
capacity approXimates $1,000. Springing
from the east and west sides of the hall are
vast arches, which rise 200 feet in the air
and relieve the views through the entire eX-
panSe OF the auditorium. The speakers
desk rests on platform twelve feet above
the seats of the delegates and the press oc-
cupies an intermediate space midway in
height Or about on level with the heads
of the delegates. as they occupy
their chairs. Back of the chairs,
arranged in a semi circle and on a level
space, are seated the remaining officers of
the convention, members of the national
committee and their immediate friends.
Back of this circle, on sharply rising in
cline, are 1000 seats occupied bya great
many persons of national repute, whose
presence is by the grace of the national
committee. Swinging over the desk of the
chairman, and fairly touching the arches.
is a wide-spreading sounding board. en-
bracing the side extremes of the building.
The delegates and alternates occupy a level
space bounded by square lines. They are
hemmed in on two sides by tiers Of boxes
occupied mainly by guests Of the delegates.
The section occupied by the working body
of the convention is broken oy four
wide aisles from the edges of which rise
Roman standards pendant with blue silk
banners imprinted on gold with names of
states and territories. Beginning on the
left and facing the stage in the state of Ala