New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
BLAINE STILL AHEAD.
WHY CLAYTON WAS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NOM
NATION MORE THAN PROBABLE-TllE ARIHCR

INArIoN MORE THAN PRoBABLE-rnE ARTHUR
MEN DISCOURAGED.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
CHICAGO, June 3.-The result OF INC "c'io"
of tho Convention to-day in the cholce
of a temporary chairman has been TO en-
courage greatly the Blaine leaders. Ihey
ore more iubilant tonight than at any previous
time. They look confidently for the nomination
of their candidate 1t would not be safe to say that
sucb a result is assured. but there are strong
ground, for hope Arthur out of the race two
davs ago. His nomination Is no longer
possible. The only question for hls
followers TO consider is whether or not
they can transfer enough votes to any other cand-
date TO nominate him. They fear that they cannot
do so They will keep their candidate IN the Eeid or
the present and will Try tomorrow, III conjunction
with the Edmunds men, to prevent any ballot De
ing taken. That is their programme to-nlgh' II
is doubtful if it will succeed
WHY THE ARTHUR MEN ANTAGoNIZED CLAYTON.
The vote to-day was something not anticipated
bv the Rlajne men General Clayton was chosen
in the National Committee for temporary chairman
by q vote made up largely from Arthur States lie
was claimed for Arthur, and as SoutA-
ern Republican it supposed that ne
would not be antagonzed by the Administration.
But as soon as Hatton, Warren and Sharpe learned
that they could not direct Clayton. they resolved
10 autaQOnlZe nlnl ana III tIldl tuoS SNNui'" '"~
support of the Edmunds men and friends OF dark
horses who were afraid that the election OF
CLAYTON would be taken as a Blaine success,
and thus end the chances of any other candidate
Thns the combined vote of all those forces,
assisted by Malone and contestants who may he
ousted was only 43l. OF 10 more than majority
of the convention That vote cannot be held to-
gether for any candidate.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTE
An analysis of the vote cast shows that 1877 Oh
the 43O Lynch votes cast by anti-Arthnr
delegates There were five Arthur votes given
TO CLAYTON. That leaves the outside
Administration strength at Dos votes, just what
has been conceded to Arthur by the Blaine
leaders. There were 80 Logan, Hawley
and other ark-horse delegates who voted
for CLAYTON, and there We're II Blaine men
who supported Lynch. Deducting the former and
adding the latter to the Clayton votes 1851
leaves 3G6 as the strength of Blame on
the first ballot. That is more than his
friends have been counting for him 1t is result
that has carried dismay into the Administration
camns Its effect may be imagined by the
statement made officially tonight by John ).
O'Brien and other New-York city delegates thai
they will not vote for any dark horse. and that II
# comes to a contest between Blaine and daI X
horse they will vote for the former.
SHERMAN ALSO OUT OF THE RACE.
Another result to-day has been practically to
take Senator Sherman out of the race Ills
friends are charged with treacheEy, ana
it is certain in The present STA
of feeling IN the ONO delegation tla'
he cannot get the support of majority
of the delegates Tonight the effort is being
made by the dark horses to prolon9
the contest Indiana will put Harrison
in the race to keep Gresham ont
General Sherman is still dark horse for some oi
the Wisconsin and Michigan delegates
The decision of the Committee on Or
eanization tonight in favor of John B. Hen
terson of Missouri, for Permanent President is not
liked by the office holding machine, as Henderson
declined to second the nomuation of Arthur and
declared that he would not vote for him.
THE BLAINE FORCES CONSOLIDATED.
The Blaine men say that they feel encouraged by
the result of to-day's vote which was bet
ter for Blame by some thirty Yote,
than their estimates OF last night
showed. 1t is already apparent that the partial
test of to-day has consolidated the Blaine strength
and made his followers more aggressive and deter
mined than ever before Among the Arthurlncn there
il less talk tonight about the Blame forces Oema
composed of militia who Will run at the first tire
The Arthur men at first strongly disposed
10 crow over the "vctory" they
tbought they had won, but when
they had analyIeu tHo NoJo l"l ~ HOA
and found that nearly one-third of 1t be
long.d 10 Blaine Edmunds Hawiey aud Logan
while on the other hand. they conld not discover
that more than half dozen Arthur men hao
voted for CLAYTON the boastIng ceased andthe talh
In favor of seeking TO form combination
AGAINST Blaine was renewed. This talh
was of course encouraged by the hlend'
of men who hope that by some
turn of fortunes wheel the prize may b'
drawn by of the candidates whose prospects
depend entirely upon his negative attitude.
Several thousand dodgers" were sown broad
cast in the hotels this evening, entitled
From Carpenter to the Secretary O
War; The contents form catalogue
of the Offices heretofore filed by Alexander Ramsey
oil Minnesota.
TALK ABOUT DARK HORSES.
Murat Hastead and of the other Ohio
men were very busy trying to star
a "boom" for General Sherman. One o.
two delegates made tentative inquiries
10 ascertain what would be The
prospects Of movement III favor of Secretary
Lincoln. The friends of Gresham were alert an(
watchfu although quiet, waiting for th'
Arthur men to drop the President and 90 t
their candidate. Ii is noticeable tha
most of the suggestions respecting darl
horses came from the Arthur camp, an'
some of them have the appearance OF beini
made in good faith
No talk of leaving their candidate can be hear'
among the Blaine men. Their cOmmodious head
quarters were packed with Blaine dele