The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-31
Headquarters.


candidates were regularly opened
for business to-day, and consuIta-
tions were constantly in progress
tstween the leaders of the move>
ment in behalf of each, while trusty
Iieutenants were out making the
scquaintancs of the struggling ad'
vance guards OF various state dele
cations as they arrived. In this
way various leaders were enabled
to secure infoi mation at the ear
lest of the condition of affairs In q
large proportion Of the states. and
to revise the estimates OF the
strength of respective candidates.
This involved almost continuous
private consultations in inner
rooms. The chief centre of interest
during the day was the Grand Paci :
fic Hotel, in which are the head
quarters OF Arthur, Blaine and
Logan. The man headquarters
for Arthur are in The gentlemen's
parlor, on jackson street front.
Across the folding doors at the en-
trance is a large strip OF
canvass, lettered in black,
wi tn the words: "For President.
Chester A. Arthur" There is no
blaz 3nment in sight, but Tomorrow
its tables will be laden with PAM
phlets containing acomplete repol tot
the recent Arthur business mems
meeting in New York. These head.
quarters arel in charge of Clinton
Wheeler, of New YORK, James d
Warren, of the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser, and Gen. George II.
Sharpe, of New York. 1t was
stated to an associated press repre-
sentative at these headquarters that
the outlook is cheering and the pre-
siden.s friends are growing more
confident az the situation is devel.
opsd.
Blaines headquarters are in room:
40 and 81 of the same hotel and are
in charge of Stephen B. Elkens OF
New Mexico, Galusha A. Grow, Of
Pennsylvania, and j. S. ClarksOO
editor Of State Register, Desmoines
Iowa.
A small placard outside the door
and Autograph portraits nside are
visible signs that it is the centre OF
the Blaine councils. Mr. Clarkson
said to an Associated Press reporter
that numerous consultations have
been held during the day, and that
while he was not at liberty to 20
into particulars, he coold say in
general that much had been accom-
plished, the results Of which
would become apparent later
on. Logan's headquarters occupy
rooms "a and SO and are In charge
Of A. M, Jones, chairman and Dan
Sheppard, secretary Of the Illinois
State Central Committee. Jones
said to reporter; for the associated
press that numbers in attendance
were small ut headquarters during
the day owing to the fact that Gen
Logan's soldier friends were out
decorating the graves of their fallen
camFades. It was claimed at these
headquarters that Logan's friends
were growing in confidence as
reports came in of q nature to
indicate the impossibility of Blaine
or Arthur securing q majority of the
convention. Thus far no headquar-
tiers have been opened for Ed
munds, Sherman or Hawley. There
is some doubt over the question of
| first place for the Vice -Pfesiden cy,
as it has dropped almost completely
out Of sight, for the reason that the
traditions of the rarity make the
latter depend on the former. AS a
mere matter Of political geography a
new candidate for that position was,
however, developed to-day in the
person OF Hon. Andrew D. White,
President Of Cornell College, who
was spoken of for the place in case
the fortunes of politics should make
q western man candidate for Presi
dent.