Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-19

mlttee. when the members assembled ~
noon 10 select q temporary chairman for
the great assembiage of Tuesday. The call
af States for the presentation of candidates
for this position was at once begun. Cali
fornia, almost at the head of the list, had
the advantage OF being the Erst to name its
favorite. NJ NJ. Estee, of California, was
the gentleman urged by Mr.. Davis, Of that
State. Mr.. Estee was presented in q strong
speech, as the candidate of the united far
west. He was put forward as an anti-no-
nopoly man of the first water. and atten-
ton was called TO the quick action of the
Democrats in choosing temporary chair
man from the coast.
John NJ. Thurston, Of Nebraska, was
presented in brief, pointed speech by
Church Howe, of that State Stress was
laid on his ability as parliamentarian,
and upon his brilliant speech seconding
Genera Logan in the National convention
four years ago
Mr.. Leland, Of Kansas vigorously sec
onded the nomination of Estee for his
anti-n onopoly record. Oregon also SEQ
onded him.
The vote was then proceeded with, re-
sulting in tie. Chairman b. F. Jones
cast the deciding ballot in favor Of Thurs-
ton The nomination was made unani-
mo1s ON motion of Hall, of Colorado, who
aNNeu WIN ttiC deiiiS Soost AuCh.
]. Hale Sypher, proxy from the District
of Columbia, moved that in the contest
from the Third Congressional district, of
Maryland. both parties be excluded. Gary,
OF Maryland, amended by asking that both
sides be admitted as contestants and the
matter referred TO the committee on ere
dentials.
Conger, of Ohio, moved to lay the whole
subject on the table. Conger's idea was
adopted, and the result will be to admit
the regular delegates recommended by
Gary, the member of the National Commit
tee from that State.
The Virginia contest, involving the seat
ing of the sixteen Malone district dele
gates, was reported by Blair, of Virginia,
moving of reconsideration. Elkins and
Lawson, of New York, Joined in opposing
strenuously any reconsideration Whatever.
Reconsideration was defeated 26 to IL.
After desultory discussion regarding .
few minor matters, the committee, at 10
D. m. adjourned.
Judge Thurston, who had been selected
for recommen iation to the the convention
as the committees choice for temporary
chairman, was being congratulated from all
sides after the adjournment Of tie National
Committee. The Californians, thoroughly
unused to defeat were simply dumbfound-
ed. Their opponents, however, were no
less surprised, the closeness of the vote be-
ing almost wholly unexpected. 1t was
pretty generally conceded that the amount
of strength gathered by the Californians,
and the number of votes they mustered,
vas. under the circumstances, Q tribute to
the Pacific Slope, nothing short Of that
accorded by the Democrats at St Louis.
Nevertheless, the coast men were sore, and
their Eastern supporters no less 70.
Everybody else thought the Estee men
made a magnificent fight, considering how
they had been handicapped by their late
arriTal-this convention being, in the mat
ter of preliminaries, relatively . full week
ahead of the Democratic convention, where
the Californians achieved their triumphs
largely by being the first men on the
ground. Here the Thurston men from Ne
bruska had been the early birds, and the
opposition to Thurston had attempted TO
center on Patrick Egan, who could, almost
undoubtedly, have had the honor, but felt
Obliged, in loyalty 10 his fellow delegates
from Nebraska, to give way to Thurston,
the first favorite OF the Nebraska delega-
ton.
Some talk of carrying the fight into the
convention was heard after the meeting of
the National Committee was oxer. No one
of prominence would commit himself, how
ever, until the matter had been thoroughly
discussed in private by those who had stood
for Estee. Cyrus Leland. of Kansas, il said
TO have been the best and most earnest
champion Of Estee in the National Com
mittee. He said:
A concensus of opinion from the people
in the corridors was that Estee would have
won on his presentation as an anti-mo-
nopoly candidate, but the friends of too
many favorite son candidates for the Presi-
dency united largely against such . pro-
recognition of an out and out
Blaine delegation as the man from the
Pacifcslope. 1t was. the verdict seemed .
reaction against the Californian too
previous shouting for Blaine.