Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-04

eral advance in Thurman stock with tho ar
rival of the delegation were doomed to dis.
appointment. In fact it had hardly reached
the Lindell when some of its members began
TO talk up ex-Congressmnn Rice, the one
legged soldier of Ottawa, as an avail.
able candidate for the vice presidency.
Rice was a candidate for lieutenant governor
in 1879 on the Ewing ticket, which was
beaten by Foster, and has since been twice
defeated for congress. Governor Foraker
recently appointed him member of the state
board Of pardons, but the honor was
promptly declined Rice, who came in with
the delegation, WIS on deck all day in one of
the parlors of the hotel, where he held a con
tinuous levee, but his boom has not Jet sue
ceeded in getting into the open air, much
less into the other hostelries One of the
Ohio delegates said last night: "The moss
hacks of our party, who are in the minority,
favor Thurman. The majority are divided,
with leaniugs toward Gray"
Gen. Thomas E. Powell, one of the dele
gates-at-large, said: ave shall have meet
ing tomorrow, when matters have shaped
themselves better than at present II we
find that the Thurman movement is general,
then Ohio can do nothing else than TO give
him solid support. Otherwise the strength
will be split up"
The Oregonians Saturday attempted to
spring new candidate for the second place,
in the person of Governor Pennoyer, of that
state. The boom did not materialize, how
ever, and they have about decided to go into
the convention with the rest of the coast del
egations for Thurman
One Of the friends Of Gen. Black, commits
sioner of pensions, states that Blacks name
will be presented for vice president by Mr..
John Patterson of Colorado, the brilliant or
ator who recently made speech at the lro-
quois club banquet at Chicago, and the nom
nation will be seconded by Gen. Sims, a Grip
pied exConfederate of Mississippi, 1t was a
question, however, last night whether the
names of either Black or Stevenson will be
presented to the convention at all. Little OF
nothing is being heard of the candidacy OF
either. Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, who is
here with few of the delegates from Mime
sofa in advance of the general party, is
working quietly, and his friends say that in
the event of any dark horses coming to the
front he will be found among them, and that
his popularity in Iowa, Wisconsin and Min
nesota which states they claim he can GER
tainly carry, would be II powerful argument
in his behalf
There was great turn out of Gray's sup.
porters at the Union station yesterday after
noon TO meet Senators Voorhees, and Turpie,
who arrived direct from Washington. The
Tall Sycamore of the Wabash and his col
league were escorted to the Lindell, where a
great crowd collected and cheered ten min
utes or more The senator's repeatedly ac-
knowledged the welcome, but could not be
persuaded to respond to the cries OF
Speech" and finally escaped into the dining
room.
The Randall club of Philadelphia, with a
Cleveland and Thurman banner; The Record
club of the same city, headed by cX-Attorney
General l.. G. Cassidy, also shouting for the
Ohio man. and the Hendricks club of Indian
apolis, in white hats white gloves, Gray
badges, and with military band were
among the arrivals of the day.
Mr. Henry Watterson says: "If the friends
of the president from New York and Penn
sylvania push the name of Judge Thurman
for the place he will be nominated without
any doubt Kentucky, think, will yield to
an influence of that kind"
The Post Dispatch quotes j. G. Shanklin
editor of The Evansville Qnd) Courier, as
saving that "rhe talk of Thurman is largely
based on sentiment. 1t will vanish in the
convention Thurman is grand old man,
and if he is entitled to ANYTHING at the hands
of the Democratic party, it is the first place
on the ticket He should not be give the
second place He is too old to be placed into
a position from which he might be called to be
president He would not add any strength TO
the ticket, and in Indiana would do US no
more good than Californian an Oregon
IAN"
Chairman Barnum, of the national com
mittee, is very careful not to commit himself
on the vice presidency. He thinks that the
tariff plank of 1854 would do very well this
year. Senator German is said To agree with
Mr.. Barnum on this question, but the indca.
tions point to an ultimate agreement to
thoroughly endorse the policy laid down in
the presidents message Hon. William l..
Scott, of Pennsylvania, has little to say re-
specting the platform, but it is very evident
that he exnaets the adoption of n platform
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pollcy 10 ehloIse the Mills ON III 81 many
"orus ~ 'h's .'inu' e'peuiaiy a' '.ioV
mas oeeh h'aterlahy "iieiiueu slllce IL caili0
from the cofhlhlt'ee, ana since IL was SO EN-
phatlcaIly endorsed by the democratic con
Vention OF pennsylvania
A weil.dehned rumor was current last hignt
to the effect that numerous communications
had passed yesterday petMeeh the lflehds Oh
Judge thurman VINO are mere ana others at
Coluihpus, anu lhac IL uas doouo peeii ue-
clded that unless the soma support Oh the
ONO delegatioh Is PeuSed ana guaran ueeu
by noon to-day, ne VIII absolutely ana I'M
qualifiedly refuse To allow MS name 10 be
presented. An antl-lhurman ONO delegate
SAID the delegatloh "ouiu 20 So,u ior the
"Old Roman II they sa" ne coulu DC hoi,l-
mated. The fennsyIVanla delegates VINO
have arrived are all Tor thurman as Is their
leader, Hon. w. Il. scott. lie says lhur-
man is the coming man, probably by ac-
clamation
Senator Beck, OF hentncky' Wheh asked by
the United Press as to ms opinion regarding
the OUTLOOK IRON MS polhV vi Nie"' Sliu' Ill
MS usual Dluilb way a.
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