The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-20

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sff<r . memorable strnxEle nominated
Garfield and Arthur. OF the SO d<ie-
gates Who sat in that convention Only
fifty-fve are delegates 70 the sonver-
ton Of isss-
The Temporary and perSnanenfehair-
naE Of 1sse vas George ?. Hear a
Nsxssrhu>efts- Senator Hear Was At
the had Of the Bay State delegation
foaY years ago. and he holds the sane
po.ifisn nox. II t. the unwritten Law
Of politics that Senator Hozr shau be
sent ss the bead Of the delegation from
Massachusetts, ~ long ~ be chooses TO
accept the ONCE
The great nominating speeches in
that convention we're made by James
r. Joy Of Michigan for Blaine, Roscoe
conkl5nx for General Grant, James A.
Garfseid for Mr.. sherman Frederick
Billings Of Vermont presented Senator
Edmun1s. j. b. Cassidy Of Wisconsin
spoke for Etihu b. YszhburHe. z. 3.
Drake launched the hopes u William
Window Of Minnesota Other orators
will have 20 do the sponsor work for
the convention Of 1853
Eosh the nominees Of % arr dead
Garfield and Arthur.
OF the candidates voted for on the
first ballot Grant and Washburne are
dead Blaine, Sherman. Edfnunds and
Window survive.
The name Of only one Of these can
disiafes IL before this John
Sherman
Six names we're presented in isss for
the vice presidency. 1hsy were Ches-
ter A. Arfhur. Elibu h. Washburne.
Marshaii Jewell. Horace Maynard.
Edmund j. Davis and Thomas settle.
Not one Of these will be before the
convention OF 1888.
AZ ENTIRELY NEW list.
Some os the largest delegations
haven member who was here eight
years ago. This Is notably true Of flli-
nois. Gen. John A. Logan, Emery A.
sforrs, Green B. Raum and David ].
Litter were the deiegates-af-lzrge
then. Logan and Sforrs are dead
Raurn now lives in Washington. Lit
Ter WIS q member Of the Pacific Rail-
road Commission last year, and wdi
he enlv locker on at this convention
Washington Hessing and William +.
kueffner are two delegates OF 1-sD Who
~iil be missed.
Indiana has sent back only one of
the delegates of 1850. Ben Harrison
was 81 the head OF the delegation then.
Now he is candidate for the head of
the ticket. William X. Mckeen. the
Terre Haute railroad magnate. and
Clement Studebaker, the South Bend
wagonmaker, were here in 20. Stuie-
baker il the only representative of the
former delegation in this one. He is
one Of the four deiegates-at-large-
In the Missouri delegation, Chaun-
cey |. Fiiley appears where he did in
is-D--st the head OF the delegates-at-
large. II is interesting to note that the
only other Missourian whose name APP
pears as delegate 10 both conventions
i 1.-THE old mans" faithful lieutenant.
John Henry Pohiman, of 81. Louis.
Congressman Warner, ex-Congress-
man d. Pat Dyer. and the colorcd
man. Pelham. take the places held
eight years ago by X. T. Van Horn,
the Kansas City editor, ex-Congress-
man Harfion =. Ravens and Judge
David Wagner.
Georgia sends more of the delegates
of the former convention than any
other state. She has nine of the old
members; New York has seven.
THE NEW YORK SURVIVORS
Ex-senator Thomas c. Plat. the
'me-too' OF the Conkling sensational
episode. i a New York delegate-at-
large. Then he was only a district |
delegate In the delegation with him
are John j. y Brien, Sacob NJ. Patfer-
son. Lewis +. Pawn. and George West, |
the Baltimore millionaire paper manr-
factnrer and congressman. who were
here In So One of the New York dis
triets sends the same representatives
to this convention that il did TO the |
other. These two delegates are James |
w. Hnsted. Familiarity known as Bald
Eagle" Hustled. for several terms the |
speaker Of the lower branch of the |
New York assembly. and William ii. |
Robertson. The quarrel between Gar
field and Conkling about Robertson's
appointment To the New York collect |
orship led TO the resignation of the
New York misunderstanding and |
Piatt-and - Conkling's reiif, s.ssnt |
from politics
Lew L. Morton. Stephen r. French. |
Bernard Biglin. and John II. butcher |
we're in the New York delegation OF |
l>se In their places come Chauncey |
VI. repew, Senator Frank HIscock.
and ex-senator Warner Miller, and |
others who we're not here then.
OF the New York delegates who were |
here in 1850 a. well. Patterson. o'Brien.
Piatt. and Psyn voted for Grant. Hus-
ted, Robertson and West voted for |
Blaine
Among the states which have en-
iirely different delegations from those |
81 eight years ago are California. Col
GRADE. Delaware. Florida. Kansas.
Minnesota, Nevada. Nebraska, New |
Hampshire. Oregon. Rhode Island |
Vermont. West Virginia and Wis
consin.
NOTABLE aBsENTEyS
This means the absence of the IA |
miiiar figure of Ex-Governor John l..
Routt from the Colorado contingent.
Governor John A. Martin. Senator T..
II. Plumb and Congressman Il. W.
Perkins may he here to look on. bat
not To- vote with Kansas as before.
Minnesota will have to get along with |
out the handsome, rayea-haired Sena-
tor Sahin. Congressman Gillinger has
the place in the New Hampshire dele
Cation which Senator William l.. |
Chandler filed. Other Republicans
have the places of ex-Atiorney General
George III. Williams and Senator John
III. Mitchell among the Oregon dele
gates.
Arkansas retains Powell CLAYTON rs
one of her delegates ut large, but sub
stitutes the banker Logan III. Roots
for stephen W. Dorsey
Connecticut still has Samuel Fessen-
den among her delegates at large.
The Georgia eight who make their
appearance again are Colonel W. A.
Fedger. Floyd Snelison, II. r. Brim-
berry. Ebert Head. W. ". Brown.
Madison Davis and :. A. parnen. Ill
i interesting To remember that in isS0
Georgia divided her delegation as i'm
partially as possible among the leading