New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-15
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS.
PREPARING TO SET IN MOTION THE MACHINERY or
rnE CONVENTION.


Chicago. June IA ,SpeciaI. The Republican Ma
tional Committee held meeting to-day at the
Grand Pacific Hotel with a view of setting in mo-
tion the machinery of the Convention. b. (.
Jones' of Pennsylvania chairman of the Commit
fee. presided. and Samuel Fessenden, OF Connec-
ticut. secretary Of the Committee, acted IN that
eapacity. Twenty-four States and four Territories
were represented. The llnotty Convention tcket
problem was first considered. Chicago submitted
a petition for two hundred more tickets, which
would raise her allotment to nine hundred. Two
days ayo some members Of the Committee thought,
in view of suspected attempt to pack the gal
leries of the hall with Chicago shouters for
Gresham that it would be well to limit Chicagos
tickets to seven hundred. But to-day the Gresham
boom seemed to have shrunken somewhat and the
Committee relented and gave Chicago go addi-
tional tickets.
Mr. Clarlxson, of Iowa, suggested that 1t might
be well to select chaplain Several members Oh
the Committee said that in their opinion dlf-
ferent chaplain should be selected for each morn
ing the Convention was in session. one member
said. with d smile, that he hoped no chaplain OK
the name of Burchard would be selected one
member moved that the chaplain's prayer be SUBJ
mitted every morning in manuscript before de-
livery TO the chairman Of the Convention.
the Convention would have enough TO do 10 attend
% their own prayers, and upon his motion the
snhiect WAS referred to a subcommittee upon ar
rangements.
The Committee then thought il would prepare
n roll of the delegates, but it appearing that tho
contests in Virginia and in the District OF
Columbia would require careful consideration,
upon motion of Mr.. Conger, subcommittee OF
five was appointed TO write out roll. The sub
committee appointed has for its members Messrs.
Conrer Fessenden, Leland Hobart and Brownlow.
The subcommittee directed to make its re-
mort to the whole committee tomorrow evening.
The subcommittee at once set TO work ON the
roll and found no difficulty in completing it with
the exception Of the cases of the Malone and Rid,
dleberger delegations contestng the representation
Of Virginia and of the eontesting delegations from
the District of Columbia. The contests in Viz
pinia were Of course the most troublesome, and
il looks as IL the subcommittee would not reach
it's decision upon these cases until tomorrow
night. The subcommittee did not permit any ono
to come before them and make arguments, but ex-
amined patiently briefs and papers setting forth
the claims of the contesting delegations lho
papers in the Virginia eases are OF course volnmi-
nous. Still the members of the subcommittee are
confident that they will be ready to make reporo
tomorrow evening.
The choice Of temporary chairman Of the con-
vention was informally discussed by the National
Committee and the names of several gentlemea
were introduced. The more prominent were those
Of ex-senator John NJ. Thuis,on, of Nebraska, and
ex-senator Warner Miller, of New-fork. IL was
decided, however. to postpone action until tho
meeting called for tomorrow evening, when IT Is
| expected several additional members Of the COM
| mittee will have arrived.
| Chairman Jones said tonight that no one had
| yet even been mentioned for permanent chairman