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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-19
SCENES AT HEADQUARTERS.
The RuSk Boom the Only One
That Does Not Flourish as
Green Bay Tree.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
CHICAGO, June 1S.-Indiana contrib
uted two train loads of perspiring patri-
OTIS to help out the Harrison boom, and
for eight hours to-day four young mar
ried beauties-Mrs. Lovett, daughter of
Will Cumback; Mrs. Harkness, wife of
State Senator Harkness: Mrs. Griffin
and Mrs John W. Scott, all of Hoosier-
dom-did yeoman's service at headquar-
tiers with their dainty fingers in
decorating the coat lapels of the
visitors with Harrison badges, and the
immense and ever-changing crowd that
passed through the parlors indicated
charm. Alger's friends, as well as
those of Allision, were working with
might and main and claimed to
be gaining ground. A more con-
servative course was pursued by
the Rusk managers, who kept
within their rooms and cOntented them
selves with welcoming whoever chose
fo call in. They gave it out from the
start that they did not propose to antag-
onize any of the other boOmS, and, al
though they insisted that they had no
second choice, and that they wers with
Jerry to the last, their general demeanor
plaidly indicated that they looked upon
the affair more as
LABOR OF LOVE
than real effort to secure for theBadger
state a place upon the presidential
ticket. The thrOng that filled the
Gresham headquarters was composed in
the main of ChicagOanS and an anti
Harrison contingent from Indiana. In
the afternoon they sent committee to
the Massachusetts, delegation in the in
terests of the judge, but although they
were given a respectful hearing, they
went taway owithout sany encourage
ment. Tonight the Greshamites held
mass meeting at Central Music hall, Col.
r. G. Ingersoll and Mayors Shackelford
and Calkins, of Indiana, being the prin-
cipal speakers. At the Ohio headquar-
tiers enthusiasm continued at fever heat,
and the most eXtravagant claims as to
| Sherman's status were made, not few
of his supporters declaring that his
nomination was assured on the third
ballot. Along in the afternoon an
| impromptu mass meeting was held
in the rotunda fronting headquarters
and speeches were delivered by Con-
| gresham Butterworth and Gov. For
| aker. The latter, who was cheered for
| several minutes upon making his ap-
pearance, paid his respects to President
| Cleveland and the administration in his
usual style, while Mr.. Butterworth,
who was constantly interrupted by cries
OF Blaine" and Gresham" warned
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soREHEADs FROM THE SLOPE
CalifOrnians Are Hot Because
They Were Slugged.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-Judge Thurston,
who had been selected for recommenda-
ton to the convention as the commit
tees choice for temporary chairman,
was being congratulated from all sides
after the adjournment of the national
committee. The Californians, thor
oughly unused to defeat, were simply
dumbfounded. Their opponents, how
ever, were no less surprised, the close
ness of the vote being almost wholly
unexpected. 1t was pretty generally
conceded that the amount of strength
gathered by the Californians and the
number of votes they mustered was, un-
der the circumstances, a tribute to the
Pacific slope, nothing short of that ac-
corded by the Democrats at st. Louis.
Nevertheless, the
COAsTMEN WE'RE SORE,
and their Eastern supporters not less so.
Everybody else thought the Estee men
had made magnificent fight, consider
ing how they had been handicapped by
their late arrival-this convention being
in the matter 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 Nebraska
had been the early birds, and the oppO-
sition to Thurston had attempted to
center on Patrick Egan, who could, al
most undoubtedly. have had the honor,
but felt obliged, in loyalty to his fellow
delegates from Nebraska, to give way
to Thurston, the first favorite of the
Nebraska delegation. Some talk of car
rying the fight into the convention was
heard after the meeting of the national
committee was over. No one of prom
inence would commit himself, however.
until the matter had been thoroughly
discussed in private by those who had
stood for Estee. Cyrus Leland, of Kan
sas, is said to have been the best and
most earnest champion of Estee in the
vote for temporary chairman was tie.
The deciding vote was cast by Chairman
Jones. The motion to make it unan-
imous for Thurston had one opposition
vote, many refraining from voting. The
press of Nebraska has vigorously Op-
posed Depew as being a corporation
man, yet at the first opportunity Ne
braska
PRESENTS A RAILROAD ATTORNEY
for temporary chairman. We came
here to make votes for the party and
HOG 10 urlVe tnem from the party.
A consensus of opinion from the peo-
pie in the corridors was that Estee
would have won ON his presentation as
an anti-monopoly candidate, but the
friends of too many favorite son candi-
dates for the presidency united largely
against such pronounced recognition
of an out and out Blaine delegate as
the man from the Pacific slope. 1t was,
the verdict seemed, reaction against
the Californians' too previous shouting
for Blaine. AT p. m., Estee, after con-
sultation with his friends, announced
that he would net allow any contest on
his behalf before the convention for the
temporary craftsmanship. The decision
all around, and the Californians at once
commenced to regain their grip and to
be regarded as still near the top of the
heap.
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SOME VERY HOT SHOT.
The Batteries of ALI Opposing
Camps Directed Toward Depew
---Raking Up His Record.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1s.-Both the Sher-
man and Alger lieutenants had been
calculating upon becoming the resid-
uary legatees of some of the New York
strength. In both camps it was freely
admitted that they were face to face
with a serious condition of affairs. Not
only are New York's seventy-two votes
good many, but the state is "a pivot one.
With the exception of Hayes, no presi-
dent has been elected for the past
quarter of a century without its aid.
Also the Ohians and Indianians
and Iowans, and the others say:
when the New Workers go into the
convention and say Depew can carry
New York and nobody else can, the
effect is bound to be tremendous. They
admit, too, that he will get votes out of
Nebraska, which has four railroad at
torneys in its delegation; some out of
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
perhaps Kansas, to say nothing of the
southern states; but they will not ad-
NIT that he will come within the 412
votes necessary for the nomination.
They say, and it certainly looks that
way tonight, that when the granger
vote once gets scared at the prospect of
A RAILROAD NOMINEE,
it will at once run to shelter behind the
strongest man.
In this light the situation ought to be
more pleasing to Sherman than to any
of the others. He has been in the lead
from the start, and largely so, and al
though the Depew candidacy has lost
him some votes that had been conf
IDENTIFY counted upon. he gained dur
ing the day in other directions. Alger
as we'll as Allison may still have show,
but the fact remains that the situation
is New York and Depew againt the
field, with the chances of the latter
combining on Sherman. The batteries
of the other camps were opened on
Depew as soon as his candidacy was
fairly launched. 1t was loudly pro-
claimed that his
DENUNCIATIONS OF GRANT
and the Republican party in 1872, when
he was the Democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor of New York, would
be raked up and used against the ticket
with terrific effect, just as the Republi-
cans used the denunciations of the
Democratic and Liberal candidate for
president on the same ticket with De
pew. Further, it was contended that
while the fact that man is identified
with a great railroad system ought not
to be barrier to his seeking elevation
Al, L., oGS in, rte nc &l,o
republic yet that this idea could
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of the Idaho member he would have
been chosen. Although Mr.. Thurston's
friends assert that several members
voted for Estee who would, had it been
found necessary, have changed their
vote. Mr.. Estee himself, who all day
preserved dignifed demeanor, re<
ceived the news of his defeat with
representative, who gave him the first
news of the result: swell, guess the
convention can get along comfortably
without my assistance in the chair,
and | am in no way disappointed. l was
not SOlicitouS about the matter and am
entirely satisfied"
Some time later in the afternoon. Sen.
ator Foley, who had been actively al
work with the national committee in
Mr.. Estee's interest, came into the CALI
fornia headquarters and quietly in-
after Mr; Thurston's election, a quiet
talk of the committeeman had been
held and it had been substan-
TALLY agreed that the committee
should unofficially recommend that
Mr.. Estee should be made the per-
manent chairman of the convention.
Before this, when some talk was in-
dulged in that Mr.. Estee's friends
should carry the matter of the temporary
CualrIudn 10 GHe HOOr OF the cOnVenUlOns
Mr.. Estee promptly said that he desired
no such thing, and was willing to accept
and abide by the decision of the COM
mittee. When he was informed of tho
movement to make him permanent
chairman he expressed /
NO ESPECIAL EAGERNESS,
but was willing to place himself unre.
servedly in the hands of his friends.
The selection of Mr.. Estee for temporary,
chairman would have made Mr.. Osborn,
of Los Angeles, the California member
of the convention committee on resolu-
tions. The matter of the selection Of
the resolutions committee was left over
at the delegation meeting held this
morning to see what would be done
about the craftsmanship. When it was
found that Mr.. EStee had not been
chosen by the committee for the chair
manSbip, his name was put down as the
member of the committee on resolutions.
Now that it is certain that Estee will be
the permanent chairman of the conven.
tion, MIR. Osborn will be substituted on
that committee in place of Mr.. Estee.
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SOLID FOR DEPEW.
The Empire State Delegation
Stakes Its Strength on the Fig
urehead of the VanderbiltS

StdAcS ISS oCTShSGu Ou Vic Tx.
urehead of the Vanderbilts.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-The New York
delegation met at noon to-day with
closed doors, and remained in session
for an hour. The meeting was called
to order by G. B. Sloan, as temporary
chairman.a and the first business in order
stated to be the election of permanent
chairman. Chauncey M. Depew was
unanimously elected to fill the position,
and r. A. Hamilton was elected as per-
manent secretary. Frank Hiscock was
annointed to serve on the committee on
resolutions; j. B. Weber on the COM
mittee on credentials; G. B. Sloan on
the committee on permanent OrganiZa-
ton, and Gen. Hustled on the committee
on rules. A resolution was then
adopted, without dissenting voice, de-
claring Chauacey NJ. Depew to be the
choice of the delegation for the presi-
Dental nomination, and amid chorus
of cheers the meeting adjourned, while
the delegates burst into the hall shout
ing
"HURRAH FOR DEPEw,
and giving other evidences of enthusi-
asm: nor was their ardor dampened to
any apprecieble extent when answering
cheers for Allison and Gresham came
from the respective headquarters of
those candidates, nor when the Iowa
delegation marched in front of the New
York room, keeping step to the refrain
of allison, Allison, William B. Alli-
SON." Mr.. Depew held quite recep-
tion, and ae received many congratula-
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JONES DID 1T.
His Vote Made Thurston Tempo
rary Chairman and Gave the
Slope a Black Eye.

His Vote Made Thurston Tempo
rary Chairman and Gave the
Slope a Black Eye.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1s.-To choose the
man who would probably preside over
the stormiest scenes of the Republican
convention was the delicate and impor-
tant task before the national committee
when the members assembled at noon to
select a temporary chairman for the
great assemblage of Tuesday. The call
of states for the presentation of candi-
dates for this position was at once be-
gun. California, almost at the head of
the list, had the advantage of being the
first to name its favorite. M. M. EStee,
of California, was the gentleman urged
by Mr.. DAVIS, of that state. Mr.. Estee
was presented in strong speech as the
candidate of the united Far West. He
was put forward as
AN ANTI-MONOPOLY MAN
of the first water, and attention was
called to the quick action of the Demo-
Gratis in choosing temporary chairman
from the coast. John NJ. Thurston, of
Nebraska, was presented in brief
speech by Church Howe, of that state.
Stress was laid on his ability as par
lIdulenldTidu duu upOu Ills UTtllduG
speech seconding Gen. Logan, in the
national convention, four years ago.
Mr.. Leland, of Kansas, vigorously sec
onded the nomination of Estee for his
anti-monopoly record. Oregon also
seconded him. The vote was then pro-
ceeded with, resulting in tie. Chair
man B. F. Jones cast the deciding vote,
in favor of Thurston. The nomination
was made unanimous, on motion of
Hamill, of Colorado, who has acted
with the Pacific coast men.
j. Hale Sypher, proxy from the Di S
triet of Columbia, moved that in the
contest from the Third congressional
district of Maryland both parties be ex-
cluded. Gary, of Maryland, amended
by asking that both sides be admitted
as contestants, and the matter referred
to the committee ON credentials.
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 COM
mittee from that state,
The Virginia contest, involving the
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G. Spooner; secretary, G. A. Knapp;
vice president, III. o. Fairchild; ON
resolutions, w. G. Carter; on rules, A.
G. Turner; permanent organization, A.
W. Sanborn; credentials, James O'Neill: :
on notification, G. o. Chaplin.
G. G. Hartley is delegate at large
from Minnesota. He is engaged in lum-
bering and farming, and his home is in
Duluth. He will vote for Chauncey NJ.
Depew as long as the railroad magnate
is a candidate, and thus expresses him.
self: II support Depew because he is
a bright business man. We need his
kind of ability in the White house. We
need great executive head more than
any railroad company does, and Depew
is experienced, honest and capable. /
was for Blaine first, but took him at
his word"
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When the Deadlock Comes, as
1t Will, Blaine Will
Be Chosen.
First California Is Snubbed
and Then Toadied by the
Manipulators.
The Gavel to Be Permanently
Welded by a Pacific
Coaster.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1s.-The political sitr-
alton has taken on new. and so far as
/ some of the favOrite sons are concerned,
decidedly unpleasant phase. All doubt
and speculation as to where New York
will stand on the last ballot, as well as
the first, has been set at rest. Depew is
the choice of the delegation, and it will
present his name to the convention.
That was decided at this mornings eau
cps. But there were people who, fail
ing to read between the lines, interpreted
this decision as savoring only of a
compliment and went on figuring as to
the candidates upon whom the delega-
ton would split after the first ballot.
Tonight they quit their mathematical
labors in hurry. In secret and solemn
caucus, just as the sun was setting this
evening, the New York delegation de-
cided that Chauncey NJ. Depew was its
first and last choice; that it would take
neither part or parcel in anybody else's
candidacy, but that it would stay by it's
man until
THE LAST GUN WAS FIRED.
To say that the public announcement
of this action created a rattling of dry
bones in the other camps is to meagerly
describe the sensation it produced. And
when on top of it came word that Con-
necticut had decided to fall in line with
New York and stand by her to the end,
that support had been promised from
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well
as from the South, the outward and
visible signs of Depew boom became
quickly apparent. Thousands of
Badges with his clear-cut features
appeared as if by magic, and there was a
sudden avalanche of Autographs that
told the throngs in every hotel IN the
city that the counterfeit presentment
upon which they looked was that of the
''.grangers' FRIEND" ''the wage-earner' S
CHOICE" "the peoples leader" and the
protector of American labor" Stimuli
taneous with the issue of the pictures
and badges ton of literature, all Of it
of high protective order and addressed
in the main to the producing classes,
especially one leafiet comparing
the wages paid ''in England un-
der free trade" and in the
Limited States under protection"
was put in circulation. Tonight De-
pew enthusiasm and Depew talk is
putting all the other booms in the
shade, and his adherentS are working
with vigor to make amends for his late
appearance in the field. Only one opin-
ion was expressed at the headquarters
of the other candidates; that was that
napap yyaS daDpnrouS candidate and
that the railroad interest had certainly
made up its mind to inaugurate a hot
fight.
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A BIG DISH OF CROW.
The National Committee Squares
Things by Naming Estee for Per-
manent Chairman,

The National Committee SQUARES
Things by Naming Estee for Per-
manent Chairman.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1s.-M. M. Estee, of
California, will undoubtedly, from
every indication tonight, be permanent
chairman of the Republican national
convention. The Pacific slope men
were beaten in the matter of temporary
organization only to capture this greater
honor. Estee will have the distinction of
supplantlng no less man than Warner
Miller, the prospective Republican
nominee for governor of New York.
By common consent Miller was, up to
tonight, the man for the place, The
Republican leaders here were from the
start, it seems, determined to be no
whit behind what the Democrats in st.
Louis did in affordfng tokens of appre-
clatlon OF the power and good will of
the Pacific slope. Estee, it also seems
certain tonight, could have had the
temporary Craftsmanship as requested.
even though his friends were Opposing
the friends of all candidates with their
cry for Blaine, had it not been for the
extraordinarily early
GATHERING OF THE CLANS
from nearby states, and the pledges of
these people to the Nebraska man.
Thurston. who was right on the ground.
stephen B. Elkins said tonight:
Immediately on my arrival here / saw
the inevitable clash coming between
the friends of EStee and ThurstOn. /
tried TO bring about a compromise. but
could not. To-day in the meeting of
the national committee the clash came.
and 1t was evident to all present that
nard feelings were the result"
now" continued Mr.. Elkins. ssthe
majority of the committeeman were
anxious to stop any such trouble, and
tnere was not a man on the committee
VINO would not have been glad of the
chance If unavoidable circumstances
mad not prevented, to 3.
DO THE HANDSOME THING
Dy the CallfOrnianS-to SurpasS in fact
whatever the Democrats did or could
90. 80 number of US have been
around to the various state caucuses,
ana nave secured the pledges of nearly
all that their members of the committee
on permanent organization shall vote to
put in Estee, of California. for per-
manent chairman of the convention.
Inc Pacific slope deserves to get
recognition, and everybody is glad that
the thing has been done so WE'LL"
The friends of Mr.. Estee, who was
chagrined this morning at the failure of
the national committee to name him for
temporary chairman of the convention,
say that but for the accidental absence
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ALL ARE SOMEWHAT AWRY.
Half a Dozen Delegations Badly
Split Up and the Others Very
Shaky.

Split Up and the Others Very
Shaky.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 1S.-Most of the dele
cations held meeting this afternoon and
evening and selected their chairmen
and members of the various; committees.
The Arkansas delegation is badly split
up in its preferences. Vermont fav-
ored Gresham. The Colorado men de-
clined to make known their choice in
advance of the convention. Allison and
Alger had the bulk of the Nebraska
delegation at its meeting. Massachu-
setts also resolved on a policy OF
silence. The present convention in point
of numbers is the greatest ever held in
Chicago. Nothing like it has ever been
seen before. From the appearance of
the streets it would be imagined that
whole towns had emptled their popula-
tion into the Garden City. At the hotels
the throngS are enormous and the
crush and babel something frightful.
There were times when the people
were
wEDGED IN A SOLID MASS
in the rotunda and upper corridors of
the Grand Pacific for twenty minutes or
more without being able to move step,
and the efforts of the police to bring or
der out of chaos were only added to the
general confusion. 1t will be worse to-
morrow, for, according to the railroad
over $1,000 visitors, including big
Rusk contingent from Wisconsin,
three carloads from Nebraska and
two of Alger shouters from Michigan
will be in between midnight and day
break. 1t says much for Chicago that
she can feed and house them all with
plenty of room to spare. The national
| committeeman selected at the various
caucuses to-day include the following:
Iowa, Hon. John S. Clarkson; New
Hampshire, Charles Pine; Minnesota.
r. G. Evans, reelected; New Jersey,
| G. A. Flaharty; Connecticut, Samuel
Fessenden; Wisconsin, II. G. Payne;
Indiana, John c. New; Maine, 7. NJ.
Haynes; Michigan, J. P. Sanborn;
| Colorado, Gen. William Ham,
| mOnd; Vermont, F. l.. Burden;
Massachusetts, Frank P. Hintney.
If many of the delegations follow the
| example of Massachusetts, and Texas
| the first ballot is liable to be turned into
roaring farce. The men from the old
Bay state at meeting late tonight de-
cided to split their votes among the can
| didateS, and as there are not enough of
| the latter to go around one vote will be
announced for Robert 7. Lincoln. In
the Texas meeting one delegate stated
! that his vote would go to w. NJ. EvartS,
and a second intimated preference for
| George w. ChildS.
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hotel lobbieS to-day. The card had a
picture Oh it bearing a striking

picture on it bearing striking
RESEMBLANCE TO GEN. wAsHBURN,
but underneath was the name 80. l..
Cutter" Whether it was Washburn
trying to work up vice-presidential
boom, or whether Mr.. Cutter, who was
secretary of the senate last year, was
posing on his likeness to the Minneap-
oils millionaire to advertise himself,
was the subject Of discussion for some
time. The conclusion was finally
reached that George Pease, of Anoka,
was the originator of the joke.
Maj. Hawkins, of Indiana, the de-
teated Republican candidate for gov
ernor at the last election, visited the
Minnesota headquarters this morning
at the head of Hoosier delegation to
present Gresham's claims. In his
speech to the delegation Maj. Hawkins
asserted that Gresham is and always
has been as strong protectionist as
James G. Blaine dared to be. Where
upon Gen. jim Baker reminded him
that Minnesota Republicans were in
favor of a low tariff. This seemed to
stump Hawkins, and without bringing
his speech to close he walked out of