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NO MORE BURCHARD.
The National Committee Does Not Care
to Have ''Rum, ROmanlsm, and
Rebellion" Repeated.
Preparing for the Republican Conven-
tion-Estimate Of the
First Ballot.
CHICAGO. June Is. 1888.

| CHICAGO, June 10. 1888.
The Inauguration of the formalities
preceding the call 10 order of the Repub-
lican National Convention took place,
when the members of the National Com
mittee assembled in their headquarters to
settle all preliminaries.
The Hon. B. L. Jones, Chairman of the
committee, presided, with Gen. w. l..
Alexander OF Iowa acting as Sergeant
at-Arms, Samuel Fessenden of Connecti-
cut Secretary, assisted by Carson Lake
of New York. Twenty eight States were
represented by members or by proxy.
Seated about the long table were the fol-
| iV"inS Sen'ietneH; .----n~4aalI Glaytnn
David L. Littler of Illinois, John G. New
of Indiana, j. S. Clarkson of Iowa, Cy-
rus Leland of Kansas, Walter Evans of
Kentucky, j. NJ. Haynes of Maine, James
A. Gary of Maryland, II. G.. Horr and
John p. Sanborn of Michigan, Robert G..
Evans of Minnesota, John X. Lynch of
Mississippi, Robert L. Van Horn of Mis-
souri,, Garrett A. Hobart of New Jersey,
A. l.. Conger of Ohio, Horace A. Jenckes
of Rhode Island, w. p. Brownlow of
Tennessee, N. w. Quincy of Texas, George
w. Hooker of Vermont, Harry G. Payne
of Wisconsin, Clark Churchill of Arizona,
Bride of Utah, Thomas S. Miner of Wash
ington Territory, Joseph NJ. Carey of
Wyoming Territory.
The proceedings opened by Mr.. Clark
son on behalf of the subcommittee of
arrangements making a report concerning
the plan of seating that had been adopted.
Sanborn of Michigan, Hooker of Vermont,
Lynch of Mississippi, Payne of Wiscon-
sin, Littler of Illinois, New of Indiana,
and Conger of Ohio took part in the dis
allotment 81 800 more fHfcSeetS 70 GnlcGRe5
than the original 700 proposed was the
nub of the debate. AS result the num-
Der of tickets for local distribution was
decreased, being restricted from total of
900 to $50, including those to be given the
Mayor for distinguished guests. It was
nearly an hour before the matter of tickets
was finally settled.
Mr. Clarkson called attention to the
matter of selecting Chaplain. Several
members of the committee at once inter-
jected that different Chaplain every
morning was desirable. One committee
man mischievously moved that no Chap
lain be selected by the name of Burchard.
Another gentleman moved that the Chap
lain's prayer every morning be submitted
in manuscript before delivery to the Chair
man of the convention. Chairman Jones
thought the officers of the convention
would have enough to do to attend to their
own prayers. The matter of prayers and
Chaplains was then promptly relegated to
the Sub Committee on Arrangements.
Mrs. John A. Logan is in the city. She
is booming AIger, ana is nrm IN the COR
viction that he will get there.
Murat Halstead is doing yeoman service
for Sherman and predicting his election.
The Gresham boom has perceptibly
weakened within the past few days.
The Harrison men are not doing much
shouting, but they are claiming the State
as solid for their man.
Gen. Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, the
veteran of many national conventions,
says that he would give more for the
chances of Allison and Alger than for any
other candidate in the field. provided
Blaine was out of the field to stay, and he
thought he was.
Ali of the big guns of the party are
against Gresham. Filley, New, Clayton,
Halstead, Foraker, and the leaders gener-
ally are smiling at his boom.
The Allison men are not doing any loud
shouting, but they are credited with doing
good deal of effective work in quiet
way.
Alger, Allison, Gresham, Harrison, and
. Sherman are the chief factors in the con-
test, and the friends of each are on hand
in force and bending every energy in the
work of booming their respective favorites.
, The Daily Nelcs this morning gives the
following estimate of the first ballot:
Interviews with numerous friends Of the can
didates-men who speak as having authority
and not as the scribes-result I'm arranging the
apparent strength Of the men on the irst ballot
as follows: Sherman first with over 800 votes
Alger second, Gresham third, Allison fourth, the
field fifth, with possibilities in favor OF several
favorite sons.
It is estimated, and said TO be q conservative
estimate, that over Ave hundred Of the delegated
would prefer Blaine to any other II there were al
opportunity to nominate him, and II the conven
tion could be convinced that the Florence letter
had not ruined his availability as a candidate.
The Tribune of this morning prints the
following special telegram from Washing.
ton:
practically written In Washington, and all tina
the Committee on Resolutions in Chicago VIII
be required TO do will b. to dovetail the plank
together and trim down the edges so as TO mak'
| q workmanlike job OF the who,e. 1t is not ye
known who will be the Chairman OF the Com
nittee ON Resolutions, but everything points Il
r Representative Mckinley Of Ohio receiving tina
| honor.
: The main features Of the platform win be Al
n | follows: Senator Hoar OF Massachusetts hal
prepared plank condemning in strong term
Q the President for not carrying out his civil
service promises as outlined In his letter accept
ing the nomination Special prominence will b.
4 | given to the pension plank, which fs the join
work OF Senator Ingalls, and Representative
: Grosvenor of Ohio and Henderson Of Iowa. II
q general way IL may be said that the platform
> will declare I'm favor of liberal pensions, that
= will animadvert I'm the strongest terms on tn
! President for his veto Of the dependent pension
n bill and private pension bills, and that he vii
be called to account for his general usurpation
the veto power.
}. The tariff plank is the joint work Of Repre
= sentatives Mckinley Reed OF Maine, and Bur
. rows of Michigan, the three leading members o
s the minority OF the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
The plank will follow the lines laid down by Tn
q minority report ON the Mills BILL which repor
h was drawn by Mckinley aided by the other tw
" gentlemen. IL win come out fiat-footed for pro
o lection TO American industries. IL is not lfkei
that any suggestion will be made "a TO the dis
posal Of the surplus. Not much attention wi
/, be paid TO finance but the course OF the Presi
dent and the Secretary OF the Treasury in no
. buying bonds with the surplus will be severei
n criticised
Senator Plumb of Kansas has written Tn
q plank relating to public lands, and the Senate
will axraign the President for the way In whic
y the late Land Commissioner Sparks admins
tered the affairs Of his Office.
: To CLEAN carpets, go over them once
l. week with a broom dipped In hot water, :
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