The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-06-20
NO MORE BURCHARD.
The National Committee Does Not Care
to Have 'Rum, Romanism, and
Rebellion" Repeated.
Preparing for the Republican Conven-
tion-Estimate of the
First Ballot.
CHICAGO. June L.. 1888


preceding the call to 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. +. Jones, Chairman of the
committee, presided, with Gen. w. l..
Alexander OF Iowa acting as Sergeant
alarms, 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-
lowing gentlemen: Gen. Powell Clayton
of Arkansas, +. +. Putney of Georgia,
David L. Littler of Illinois, John G. New
of Indiana, j. 5. Clarkson of Iowa, Cy-
rus Leland of Kansas, Walter Evans of
Kentucky, j. Nj. Haynes of Maine, James
A. Gary of Maryland, r. G. Horr and
John Z. Sanborn of Michigan, Robert c.
Evans of Minnesota, John r. 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. =. Brownlow of
Tennessee. N. w. Quincy of Texas, George
w. Hooker of Vermont, Harry G. Payne
of Wisconsin, Clark Churchill of Arizona,
Robert Z. Fisk of Montana, John r. Nc
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
cusson that the report gave rise to. The
| allotment of 200 more tickets 10 Chicago
than the original 700 proposed was the
nub of the debate. As a 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. 1t was
! nearly an hour before the matter of tickets
was finally settled.
Mr.. Clarkson called attention to the
matter of selecting Chaplain. Several
membe-s of the committee at once inter-
| jected that n 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 Subcommittee on Arrangements.
Mrs. John A. Logan is in the city. She
is booming Alger, and is firm In the con-
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
! 7eteran 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.
All 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
a 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 NeUs 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 "a the scribes-result in arranging the
apparent strength of the men on the first ballot
as follows: Sherman first, with over 800 votes !;
Ager second, Gresham third. Allison fourth, the
field NTH, with possibilities in favor OF several
| favorite sons.
1t is estimated, and said 10 be a conservative
estimate that over five hundred OF the delegates
would prefer Blaine 70 any other If there were an
opportunity TO nominate him, and IL 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:
The Republican platform OF 1888 has been
practically written in Washington, and all that
| the Committee on Resolutions in Chicago will
be required TO do will b. TO dovetail the planks
| together and trim down the edges so as to make
| workmanlike job Of the who,e. IL Is not yet
known who will be the Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Resolutions, but everything points TO
Representative Mckinley Of Ohio receiving that
! honor.
The main features Of the platform will be as
follows: Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, has
prepared plank condemning in strong terms
the President for not carrying out his civil
service promises as outlined in his letter accept
| ing the nomination. Special prominence will be
given to the pension plank which il the Joint
| work OF Senator Ingalls, and Representatives
Grosvenor OF Ohio and Henderson of Iowa In
general way 10 may be said that the platform
will declare in favor of liberal pensions, that IL
| will animadvert in the strongest terms the
| President for his veto of the dependent pension
bill and private pension bills, and that he will
be called TO account for his general usurpation OF
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 Of
theminority OF the Ways and Means Committee.
The plank will follow the lines laid down by the
minority report the Mills bill, which report
| was drawn by Mckinley. aided by the other two
! gentlemen. It will come out fat-foOted for pro-
| lection 70 American industries IL is not likely
that any suggestion will be made as to the dis
posal OF the surplus. Not much attention viii
be paid TO finance but the course OF the Presi-
dent and the Secretary OF the Treasury in not
buying bonds with the surplus viii be severely
| criticised
Senator Plumb OF Kansas has written the
plank relating 10 public lands, and the Senator
| will arragn the President for the way i'm which
| the late Land Commissioner Sparks admins
| tered the affairs OF his Office.
To CLEAN carpets, go over them once
week with broom dipped in hot water, to
which a little turpentine has been added.
Wiring a cloth in hot water and wipe
| under pieces of furniture too heavy To be