Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-18
AT CHICAGO
THE CALIFORNIANS WHOOPING
1T UP FOR BLAINE.
Their Discretion Questioned b,
Other Blaine Men-Depew
Likely TO Pull Out.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE aroonD-us1or. !

ESPECIAL DIsPATcHEs TO THE RHcoRD-us1ox.
Copyright 1855, By tie California Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 17th.-The only evidence
OF this being the Lords Day in Chicago are
the ringing of the bells for Sunday service.
The shops and houses have been open, and
the bar-rooms did a rushing business, and
every hotel lobby has been packed with
supporters of the various candidates. work
ing quietly or noisely, as the case might be,
for their favorite sons. State headquarters
have been crowded all day long with dele
gates, alternates and their friends, and eau
cusses, conferences and secret and public
meetings have been the order of the day.
noticeable thing thus far is the alb.
sence of political clubs and brass bands
from the city.
Their day will come Tomorrow, when
Chicago will be animated with procession
| marching and counter-marching and sere-
nading every headquarters in town. Alger
men, to the number of about 5000, are ex-
pected to swoop down upon the CITY. Ohio
will contribute large quota of Sherman
| boomers, and the Hoosier State will send
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| for Gresham.
| LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OUTLOOK.
While a great deal of quiet work has
been done, there is but little change in the
| outlook, and the result of the Convention
| is just as much in the dark as when the
| delegates first appeared on the ground.
| Tomorrow there will be a meeting of
nearly all delegations to select members of
| the various committees to take part in the
organization of the Convention.
| CANDIDATES GALORE.
| William Walter Phelps has decided to
| allow his name to be presented to the Con-
vention as candidate for President, not
| with any idea that he will receive the
| nomination, but to pave the way for his
aspiration for Vice-President, in case
Western man heads the ticket. Besides
him Alger, Blaine, Harrison. Allison, De-
pew, Sherman, Gresham, Filter, Ingalls,
and Rush will be nominated Thus every
delegate can exercise his own sweet will for
| one or two ballots, until the sentiment of
the Convention is manifested and guesses
can be made as to the proper way tc jnmp.
| RAYMOND REFUSES TO DROP BLAINE.
This morning Stephen P. Elkins, Will
lam M. Manley and Walker Blaine visited
! Greed Raymond at the Leland and begged
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| cation, to desist from attempting to force
Blaine upon the Convention. They pointed
| out to him that Blaine had twice refused to
be candidate; that his decination was
final; that his warmest friends at Chicago,
respecting his wishes and acting in his be-
bali, desired that he should not be placed
In nomination. In justice to Blaine him.
self, they argued that his wishes should be
respected.
| Raymond declined to accede to their re-
quest. Things have come to a pretty
pass, said he to California Associated
! Press correspondent, ''if California cannot
| be permitted to propose to the Convention
the name OF the man whom 80 per cent.
of the Republicans in our State desire to be
nominated. We know that Blaine is not a
candidate; we know he doesn't desire the
nomination, but we know that does not
prevent us from telling the Convention
that he is our choice, and is, in our iudg-
ment, the only man that should be given the
nomination. In this emergency, of course.
| we Will acquiesce in whatever nomination
the Convention may make, but the impu-
| dence OF men to attempt to dictate to us
whom we shall or shall not present as our
candidate, is sublime. Do I think Blaine
viii! be nominated? Most assuredly. l will
| put him in nomination myself, if no one
else does, and he will be the Conventions
choice.
STAMPEDE THE CONVENTION?
| Not at all. There will be no stampede
about it. You can't stampede BODY when
all its men are at heart of one way of think
ing. ! speak for the West when | say that
ninety per cent of the Republicans want
Blaine. | believe this is so also in the
East"
Unfortunately for Raymond, the mem
bers of his own delegation do not agree
with him. They have sharply criticised
his speech yesterday TO the Young Mems
Blaine Club of Cook county, and they are
afraid of his rabid sectional talk
The delegation will probably be for
Blaine at the start, but in a short time they
will spit among the different candidates.
This morning the California delegation
marched down to the train and met the
| Colorado delegation, whom they invited to
| join them in a conference of all the dele
| gates from the States and Territories west
! OF the Missouri river
THE FAR wEsrERs IN COUNCIL.
AT headquarters this afternoon, at the
outset, there was a large attendance at a
meeting, the purpose of which, as ex-
planned, was 10 decide on some plan of ac-
action and harmonious manifestation, so
that the strength of the far Western dele
gates could be manifested as a unit and be
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the Convention. There were present dele
gates from California, Oregon, Nevada,
| Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Oregon, Arizona,
Idaho and Montana. When the suggestion
| OF united action was made some of the
| delegates slipped out of the room, not
wishing to be bound by the majority rule.
After some informal discussion a sub-com-
mittee was appointed to prepare plan of
campaign and report to the meeting to-
| rran hA, L. Il L
| are as follows Nevada, J P. Jones Cali
fornia Henry T. Gage Colorado, w. A.
Hamil Kansas, A. P Heber; Arizona, L.
F. Esgers; Idaho. Geo. A. Black; Utah,
| John j. Daley Montana, T. G. Power
Oregon, j. Bourne, Jr. This committee
held a meeting this afternoon, and ar
rived at no decision, and will meet again
IN the morning.
| DEPEw AND HIS BOOM
| The New York delegation has been in a
state of perturbation all day. Chauncey
Depew was the cause of it. He passed the
| greater part of his time in the New York
headquarters, and was surrounded by hosts
| OF admirers wherever he went Depew is
personally one of the most popular and
lovable of men. He had pleasant word,
a genial smile and short story to tell to
every delegate he met, and he made a de-
clded impression. This evening his friends
declared that he would receive not only the
vote of New York but that of large num-
Der OF delegates from the Northwest. This
report disconnected the Alger men, who
had professed TO believe that Platt held
New York in his inside pocket and would
deliver the goods whenever wanted.
Notwithstanding Depew's manifold
graces and attractions, it is safe to assume
that he has no earthly chance for nomi-
nation. 1t looks somewhat as though the
influence of the New York delegation is
being frittered away.