The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-17
THE POLITICAL POT.
It is Beginning to Boil at
Chicago.
FIXING UP The ORGANIZATION.
From Present Appearances There
VIII DO SEINE Fun at the KepubIi.
can Convention Tnis Week.
Political Gossip.

! SdlChSof Juut 1o.-Ouo "a Lnc uSfSl
opments of this evening is the open
acknowledgements that the fight to a
teat in the convention of the additional
sixteen Malone d. legates from Virginia
is in the interest Of Senator Sherman.
The fight is yet undecided. and prom.
| les, unless cht cked, 10 become battle
in which adnerents of all the Presl
dental candidates may be drawn. The
folio Wers of Blaine have so far
. reverted the full consumation of the
Sherman- Mahane Cam palgu. 1t Is
prop4be that the entIre Malone
delega'i would ha gs been sea ad but
for the determine to ard b. tie
Blaine men under LIE lead of Secretary
Fess Sc den, of Connecticut. The
bea ed discussion was almost wholly on
| technical lines devoted chiefly TO the
unit rule question, Tut its be. NJ coul =
not De misunderstood by The shrewd
| politicians composing the national COM
mittee. C>lonel FL ,oker. national COM
mliteeman from Vermont, and cham
pion of Sh,rmaD, declares pub
/ licly, that the discussion of the
committee is the result Of a
| combination of the friends of other
| against OuFI hau luCDs Ad
greatest interest is display ed by the
managers of different o )n in the sen
| timent and movements of the Pacific
| Coast delegation. At 4 o'clock this af-
| terDoon the Nevada aid California dele.
gates had conference, neither
of which were at all sig
ni6cant. At each it was agreed
that the Coast delegation should
meet the Colorado delegation upon
their arrival tomorrow, when a general
CO afereuce will be held. Nevada did
not come on the Coast special train,
but have substantially agreed to what
has been determined on by the
m lin bod of the delegation. Pr, badly
tue most significant feature OF
the Afternoon or evening was the talk
some coast del ates had with Judge
Gresham a. the request Of the judges
friend. This cInfe ence subject wss
Gresham s tariff views al d his positions
later. His friends have strong hopes
of the Pac fc support, should the Blaine
mnvemt ut here miscarry, but the eff, CT
of the explanations of the judges policy
on thu gentlemen present, at Gresham 8
talk, as especially encouraging to
| Gresham's friends.
The Pacific people are now trying
hard to ct Estee as temporary chair
man. They have fattering prospects of
success.
TIE temporary organization of the
Republican national convention was
the first business taken up to night by
the national committee.
Conger, of Ohio, moved that the ccm-
| mittee proceed at once to the selection
of chaplain, temporary chairman
/ fnrlr 10 ri mn ra0diuxy Sunr otar
or clerks and five stenograpbers.
Stephen b. Elkins suggested a delay
| until Monday. particularly as to the
selection OF temporary chairman. Mr..
Elkins said he only asked for postpone
| ment to We the delegations just ar.
irving chance 10 express their prefer
ences. A number of commitments op-
posed delay on the ground that it was
unnecessary.
w. D. Foley. of Nevada, animated
the Pacific Coast delegates were
ara ng those who favored the de-
lay disposition to crafty any
reasonable request from the coast men,
was at once manifs steh. The question
IF other temporary officers OF the con-
vention Was then projected wi h.
Rev. w. i. Gunzsles, pastor of thu
Plymouth congregational church, OF
Chicago, was unanimously selected 10
open the first session of the convention
with prayer, and Rev. G A. Northrup,
of Indiana. fer second day.
Hon. Richard Griffin. of Wisconsin.
was nominated by Mr.. Payne for one of
the Temporary secretaries.
Mr.. Lawson moved to appoint George
W. 3. Clisbee, of Michigsn. Both were
accepted unanimously for reading sec
retaries, ---7,--r,
Mr.. Hooher named Henry Ballard, Of
Vermont. - a
CoDger moved for David Ian
ing, of Ohio, and named
Colonel Carson Lake, of New York.
San born, of Michigan, named James
II Stone. and L tier added George M.
Brinkerhoff, of Illinois.
The number of reading secretaries
was increased to six, aid all named
was selected. Thomas J. Brogan, of
Brownlow, for assistant So cretary, and
was at once selected. Bixby Of Min
mpsota, Henry M. Cooper. of Arkansas
81 d William Net>on of New jersey,
eIe also made assistant s, cretaries.
The list was increased to eight. and the
names OF A. w. Monroe, of Maryland.
]. f. Wiley, OF Texas. j. l.. Miner of
Louisiana and g. IL. Shlnn, of West
Virginia, were added.
The selection of an official steno-
grapher was left to the subcommittee
on arrangements.
Hon. William Rule. of Tennessee.
editor of the only Republican daily
paper published south of the Ohio
River, was honored with the position of
temporary secretary, and the number
of secretaries was for this purpose in
creased to three
Dakota's claim to settle Statehood
came ND in an entirely new shape.
Unlike last night, was now matter of
votes, not seats.
New. of Ind, moved that the national
COMMITTEES recommended tostke con
vsntion that the ten delegates Tor Ds-
kota and six from Washington Terri
tory be each given votes exactly asif
legally declared States.
Conger, Of Ohio, no is chairman OF
| the subcommittee 70 prepare the roll
OF the convention, last night opposed
| the seating of the extra delegates from
Dakota, but heartily joins in the re-
| quest now for the votes. He explained