Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-19

| cheered for several JOHN SHERMAN.
minutes upon making his appearance paid
his respects to President Cleveland and the
| national administration in his usual style
while Butterworth, who was constantly in
| terrupted by cries of Blaine" and Gresham
warned the friends of the latter that il
would be a dangerous thing for the Republ
can party to engage in politics as mere
game and trick.
An interesting episode at Nebraska head
quarters was the meeting of the venerable
John C. Fremont and Fred Douglas, who had
not seen each other for several years.
Most of the delegations held meetings yes.
terday afternoon and evening and selected
| their chairman and members of the various
committees.
The present convention, in point of mum
bers, 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
emptied their populations into the Garden
City At the hotels the throngs are enor-
nous, and the crush and Babel something
frightful There were times when the peo-
pie were W edged in a solid mass in the ro-
tunda and upper corridor of the Grand Pa
citic for twenty minutes or more without be-
ing able to move a step, and the efforts of
added to the confusion. 1t will lie worse to-
day, for, according to the railroad reports,
over 1900 visitors, including "A Zig Rusk
contingent from Wisconsin, three carloads
from Nebraska, and two of Alger men from
Michigan will be in. 1t says much for Chi
cago that she can feed and house them all
with plenty of room to spare.
The national committeeman selected at the
various caucuses included the following:
Iowa, Hon. John s. Clarkson; New Hamp-
shire, Charles Pike; Minnesota, r. G. Evans;
New Jersey, G. A. Flohant; Connecticut,
Samuel Fess enden; Wisconsin, H {. Payne
Indiana, John c. New; Maine, j. NJ. HAYNES
Michigan, J. p Sanburn Colorado, Gen.
William Hammond; Vermont, F. l.. Burden;
Massachusetts, Frank Pluntney
The national committee met at noon yes
terday to complete the preliminaries for
opening the convention, the principal
business being the selection of a temporary
chairman. Two candidates were presented
M. NJ, Estee, of California, and ]. NJ. Thurs.
ton, of Nebraska. A ballot was taken, re-
sulting in a tie, whereupon Chairman Jones
cast his vote in favor of Tburston, and the
selection was made unanimous The matter
of the contest in the Maryland Third dis
trict, from which there are two delegations
was taken up, and a proposition 10 admit
both delegations pending the decision of the
case by the credentials committee was laid
on the table This action admits the rep-,lar
delegates. An attempt to reopen the Viz
ginia contest was defeated, so that the first
arrangement, by which both delegations will
have seats until the matter is decided. stands
If many of the delegations follow the
example OF Massachusetts and Texas the first
ballot is liable to be much mixed The men
from the Old Bay State, at a meeting late
last night decided to split their votes among
all the candidates. and as there are not
enough Of the latter to 60 around one vote
will be announced for Robert T. Lincoln.
In the Texas meeting one delegate stated
that his vote would go to Evarts, and