Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-05-19

ALBANY, y. T., special, May s,-The in
portant position which The delegation from
the state Of New York viii occupy in the Re
publican national convention lends Unusual
interest to the political conventions now b.
ing held IN the various congressional districts
Of the state. Out OF the seventy-two delega
tons but fourteen SO far have been elected,
but from the delegates elected to the congress
sional conventions, yet to elect, ii is apparen,
that the anti-Blaine sentiment is strong
among the representatives chosen, although
fivc-sixths of the Republicans of this state
favor Mr.. Blaine's denomination. 1t seems
from present indications that the Gresham
men will comprise three-fourths Of the dele
cation, and that the influence OF this state
will be cxertcd In the national convention foi
his nomination. Ia the First district ii is
probable that William p. Cogswell and T.. A.
Carpenter will be the delcgat e. They are
un1er-coyer Blaine men. In the Second
Granville w. Harmon and Timothy l.. Wood
ruff will be chosen. They are for Blaine first
and Depew second. In the Third, William A.
Taylor and Jesse Johnson are slated, said to
be controlled by Silas b. Butcher, a well
known Blaine worker. In the Fourth NJ. j.
Dady and Congressman :. Y. White viii be
the delegates. In the Fifth David W. Moore
and Jacob Worth. John w. Jacobus and
George w. Deanc, sr., viii represent the
Sixth. John D.. Lawson, familiarly known
as Sitting Bull and Charles \. Taintor will
represent the seventh. join y. O'Brien and
p man he viii name will 20 from the Eighth,
The Ninth viii be represented by Jacoi
y. Patterson and Stephen Is. French
auti Blaine. The Tenth will send eX-
: Senator Fred S. Gibbs and Sheridan
Shook, supposed to be open to conviction
ana unplcdgcd. In The Eleventh the grand.
son IF Alexander Hamilton who was practic-
ally petcred out as "a legislator in TIE assem-
bly,, VIII 90 a one Of the delegates. White
law Reid and William Vi. Eyarts are each in
favor Of the other for the other delegate.
Reid wants 20 20 rs delegate at large, so does
Eyarts, but ii both should be made delegates
at large the delegate Will be 5. V. Il. Cruger,
n pronounced anti Blaine man, John I. Plum
bcr and Scion Il. Smith Will represent the
Twelfth, Arthurstalwar Gresham men.
Ashbel T.. Pitch and John w. McClave, who
will 90 from the Thirteenth, are also Gresham.
men. The Fourteenth has elected ex-senator
James W. Bysted and cX-Colicctor William
II. Robertson, both for Dcpcw. IL the Fiji
tcenth or Orange-Sullivan district j. w.
Scarles % Monticello and Charles T. St John,
editor Of the Port Jarvis university, VIII be
the delegates. They are for Dcpcw. In the
sixteenth cX-Speaker George IL. Sharp
triumphcd over congressman Thomas Cor
nell, which means that there shall be an anti
Blaine or Gresham delegation. Congressman
stephen Hopkins will undoubtedly go with
Gen. Sharp. The Columbia Dut. ross district
Will be represented by one Dcpew and one
Blaine man. Two Gresham men will repre-
sent the Troy district. They are eX-Congress-
man James : Smart and ex-State Committee
man j. A. Quackenbush.
a majority Of the delegation from the city
Of New York is opposed to Mr.. Blaine, and
there are enough positive snti-Blaine men
from the other districts of the state, elected
by the organized efforts of the Conkling aven
gers and Arthur Stalwarts to prevent Mr..
Blaine from getting the delegation.