The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-16
CHICAGO,
THE MECCA OF THE REPUB'
LICAN PARTY.
The Delegates and the Boomers
are Struggling in,
And the Convention Hall is Get
ting in Readiness
For the Greatest Political Gath
ering Ever Witnessed.
The Decentralization Deal III
dignantly Denied.
An Advance Glimpse at the Plat
form in Preparation.
Gossip and Pointers Regarding
Candidates and Measures.

c,,,.o t,uo ,sno,ooo.os and
.;nS, " ~ .So ,,a.;o~s onnJi',",o. aro
irienus Vi 'no ''''Vu' .''t'''N"''' .A1
struggling in from almost every section
of the country.
Tho activity arouud the hotels affords
~ ,;.a,,,,4 ,,,;II ..oah a
evidence th"I eNG''ei''eh' wiz te"c'' Z"
high pitch before many hours.
The supporters OF General Aiger are
rorr;ra in heavily NO ore the friends Of
To"'.No 40 ''' 'I - - = s s..:..;.,,
HARRISON anu there IL more ACTIVITY
about the Michigan and Indiana head
ouarters than at any others. The Har-
r;sor ,ror oro b;,biv INDIGNANT nj n re-
'''U" Inc" "ly .''.I I,a.r,,e.
port Pao!IsheH thls morning u '.le e''ee'
that truce had been declared between
their forces and those OF Gresham by
,,;r,,,o ~ nh;cb ooch would refro;n from
'i'ue Vi ""'''t ,'''" "o,'a 49, '... ,I.,a., o'.
attacking the other ana the Harrison
support would 90 to Gresham in the
event of the former failing to gain
strength after the second or third bal
lot. This story is vigorously and en-
phatically denied by such men as E. W.
Halford, J. NJ. huston, J. D. Early and
other Harrison leaders.
Quite number 9i lowlns nave ".
rived anu are citcu:ntiHg atoUliI actiVe.E
IN tiielr eoIts ~ sl,o iorTI M "tI f,f
TO the AlIison p9om' lhe luil 9eiegII w,
tion VIII De IN 'nls evening" na unu u I.ul call
mas Deen issued ior ,9 mee''ns 'o-!nor' !I..d
row morhlnE norm " "h utsIuos m, tIG tiia siSi
ton. Ihere Is less uIesLialll talk, Whl!e
the sherman people are keeping IN theIr
rooms, Governor kusk s advance guard,
headed by senator sPooher ana tlehry
Y. fayne' Is on I,; Iech, anu ;I inc iorlhel u
says syI that the Helegatlon NV. VIII ~, suck 70
oId Jerry ~ thc nope P.iI! tli"! 'he ngn.i
ning VIII sttlKe MN snouIu s1 u DC louna
Impossible 70 concentrate q maloTlty
upon any oil the othet cahHluates. Inc
Senator also says thaI tne Ie!egatlon las
no second enoice, "na o.u tnn1 II WIN .;IeS He.
inahu un eNtLciicly ,y s''ons P'otee''Ne
plank III 'he PIh''orin'
NATURE OF TIE PLATFORM.
The arrival OF the California and New
York dolo0ntions is anxiouslv awaited.
mi, o' - ~, So I",. - -. ~ 49,.
Ihey VIII DC here 'o'i'ofio" "hu Ihc
former will be met tonight at Burling-
ton by n strong Harrison contingent,
which will mike n vicorous effort IN
wean w them from their aIIcged olleGiance
to Rloine ''''N
Summed I'M II NAV he said thot the
situation ot present Is simnlv chaotic,
nesnite Mi their counting Of noses none
81 tbn Lending sunnorters of anv Of the
candidStcs know where they stand and
Il ~ will he Sunday. II not Monday. before
nnv w one hoom Is Consolidated, At nres.
cni @ il ;s Mi talk and nothing but talk.
fTr;b,nS snec;aI from WASHINGTON
saws: The Republican platform Of 1SSS
b:s hcen nrncticallv written in Wash.
in"ton md Mi TINT the COMMITTEES on
Resolmtions in Chicago will be re0uired
to do will be to doyetail the planEs to.
"otLor md trim down the edges 40 as to
make n workmanlike iob of The whole,
II IT. ;s mot vet known who will he the
chairman If the Committee on Resolu.
tions Int everything points to Repre-
sentative Mckinley, Of Ohio. receiving
that honor
The main features OF the platform will
be rs loIlows: senator ljoaT, oil Nlassa-
Euiu's, Gnu t,Hm S tcr,ns tbe Pr%siSent for not
CARVING ear Vi ont his civil service promises as