St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21
UNDER THE GASLIGHT.
Delegates Mediate Upon Their
Combined Wisdom in Rendering
Stampede Impossible.

Delegates Mediate Upon Their
Combined Wisdom in Rendering g
Stampede Impossible.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, June 2O.-The uppermost
thought in the mind of the convention,
as it begins to assemble this evening, is
the supreme importance of the action
taken this afternoon in adopting the re-
port of the committee ON rules, which
includes a rule that no change of votes
can be made after the vote of state
has been properly cast until after the
ballot has been announced. This yir-
tually
STOPS ANY STAMPEDE,
and adds very decidedly to the delib-
erative character of the conventiOn's s
proceedings. 1t is regarded as very
decided victory for the influences which
are opposed to the programme of those
managers who claim to be friends of Mr..
Blaine, and are yet seeking to nominate
him in the face of his two letters of
declination. Col. Thomas Bayne, OF
Pennsylvania. who was chairman of the
committee ON rules, and who has always
been sincere Blaine man, said, after
the convention adjourned to-day, that
the action of the convention in allowing
this provision to be incorporated in the
rules was one of the wisest and most
important actions taken so far. 1t ren-
ders possibly
HAsTY BLAINE MOVEMENT
out of the question and adds strength
to the friends of Mr.. Blaine who do not
desire his nomination, unless the con-
vention cannot, after an honest and
sincere and long-continued effort, de-
eide between the other candidates.
Some expectation was indulged in by
many of those who came to the hall this
evening that ballot might be taken
before adjournment, but no one who
understood the situation had any idea
that the proceedings would go so far
under the rules adopted this afternoon.
The credentials committee must report
and its work be disposed of and the
platform adopted before any further
business, even the nomination Of candi-
dates, can be proceeded with. Among
the gentlemen on the platform this
evening was Harry Ii. Smith, of Michi-
gan, late journal clerk of the house of
representatives, who has beon requested
by Chairman Estee to assist him in con-
structing the rather complicated code of
rules which govern the lower branch of
the national legislature.
The first night session of the Republi-
can national convention, ending shortly
before midnight tonight, brought at the
last moment the first approximate test
of the strength of any presidential can
didate on roll call. 1t showed
that John Sherman could muster at
least 269 votes. The roll call
was on the Virginia contest, and
a vote for the Malone men was taken to
mean a vote for Senator Sherman.
Ohio, to disguise the fact that test
vote was being taken, split her vote
even. Counting Ohio solid for Sher-
man, however, his aggregate on the roll
call would be, as stated, 269 votes.
The other sensation of the night
session was speech by Gov. For
aker in response to noisy calls by his
admirers. He undertook to give Presi-
dent Cleveland a number of savage
raps, and in describing the next presi-
dent of the United States neatly avoided
committing himself by simply asserting
that the new chief magistrate would
undoubtedly be gentleman.