Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-04
CHILL NOT HAPPY.
That All-America Conference
"Strikes a Snag."
A ROW ABOUT THE GUARDIANSHIP

Delegates from the Argentine Republic
and Chill Object to Blaine-Their Rea-
sons Therefor-A Rather Stormy Meet
ing mt which the Matter Was Dis
cussed-the Disgruntied Delegates Hold
AIoof and Refuse to Go the Excur-
sion-The Visitors at West Point.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct At rumor is
30 believed the All-America congress does
not start off in such an atmosphere of peace
and harmony as represented in the dis
patches of Wednesday night The row-as
it is claimed-was all about the election of
Mr.. Blaine to preside over the deliberations
of the congress When it became apparent
Tuesday that the secretary of state would
he chosen to preside the Central and South
American delegates went into secret session,
and the proposition to make Mr.. Blaine
president of the congress was denounced as
unfair, illegal and unprecedented.
What the ChiIIans Think.
ave do not deny the right of the Ameri-
can delegates to elect the president, said one
of the delegates from Chill. "There are
presidents for the election of a president by
the members from the country which issued
the invitations to the con yress and In which
the congress is held, but there are no prece-
dents for the election as president OF man
who is not n member of the congress. The
law unier which the congress was called
provides that the United States shall be rep
RESENTED by tei delegates. t. be appointed
by the president by and with the advice ani
consent Of the senlt'. These ten delegates
have been so appointed, aud Mr. Blaine is
not one of them"
Argentine Views 1t Likewise.
The CHILEAN delegate was followed by other
delegates in the same strain. Rogue Laenz
Pena and Manuel Quin;ana, delegates from
the Argentine Republic. and Minister Varas
and jose Alfonso, of Chill, led the onslaught
against Blaine, in which they had the sup
port and sympathy of many of the other
delegates. 1t was contended that to elect an
outsider president would be To invite the
ridicule of the nations of the EARTH and that
moreover, Mr.. Blaine would not be able to
preside continuously, and the congress would
thus he left without responsible head. A
proposition was made that the delegates join
in a resolution indorsing Mr. Blaine for hon
Orsry president leaving the inference that
they would not be satisfied with his selection
for president
Bitter Discussion,
Much feeling was shown in the debate
and at one time there was danger that the
anti-Blsine element would refuse to take
part in the deliberations of the congress.
The discussion became so bitter that the ses-
sion continued all the afternoon, and at G
O'Clock adjourned for dinner. to meet again
at 5. Ii was near midnight before the con-
ference finally adjourned, and the Blaine
matter was under consideration during
nearly all of the session. On adjournment
several of the delegates declared they would
not attend the meeting of the congress next
day at which MIR. Blaine was to be elected
president
Chill and Argentine Stand AIoot.
The delegates from Chill aud the Argen-
tine Republic kept their word. They
attended neither the meeting of the
congress nor the presidents recep-
ton and luncheon, and have not yet
joined the excursion which the members of
the congress are making through the coun-
try. Whether they will at any time partici-
pate in the sessions of the congress with Mr.
Blaine sitting as president remains to be
seen. Efforts were made to induce the dele
gates from Chill and the Argentine Repub-
lie to forego their obj ,ctionS, but they were
deaf to all entreaties
1t is said that Mr.. Blaine knew nothing of
this opposition on the part of the South
Americans when he took the chair, else he
might not have been willing to he forced
upon the congress-