Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-21
A GREAT RECEPTION
Given to the Pittsburg Delegation on
Landing in Cincinnati,
HONORs sHoWERED UPON THEM.
Preparing for the Big Meeting That Will
Be Held Tonight.
A GREAT FLOW OF ORAToRY LOOKED FOR
nrrc1AI rRLEenAM TO THE p1srArcH.i

nrEcrAL TRLEenAN TO THE DISPATCH,
CINCINNATI, April 20.-At sos o'clock
tonight deed for the city of Cincinnati
was handed to Sheriff McCleary, of Pitts
burg, as he stepped off the Congo. The
Pennsylvania delegation must have been
surprised. The Blaine Club, while halted,
stood 200 strong in the foreground. Back
of this was the black-silk-hatted Lincoln
Club. Still farther back was a crowd of
5000 or 5000 people, packed alone the
levee..
As the Pennsylvania delegation, headed
by William r. Leeds, of Philadelphia, and
Sheriff McCleary, left the boat the Blaine
Club Band struck up welcoming tune and
the crowd cheered. A procession was
| formed and marched to the Grand Hotel,
where the Pittsburgers were again cheered.
1t was by all means the king reception of
| the whole convention. The thousands who
| thronged the line of march frequently ap-
plauded, and cries of "Hurrah for Pitts
burg! were frequent. The Pennsylvania
delegation tonight Endorsed Theodore
Stub for National Secretary.
4 Arranging for the Big Meeting.
The Ohio Republican League held a
meeting tonight and appointed a committee
to perfect plan for league organization in
every township in the State. The commit
tee consists of President, W. J. Squires, Of
Toledo; Secretary, John j. Chester, of Co.
lumbus; and H. W. Gardiner, of Cincin-
natl; w. E. Seton, of Canton, and D. L..
Sleeper, of Athens.
The Executive Committee eff the National
League remained in executive session until
after 10 o'clock, winding up the business
| for the last year. They also arranged speak
ers for the mass meeting tomorrow night.
| There will be at that meeting a short ad-
dress from the presiding officer, General J.
| Thurston, and he will be followed by Gen
| eral John l.. Webster, Of Omaha Major
| Mckinley, Jr., Hon. John NJ. Langston,
| General Charles 81. Bartlett. Hon. William
Gibson, Hon. A. c. Matthews, of Illinois;
Hon. w. H. Powers, of Vermont, in short
addresses, and probably several others.
The business meeting tomorrow will con-
| sist of formal opening addresses by Mayor
Mosby on behalf of Cincinnati, to which the
response on behalf of the League will be by
| Congressman-elect W. n. Powers, of Yer
mont. Committees will be appointed and
| assigned duties, and the business meeting,
after short session, will adjourn.
Candidates for President.
The candidates most spoken for the presi-
dency OF the League are: General John S.
/ Clarkson. Senator John c. Spooner, Gen.
eraI Nathan Gof, Hon. T. E. Byrue, of
Indiana; Major E. S. Stewart, of Phila-
| delphia; W. W. Stacy, of Illinois; Judge
Joseph A. Blanchard and State Senator J.
S. Fawcett,' of New York. Ex-Governor j.
| B. Foraker has been mentioned, but has
expressed the wish that his name be not
used.
The following telegram was sent tonight:
UTICA, N. Y. April 20-The friends of
Colonel Elliott F. Shepard are booming him
for President of The National League.
CIV. ANDERSON, of New York delegation.
The Lincoln Club and the Blaine Club
and score of smaller Republican clubs are
keeping open house. and will continue to do
so until Wednesday night. The decora-
tions of the first two clubs mentioned are
profuse and beautiful. The National Ex-
ecutive Committee become the guests of the
Blaine Club. The visitors throng all the
clubrooms day and evening.
"A Great Crowd Present.
| 1t is almost impossible to enumerate
| delegations that are represented here, either
| in full or by advance guards. New York,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Nebraska are
| quartered at the Grant Hotel Philadelphia
| mas 60 delegates, Indiana has 80, and many
| more are coming. President Blount, of
the Louisiana League. is here tonight.
The speakers who are not already here
will arrive tomorrow morning early. Gen.
eral Grosvenor, of Athens, will be OF the
| number. The programme for speeches at
Music Hall, as arranged tonight, may be
| modified somewhat. The order of the
olac hol haap
night, except that Mckinley is to be the
third speaker, counting General Thurston
as first, and he say he will make only a
three-minute speech. Wednesday will no
doubt be the great day. The weather is
rather warm, but the sky Is clear.
On every side, and especially among the
delegates themselves, are heard remarks to
tine effect that great political significance
will attach to this weeks meeting. 1t is
said that the session will have potential in
fuence on the Ohio State election and the
Presidential race of next year. Some even
say that the League Convention will silently,
but none the less certainly, determine the
man who will head the National Repub-
Iican ticket next year, and will further fix
the attitude of the party on momentous pub
lie questions.
Everybody on the Watch.
w hatever the above theories may amount
to-and their plausibility will not be dis
puted-the result will not be tangible to
any but the knowing ones-those who are
on the "inside" or those others who from
long experience in the shady ways of po-
litical pursuit are able to fathom the deep
est motives of their compeers from slight
and. to the uniintiated, unimportant actions.
But the open work of the meeting this
week will comprise something more than
the usual routine of hearing speeches and
electing new officers for the succeeding
year. 1t is expected that it will practically
decide upon the time and place of the
National Republican Convention next year.
There are over 1000 delegates to the
League meeting. They come from all parts
of the country, and are leading representa-
tives of the Republican party in their re-
spectlve districts Many of them expect to
go to the League Convention. of '92, and
also to the National Republican Conven-
ton of the same year, and this prospective
dual duty will bear fruit in the present
meeting. A move is already on foot to
fix the next League Convention at the same
place and at nearly the same time US the
National Convention, so that those who are
delegates to both can save travelling ex-
penses and the bother OF attending. two big
meetings in different parts of the country,
The authors of the plan claim that time and
money will be saved by uniting the two
events so far as this may be done.
Another Strong Motive.
There is another and stronger motive be-
low the ones ostentatiously expressed BY
those who are behind the movement. It
doesn't require great amount OF percep-