The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-07

electing Major William Warner chairman,
and William Sampson of St. Louis, secre-
tary. The delegation adjourned to tomor-
row, without electing its members OF the
various convention committees.
The surprise of the day has been the un-
expected strength which the Blaine fac
tion has demonstrated in the Ohio delega-
ton 1t had been generally understood
that of the 46 votes of the Buckeye state
Harrison would get nearly three fourths.
The first test vote took place over the
selection of member Of the national com
mlttee Mr.. Hahn was the harrison can
didate and Colonel Lemon the Blaine man.
Hahn WAS elected by the surprisingly
close vote of % to y. A poll OF the dele.
cation gave Harrison q, Blaine Is and
Mckinley 6.
The uncertainty of the Pennsylvania
delegation was removed ut meeting OF
that delegation this evening, at which 1t
was officially determined by IA poll thas on
the presidency il would be 3l for Blaine,
/ for Harrison and for John Sherman.
Hon. @. a. Grow was absent and 1t Is un'
certain how he will vote. The well-known
ex-president of the tariff committee OF
-SS3 Hon. Henry w. Olyer, of Pitt!sburg,
will vote for Sherman. Senator
Quay was elected chairman of the delega-
ton by acclamation.
The most decisive Blaine victory of the
ud( NdS III IDe ucielI Oh Iuc E1dIIlSOA uClc-
gates at the meeting of the Tennessee dele
CATION tonight Most of the delegates
were instructed TO vote for Harrison, and
it was maintained that the vote would be
% for Harrison to for Blaine. The meet
ing of tonight wiped out this Harrison
majority aud gave the delegation TO Blaine
by the surprising vote of l3 to ~.
Virginia elected General William Ma
hone national committeeman and urged
his election miner natlOD2I
executive committee.
; WESTERN DEMANDS.
The delegates from the silver and coast
states met in caucus this afternoon at the
Headquarters of the California delegation,
by invitation of the California delegates.
A hot controversy ensued. Senator Teller
occupied the chair Before the proceedings
got fairly under way the question was
raised as to whethec the caucus had been
called to discuss the silver plank or TO talk
about the candidates. No one was admit
ted by the delegates, but the newspaper
men got IA full view of the room through
window and could catch snGtches of the
discussion. Senator Teller held that it
would he useless to attempt to enter into
the matter or the platform until the eau.
Gus reached some decision as TO the candi-
date that wolld be supported. If Presi-
dent Harrison were the nominee it mat
tered not how strong g silver plank might
be adopted, the Republicans could not
carry the western states. Much excite
ment was caused by Mr.. Teller's blunt
declaration, and lie was vigorously replied
to by Judge Spence of California, a
staunch Harrison supporter. Charles De
Young Of California followed Spence in a
spirited address, and was reinforced by no
less Il parsonage than Mr.. Blaine's lieuten
ant Mr.. Bouteile of Maine. Though The
caucus was reaching well into the evening
the interest was una1ated. and the atten-
dance showed not the slightest dimiuu
tion.
Senator Jones of Nevada charged Har-
rison with having declared that he would
veto Il free coinage measure.
Judge Spence contradicted him and
claimed If a split occurred in the party it
would be due to Blaine, who, in his old
age, after a glorious life. had yielded to the
Establishments of a parcel Of selfish politi-
cal bosses.
The caucus was now in an uproar, and
the Blaine men, shouting and cheering for
their favorite, made such a showing OF
that the Harrison men sur
rendered aud let their opponents have full
swing.
Charles DeYoung moved, as the sense of
the caucus, that Il committee, composed OF
one member from each delegation repre-
sented be appointed for the purpose of
embodying the wants of the meeting in
the form of a resolution, tC be presented
to the committee on platform.
The motion carried with Il tremendous
hurrah and the committee was appointed