Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-17
VIEWS OF LEADERS,
Democratic Managers on the
Ground at Chicago.
CLAIMS FOR HILL AND CLEVELAND

Points Upon Which Murphy and Fair
child Do Not Asree-The Empire State
Chairman Not Partial to sIugwumps-
Men Talked of for Temporary Chair
man-Brice ArriVes-The New York
i Tribune and It's Printers-Statement
of the Matter From the Union and
Reid.
CHICAGO, June 17.-The subcommittee
OF the National Democratic committee
Will hold an important meeting at the
Palmer house today The meeting will
practically decide who will be temporary
chairman of the convention, although no
selection will be made until Monday. The
members of the subcommittee are Henry
Natterson, chairman, and Senators Brice
ol Ohio; German, of Maryland and Ran
som, of North Carolina The late Senator
Barbour of West Virginia, was men,
Der OF this subcommittee, and the vacancy
Will he filed by the West Virginia delega-
tlon which will select one of its number
for the place
They're All Against Cleveland.
posed to the nomi nation of Cleveland and
it Is doubtful if any candidate with pro-
nounced pro-Cleveland views will be ac-
corded the honor of temporarily presiding
ut the convention. Three names were sug-
gested yesterday for the consideration of
the committee. The were Senator Daniel
Voorhees,, of Indiana; Adlai Stevenson, of
Illinois, and Clayton +. Crafts, speaker of
the lower house of the Illinois legislature
Governor James f. Campbell, Of Ohio,
was also talked of, but it is believed that
he is slated for the permanent chairman
ship. Governor Campbell will have the
support of Senator Brice, that gentleman
having declared peace with his old enemy.
Watterson on the Candidate.
Henry Watterson was the first member
of the subcommittee to put in an appear
ance yesterday. He registered at the Pal
mer House. Watterson talked guariedly
about the temporary chairmanship and
the conventions of the day before which
were held in Ohio aud Louisiana. He was
overjoyed that the Cleveland men had
been defeated in their attempts to have
the delegations instructed for the eX-presi-
dent He said: Il guess Camp
bell wouldn't be averse to Sc
curing the nomination. He would
| make strong candidate and we
could have strong hopes of electiug the
ticket if he headed it, But then there Is
DO lack of aVailvble candidates"
The Cleveland and HilI Lieutenants.
The first prominent leaders of the Cleve
land and Hill movements arrived yesJet.
day. The Hill men were Lieut. GOV. Shee
han, Richard Crokeraud Edward Murphy
| Jr. But one of Grover Clevelaud's chief
Leutenants arrived yesterday Charles F.
| Falrch!ld. EN-MayOr Grace, Frederick a
| Coudert, and Alexander Orr are expected to
| In the meantime the arrangements Of tn,
! Cleveland men are being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible Col John Tracy
! with a corps Of typewriter girls, is con
| ducting a literary bureau ut the Grand
| Pacific with great energy, and the decora
| tion OF the headquarters at the Palmer
| house IS progressing satisfactorily. Il
| was the general opinion among the Cleye
| land men that it would have been better
! for their cause had their men been The
| first TO arrive.
Calvin 5. Brice, chairman of the Demo,
| cratic national committee arrived in the
! city yesterday afternoon. Hesays that the
| Ohio delegation has no particular presi
| dental preference. but that after survey
| ing the situation it will support the mos
| available candidate sOliGly.
The Press Committee Comes West.
| The press committee for the convention
| has transferred its headquarters from
| Washington TO l31 Monroe street, Chi
| Cago, where all tickets will be issued Jun,
20 to newspaper men who have applied
| and are entitled to seats.