The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-20
alIL.NYAukEE GETS IT.

Next Years Convention to DO Held IN That
City-A Movement to Close tn. Convcu.
tIou Tonight Does Not Meet with Favor.
Tho Various Presidential Buoms.
CLEVELAND. ONO. June l9.-The open.
ing session OF tho eighth national coa.
vention of Republican clubs adjourned
at ! p. NJ. to-day until 10 q. m. to.mor.
row, after disposlng OF oil prnlimnaries
and routine matters. There were no
DEVELOPMENTS in tho convention indi.
eating the contest between those wear.
ing yellow and white badges, and repre-
sentiug respectively tho gold and the
silver standards. But in the ecommit,ee
rooms, at the Arcade. hotels and else
where the fight continued
The committee on credentials had
considerable amusement over the South
Carolina contest The committees on
league work ruled and ord or OF business
had nothing unusual. The committee
on time and place selected Milwaukee
as tho place for tho next national con-
vention, and referred the selection OF
the dlto tor tho next national conyen-
ton 10 the executive board, with in
structlons to select any date after that
OF tho Republican convention. The
postponeuent OF the time 10 date sub.
scquent TO tha: OF the national convcn-
ton next year was for the purpose oil
avoiding my such contest OH resolu.
tions rs that which is now confronting
tho delegates OF the clubs.
There was movement to-day 10 con.
clude the work with the bauQuo. TO-
morrow night. but tho agitation before
tho committee on resolutions during
the afternoon and evening developed
such differences that tits not likely the
convention Will close before Friday.
Tho delegates from the west aud south
want 10 get away Friday. As it is
known that Governor Mckinley cannot
get here until Friday morning, thcro is
n general desire to wait Tor him until
that time, end some charge that his
friends arc seeking to prolong tho se,'
sions 80 as to have big Mckinley day
ON Friday.
Others charge that tho efforts to e1-
pediie business so ~ 10 conclude to-
morrow night were into nded to give tho
delegates an opportunity TO leave before
McKiulcy's arrival. The presidential
boorna havo been looked nitcr as care.
fully to-day as ever. Tho Iowa dele.
gates keep open house Tor Allison. and
tho iIooBicrs are quietly keeping llarri.
son IN mind, whilo tho Now England
delegates uso tho Blaine tactics for
Reed. Marx A. llama, who ia close
to Mckinney, has been Keeping open
house At his mansion all week. To-day
Mr.. Hanna gave a dinner at tho Union
League. at which Major Osborn. n rela'
two OF Mckinley, Governors NuIson.
McrrimRn. Brown and Clayton Powell.
Moses 7. Handy. Son ators Patton. OF
MichiSan; Clarke. oi Wyoming; Carter.
of Montana; Thnr4tou, OF Nnbragka; ;
DuIiOiS, OF Idaho; Warner Miller, of
New York. RnI others were guests.
While Mr.. Hanna always bGliovos
Mckinley TO bn tho man OF destiny, he
says no waa never 40 hopeful Tor the
champion OF protection NJ Io Ia at thi:
convention, owing 10 the expressions
for his iNvorlio from other atGtot lie
docs not thinl; tho nilrGr question vii
ombarra4s tho prOtGctioni-ig. II wa'
conceded carly to-day that tho two load
ing Offices would bc dividcl hotwcen the
gold and the silver mon by making Con
cral McAIpin, OF Now York, president,
aud John Byrncs. Of Donvcr, secretary
bnt fortnight It is proposed to roicr iht
selection 0i a secretary 10 tho cXccutivC
board. lti' claimed that a. Il. llum
phruys was frat solicited by tho oxecu
tva board and aitorward rc.niaCtrd by
tho annual conversions. Tho silver
mon think tho Now York delegation nj.
tor fceIine coniiiout oI McAIpIu's cleo
ton, arG UGcl;inG to avoid having uu
ultra silver man iOr secretary.