Show S CHICAGO COVENFlON The National Republican Convention Con-vention in FuJI Blast Aotiilng Startling as Yet The Grant Boom Waning Dud Blaine Gaining The Committees at Work Chicago 21140The exhibition exhibi-tion building in which the national republican convention is being held presents a scene of striking interest The platform occupies the south side right under it being a section arranged ar-ranged for the committeemen guests reporters who are here by hundreds The root and sides and every available avail-able point of the building ere handsomely hand-somely decorated At the extreme north end is a large picture of Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln in the centre cl a canvass can-vass strip bearing the celebrated motto And that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the face ot the earth SAt S-At 1230 delegates generally were in their seat3 but the galleries are filling slowly No signs yet of calling to order At 105 Chairman Cameron of the national republican committee cal ed the convention to order aud called upon the Rev Dr Ketteredge of Chicago who opened the proceedings with prayer A the request of Cameron Secretary Secre-tary Keogh read the call for the convention con-vention Cameron briefly addressed the convention referring to the bitterness bit-terness which be hoped would now disappear in the desire and determination deter-mination to put in nominatiou tor president the strongest candidate and one who would command the resppct of the civilized worlJ He counselled harmonious and united action Ho said I have been requested re-quested by the national committee to designate Hon George F Hoar of Massachusetts as temporary chairman chair-man Tremendous cheers J Tne nomination was unanimously ratified Davis of Texas Frye of Maine and Rium Illinois were appointed a committee conduct Hoar to tho chair Hoar on Baking the platfom addressed it at acme length The function of the convention if wisely used was that of naming a man whom the people would make president i presi-dent His reference to the nomination nomina-tion of Lincoln twenty years ago wae greeted with applause Lincoln Cad gone tJ rest but his asaociaui on the ticket Hamlin was here to day in full figure still discharging actively his duty to the country and party Applause He reviewed briefly the history of tho late war and its political politi-cal incidents and consequences antI criticised the policy of the democratic demo-cratic party in that connection That party he claimed was Icday actuated by the old rebel spirit and north south east and west was the party of fraud oppression and the overriding ot justice In Maine it ambitiously sought to pilfera whole state Applause The republican party on the other hand tells us of a rebellion subdued of saves enfranchised enfran-chised sound currency restored the flag floating everywhere honored and respected In conclusion Hoar said he would discharge his duties as chairman fairly and without respect to persons The following were appointed temporary tem-porary secretaries John H Roberts Rob-erts of Illinois 0 L McGee Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania also Charles Wieesby of Alabama and J C Broadwell of Missouri as reading clerks also Eugene Eu-gene Davis of New York aa official stenographer Hale ot Maine to expedite business busi-ness moved a resolution that the roll of states and territories be called and the chairman of each delegation shall name its members of tho committee com-mittee in the following order Organization Organ-ization on rules order of business on credentials and on resolutions Adopted without objection Tho roll was called accordingly and the committees named The following were appointed on the committee on credentials California Cali-fornia George T Clark Colorado Creed Haymond Nevada M D Foley Arizona R C McCormick Dakota Porter Warner Idaho J L Shoup Montana Henry M Blake New Mexico Wm Broeden Washington Wash-ington Territory I L Miner Wyoming Wy-oming W A Carter On permanent organization California Cali-fornia John Mansfield Colorado John Elliott Nevada E Stoddard Arizona Idaho J L Shoup Montana R E Fotike New Mexico Wm Breeden Washington Territory Terri-tory I L Miner Wyoming W A Carter On rules and order of business California E A Davis Colorado M M Menier Nevada W W Sharp Montana Heny N Blake New Mexico Wm L Ryerson Washington Washing-ton Territory Thee H Brent Wyoming Wy-oming M 0 Brown The following were the appointees on the committee on resolutions from the coaat California D 8 Payne Nevada F D Edward Oregon H W Scott Arizona J S Vosburg Dakota C L McLevy Idaho J W Brown Montana R E Fiak Non Mexico Wm L Ryerson Washington Washing-ton Territory Thos H Brent Wyoming Wy-oming M C Brown Ohioa presentation of James A Garfield as one of the committee was greeted with considerable applause After the roll call had been finished Frye called attention to the fact that Utah had not been called and moved that the omission be rectified I The chair mid Utah would be called if there was no objection Conkling of New York rising was received with applause and eaid there was objection holding aa ho did that the order of tha convention had been executed when it had called the roll as prepared by the national committee com-mittee There was a contest in Utah as in Louisiana and they were omitted The chair ruled that as tho committees com-mittees roll had been called a motion to add any other state or territory was in oraer Frye said it was agreed by the committee com-mittee that Utah should be put upon that roll great applause and that the secretary of the national corn mittce says the Utah omission we made by mistake Wild applause Conkling said if there had been a mistake it should be corrected The only special significance of this colloquial incindent was the enthuai as tic applause which greeted Frye from both the galleries and the floor McCormick of Arizona moved the call cf the roll of states and territories for the presentation of credentials and for notice of contests and that all tuch papers be referred without stntprnpnt or debate to the committee i on credentials Adopted On call of the roll Alabama and Arkansas gave notice of contests Henderson of Iowa gave notice of a contest in ten districts of Illinois applause in the gallsrie War mouth notified of a contest in Louisiana I Louisi-ana Contests were aleo notified inI Pennsylvania and Utab the latter by Conkling of New York by reqieat Logan Illinois moved instruct tho committee on ticket of admission to tho convention to issue 500 tickets daily to the veteran association that I justice had been done to the veterans by every other national republican convention and why should it i not v = = ba done now and here Applause There were veteran soldiers supporting sup-porting each of the presidential candidate didate so that there were no particular par-ticular motive in his motion He I himself had to enter the building this morning without a ticket because ho could not get a ticket from the national committee He was here and he wanted to see the veterans also admitted not to make a noise or to cheer for any man but to look upon the convention which bad to nominate the man for whom they would have to vote Loud cheers Kilpatrick of New Jersey seconded tho motion with all his heart Adopted Coupling moved that aa acme of he committees aready appointed could not report in time for an even ng eeeeion tonight the convention take recess until Urnorrnw morning at 11 ocloik Hale of Maine concured in the uselessness of an evening session nnd in Conklings mtton which was adopted So recess wa taken at 3 pm until tomorrow at 11 The organization o > standing com uitlecp tcJay indicates clearly that Blames friends have control ot that on credentials nnd that Elaine and Sherman men will contio tbe rules and order of business This is another heavy blow to Grants prospects Hu managers however are struggling to bold their forces tegether their plan being to endeavor to tire out Blains adherents with the hope of causing them to break in such a manner as to give the Grant men power to control con-trol nomination of a compromise candidate but as Blames friends are by far tho most earnest and enthusiastic enthusi-astic of cell the factions here the Grant tail is not likely to succeed in wagging the Blame dog Some shrewd calculator to night estimate Blames strength at ever 800 votes on the first or second ballot while Grants according to the present appearance ap-pearance cannot be much larger on the first and is likely to be considerable consider-able lees on the second Pixley as chairman of the consolidated consoli-dated Pacific Coast delegation < staking s-taking active part in the proceedings and tbe credentials committee haw accepted his invitation to meet in the spacious California headquarters Exciting scenes are expectod tomorrow to-morrow when the committees report but Blame men while very firm are conciliatory to all points There still eeema to be little confidence anywhere any-where that Sherman or Edmuuds can draw materially from the two leading lead-ing candidates There continues to be much leaning towards Wusbburne 13 a probable dark horse and some quiet work in the eamc direction ia doing for Garfield The Edmunds men are courting the Wuabburno sentiments by suggesting tbe latter for the second place on the ticket with their own favorite Fred Billings Bil-lings is to put Edmunds in nomination nomina-tion After the adjournment ol the convention con-vention the committee on cred n tints met and organized Green B I Raum of Illinois nominated for chairman of tho committee Mr Tracey of Now York and Wm E I Chandler nominated O B Conger 01 i Michigan Congressman Conger was chosen by a largo majority The antithird term men point to this asa as-a significant vole but the other side deny that it is indicative of the relative rela-tive strength The committee then took recess until 5 ofclose and is now in session at tho Sherman House The committee on resolutions elected as its chairman Hon Edward Ed-ward Pierrepont alter which they beard an address foin a delegate from the Womans Suffrage Association Associa-tion now in session here Rumor a canvass of tho says credentials cre-dentials committee shows that thl Y stand twentynine for admitting mot Illinois of the antiGrant contestants from lnoiB At 1 oclock tonight the situation I 13 as follows The committee lolowl on credentials cre-dentials 13 stilt in cession and promises prom-ises to hold an allnight session They have thus far decided cnly ono case which was that of Rapier anti Grant from the Fourth Alabama disfrict I was decided by a vote of 31 to 12 to report in favor of admitting admit-ting Rapier This was the only test vote in the committee except that upon which Conger was made chairman chair-man being 29 to 11 Tho mln 1 committee com-mittee briefly considered tbe case ol Smith and Warner of Alabama Ala-bama contested but they were passed for the time and the Illinois Illi-nois case was taken un Kirkhawes presenting i This caee will probably prob-ably occupy tbe greater part of the session of the committee oa permanent perma-nent organization Tbe Kentucky delegation held a caucus today and reaffirmed the resolution of the state convention which instruct them to vote as a unit Mr E 0 Hubbard of the delegation slates that notwithstanding notwithstand-ing this action four of the delegates will disregard the instructions Tho first vote in committee on credentials tonight was taken in the case of Rapier contestant from the Fourth district of Alabama and was a fair test of the relative strength of the Grant and antiGrant men in the committee and showed thirtyone antiGrant t twelve Grant All the Pacific states and territories and Dakota and Utah voted with the minority majority and Colorado with the The committee on credentials tonight to-night first considered the Oregon case Mitchell announced that be appeared as proxy for J M JUcCall I No alternates were elected at the I Oregon convention and he therefore made two propositions First that he would act for McCall and second that Edwaid Nerthrup be eubatituteJ for himself provided that tbe gentlemen gentle-men selected by the delegation from his state George H Williams and Edward Ncrthrup were authorized to cast the vote of these absent The former was substituted for McCall The committee on permanent organization or-ganization agreed on the following vice presidents and secretaries Vice presidents California Lieut George Mansfield Colorado Lafayette Head Nevada C C Stevenson Oregon O 3 Thompkin Idaho John L Bhule Montana R E Fieke Utah Pressly Denney Washington Territory T f Bruetz Woraing W A Carter Secretaries California John H I Roberts Colorado Gco J G Meiggs Oregon D C Ireland Idaho J W Brown Montana H N Blake Utah V M C bilva Washington Territory J T Miner Wyoming M C Brown 1280 pmTh6 committeee 01 credentials baa mode a little progress but is still in the Illinois case The commutes on resolutions has from thirty five to forty resolutions in its hands which have been referred for report to morrow morning to a subcommittee sub-committee consisting of Edwards Pierrepont Emory Btcrrs Chicago D 0 Payne California William Walter helps New Jersey and 0 W Clark Mississippi I is admitted that there will be a minority report of the committee on credentials and that the question of the admission of the contesting delegates will come early before the convention tomorrow morning At General Shermans headquarters tonight the following est rates are made of the first ballot after the unit rule 13 abrogated Grant 297 Blaine 276 Sherman 188 The came of Garfield has been = r = k = quite frequently mentioned tonight to-night aa a possible compromise In the Grant caucus to nightrfl a Eharthnnd reporter was present during the speeches which Bout well and ConkHnR made The I former deqbred they bad from 325 to 380 votes on the first ballot and that the nomination of Gen Grant was secure Conkling mid there was no usa of concealing or perverting facts I was time now lo look this matter squarely in the face Not more than 300 votes were assured for Grant on the first ballet They need net count on moreunless they secured them herealter He advised sorcerer that they hold together through the final second and to the tenth ballot i necessary but nut to yield They would eventually worry out their opponents and win They would not hear offer nor accept any compromise The breaks would come from other candidates and then they would gain convert A committee of one Irons each state represented at the caucus was appointed to visit tbs various state delegations and to report re-port progress tomorrow morning At this point ot the proceedings the reporter was somewhat summarily removed from tie meting Washington 2 Interest felt among republicans at the capital in the proceedings at Chicago was very intense teday Senator Conklings imperious remarks to New York delegates dele-gates at tneir meeting yesterday nnd biB announcement tat he will cast the vote of New York na a unit caused much comment The agreement agree-ment yesterday between the friends and opponent of Grant relative to temporary organization of the convention con-vention i1 net regarded aq an ending of hostilities but simply as a lull in the storm which will probably breakout break-out afresh and with increased fury when the instructed delegations from New Yoik Pennsylvania and Illinois cast their vctes Elaine men here regard with suspicion the selection by Grant meu of Senator Hear for temporary chairman of the convention conven-tion lor Hoar is not friendly to Elaine but on tho whole they confess coness to be extremely well satisfied with the outlook for tomorrow and predict pre-dict Blames nomination on tbe third or fourth ballot |