Show THE POLITICAL POT It is Beginning to Boil at Chicago FIXING UP THE ORGANIZATION From Present Appearances here ViiI bo tseme sun at tlie Kopnbll can Cauventlon Tots Weak Political Gossip CHICAGO June 1600e of the developments devel-opments of this evening is the open acknowledgments that the fight to a eat ia theconventio of the addtional sixteen Alahone legates from Virginia is in the interest of Senator Sherman The fight is yet undecided and prom ies unlcda chicked to become a Paula I lao wuiuh nduercuis of all the Presidential Presi-dential candidates may be drawn The followers of Blame have so far I revented the foil consumation of the Sherman Mubaue JauijjtiiKU It u pruo that the entire Mahone lelejrair n wouM liae been sea 1 but for the ddteiminu into BbLd bi the LSiaiLiH wen uuucr tie lead of bo retar Iesse den of Conueticut The heaed discussion was almost wholly on technical lines devoted chiefly to ihc unit rule question Intits be r na coul nut be miauiiderstrod by me shrewd politicians composing the national com mitten Colonel H joker national commit com-mit teeman com i Vermont and champIon cham-pIon of Shtrman declares pub tidy that the discussion of the ctmtnittee is toe result of a Combination of Ihe friends of other candidates against Sherman men The greatest interest is displaced by the managers of different I o > u a in the sentiment sen-timent and movements of the Pacific Coast delegation At 4 oclock this afternoon af-ternoon the Nevada and California delegates dele-gates had a conference neither of which were at air significant sig-nificant At etch it was aereeo nat the Coast delegation should meet the Colorado delegation upon ihetr arrival tqmorror when a general conference will be held Nevada did not come on the Coast special train but have substantially agretd to what has been determined on by them the-m in bod of the delegation Prtbably toe most sgniQcunt feature 01 the afteruon or evening was the talk some coast del latea had with Judge Gre ham ai the nque of the judges friend This o mfe once subject was ireshais tariff views ai d his positions later His friends have strong hopes of the Pac fiu uppurt should the Blame uioveim nt here miscarry but the elf ct of explanations of the judges policy on thi gentlemen present at Greshams talk t as especially encouraging to Oreabams friends The Pacific people are now trying bard to g t Estea as temporary chair man They have flattering prospects of SUfCPSS Tt o temporary rganizaton of the Republican national convention was the first business taken up to night by the national committee onger of Ohio moved that the cm mittee proceed at once to the selection ol a chaplain temporary chairman four secretaries two reading secretaries or clerks and five stenographers Stephen B Elkins suggested a delay until Monday particularly as to the selection of temporary chairman Mr Elkius said he only asked for postponement postpone-ment to K vu the delegations just arriving ar-riving a chance to express their preferences prefer-ences number committeemm opposed op-posed delay on the ground that it was unnecessary W D Foley of Nevada intimated the Pacific Caast delegates were ala ng those who favored the delay de-lay disposition to gratify any reasonable reuuest from the clast nun was at once maxiifisteil The queatiou it t other temporary officers of the convention con-vention wns then proceeded wi h Key W F Uunzales pastor of thd Plymouth Congregational church of Chicago was unanimously selected to open the first session of convention with prayer and Rev G A Horthrup of Indiana fer second day Hon Richard Griffin of Wisconsin I was nominated by Mr Payne for one of the temporary secretaries Mr Lawson moved to appoint George W S Cliibee of Michigan Both were accepted unanimously for reading secretaries sec-retaries Mr oober named Henry Balkard of Vermont Conger moved for David Lan log of Ohio and named Colonel Carson Lake of New York dnnborn of Michigan named James H Stead and L ultr added George H BrinkerbofT of Illinois The number of reading secretaries was increased to six aid all named was selected Thomas J Brogan of Tennessee was suggested by Mr Brownlow for assistant secretary and was at once selected Bixby of Mm mt ota Henry M Cooper of Arkancas ai d WillIam Nelon of New Jersey C era also made assistant 81 cretariEs The list was increased eight and the names ot A W Monroe of Maryland J b WileyofTexaa J L Miner of Louisiana and t 1 jfcl Shmn of West Virginia were adled The selection ot an official afeno gra her wa left tofthe eubcommIttee on arrangements Hon William Rule of Tennessee editor of the only Republican daily paper published south of tho Ohio River was honored with the position of temporary secretary and the number of secretaries was for this purpose increased in-creased to thrEe Dakotas claim to settle Statehood came no in an entirely new shape Unlike last night was now a matter of votes not seals New of Ind moved that the national committee recommended to lke convention con-vention that the trn delegates I Tor Dakota Da-kota and six from Washington Territory Terri-tory be each given votes exactly asif legally declared States I Conger of Ohio ho is chairman of the subcommittee TO prepare the roll of the convention last night opposed the Feating of the extra Delegates from Dakota but heartily joins in the request re-quest now for thtfyotea He explained that his previous action wes nece ° si tuted by the position of Chaiiman Van Horn of Wyoming who earnestly opposed op-posed the proposition flaying it would t > e utterly unjust to such States as Connecticut which wonldfurnish vots in the November election and yet might be overridden in the convention by Dakota wliose people would be powerless to help eloot the President Thomas T Miner of Washington Territory pleaded that toP exclusion of Dakota and Washington Territory from statehood WaS not the fault nf their people or of i he Republican parry f Dakotas claim to vote in the convention conven-tion asa State and to be allowed ten delegates on a rollcall was then formally form-ally ratified by Sbe national committee 27 to 9 AIr Lvttler of Illinois who paid he bad been greatly embarased by the number of application to aim for ad uihsion to the conv nton endeavored to have the matter of ticifeta reopened p Che committee however after listening a few moments Olarkson of Iowa on the subjEct deemed the idea imprac ticable An adjournment w3 then taKermnlil noon on Monday Stnitor Ourar of Pennsylvania who I is looked upon as leader of the dtl ga I tOll from that State is forSherman and aid today while he did Dot care to assume some anything in advance of the arrival rival ot iCe delegaton he was satisfied Sherman would get the most of their votes Chairman Cooper of the State committee com-mittee is also in the city flu is for Blaine and says on the start there will be about forty votes from Pennsylvania for Sherman end ten for Gresham He evidently thinks there will bo a break for Blaine and that the Pennsylvania delegates with few exce tions will go over with the Blaine stampede |