Show wm WE the convention is for him first NEXT avo daiil is yet on the peace congress at the capital officer pa april 23 special tha indications indic ationo this miming are senator quay will ba in overwhelming control e to days republican conven I 1 tion and that thy at large to at louie will be selected la hia interest his supporters claim that be hae two thirds othe delegates and while bis do not concede this much they admit that bg baa a good working majority at he bame time those op to him d not propose that he shall receive the compliment of a unanimous endorsement and consequently they will make a doiy and vigorous op and tha vote solely for the purpose ol 01 weakening the force of hio victory the convention was called to order in tho opera hoano shortly after ten thin by hon frank willing leach of philadelphia chairman ol 01 the stale executive after which state chairman the graval under the rules of the party in this state the state central committee acts as a committee on credentials and ita report was ready for presentation as eloa as the had been organized the opera hauae waa packed to tion and thousands were unable to gala admission tl ere is a warm sectional contest for the eiehl tit barge senator J donald will without tion be selected to head the delegation a bitter fight will be made upon him governor H D Has and who is to present senator Q bays name to the st louis convention will be second on the list general hastings it will be remembered nominated senator Sherma uin the convention of 1888 senator of philadelphia will be third for the other five nearly e very county in the state has ita candidate the convention will alao make two nominations at large then venerable galusha A grow at one lima speaker of the national house of representatives and who is approaching hia seventy third birthday will be elected reelected re his colleague will probably be hon samuel A davenport of eric there ia a good deal of thib as to the direction in which senator liay will turn his aup port in the event of the balloting at st louis being protracted and his own failing to develop rumors have been during the past two weeks that a change had come over the spirit of hia dreams as a result ol 01 the adiong of mckinley sentiment in the county and congressional conventions and the selection in different parts 0 the state of a number of mckinley McKin lev delegates to the national convention ven tion the rie however has himself put a quietus on these reports while at the same time refraining from expressing an dennihy predilections for any candidate there seema to be no question of the fact that he has an agreement kind with ex sena tor platt speaker mr clarkson and othora of the aati mckinley combine and that even if he wanted to he could not at this stage ol 01 the game go over to the ohioan without a breach ol 01 faith at the same time there is a fee ling among the prominent politicians who are reckoned as his henchmen that e paty in the state should ba pro in soma way so that if mckinley is nominated on the first or second ballot they should not be left outside of the breastworks but the senator bim belf is doing the sphinx net and apparently parent ly guarding any surprises he may have in store for the eve of tha national convention |