Anti Blaine Faction Chooses Lynch Over Clayton at Convention
Chicago June 1 reports intense debate as National Republican convention clashes over temporary chairman. Lynch of Mississippi defeats Clayton 492 to 387 after lengthy roll call, with Lodge and Taft escorting Lynch to the platform amid cheers.
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BUCN
Thurston
Nebraska
Curtis
Committee On
Benjamin
Arkansas
Bhirl
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Sabin
Lynch
Blaine
Janvis
Hamilton
Cullom
Indiana
Town
Clayton
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Senator Hour
Massachusetts
New York
Tom Platt
Ohio
Judge Foraker
McKinley, Jr
Sherman
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Bingham
Leed
Lane
Rowan
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Morrill
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Lych
Smalls
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Ferguson A. Blount
Vermont
Virginia
Mahone
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Henry Cabot Lodge
Taft
Arthur
George William Curtis
Crowd at Exposition hall blocks entry in June breeze
Crowds gathered outside the convention hall under the national arms long before opening time. Deputies and staff moved in as tickets began to be issued at ten. Ticket speculators demanded high prices while delegates and Grangers mingled among badge holders and campaign documents.
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Sabin
National Committee
Prince Albert
Paul Strabach
Alabama
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
John F. Miller
California
H. J. B. Chaffee
Colorado
O. H. Platt
Connecticut
C. Febiger
Delaware
W. W. Hicks
Florida
Dick Oglesby
Andrew Shuman
George G. Wright
Town
George O. Adams
Cullom
Gary
Dave Littler
Springfield
Otis
Doolittle
Dunham
Fellows
U. S
Conger
Blaine
Maine
Chicago
Maine Statesman
Banner of the Republic
Palmer House
Mahone
Lake Michigan
Exposition Building
Michigan Avenue
Arthur and Blaine
Hanchett
North Carolina
Gossip at the Republican convention hints and factions
Report from the convention city describes delegates fatigued by strain, crowding morning activity, and tense canvassing for Blaine or Arthur. Outsider groups press labor reforms, demand eight hour laws, labor rights, and curbs on contract work, while the colored delegates push civil rights measures and support Arthur.
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Cincinnati
Lincoln Club
Massachusetts
Powell Clayton
Blaine
Arthur
Conkling
New York Tribune
Whitelaw Reid
National
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Republican Party
National Committee of Colored Men
Louisville
Palmer House
W. A. Pledger
Georgia
Jesse Lawson
New Jersey
W. O. Vance
Iowa
P. H. Murrey
Pennsylvania
Richard Nelson
Texas
W. G. Robinson
Nebraska
N. T. Mitchell
Tennesse
George Williams
Maschusetts
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