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* all over the country 4 THE CHICAGO ‘TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MAY 28, L&sU—TWEELVIG PAGES, usunl, Perhaps his aplrits were somewhat suddened by the fact that tho Ifon, William E. Chandler had just told him, some things noe pleasant for the friends of Grant. } “Bat,” the reporter sald, * Judge Fisher, who has just left here, says that the defec- too in the ose vork iagation amounts to row twenty-five to thirty, Ay ‘gnld tho General. “Phat’s all nonsense, “I lave known Judgo Fisher for thirty years, and he was always erfati¢ fn'palltics, sand tinble to Say things tishly. He might ns well say the whole deleration was going to leave Grant” Just then the Genoral was called away, and le wouldn't talk any more on the subject, Evidently ho wns not atall Lopeful of the future, nother reporter saw the General Inter, and also asked lifin as to the defection In the delegation. » “Lhaye no statement to make,” he said. . ‘Dut fa there any trouble?” + “No, Unree or four mon are talleing, but it -smounts to nothing.” i dhore will be no split ?” p x And “Conkling’s right hand man” walked off, MI. 8, C. COLK, tho délogata from the Twonty-ninth District ~Corning, No X¥.—was found Inter, Aud when approached at the Grand Pacific by a “TuuuNe roporter sald: *‘'There are seventy detogates from the Stateof Now York, an not more than from ten to fiftesn are in- clined to break over the unit rule” * Do you believe that the National Conven- tlon ag a body will Insist upon the enforce tient of the unit rule?” asked the reporter, *T don’t know that the Convention will in- sist upon the onforceinent of the unit rule, zeon tknow what tho general feeling will e. “Thon you think that your delogation will be a unit for Grant?” “T beleve that Grant will ba nominated by alargo majority, and L suppose there fs that fecling In the New York delegation.” OUST THEN JUDGE FISHER, who {fs not Grant man ora delegate, but who comes here from Brouklyn, opposed to a third term, enine up. + Thotecling, “sald he, ‘was never stronger agninst Gen. arant for tho nomination, Gen. rant with never be nominated If the wnit rule {3 not enforced, and it never will bo by tho National Convention. There are from twenty-five to thirty votes In ‘the New | York — delegation — against Grant, and, if the unit rule were onforced, those delegates, gwho would lose their indl- vidunlity by its enforcement, might ns well Ee on their hats and Re home. ‘Che mantfest Injustice of the thing is too transparent not to be understood.” This was rather o sot-back to Mr. Cole, who merely leanod back n little and smiled tather &: Rdonieally. upon the little blunt man who liad the audacity to express what was “apparently to him on unwholesoimne truth. = Ttell You,” sald Judge Fisher again, “ Grant dhnnot be elected Sf he fs nominated, and jt fs strange to think that his friends ean’t see that, and that they will persist in their course to folst him upon the people. But Gront won't be nominated without the enforeoment of the unit rule, and the Con- yontion won'tenforce so manifeatly unfair a miensure,” JOHN F. QUANLES, ncolored man, formerly of Georgia, but now living In New York, and who Is here work- Ing In tho interest of Sherman, sald that he wns opposed to Grant because the Gerinans believed that. there was the shadow of a strong man’s government hehind him, and they know what that was, ‘The old standbys of the Republican party were also opposed to a third term, and that was why hie was not for Grant. In regard to Hnols, the gentle- man sald: “The general felling {u regard to Iltnols is one of indignation, andi regret thot thé friends of Gen. Grant should have resorted to such methods in order to obtain the control of the IlInols delegation, aud T apprehend thot nothing has been done so injurious to the cause of Gen. Grant as the condnet of his friends In the Inte I Mnots Convention.” MI. EDWANDS PIERREPONT, of New York City. and ex-Minister to En- gland, a gentleman of yory arlstocratlo per: sonal appearance and marked urbanity of manner, recelyed Tie Tripune representa- tive cordially, and, though he complained that he had not yet dined, expressed himself as ready to supply iy information which tt Joy in fils power to impart. At the same the he urged that an appropriate amount of celerity wotld prove a pleasing feature of the Interview, and tho reporter accomodat- ingly plutized in us follows: “Phore is considerable talk, sir, of 0 se rious division Iu the ranks of the New York delegation.” “Th the newspapers, you mean.” “Not only there; some of the delegates have expressed themselves In tho strongest innguage as opposed to the third tern: and to any inethod which Would the right to voto against It” “Well, yes; thero isa split In tho delega- Mon beyond n doubt. I have no idea of its itrength, however,” “ Lheard {t nentioned that from thirty-Ave to forty delegates were opposed to Grant.” a AB miny as that? Well, 1 ennnot say ‘hat it Is notso. ‘There is a serious defection, but Lald not think it was as large us that? eS toe ore n Grant delegate, Mr, Pierre- mt # ' ba sir.” “And Lsupposo. tho Grant delegates nro a oni dn support of the unit system of vot 7" do not know about that. We have not discussed that question yet. Weshall probe ably do so to-morrow wlient we get together.” “Might F ask what your peeullar views are upon the subject 2” “T would hard iy feel Inclined to mention them until we hold our tneeting, T may say that IT have strong ylowaevery atrong views —on the subject, but Ido not think it would be proper tor mo to mention thom at pres- eit. Sita roporter tried to get an exprosston of opinion from Mr, Plerrepont regurding tho Grant steal of the State of Ilinols, but the goutleman smiled blandly, urged the clang of unippensed appetite, and withdraw with & bow that would have done Chestertield sleprive them of MI JOUN F, SMYTH, of Albany, N. Y., who was nt one tle In- uutrance Superintendent of the Stato of New York, but failed to secure confirmation by the Senate when reappointed, was found at Room No. 87 at about 11 o'clock, clad tn very light raiment, and just as he was on the polnt of oxtingulshing lig Maht for tho night, The gontleman clafned that he was very red, and, a8 lls tppearanee justified, tho claim, he was submitted toa very brief In- terview, duriug which, hawever, ha managed tobe quite interesting, Satd the reporter: “There is sald Ww be quite an imposing antt-Grant elementin your delegution, Mr. Bayt i Weho aah sc Pt ihe tel \ joie of tha dologates who ata ngainst the third term and claimed to know what thoy were talking about.” “Thora Is apllt, bug T don’t think it Ants to more thin olght or ten men’? They clalin to have a strength of botwoen thirty and forty votes,” “Ob, no, thay sre not ag strong ns that.” “Do you think yo the unitrule " your delegation will favor “1 cannot tell you that? “You are a Grant dulegato, are you not?” Yes, slr,” " Watl, L suppose that tho Grant. mon will be in favor of a ride which will, geuure tho votes of tho nntl-Grant mon for the third: term candidate 2” ‘ne Grant delegates from New York will do just us Conkling wants thein to,” “Phen Conkting’s deuision on the unit rule willte thely duels lon y? , * Yes, alr, During the evening @ reporter had a brief chat with Mr, Munt! ngtgn W, sfackson, the Recutver of ‘Third National Bank, who had had conversations with a nuinber of the Now York delegates, who, of course, had unburdened thelr souls to him with much * greater freedoin than to any of the members of the press, Mr, Juckson | stated thut from what he had heard during the evening he be- Meved that the anti-Grant clement in the Now York delegation was much stronger numerically than’ waa generally supposed, He had “also comu to “the opln- jon that Grout element — was very much exerelsed over the question to bo razed in the Convention about-the Hil nols delegution., ‘They consider this tho iost Important feature of the fight as it at present stands, and were of the oplnton that w question of how the {pinols delevation Was organized should be fully considered and 1 @ righted before the opening of the Convention, Part of the work or the New York delegation within the next day or two would be a thorough investiga. tion of thle matter, and ho Sietloved hat thoy would coustder It fia spirit of fulruess, OnIO, GOV. CHARLES FOSTER, -ainember of the Ohlo delegation, sald tog 'TumUNE representative; “Je we don’t blunder hero L think that the outlook fs oxcvedingly favorable for Repub+ Henn auecess this fall’? “Tfow would Grant's nomination sult Olito?" ‘ “ My Impresston ts In regard’ to Uhat, that the nomination of Gen, Grant would be very unfortunate forus, Let me say first, that the Republican positlon tn Ohto was never more pleasant and promising than itis at present. Nothing but an unfortunate stom nation, which that’ of Gon. Grant would be, woul! endanger our success”? - ; “What {fa the actual statns of the Ohio delegation ns you understand it?” : “'Secrotary Sherman has thirty-five voles be-. yond question or cnvil, and nine votes are elaimed for Mr. Blaine.” soa “Will Mr, Blaine get thoso nino votes on first ballot?” “That isa question I cannot answer. I don’t know how the gentlemen feel, Some of the nine will, I judge, at somo timo during the ballotiig come to the support of Mr, Sherman.” ee Gen. Grant nny friends on’ tho alcle jon a doubt whethor there ea single man upon ths delegation who fs likely to vote for “inva you made any catimata of the renal gironath arity witel J , Sherman will go 0. ‘onvention ? Mis Lhave an iden that the vote In the be- faning will be 150 or more, but I confess ine TL have not sufictent information fit present to state how many Mr, Sherman will fet atthe vitset. ‘Tho talrness with which hts friends have conducted the canvass, and tho prevalling feeling that Its canditiney wonld be a goad one, lends me to belleye that the Convention in the end will nominate vitae’? Aviat do you think of Gen. Grant's pros- eeta 2! 3 “Gen, Grants strength in the Convention depends Inrgely on whether the wntt rule alls. With the unit rule prevailing, he p ably, would have over 300 votes, aud per- haps 850, upon a first ballot.” "ut there fs 0 grent den! of kicking over the traces in New York, Ponnaylvania, and other Statea In which tho ant!Grant feoling hog developad.”” “But lf the unit rule, provails it docs not make much difference how much klekhig Is done. {Phe kicking wilt have no cifect, Wi less [t 1s done by winajority. The unit rule compols the cnsting of the vote of n State as the majority of the delugntion may decide, 80 that in Pennsylvania they would Hayoto have at Teast twenty-nine votes to defent the enst- Ing of the wholo vote for Grant.” h Yon’t you think that the Convention will break the unit rite?” “In my judginent the unit rule ts contrary to all the rulluzs of the Republican purty, and essentially antl-Republienn. I have no tloubt that the rile wif be done away with beonuse of tho desire to preservo the ttnlty of the Republican party, and to do away with the auoKt odious Teal preset Democratic Con- ventions now prevailing. “Could ‘Ont be curried with Grant?” “Granvs nomination would imperil Re- publicnn success In Ohio,” “Wint do you think of tho Illinois Cone vention under Logan’s control, and the bult of the Loulsiana people?” “Well, so far, J€ L understand the Ilinols ense, atleast the action of tho Convention seepis to be inconsistent in demanding of Cook County representation by Senatorial districts, nid then denying district repre- sentation to the delegates to the National Convention, While, in Ohlo, Sherman's friends controlled at ‘Jenst two-thirds of tho Convention, and could have done broclsuly what thoy have done In Illinols,—svlect all the delegates by the Convention—yet wo felt that we had no legal or moral right to do so, Cortainly it Is contrary to all precedents and traditions of the Republican party, 1 do not recall a single instaice when any Stato that selected more than: ten delegates has ever attempted that. The Grant delegation In Louisiana was made up of bolters from the Republivan Couventlaa, largely in the minority, And, if 1 understand ‘the ease, I donot see on whut principle of right or justice this holting delegation can be ad- iitted to the Convention,” “Do you think that Ilinols will be af- Forde fair play in tho National Convon- 1 have not hoard It discussed enough to form an opinion,” Among the throng at the Grand Paelfic yos- terday was : COL, JOUN PAUL JONES, no prominent Republican of Toledo, 0. -In conversition with a ‘THMmUNE reporter anent the polltleal situntion In general, and the flagrant action of the Senatorial Boss of Ii- noisy in qurticular, the ‘Tuledo visiter re- marked that there was unbounded Indigna- tion among the Republicans of ‘otudo at the manner in which the honest sentimentof the Ul{nols Republicans has been overridden, “They feel,” said he, “that your rights have been trampled on, and that tlio rights of Re- pablieans overywhero are In No danger. public axpression has given been to this feeling, = ns | tins een done in Chicago, but there ls no doubt that the largest kind of a meeting could be gotten up te give such an expression in the inost omphatio manner. ‘They foel Just ay aur people here do. State lines don’t stant intho way atall, Ittsn't a party matter in any aense of tho word, but a matter of gov- ernment, and ono that strikes at tho very foundation of our institutions, ‘The universal sentiment Is that the Rupublican, party can’t afford to condone usurpation of this or apy other sort, whethor Logan prompts and ox- ecutes It, or somebody else,” ¥. C, BESSIONS, Of COLUSMUS, 0, another Sherman delogate, arrived at tho Grand Paeifie yesterday. Io pnts Blaine’s strength among tho Oh p deleratton a6 low ang two or three, with the poksivle gain of ono ‘or two. Waray 1 opposed heart and soul to all Loganist tactles of the bulldozing order, nnd will vote to overthrow that unjuat device known as the unit rule. GEN, J. 8, NODINSON, Ohatrman of the Ohio State Central Commit- tee, who arrived yesterday, was about the Shormnn headquartors In the Grand Pacific nearly all day. Sali ho: “Tam here, as you know, in the Interest of Sherman, The solid vote of Ohio was east against the unit rulo, Weare all opposed toit, After the call for tho National Convention was issued, I drafted tho call forthe State Convention. We had a inafjority of Sherman men on our State Committees, and In the call expressly stated that thodutles of the Conven- tion, after nominating n State tieket, conslst- ed in selecting four delegates-ut-large and four alternates to tha National Convention, and that the several districts should come repared to select two dulogates nnd two wl- ernutes from cach Congresstonal district, and it was provided that ench dlatrict dele- faion should meet at 9 o'clock on the morn- jug of the Convention, and select then and there the two delogates and two alternates to tha Chicago Convention. ‘6 had the power to enforce the unit ruletn Ohio, but would not do bolleving it contrary to all the doctrines, and rincl- pies, and traditions of the Republicun party, whose motto hus always been to fet 9 Deat and strongest man wit’? “Do you think the Convention will, break the unit rulo?”’ asked tho reportar. “Tho unit rule will be broken, Thero Is no doubt about that? Z “Could Grant, if nominated, carry Ohio?" “Gen, Grant’s nomination would be very unfortunate for the Republican party,” Tn Ohio there lyn deep-seated opposition to a third term. ‘There aro 40,000 German ‘voters in Oho, and thore If a very serlous oppo- sition among the Gormuna to Grant's nomlan- tlon. There ts also Bpront deal of opposition to tho nomination of Groton the part of the olit soldiers. With a good Presidontialnoml- nation we will be enabled ta carry thirtecn or fourteen Congressional diatriets In Ohio thls fall, Lf an unwise nomlnution la made, Leune not speak as to resulta? A qaporter found in Room 6, at the Grand Pact MILTON M. HOLLAND, of Columbus, O., who is a very bright colored min, and a warm supporter of the Hon, sees thoreany truth ta the report” be ore an 1, 18 report, the reporter, Y ihat . Sherman's fronts will coinblne with the Grant men and take second place on the ticket ¥" “None whatevor,” sald Mr. Holland. “Mr, Sherman means to take first plave or ony." “iow many delegates do you count on the first baltato”* wees “Tho number will not fall short of 180, While we believo he will get no 5 Wwe want to ba modest tn our estlinate. ured Up we weok ugo the result of the canvass. 1 forgotten the oxact total, but I think It was fess 4a the only instructed Btate for “Yes, but North Usrolina might as well have been Instructed. ‘The four delegates ag {argo are for Shormans twelve certainly, if Not fourteen, of the district delegutes are for Nin, He ts pratty curtain te get sixteen out of the Ae “low do the Sherman delegates stand on tho unit rue “J couldu't say. IT am not suiliclently advised to make a statement on tho subject; but T ant rather Inclined to tho ies that they Fine arent th sl rman has no choleo - “Tn the ovent that Sherm No cho! for the nomination, to whorn will his friends Arn? 5 “T don't think the question has ever been debated by Sherman’s friends, becausa thoy are quite sangiiing that he will be noml- nated,” - f a “You don't think Grant will bo?” “No, Lde not. “He hinsall the- votes now ho will Fels nnd he hasn't enongh, Ltwill bo Impossible for him to gain auy dn .tha Cou- vention.” : bas, “Why, Don Cameron figures that he will have 410 on the first baliot.” “T have seen nn estiinata whieh yas snd to have been made by Grant men.. ‘The total. was 398. .Llouked it over, and Lam satisfied that Sherman will get at least fifty: of tho votes they count on,” “Wil Blaine get any’ t nik {intue Ho jhutL haven't patd much at- fention to hin, "Do you think Grant could bo elected if “Tdowt know, about that, 1 rathor {n- cling ta the opinion that It, would be very ditheult for him to carry Ohio, Gov. Foster, whom I regard as the inost popular man it the State outside of Mr. Sherman, carried ft hy only about 8,000 Inst fall, and he made 100 or inore specehvs,—muntio a personalzenu- yass of every county,—and we had ‘the best speakers that could be procured in the coun- try, If the Greenbackors Join the Demo- crats, ns thoy probably will fn the Presiden: tial flint, with tho majority reduced to 9,000, and the defectlon among tho German. Repulillean vote, I think It very doubtful whether we could carry It for Grant, [believe we would lose the two Cin- clunntt districts if he is nominated.’ "Ig there mich feeling against Grant in ths " particularly in the border counties. L know thot considerable feullng exists ore. \ “Can't the voters bo whipped Into ling?” “Some of tient cannot. Ohio Republicans fre ulfferent fron} they in, poms otter states. i "They are very independent, and “who dont want to support a candidate thoy will not do It, YoU CAN'T USK TNE PANTY LASi THERE as you cnn In Pennsylvania, New York, and some other States, For Instance, in tho seluction of flelogates, Mr. Sherman had it in ius power—had the yotes In the Convention to elect delegates for tho districts elalined for Binines but the usage In the State was heeded, and the Binine men selected tholr own delegates, If Mr. Sherman’s fricnds had attempted to do It there would have deen much trouble, 1f tho anine tactics lind been adopted thera as in Kansas, Wout Vir- fink ‘and Illinols, anyman who partleipated n the scheme would have been defeated If he were n candidate for an office.”” “You linve some knowledge of the coloréd people in the South, haye you not?” “Yea, [think so.?? * Are they In favor of Grant 2? “The masses are, but it fs because they don’t know anybody else, ‘They regard: hhin ag thelr liberntor,” % “Could he earry any Southern State 2” “T don’t believe he could, except erate Virginia; nnd'he could only carry Virginia inengu the Rendjuster party jofned hands with tha Republicans,” “WHY CAN'T GRANT CATHY ANY OTHER SOUTHERN: are ne “Wo could carry. Alnbama, Mississippi, Loulsinna, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolla, and Virginia if our people wero pornitted to go to the polls and vote,, ond thero was a falrcount. But our people hava been so badly persecuted down there, and have received no protection or redress from the North for the wrongs inflicted pon thom, so that they have becumio somewhat in- diferent, and feo} that their lives are worth a little more to them than « vote; and they rely upon the North to take care of tho elec- tion. ‘Lhe prominent colored men in the South are not In favor of Gon. Grant, not on personal grounds, however, but because thoy don’t belleve he could be elected.” Jlow do the Sherman delegates look upon the Ilingls Convention?” 3 “We bellove In the right of tho districts to select, We conceded that rahe ta the Bining faction in Ohio, and insisted upon tin West Virginia, where the two Sherman delegates for the, Third District wore thrown out and Blaine delegates aut in thelr places. 0: course we are not favornble to that mothod.” “Phen the Sherman delegates will vote in favor of the twenty contestants from Ill. nots : “Tim not authorized to speak for then but so faray 1am individually concernod 1 will vote for their adimission; and I know that some Southorn_men with whom I hive talked, and some Nerthern men too, who have said thos would to 802? “ Men opposed to Blaing ?” “Ypg, “wii the Sherman delegation join tho fantl-Grant men In BECURING THE TEMPORARY ONGANIZATION of the Convention 2” “Tam not advised as to that” “Are tho Sherman imen friendly to “Sho Sherman mon are opposed to’ Grant all the time. ‘Pho groat ‘bulk of them will stand by Shermun to the last.” “When tha end of ils hope is reached, it it 1s, what will they do?” é “Go down voting for Sherman,” “Wouldwt they compromisa on. Ed- munda 2" “Thave heard no talk of a compromise. That question has not been debhted by the herman mnen to my knowledge, becnuse, 0s anid, they are ivory sanguine, and belleve that” the Conventlon, ip its second, sober) thought, will sulect man whose relations hayo’ been firlend- ly with all thoeffother candidates,—n. wan who ts wnobsectionable,—a man with whom thoro could’ bo an nugreasive cam- paign, and who would poll tho full party vote In all the States, atid also get the votes of that clans of mon in both parties who care moro for business thin. thoy do for polities,” MICHIGAN. WILLTAS A. GAVETT, of Detroit, a delegate from Michigan to the National Convention, was found at the Grand. Pacifls yestorday morning, and bricty intur- roguted by a‘T'ntpuNz reporter, “ You have secn the statement made that, if the unit rule is broken, Grant will get six or seven dele- gates from Michigan??? “That ls not so, The delegation from Michigan Is solid for Blalne, with possibly ono exception, and that Is W. G. Thompson, , of tho First District, Hw ls at heart a Wash- burne man, but he pred gett himself for Blaing, and “he may be for Grant for wught 1 now. “Then Grant lias no friends in the Mich- Aggn dulegation ?” “No, sft. Four yoars ago Michigan was inlarapresented jn the Cincinnati Convention, Michigan, in her Stato Convention, was very wositive that In the selcetion of her delemates his thine men shoul bo chosen who would hot. misrepresent her, Mr, Thompron was selected by barely threo majority In tha Dis- triut Convention, and I hud winiiority report in my pocket proposing to unseat hin. But the. Hon, -Eugono Hale, who happened tn Detroit at the thne, and who was present at 8 Convention, heard of It, and hu enme up to me and sald: *By no means endeavor to unseat Mr, Thompson, Let the district have its representative just os ft wantalt, Wehave no right to interfere with tho-expressed will of the delegates from the people, If they, have only one majority.” And tis while we' hind’ n majority of something like 000 ready to pans iy wnleeity. report.’? “Haw does Michigan regard the Spring- eld Convention?” : ‘There {4 a terrible feeling in Michigan Jn regurd t the TMnols State Convention and its exclusion of tha ten Congressional dls tricta from: representation, An indignation meeting ould otten up in Detrott to pros teat axitinet the atfalr na eually ag in Chicago, the faving Je so intense. ‘The oxaluston o: the-ten districts from honest representation fg really one of the hardest blows that Grant's chances have recelved, though it was moant the uther way, Mr. Ulalne’s friends could never liaye devised a better nteans to bring reaction in his favor.’ “TH FOLLOWING TaZtTER, written by the head of one of the leading firms of Detroit, deserves onreful reading: Deriurr, Mich., Muy. 2—Mr, W. A. Garett Chicago, MrDean sits f have just learned of, Jgurdepurture for Caayo. 1 a foul a very deap interest in tha result. ot Convention. Aw you know, I huve taken no part in politics fure hur thyn attoniling primary mectings and Ha snating conventions, but my contact with pow le Of thisscetion kus convinced me that Grant's noninution will lose ud this Cougregstounl dis- trict, and whose cortulaly: ong other, Bad at onco miuke Micbigin a doubtful State, 1 bave within the lust fuw days mot soyernt earnest Kepublicang who bave oxprevsed thalr dotermiuation not ta support Grant under any elrelinatanicet volloviny (uit thu datuut of tho Republican party would be Letter than bia clec- thon. Ewill mention yong gentlemen that you know who havg sald thls to me that you muy bo convinecd that Tujn not mistaken in tue matters Samu) .f umtord, Cashieror the Michigan Buviugs Bank; Joseph 8, Keen, deleguty to te Bluto Cunvention; A.W, Rice, Becretary aud ‘Troasurer Detroit Rafe Company: tol. Be A. Maginnves, Charles R. Daxter, ‘and Herman Kranich, If space permitted 1 wotld mention many othors, ‘With almost any. one but Grant our success would bo assured,” Can thoro boany dontt that his nomination is unwise? Can any ono who’ has tho Republican Interest at heart question the expediency of nominating some othor man? Twant to tirgd upon you tho importance of in deternined rediataned. Loannot bollove so wise a body of men Will do an not sorash and qiitotdal, Vory truly yours, KIL Ferg. PENNSYLVANIA, a iiVe( Ae We GIUER. Anong the arrivals at the Palmer Housa yesterday was Mr. W, A. W. Griur, a dele” ante from the Eleventh District of Pennayl- vanta, who ha hitherto figured asa Grant man in the Hata ade out. by both parties, To a Trinens reporter's preliminary “Who are you for ??sMn. Grier replied, “1 hardly ‘like to deelare myself yet, there nro au many things to be taken into consideration. Ono thing cortain is, that Idon’t wantto be put down for Grant. “Stall E put you down for Blaine thou?” “Wall, hardjy that. Inm in favor of some compromise candidate Hke Washburne or Edmunds; Washbusne, I think, ts the most available man,'and could be easily elected. My action can easily be independent, ag Twas elected by the District Convention before the Stato Convention met, and hones L cannot ba bound by any. instructions from the State Convention” - “Did your district instruct you 2” Na, They pasaod reaolutions by an over- wheluing vote stating thelr. preference for James G. Bining, but also stathyg that they hot contidence enough in thelr representa- tives to’ allow them to goto Chicago unin. structed. 1f1 should vote for Grant I should haye to move out West, for it would kill me Yat home. Lam living in hopes that Grant will withdraw.” “Ig your colleague from the Eleventh Dir triét of the same upinton + Ho Je oven more ‘pranciincadl than Tam. He says, 1 understand, thot he will vote for Blaine if he Js the only one in the delega- jon.” “What do Fon estininte the Bluing strength atin your delegation ?” “T think that ho has fully twenty dele- tur, OF courge Tdon’t know much about Be majority of thom, but from the best can Tearn that 1s about the right number.” * Have you any opinion to express on tho ‘unit rule?” “T think 16 is all wrong, T shall voto agninst it, and all the Blaine delegates will dy the sama, I bulleve.? by Wi hey act with the antl-Grant men on the Tindts contest 2” “Woll,.t harfiy understand the question.” ‘Tho reporter éxplained at length the sltua- tion here and tha disfranchisoment of the districts, but Mr, Grior had not studied Into the question, “here's Quay over there,” ho sald, “he thinks the Blaine men hive only twelve dele egntes, but I clan twenty. 1 think Cam- gron’s course is hurting him. Now, Dana friend of Senator Caineron and adinire him, bu think that hoe ts talking the wrong course. ‘The people of Pennsylvania 2st body would be solid for Washburne in preference to elther Grant or Blaine, In tho next district to mine, the Twelfth, Allright fs for Grant, but Farnam (who ting bean elnssed In all Masts for Grant) {s fur Binine, or rathor Washburne, and several others feel the same way. who don’t feel able to get around the instructions, hoy will all, 1 be- Heye, voto against the unit rule,” Mr, Grier lett Inst evening for Feorla, where he will remain until Sunday, his ias' woris to the reporter being, Don’t put me down for Grant.” BAMURT A. TLOSCH, n delegate from the Thirteenth Ponnsylvanin District, and a, pronounced Grant man, at- rived at the Palmer yesterday, and wos promptly interviewed by a TRmUNE repre-' sontative, * Replying to a question ns to the defection fu Pennsylvania, he said: “Tdton’t pelleve thero are as many as have been stated, 1 porgonally am for Grant firat and Inst, and I don’t belleve that inany of our delegation ean be found to violnte their instructions, though £ liave seen several whose names nre given, in the papers, and the papers ure right. : : “Flow do you stand on the unit rile 2 “Our delegation.will Yate solld for the unit rule’ except the faw-who are for Bioline, There are not many of them, are there, Magee?” Chris Magee, a delegate at large from Pennsylyanin, ropiled that he know of only eleht, , “Not more than half n dozen,” sald Logeh. *TIow will yornet on the voutest in Ti+ nols 2” queried the reporter, r . 4 “We will sustain the IlInols Convention. T don’t belleve that the National Convention has anything to do with how the delegates | are elected, Nothing to do with it at.all, alt, “But they elected delegates by districts in your State,” argued the interviewer. “ Well, they can elect them how thoy will; we will sustain the unit rule and the Grant, delegates from Iilinols." At thiy point the gentlemen were sum- inoped to dinner, and, after declining 0 cor. dinl invitation to partake, the reporter left Messrs, Losch and Mngee strong in the cott- vietion that only v-few of the Pennsylvania Gelegates Intended to revolt agninst boss rule, ’ THH SOUTH. FLORIDA, Among tha colored delogates who reached tho elty yesterday was 1.8, Sinith, of Marlan- nit, Jackson County, Fla, He is a small man, dresses with taste, and is quite intelligent, The main object in Interviewing him was to fint out from n Southern negro whother thero was any likelihood of Gen, Graut earrylug: threo oor four Southern Stutes, np it has been clatmed by his frionds he would {£ nom{nated: When first approached, Mr. Smith wouldn’t talk, “ not desiring to cominit himsulf,” he sald; but he was flnully Induced to enter into con- versation, ‘ “Do you think the Republicans can carry Florida?” suid tha reporter, (pu xyes, Lreally do, Perhaps I ougt to qual- ity that by adiling If we hnve protection,” Phen thers Is doubt about ity” “Ty East Florida, Republicans can protect themselves, because there aren large nun ber of Northorn nen who vote our tiekot, and they, Will mot submnll to Delis counted out or bulldozed; but in Middle and West Florida, where ple “are largely * it ng Democrats carry on i system of ballot-box stufling and leaving names off tha registration bouks, nud in that-way defeat aur party, as ona fair vote wo have only between 3,000 and 3,000 majority, It is enay to overcome that”? “What of the othur Southern States? ne Ba may ga Republican if the split inthe Democrutle party continues and Ma- hono comes over to us. All the other States fara hopeless,” * Can! fany other Southern irant enti State oxcent Florida “No Republicancancarry any of thems that ix, none of the Republican States,—Louislans, Miastaslppl, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida, miujority of the votes would be cast for Grant, but the Dem ocrats wouldn’t lot him hayoan Electoral volw. He mulaine have a falr show in Florida, and he might note! . “Florida ty the only State where there isa Hkelihood of his haying o fair show?” 'Yos; and lity show there would ba slim, Because te Da ndcrats have the machinery jn thelr hands.” + i Went do tha,negrocs favor for Presi- dent? . & . “The colored people as a body naturally feel kindly Towanda Gen, Grant, hey wont know anybody else, and belleve he ty as alrong everywherg as he is In the South; and thoy are entlusinstio for him,” “ff the South ls Jn the hands of the Demo- crate, tt ought not to dictate the nomina- “ Cortainly notz “1t beliooves tha South to go for the strougast man‘ inthe North, b cause the South ean aive him any Electoral votes, : * How does your delegation stand 2" “ We are Instruefed for Grant,” é “ How were they, elected 2 aes in State Convention,” “ By districts #"”, . 4 wt » We nevanelect by districts,’* oar are the preferences of the delo- “1 can't answer that question, because We haven't mot ‘ age ora Bo you show whether any of them have ereieea " “Well 1 know ‘some prefer Blaine and others Sherman.’? ¢ “Huw many prefer other candidates to Grant?" ‘ : ss penulin tay ithdn i Id * Suppose Grant ia withdrawn the delegation vote for? ee © That Is hard to say, Sherman and Blaine would come tn for u share,” =the colored — pito- inajority, an Dogs the majority of the delegation favor rant?” : *Leanldn’t say, because thoy havan’t ex- ect themselves, L know there are strong rant men among the members, and also strong Hinine and Sherinan mon.” , Will thoy auppert the unit rato?” “Fdont know whethor thoy will or not, Wo haven't had n meating yet.” “When will the delegation arrive 2? LM They Ieft to-day, and will be hero Satur- day or Sunday,” 2 TRNNESSER. ‘Tho propoatarous elaim that Grant or any- body else, except a dyed-in-the-wuol Demo- erat, can entry ao singly Southern Stata re- celyed another set-back yesterday from Mr. 'T, A. Mamilton, of Memphis, Teun, an alter nate from the Tonth Congressional District of that State, Mr. Hamilton wag born itt ‘Tennessee, fins lived there nll his life;—some fifty-six yenrg,—and undoubtedly knows tha seutinent df the people in hfy Strte and throughout the territory south of Mason and Dixon's Hne quite as well as, if wot a good doal better than, tho backer of Judge Sattle, Tra longeonversation with a reporter for Tue Trunk Mr, Hamilton opened wp the sit- tation In thé South as it really exists —un- adorned by any ot the favorit. third-term seollops, “Tennessee will sond twortty-four unin- structed delegates to the National Conven- tion,” suid he.“ We aro not as particular in fixing thelr status 9 we would’ otherwise have been, but thoy are pledged, as we un- derstand tt, to siniply this: every man so far as L know stands ready to vote ‘for the man who Is desired by the voters of the Northern States, and especially by the yoters of the doubttul States at the North, For in. stance, - they come here. and fd that Grant is ti! most Iikely manin Indiana, Ohio, New York, New Jer- sey, and so on, then they would vote for him as tunit, uithough there are tenor twelve out-and-out Blaine men in the delegation.” “In other words, they will yote for the man who can carry the North 2” “The Tennessee delegation stands pledged. to vote fot tho man who will be most sntls- fnetory to the Northern Republican States, and: Who, at tho snino time, would be most likely to carry the doubtful Northern ones,” Your Convention didit Instruct, then, In fayor of snybody 2” “No. ‘There wag a resolution to that end, but ttwas referred, and would have been voted down overwhelmingly If It had’ ever -beon heard of ae “rho Granttelaimers up here, Mr, Hamil- ton, have, been singlng the tune that Grant pane carry three or tour or more Southern nites, “Tknow thoy have, but we know differ- ently, Wetook the ground that the South can’t give a single Electoral vote for any Re- publican candidate, and we were not willin fo dictate terms to fhe Republicnn states: o this country ns to who should be the candl- date. All that we desired, and still desire, ts that they select the man who Is most aecept- able to them, while we, in turn, will give them the best following we have got. Wo hope, In fact, to make the entire South agree with uy npon tint score, and the Republicans of the North ean do no better than to nd- inonish flint the .peopla from . those States are overwhelming! Demoeratie 1o refrain from doing anything that would thrust an objectionable mat upon the States that must -eloct, if an clection is had for a Republican candidate,” “This talk of carrying the South Is puro bosh, then?” “All bush, and nothing more nor less. ‘Tho very few who: would vote for him would bo offset by. the genuine Republicans who, on necount of the third term, would -not voto for him, ‘The independent Democratic gain would bo offset by the Republican loss, ‘The Demoerats down there in my State who are nt all honest say very frankly that they want Grant noniinated because he is the easiest man for them to beat, and thatas for carrying tsingls Electoral yote any Repub- Hean candidate, that is entirely out of tho question, Besides, we all know that tho Democracy has the count and will use tt, Fractienlly, the Democracy {3 the Returning joard, “Who fs your own personal choice, Mr, Hamilton?” “Blaine, sir; though what IT have anid | about the folly of carrying the South appiles to him just as wellas to Grant. Ho would “get dust ag much ns Grant, and no more. «Ag have snid, the ‘Tennessoo delegates will come here solely for the purpose of voting for the most available man.” : © You hive probably heard. something of the opposition to Grantisim mid Loganisin in Ulinots slice your arrival?” 5 “T have, and I regard tho action of tho Grant bolters and the subsequent bulldozing In your State Convention us the niost out- rageous thing Lever heard of. It saps the yery foundation of the party, and if I sit in the Convention In place of any of the delega- tlon who may not be able to come, I shall vote emphatleally to acat the delegates of thoge districts which were refused repre- sentation where tho Blaine men were in tho majority; and If the Grant men had been treated In the same way I should vote to ad- mit thom, as & matter of course,” “Do you belisve in the unit rule?” “No, air. Ubelivve ih each district doing eases. Ithink the States have tho right to select tho dlelegutes nt large, snd in- strict them if they want to, But the districts ard independent, aud must yote as they choose, A district can Instruct, but a Slate eauiloe: Instruct, except for tho State at arg? “Tn view of the opposition to Grant, of which thot in tnois is only o sample, what do you think, Afr, Hainilton, of Ils avatla- uillly ag 0 candidate for the Presidency 2” © Let that be shown In the Convention, I curry tho Northern States, well and good. It, hot, the party should select somo other man: who can.” : JERE MARALSON, one of the jolliest of colored mon, and mem- ber of the National Republican Committee: from Alabauin, was naked yesterday at the Grand Paeltic by a Tummuns reporter: “Can, Gen. Grant or “any other Republican carry any other Southern State 2” a Te replied, emphatically, No, sir. Gen, Grantor. no other Republican nomics ean eurry a Southorn State. ‘Phat’s a fact. don’t care how many yotes they can pile up, the Democrats down there will stop at no murder and leave no ballot-box uuraylshed to carry their man.” | - NEW ENGLAN NEW HAMPBINE, ‘Tho Governor and tho Intest ox-Governor of Now Iuupshire were at the Gratid Pacific yesterday, the former, Goy, Natt Mead, on hla way home from, California, and the Inttor, ex-Gov. B, F, Prescott, a delegate to, the Convention. “ What do you think of tho political situn- tlon?” asked tho reporter of Goy. Mead, shortly bofore hig departuro with his farmily: for the Enst, “Thad thought {t looked very Grantish, but Lam learning more of the’ opposition as A travel Eastward, 1 think Washburno {fs the Hkely man now. . Ie would get a goud Gorman vote, and thers Isn't. another man that T know of who would make so neeopt- gplo f candidate to our people down In New neland,’ . “Tho Now Tinmpshiro delegation,” sald ox-Goy, Prescott,” “is for Blaine, and will stick to him as Jong as there Is my reason- hope of his” nomination, ~~ But in Now Ilnmpshire the nouinee, whoever he ts will receive the support ofall tha Re publican voters of the State. Nuw Hnamp- shire will go for the yowlies, whoever lie may be. Washburne oul bo cntlrely ac- coptable to us in New England, for he is and always has been 6 favorit with us, eae, : MAHSACHUSETTS, 2p Hs geod County Commissioner Purlngton has re- eolved tho following latter from a prominent Republican In Enstern Massuchuselts; - Newnunyeonr, Mass, Muy 25.—My Dean Sin: T thank you for your Intorosting lottcr of the Tth inet, in which you a tae wn account of your Stato Convontion, Tho unscrupulous tomiiver Ing polloy of the Grunt men will defout Tho dologation from this State wilt be, with tho exoeptian of four vr five, who aro for Grant, for Ednwwuds, ‘The conduct of tho Graut leaders has excited in thia Stuto wu atroug anti-Grunt feeling among those who are opposed to usu pation aud dictation from any source, ” OTIMER STATES, ..* UN, Be W. THUOCKMORTON, |. "+ delegate trom tho Hudyon County District o Jersey City, N. J,, ts at the Grand Pacifio, where a Tumuns reportor. saw hiju. yester- day, Afr, ‘Throckmorton represents the: youth aud Intelligence of, the, Republican party in his State. Hels a man of flue qt tulunjents, and though o lawyer, practicing in New York Clty, ho fidds tle ta devote himself to Ntorary labor, Ho iy to lecture Saturday eventng before the Chicago Hig- torical Socloty oy “Thu Lyfe aid Character of Abraham Lincoln” 2 sya “The sentiment in the State of New Jer- sey,” said Mr, ‘Throckmorton, “upon the teclf, hava nothing to say about that, If he ean} i} At noon the announce surface, and, I bellove, running vory deop down, wos and fs forBtaine, ‘That expressed itself In tho Inte Stato Convention; and, at the sumo thine, there wero sov- eral districts in favor of Shorman and Washburne, with: a preponderance In favor of the former,’ The delegates selected to coma to Chicago were uninatruct- ed, and I would have. come under no other circtimstances, They were left to exercise thelr Independent Judamont. If at the thue the delegates were chosen- a vote had been taken among thom, I think that tholr per- sonal proforonce would have shown that for Sherman, int, and Washburne there were ten and Fo; ly twelve votes, ont of n dele- tion of elghtéen, aud Bialie would have iad the others. But, resting wnder that moral obligation ta represent the State at large, the first ballot In the National Conven- Hon might bo glvon solid for Blaine, Many Influences have been brought to bear wpon tha people of New Jersey, but, principally, tholr own Intelllzence and observation, and how tho delegation will vote now {a merely, conjectural, ‘There has been no meeting ot eaucus of the dglegntes, nnd very few of them will, get hero ‘before Monday. ‘The .olalin ling been mado by some of the New Jorsey, newspapors that the dolegation stood: Sher-| many ey Washburne, 8; Grant, 2; and Blaine 6," “But is there an ‘otagoniem to Grant or Blaine tn the detogation that would prevent unantinons support after the nondnation 2” asked the roportur, g “Every dologate has pledged himscif ta stand-by the cholea of the Convention, and feels free to act upon hig Individual Judg- ment in making the choice.” “Conld Grant carry Now Jerseys! Twill nnawer that by saying that, In my opitlon, though, differing with some of tha leading Republeans,. ani almost the entire German population, who are bitterly opposed to Grant, raul who hold the balaneo of power in two of the most important counties in tho State, so far ns carrying State elections 1s concerned,—to-wit:. Iludson and Essex,— yet, notwithstanding these -faets, Ebellevo that Grant might enrry the Sluto of New Jersey, Hf nominated. “It is almost safe to say that the preponderance of the xenthnent throughout the State to-day fs, that if Grant is nominated we will lose the State Legtsia- ture, and, consequently, & United States Senator and one or two Congressinen, But in this oplnton Ido not share.” HEVWARD SANDENSON, OF SIILWAUKET, an ouband-out Sherman delemate, waa at tho Grand Pacific yesterday. In conversation «with 9) “Tumune _ re- forter he, expressed “great confl- dence In Sherman's wing strength, and sald that the Wisconsin teleRates would vote 1 they had determined to vote all slong, —1 for Grant, 8 for Sherman, 7 for Blaine, and) for Washburne. Of one thing ho was very certain, and that was that the delega- tion regarded the aetion of the Springfeld Convention ns contemptible, and would voto, almostto aman, for the adiuission of tho twonty regular contesting delegates. ‘THE TION, JAMES ¥. WILSON, ex-United States Senator from Iowa, was at tho Grand Pacific Yesterday, looking over tho Bround from the unprejudiced standpoint of anunofniclal visitor, He speedily put nauietus on the ridiculous rumor of a splltin the Town, delegation by declaring that her twenty-two delegates would yote'for Blaine not only In accordance with Instructions but from per- sonal choice, JOMNN A. LOGAN. HIS DISLOYAL sPEECI IN 1861 AT X{URPITysBORO * ‘Tho positive statement of Mr. E.G. Mason at the Musle-lfall Wednesday evening as to the disloyal utterances of Jolin A. Logan at tho breaking out of tho War created some- what of n sensation, not only among the vast crowd there assembled, but throughout tho elty. Thesame chargo had been made be- fore, but not by a person familiar with tho facts, and, Logan and his friends denying It, he was given the benollt of the doubt, owing to the Inck of proof, But now thero can bo no question of his sympathy with the Rebellion. Mr, Mason, the gentleman who makes these statements istheson of Col, R, B. Mason, formerly Mnyor of this city, and one of its oldest and best-known citizens, Ho ts a Inwyer of high standing ut the Chicago Bar, las been promi- ‘| nently identified with the reform of polities in this city, and was one of the gentlumen who were instrumental in rescuing theSouth ‘Town from the hands of the gang of thlev and shouldor-hitters who at ono time c trolled It, ‘To all who know Mr. Munson, either personally or by reputation, his allirmation of the truth of any statement will carry conviction with it, : A ‘Tinpune reporter called on him yeater- day, and asked him UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IE MEARD LOGAN moko the remarks he referred to in his speceh,, 5 Mth the spring of 1861,” sald he, “T was a Jaw student In the office of Hoyne, Miller & Lowis, of this city, and, at the request ot the fir, went to Southern HHnols to obtain or- ders in certain certain cases In_the..Clroult Courts of Jackson and Perry Counties, It was just after the call of Predident Lincoln, for tilnety-lny troops, and on my way dowi thore there passed me at Centralin the first train loaded with Linols soldiers on their way to Cairo totuke possession of that place. L left the Llinots Control at the nearest polut to Murphysboro, tha county-seat of Jueksou County, and attended court In the morning. nent was mide that court would not be hold in the afternoon be- cause Jolin A, Logan would address his con- atituenta i the Court-House yard, ‘Tho re- turn conyeyance to the railroad was not to lvave until towards evening, and I therefore remalned and heard the speech. John A. Logun stuod in the midst of hts constituents, who surrounded him im rows, gested on the grass. Ie was in the centre Ike the chloe uf aclin. ‘Tho men were In the main roughly dreased, hind come non horseback, and some of them had rifles, When all was ready they snld, Go ahead’ Jolin, ‘alle us n string, Joun And he did talk them a string, sul stantially as follows; Ho told them that thera wis fro ng to be 9 wur between tho North andthe Souths that ft had ulreidy cominuneed, and that 37 WAS A LACK REPUBLICAN WAT} ‘that ‘Old Abe Lincoln,’ xy he-calted: him, wished to linve Hitnols troops take poxses- slon of Cairo, because it was an inportant paint, and hold it for the North, and that the | Hpois men onght to tiie possession of Calro, and hold {6 for the South. And he recommended them t6 fght on the side of tho South,--to go Into its armies, and have nothing to do with the Union troaps, ‘Those oxpresslons, In substance, 1 clearly ramen er; and the revidue of the. speech was of a -plece with. them, Wis UCR, yory much lnpressed by it, as. the people of Chicago atleast had no {dea xt that tne of any such feeling in Southern Unoln, Lreturned to tho vallroud and took the tral for-Cairo; aud atone of the bridges on my way down, where tho cars stopped, [ found that soldiors had been left from the train which preceded us to guard the bridge, be~ cause rumora of- Hebol disturbances in Southorn Uinols had reached them. On my arrlvalgiy Cairo Tinet some gentlemen -from Chicago, and. told them of the speech . Lo, had made I) have -been dn Bot Hitnals twlea of Inte years, anil have taken pals to Inquire as to the recollection of pea- ble there concerning JOUN A, LOGAN'S POSITION AT THE OUT- . MRBAK OF THE WAI, and have ‘been nsaured repeatedly by re- eteates vltizons of that part‘of the State hat it was perfectly well understood thore that he dit make “Rebel speeches at that thine, and that there wera men now living tn Southern IMlnols who hn he fono.inte tebe! army at. his fnsti¢ation, My own recollection as to Hib apecedi a bear 1g per= feetly clvar, ‘There can be no question about “Why have you not spoken of it before? “1 have repeatedly spaken of tt to friends In the elty, and narrated the incidentto them, Lnever made a polltical speeoh before, and nover had vocasion to refer to it in public, ‘Yho mutter neyer camo upin any way where 1 was called on to spéak about ft as ut Musio-Hall, 1 have never made a secret of tt among my frionds.” ; MOTE :-ROAMINGS, ! CHAUSCEY J, FILLEY, | * - * Statesmen, friends of the ulfferont Presl- dential candidates, ana all who «desire to gradunte (this belng the graduation year for afatesmen). and be admitted to thelr ranks, aro already thronging our hotels. . Consplcu- ota at the Palmer are the gentleman from Jackson, whom nobody falls to recoguilze, Senator Don Cameron, and last, but not least, Chauncey I. Filley, the Grand Mogul and or | wunizer of the Grant forces In Missvuri. Is sagaelty, ny ablrewdness, and ingeuu- ,| Secretary or the‘ Ti ity fn nrranging and mappin plans for Stato and Natlonat Chinen tlons, electing tho — delegntes therein and manipulating them for his abjects, verbinl antl not even overmindate ot oxplolts of Logan at Springtictd, Filles id horeulean sorvico for Hayes at te cinnall, but was deposed from one through the Influence of Schurz, As ainoy bor of tha National Sub-Comimttes af A rangaments ho ts busy at work, glving is nivyieo and counsel everywhere, tol dinner 1s Incumpteto” without the “teh iings” and — thé. alde-dtshies, Me Filley : knows, that the arrangement, of tho “proliminarics * for — tho Nee tlonal Convention ard of. Inententabi, Imporfance. All the details must he taken care of to completa the whole and te isthe success.: Voorkeepors, ushers, suboflees of evory kind and description; In one ‘vor anarmy of attendants have to be Appointed, tosctand keep tho ponderous maching f motion, to secure comfort to the delegates and visitors, and to give the signals to corps of elaquers stationed tn dliferent pg; of the Exposition Buullding, to fallin with thelr applause or tdlaust nt the proper d ment, ‘This duty could not liave heen pin {n better hands, Like Logan at Springtelg he will have no diticulty In sveurtig af Innuunerable army of Democrats, who aot asssistunt Republicans, until Grant ts nonik nated or defented. Those gentry wit] ture nls the’ noise and the enthitsinsn, "They will be amply supplied with tickets of adlintz, sion and money. Decent and respectabis Republicans, Washburic or Blaine hen, wi tnd if hard, however, to gain Admit: tance.’ Fliley fg. espeelally proud of having secured Grant delegates to the lute Missunt State Convention from wearly all tho cous tles iu that State contnining a minfority at German inhabitants. ‘This was don Ih ‘the face of. tha influence of Selitrz tha Westliche Post in those Tegtona, Mr Billey snys: “If Grant ia not hom uated, it will nat be my. fault.” To wits the Ilstencr Guictly bowed his assent, If abhanded Abe. Sorin Hel Gonventton, And pave lly valuable adviee to Logan aatraps. Iu his estimation, ean his TUE ANTI-TIIRD-TERMERS AT SPRINGFIELD nected more Hkea herd of zebras on an Afr. can plain than politicians who know what thoy want. Says he: “here was no concert of netion among them; no fixed purpose and eentra towards which to work; every ong constituted himself a leader, whilst” Mr, Farwell seamed to have lost his head, Wigt do these Congressional districts want bette the National Convention? If thore had been a spark offense. about the whole nnti-Grant ingnagement there thoy would have qutetls, after the Cook County matter wns settled, inade common catise with the cantlldntes fot State oflices, who wore anxious to get outot thelr aweat-buses of uncertuluty aud sus pense; helped to. nominate the Bate fleket first and rotirod from the Convention as soon ns Logan’s resolution, taking the customary privilege from the Congressional distrlets to appoint thelr own delegates, was passed: have gone to the Sennte Chander; organtx 8 a separate State Convention; Indorsed the State ticket already nominated selected delegates from the Congressional Ulstricts in the usual way; given them tholr credential signed by the oflicors of tha Convention, and Journed after. having agreed upon’ the form of protest. ‘Chia, In connection with the wording of the cull issued by the Ne tional Committee, Insured thom n basis for 4 contest. Asit now stands, they will not even get asmell at the Committee on Cre dentints.”” ‘The question whither he liad seen the statement that, immediately after Grant's nomination, Rate BONUNZ INTENDED TO NESIGN ‘o'take part in the ‘campatgn agnlnat the third-termer, Mr, Fille: yanawered In the afirmative. But he nddeds' “Schurz re sign? Schurz never resigns anything; itis only a question with hing how lung lio can holden, If he had not burned hls bridge and slilps behind him in the Grant eampalae of 1873 ho would bo to-day on our shle. Schurz fg Schurz, and after having tasted the sweats of n Cabinot position ha will holdit fintil the Day of Judginent ff tie Is permaltted 10. dg BO. With these Inst words the ex-Postmaster from St. Loula disappeared in the surglog crowd of the Palmer House rotunda. At the Grand ,Pacliic the erowi of die tinguished visitors and guests Is no sinaller than at the Paimor, [ere was found snuely seated In front of Sam’ Turner's beautitel beard a prominent German who fore thought of voting for Grant. Ho condemnel the outrageous proceedings nnd overbearing “bossing ? of Logan at pring field without reserve. “You sve,” auld he, “1 am a Republican, and voted for Tilden, Weeks ago To was In favor of Grant's now miration, beeauso 1 regarded at first the Washbitrme movement only ns a sileshow for the beneflt of Grant, In thls f fount tout Twas mistaken. I am now convin aa . : TUE BUENDS OF WASITMURNE ARE DETEI > MIND to secure tho nomination for itm, willy nilly, necording to ‘the good old principle which preyalled in puror and better tines ul our Republic, that the office shall seek the tan, and not the inan the office, ‘This In connection with the yituperation ~ abuse heaped upon’ Washbnrne by Grant's satellites, the uybeconing, and undignified netion of Senator Saran throughout. the - whole: of . this preliats unry tight, and the fraud at Springfle! a have fixed my determination to stant by Waste burnoor any other nomince of the ‘teagy Convention excepting Grant. CGrantia recy f ag President 1 looked-upon with charitable eyes. But Tam forced now to pndgo ue hint by tho men he uses to force hls nominntln upon tho people. I coneludo from what hayo seen that tho first Is no better than the last, otherwise he would not permit sticks erowid to ruin his position ag one of the Hi most citizens of the Nation, All should defented.? ».In the course of conversation the candidsey of Mr, Blaine was mentioned, and the enlle nan continued: “ You see, one of ine! argunients and objections of tho Grant inet agaist Washburne whieh ts olielly among my German countrymen 1% Washburite ts only used. by. the frends of Dining as n tool, as x stepladider for Wialue to scale the rampart and secure tho crow Lregard the antlBlulne cry, *As belwet Grant and Blalne, always for Grant,’ Ny 4 which Grant men’ attenpt to sow dissenslo Muong the Germans, as 0 plece of sinh domagouy: to Injure’ Washburne. 1 foro have no hesitation In saying that, AM METWREN GRANT AND DLAINE, 1 PREREE MLAINE. ia “If Itshoutd become necesanry In cen i contingencles to combing ‘the Wash! at and Blaine votes inorder to beat, the i N term, and the nomination of Bhulne 8 ta be the vesult, thore will not be nGennay it can hy Induced to bole the nomination. df is true that no Hood ena come ont of ne roth, it fs equally truo that good does tines come from the Enst, even out ity 8 State of Mulne, Vinine’s ideas, sorta al well ns politlently, are broad and and die partaking’ of the good of Ife he does not stand 5 any German In the Tand, ‘These Merron Maine ‘Hquor Inws, Yankeelsm, and fy Nothingtsin arebugbearsto seary the ince German voters, laine dy too bronbg nt iberal, too-shrowd, and too much dy of the world to bu in favor of or to ty are any of these ‘Inns. -Because his vio oat broad and Iberal he did not wgtee Wo the terior, And Wat other sido the ‘Blaine mon see that Think burne’s clianees ary better to defeat U ie torin Eom sure, and L know whereot aria that they will without healtation rally support,” ? TICKETS ‘TO THE CONVEX: fs TION. - putt A BTATEMENT FROM a1, Wt. HENRY SMT To the Bditor of Ths Cateago Trivunte In his Cutcaco, ‘May 2.—Your reporter ar account of the proceedings of the Lace fel ceutive Conimilttes yesterday, whieh to "i in turning over the Exposition a ee the National Committes and in redu ihe tok sald Local Comuttee to three, makes : Jowlng reference to me: - sttoow Mr, William Henry Sinith. who bad, ae aur sevined, unwittingly voted in favor UF te gue vatituta, wild that the offuct of adopting feo 12 atituto'wus to put tho Natiunal Cot psscasion of the ball. Wo ull know inuod, “that thore fe a little fee ne subject, and that Footing will only, bu inv by tho dduption of this revolution’ peat ‘This fs ait unnecessary inlsreprestt My voto was distinctly given ; Innguage I used was plain enous cen vote was for one Laat ar wittingly after imature dellbernty ty née mar! ca retorted to an entirely arene olutton. ha resolutions were bl Indl ten and not istinetly rend by the Cl at the time the motlon was pit, toy al, belag diverted, Pdi not hed the ruled supposed that ouly thu finst 1esy Hs we BESECSSTES2ZA ah ad at to a ed ee 2 ae ectey Suwixits, SEU nahHHowesbures - Wese soap ae we ian tae sgeaehea ini wr enc ek Seas or peecrerseer— Soe eres sep emer mee