Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 30, 1880, Page 2

o we THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY,: MAY 30, 1880—TWENTY PAGES. Southern colored: delegates. Conkling, and Cameron, and Logan may be willing to risk defeat rather than resign their Consulships, but the Southern colored man bas no Consul- ship to resign; and his horror of supreme Democratic control in the Nation is greater than the fear of the displeasure of the Syndi- cate, Another prominent feature of the situation is the effect of the disfranchisement of the ten Republican districts of Llinois. It mat- ters not what the Convention may do in the premises, public sentiment has already de- idea this contested casé in favor of district representation. It is seen that. any other course puts the State of Llinois, with her twenty-one Electoral votes, in deadly peril. And here it is the Republicans of New Hampshire, and notably of Massachusetts, express the most alarm. They are as much astonished at ; : THE TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION TO THE THIRD TERM which they witness in Illinois as are the col- ored men of the South. ‘They had flattered themselves that the National traditions were more finnly impressed upon the New En- gland than the Western heart. But they find here in the home of Gen. Grant a more determined hostility to his nomination than has found expression in any of the old States. They regard, too, with utter aston- ishment the history, as they come to study its details, of our State Conven- tion. In studying that history, re plete with outrages upon the right of Individual opinion, and bristling all over with kmavish political tricks to stifle the will of the people, they realize the intensity of ‘Western anti-third-term feeling which ren- dered necessary the extreme measures re- vorted to by Gen. Logan to wrest a dishonor- able victory from the jaws of defeat. Thus the weak-kneed anti-third-termism of New England is “braced up” by the vigor of Western opposition. A New Hampshire man, not a delegate, but a man of large in- fluence, said: “This difficulty in Ilinois must be healed; we must come together, or weare lost.” But —~ THE TEN DISFRANCHISED DISTRICTS are the strong Republican districts of the State; they furnish all the majorities by which the State can be carried for the Re- publican party, it was explained. The difli- culty can only be healed by the admission of the contestants. The New Hampshire man, like the man in the parable, “ went away sorrowful.” r All this tends to weaken the third-term position. The colored men from the South and the men from New England, the de scendants of the African and the descend- ants of the Puritan, are pondering over the problem how to do justice to the Republic- ansof Illinois disfranchised by the act of the Western member of the Syndicate, + There ismuch anxiety as to the action of the National Committee on Monday night, when it will meet to decide upon the tem- porary organization. The anti-thirdtern men, outside of the Committee, have no con- fidence whatever in Senator Cameron. ‘The course, up to the present time, of the mem- bers of the Syndicate has not been such as to inspire confidence. It is not believed that Chairman Cameron will keep any loose agreements he may make with the Commit- tee -in relation to the naming of the temporary presiding officer of the Convention.. The bolting trick of the Grant men in this county, and the subsequent outrageous proceedings at Springfield, engineered entirely by Gen. Logan, with the probable counsel of both Cameron and Conkling, are fresh in the minds of the assembled anti-Grant hosts; and they protest against leaving anything to the chance of an exhibition of bad faith on the part of tlle man who happens to be CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE. They say: We have thirty of the forty- seven committeemen. They have a right to designate the Temporary Chaimnan, But no matter how strictly and emphatic- ally they may instruct Mr. Cameron, thst gentleman will still have the pow- er, at the last moment, to disregard such instructions; and, if he should deter- mine to execute a coup d’ctat, the anti- Grant side of the Convention, although in the majority, would be thrown upon the defensive. They say: Logan’s cohorts tried to steal the organization of the Cook County Convention, which consisted of a two-thirds majority against them. Why, then, should not Mr, Cameron and his confreres be justly suspected of a similar design upon the Na- tional Convention? A tremendous pressure will be brought to bear upon the Committee to induce the deposition of Mr. Camerom from its Chairmanship, in order to prevent this apprehended trick. There is entire confidence in the intellect- ual capacity, the wit and wisdom, of the . three prominent managers of the Blaine in- terest,—Messrs. Chandler, Hale, and Frye. But it is no discredit to them to state that they arenot regarded as the equals of Messrs. Cameron, Conkling. and Logan in the arts of machine politics; and it is feared that they may be seduced into compacts which their wily opponents will take the earliest oppor- tunity to break, A deep interest is felt In the delegations from Vermont, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; end thelr probable course in the temporary or- ganization is much discussed. Nobody seems to know anything about their views or plans. Will they throw the weight of their influence in the opening in favor or against the third term? This wasa question often propounded yesterday. Less is known of THE ATIITUDE ON PRELIMINARY QUES- TIONS of these delegations than of any other. What were Senator Edmunds’ last words ta the de- parting delegation from Vermont the “man- agers” would give much to know. He has said many good words for Gen. Grant to the public. What did he say to the delegates who will vote for him on the first ballot? In the rotunda of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Scattered through the throng of Republic- ans, there was a generous sprinkling of Dem- ocrats, laboring zealously in the interest of Gen. Grant's nomination. Prominent among them were Mayor Harrison, John Forsythe, and Judge Barnum, The Mayor was very impressive. He was ready to show every anti-Grant man that he (the anti-Grant man) was doing his party a deep injury in oppos- ing the ex-President’s nomination. Ie was particularly happy in descanting upon the subject of Gen. Grant’s popularity with the Democrats. “He will get a great many Democratic yotes,” exclaimed the owner of the eagle, But afterwards, privately, the genial Mayor explained that the reason he supported Gen. Grant was the fact thathe wanted to have done with the third term forever. “Gen. Grant,” said Mr. Harri- son, “ will be a candidate for the Republican nomination as long as he lives, until he is defeated, and ]_ want him nominated and de- feated now.” But the Democrats who skirt the crowd are shrewd observers, and those on deck yesterday admitted that the anti-Grant-movement was plainly gaining ground. ALTOGETHER THE OUTLOOK 18 VERY HOPE- : FUL. The Blaine and Washburne men aré fill of courage, and the Grant bluwers and strikers are proportionately despondent. There is much speculation as to what Gen. Grant said to J. Russell Young at the inter- view which occurred between the two dis- tinguished travelers on Friday. But the subsequent futerview between Young and Don Cameron was behind doors, lacked, sealed, and barred. And what Young said Grant sald, and what Cameron said about what Grant said, remains locked in the triple breast of the triumvirate. The Blaine men regret exceedingly that their chief is not as accessible as the chief of the Syndicate, They say that Grant has an immense advan- tage in directing his campaign from a point sonear as Galena, while Blaine is far be- yond the reach of a courier, OBSERVATIONS. “GATH’s” NOTES AND INTERVIEWS. Cuicaco, May 29.—The Republican party never met under such discouraging circum- stances in National Convention, To seat Mr. Hayes they gave away their whole strength in the South, which previously had given them two great Electoral victories. Had Grant not reappeared as a candidate, they might have had at least a harmonious funeral. But his strength withthe managing politicians and with a considerable optimistic party and general following has brought to the surface those numerous Commonwealth and tocal dissensions which are the fruit of long years of power in nearly the same hands. A CALM OUTLOOK. Against Grant, personally, the delegates here have nothing to say, except that he will lose the party vital States in the North,— Ohio certainly, perhaps Wisconsin and New York,—and recover nothing previously lost. But the attendants and camp-followers in many cases bitterly denounce Grant, his per- severance for ‘office, the record. of his Ad- ministrations; and the designs and characters, of his engineers, From the best of my ob- servation such attacks are more especially made by Lllinoisans, Chicagoans particular- ly, who use the roughest vernacular in the country under excitement. Ohio anti- Grant men plead, New Yorkers reason, Indianians illustrate their objections, but Illinois talks with a clenched fist, qualifies nothing, and threatens combus- tion. The high-strung, nervous, resolute type of men living on these prairies, their schoolmaster the City of Chi cago, do not measure words nor welcomes. More Southern in kind than any other Northern society, they do not observe that the fact of the Convention meeting here should disfranchise their lips or fists, and some of the Grant men complain that if they were a herd of cattle coming into Chi- eago they could not be bulldozed less gently. The endeavor to impress the name of Cook County upon foreigners has not been in vain, and an irate Grant man from Pennsylvania yesterday said he should remember it as “Chief Cook and Chief Bottle-Washer County.” “Sir,” exclaimed a distinguished Chica- goan, swinging his long arms in the faces of a group of gaping New-Yorkers, “ they little thought that when they spread the banquet the ghost of Banquo would be there! They sit down to the Convention, and there glides in with her bloody head and trenched gashes the outraged ghost of Chicago. Yes, sir, Chicago!” This had reference to Cook County being bulldozed by the State Conven- in. DECADENCE. Some people draw parallels between the feeling here and that at Charleston in 1860, when the Democratic party, divided between Breckinridge, Douglas, Howell Cobb, and Buchanan. ruptured and expired. But it was then the quarrel of an issue,—two thou- sand millions of slave property to be re- tained only by a certain rendering of the Constitution. Here at Chicago it would appear to be a rupture about lead- ers. Not o word is said about the party platform, nor the need of leading issues, nor about the Vice-Presidency. It is a war of enemies or respecters of persons. Thetwo issues are within the party, not outside of it. They are the unit rule and the three terms of Grant. The negro, who has abided with the party a quarter of a century asa political principle, appears at the Con- vention as a miserable and discarded quan- tity, absorbed into the organic law, a mendi- cant, a non-resistant, perhaps already pre- pared to sell his vote for money or a servant’s office, and to turn his back on Grant for Sherman, or Lincoln, if he were living. Like the Indian, a hero as long as he was unre- claimed, and a vagabond when elevated, the black man cuts a sorry figure at the Conven- tion of the great party which ennobled him. Fred Douglass is almost the only black fig- ure here commanding any attention. Lib- erty has come, but not yet the manhood it was to give. As one old enough to look back twenty years thinks of this day and that, when the Western star arose on Lincoln’s brow and outshone the older orb of Seward, he won- ders if the tremendous physical work of the Republican party has not unfitted it for the counsels of repose and the era of nothing-to- do; if its dissensions are not like those of a family when the active parents are dead and the property is to be divided, and the eldest son. in Grant, claiming by primogeniture and entail, is fiercely resisted by his brethren. REASONABLE RUMOR. Friends of Washburne by no means aban- don their expectation, in the apparent great need of the Republican party for aman who can be elected without recourse to desperate extremity or improbable resources, that the Blaine and Sherman men may come to him, and a fair number of the Grant men, too. But Mr. Washburne’s silence is liable to some misconstruction in both directions. Having declared himself on paper for Grant, he is notina position to give advice to the con- trary; and yet, having been a candidate in Illinois, a certain element in the Grant mus- ter will have it that he has been playing a double game. Any how, the masses of the party still regard him as the most available of all candidates, Some say that the mantle of Grant, which might have descended on Washburne and which Sherman also expects, is quite as probable to drop on Ed munds, The dilemain Grant's camp, if he should fail of the nomination, is to find somebody tractable enough for the old party masters like Conkling and Cameron. Edmunds has a certain ugliness in his nat- ure, as Sherman has in his temper, and their experience with Hayes rankles in the minds of the mighty Grant Captains. Grant suits their form of discipline, himself a discipli- narian, but only of his enemies, £ It is said to be a new thing in Chicago to have great numbers of yery black negroes making themselves at home in the marble dining-halls of the big hotels, but this is only a practical realization of the changes since the Chicago Convention of 1860. Very little is heard here about the candidacy of Senator Bruce for Vice-President, and, indeed, the Vice-Presidency is as much overlooked as if there was no ‘such office in the country. It was suggested during the day from the large number of these negroes, that some of them might be for sale, and that the Presidential nomination might at last come to depend on the relations of Sambo’s power to the palm of his hand, THE EXPOSITION BUILDING, which I visited for the first time on Friday, is most happily situated for convenience of aecess, being within a few blocks of all the hotels, and on the border of the lake, where there is sure to be cool air, if anywhere. Entered from the basement, the immense auditorium looks Hke an enormous ship, propped up on stays and housed during win- ciety. i ter, to beJaunched as soon as convenient. ‘The portraits are all ready, and part of them are on the walls. , “At the end over the stage stands Zach | Chandler, who waszalive but yesterday, and departed in the night, when no man saw hin go, from.a stranger's bed.in this city. He is painted with a challenging, aggressive face, as when Dan Voorhees broke the milk-jug over his head at the breakfast table. This picture is set in black, and concludes the line of great original Republicans, ~ At the other end-of the hall is Mr. Lincoln, rather poorly painted, asif his hniaments had somewhat faded in the mind of this age, . but in smart lettering his motto is preserved on the wall: “ And that government of the people. and for the people by the people, shall not perish from the earth.’”" Gen. Washington, also of a doubtful au- thenticity, occupies the middle of the hall. Without regard to present or past disputes, twelve great Republicans line the sides of the building. 7 ‘The first is Sumner, who bolted in 1872, and Grant soon afterwards stood at his funeral, The next is John A. Andrews, who hesitated. at the sugeestion of Grant in 1808, but finally wrote: “Itis the best attainable good, but itis not the ideal good.” The third is Fes- senden, who voted against the impeachment. scheme, and died, like his friend Grimes, not long thereafter, ‘Che next is Seward, whose magnificently disciplined battalions came to Chicago twenty years ago confident and bold, and only pigeon-holed him in the Cabinet of an unknown Western man. Then comes Greeley (some say replaced by Dix), a de- serter, but pardoned for the kindness of his motives, because Grant to-day oceupies the identical ground toward the South that Greeley did eight years ago. The next por- trait is Thaddeus Stevens, the most radical individuality of the party, who was always at war with these Camerons and hardly less with the compromising Blaines and Sher- mans. Then comes Chief-Justice Chase, twice the competitor of Lincoln for the Pres- idency and twice of Grant. Joshua Gid- dings, of Ohio, is the next man, one of the great pugilists of freedom; and poor Dick Yates, who gave Grant his commission as Colonel of Volunteers, stands next,—a happy but unexpected act of remembrance. Then comes Ben Wad dead but yester- day, whose friends deserted Chase for Lincoln, in the Convention of 1860, Oliver P, Morton follows, also a disappoluted Presidential expectant though & great one. The last picture is vejoy, of a martyr family like Lincoln. Allin all, the selection of these fourteen portraits is typical of the formidable line of the Republican party which has accomplished such wonderful changes in the relations of American so- y ou who are like them now ? i AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION with the Secretary of the National Commit- tee, Thomas Keogh. on the labor question at the South. Lasked him if the exodus of the negro in the future depended upon the elec- tion of a Democratic or Republican Presi- lent, “J think not,” he said. “The two great causes of this exodus are above politics, and even above violence, The tirstcause is thatthe South is overstocked with labor. ‘Thesecond is the restlessness in the negro’s mind, ‘There is altogether too much labor insthe South, and there is nostimulation for a white man to work there for that reason. You see we pay next to nothing for servants. of my neighbors in North Carolin month for a cook. regarded as a needless piece oft extri For the same class of servants North Pi Sliamonth. Now, this rate of labor is a proof of there being too much of it, and the Northern people, hearing of such cheap la- bor, are sending through various agenci get servants out of the South. One servant writes back to another that she ig getting $10 or $12. month, and consequently there is a universal restlesness among the peo- now somewhat accustomed to use of money and desirous either to spend or save it, ut anerrand done for you in the North,” said Mr. Keogh, * you have to pay a disputeh-boy ora servant, But down where Ilive I can cull up any colored boy on the street and say, ‘John, you ‘go out to my house, two or three miles, and bring in’ my overcoat.’ ‘There is no charge for it; he diy thinks of refusing. Of course I gi him some- thing,—10 or 15 cents. That is expected, but not demanded. With labor so cheap no white person moves a hand. The young white boys, instead of walking around the corner, whistle to a negro, who runs the errand out of habit or fur_a few pennies. The best white labor jn North Carolina, such as we have in the gold-mines there, can be hired for 50 vents a day, and they feed themselves. Relatively, the North has few laborers. “Every man does his own work. The energies of the South would be put forth tenfold if it had one-third the present amount of labor. We have an old cook who has been with us many years. We. thought she was thoroughly attached tous, But she ame to my wife just before we left for Chi- cago and said she was going to New York. A friend had written to her that she could get $Sa month wages. We undertook to raise her wages, but the unrest had gone tog far. So I think the exodus question in the South is but little connected with polities. Of course more violence would expedite that emigra- tion, and there mignt bea panic among the negroes in the Gulf States between the elec- tion of a Democratic President and his. in- auguration. But I think the exod extent exists in natural causes,—a surplus of labor in the South and a call for jt in the North Mr. 0. E. Beovllles of Cleveland, says that Hi. B, Payne, though supported by his_fain- ily and a personal interest for the Presi- dency, is regarded asa piece of ‘dough. If he ever got to be President, says Mr. Sco- ville, he would be a mere creature in the hands of what he calls the Southern gentle- men. Scoville says that any Democrat sug- gested from Ohio would make a more ac- ceptable President than Payne, who is al- inost wholly influenced by the social passion, and will submit to be patronized by people of supcrior family claims. JOHN SHERMAN. One of the stiffest anti-Sherman men in the city Is Eugene Cowles, of Cleveland, whose editorial experience ought to give him a Fred knowledge ‘vf the Western Reserve. He said: “John Shennan cannot carry Ohio, if he is nominated. You may think this ex- travagant, but itisclear as day tome. He has been too much identified with Hayes? policy of firs away Republican States to Rebels, Te has not 2 single delegate trom the Western Reserve. Witi all the jabor and. expenditure of John Sherman to get an Ohio delegation there are nine Blaine men on it anyway.” “Give me some figures, Mr. Cowles, to idate your position.” “© Weil, in 1875, President Hayes got forty- cight hundred majority for Goyernor, and the next year 6,000 majority for President. Assvon as he put his policy on foot of ex- changing Republican States for Electoral votes, In which he was advised and assisted by Sherman, we lost Ohio by 18,000, The old Republicans were disgusted, In 1879 there was a slight revival, and Foster beat Ewing by a small majority, but there was a Greenback vote of some 30,000. Now, in 1880, uh @ 12,000 of- those Republican Greenbackers who will vote dead against Sherman if he is nominated, and there are 30,000 Republican Stalwarts who will not go to the polls for Sherman.” “ ‘Then you feel confident Sherman will not be nominated 2” 3 ‘Ido. ie has nine votes agains,him any way, leaving him only thirty-five in @hio, and of those thirty are for Blaine as a second choice. - Charley Foster does not claim more thun 100 yotes on the first ballot «for Sher- man, “ How is it that Grant has no delegates at all from Ohio?” i “Because the Republicans there believe the Gerinans would bent him if he was nomi- nated. ‘That is the reason there is such a popular feeling in Ohio for Blaine. All the Grant men are in the Blaine column.” “Do yon feel sure the Germans will vote against Grant?” “Tain afraid that is true.” COLRESPONDENTS’ TALE. Mr. Cunningham, the political correspond- ent of the New-York Evening Foe is in this city and is at the Windsor Hotel. He thinks that Tilden’s nomination is next to sure. If Grant be nominated there will be no ques- tion of it. Mr. Cunningham says Tilden has the mettle aud material to make altogether the best campaign for the Democrats, and is the only candidate on that side who promises real stiif reforms and an overhauting of the Government. - 1 Mr. Z. L. White, of the New York Tribune, thinks it looks like the defeat of Grant, but to the advantage af what candidate he does not know. me i " Mr. McBride, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, thinks that Edmunds, of Vermeunt, will get = = the Grant vote if it breaks away from Grant after numerous ballots. There is a general feeling that the Convention will probably meet until Saturday night, certainly not to ad- journ before Friday night, Yesterday Goy. Charles Foster seemed to be exerting hisabilities to bring the Sherman and Blaine men together, and appeared to have made an impression ‘to that effect on Gen, Garfield. Foster. is hardly » secondary politician, and, with the Vice-Presidency in his eye, is playing us large'a game of politics as Mr. Sherman himselt. Perhapsasnear | A FRIEND OF Ee, B.:WASHBURNE as is to be found about Chicago is Gen. Chet- Iain, who was one of Grant’s oflicers from Fort Donelson to Vicksburg, and his Consul to Brussels. Gen, Chetiain hails from Gale- nr, and was one of the party of Washburne, Gsant & Co. which recently went to Spring- field. Isnidto him: -“Is there not some feeling acainst Washburne by some of Grant’s friends ?” 2 “There is a slight coolness on the part of some,” replied the General. “There were some foolish friends of Mr. Washburne who, against his advice and counsel, insisted on running his name at the delegate elections. Limplored them, as far as I had the oppor- tunity, not to make that mistake, knowing that Mr. Washburne’s main prospect of suc- cess was _in Gen. Grant’s favor and good wishes. But, as far as Mr. Washburne him- self is concerned, no more loyal man to Gen. Grant ever lived than he, His devotion is not a new thing. In all this part of the coun- try during the War there were perpetual de- mands being made fur Grant’s removal from the head of the army, and Mr. Lincoln often wavered, Mr, Washburne stood by Grant almost to the point of threatening the President. I was with Gen. Grant when he and Gen. Badeau, mn. Hor- ace Porter, Gen. Logan, Gen. MeNulty, and others met at Springfield recently. Me- Nulty, said in the presence of both Grant and Washburne: ‘Here in’ my district re- turning Blaine and Grant votes equally, and three Germans who will have nobody but Washburne. Perhaps you can settle those Gerinans, Mr. Washburne.’ Washburne wrote a letter to those Germans, which was sent off, and a telegraph dispatch was re- turned that obedient to his request they would support Gen. Grant. © Washburne thought Grant would like to see this tele- gram, and sent it up to him at Chicago, where he had gone.” “What is the matter with Mr. Washburne in Maine? 1s it anything serious?” | : “Not serious, He has a bronchial affec- tion, resulting trom acold that has laid him up for awhile.” A “Was there not at one time a long cool- ness between Grant and Washburne while the latter was at Paris?” f, “Yes, there was a difference, but not im- portant. It was a mere family zephyr. ‘Those men were as hearty with each other here as ever in their lives.” _ ‘ “ What is Gen. Badeau doing over here?” “J think he is getting ready to publish his second and enneluding volume of Grant’s inilitary campaigns. It is my impression that he desiens to publish it ug soon as Gen, Grant is nominated{?}. Mr. John Russell Young is up at Galena, and I have guessed, without any knowledge on the subject, that he means to run off a campaign book for Grant.” “But will Grant be nominated?” “T have always supposed he would be. L amwarnly for him now. We do not ex- pect to bring Mr. Washburne forward if Gen. Grant can be nominated. But we think, in view of the loyalty of Mr. Washburne to Gen. Grant through along period of years, and of the eminent: fitness of Washburne for the Presidency, and particularly of his popularity at this time, that if Gen. Grant fails of the nomination his friends ought to consider Mr. Washburne.” sn “What are Washburne’s availabilities 2” “He willget two-thirds of the whole Ger- man voteof the country, without respect to Di He will also. get a large Democratic yote if Tilden is nominated. Judge Gooldy, Chairman of] the Democratic State Com- mittee, says that between Washburne and Tilden, he would yotefor Washburne. ‘Then there is another element we have not said much avout. In the time of the Commune at Paris Washburne gave his undivided atten- tion to rescuing the Catholic ‘Bishops who were to be shot. This service will tell through all the limits of the Catholic Church.” " “Do you believe Grant will be nomi- nated 2”? “Until very recently, ”? said Gen. Chetlain, “T have been of the den that Grant’s des- 4iny would give him“ thé’ nomination, and ‘elect him, tuo. Feould not see how it-was:to bedone, but I entertained the blind belief that his luck would go with him, Yet it is rather appalling to’ see the opposition that has arisen within the past two or three weeks. Atembraces great numbers of Americans. As far as the County of Couk is concerned, certainly be lost to the Republican vi if Grant is nominated. ‘The people ap- ear to feel that the reappearance of Grant in adininistration, without any new princi- “Isnot Gen. Logan resentful at Wash- burne because he was supported in’ this State?” Z “I think that is so. Yet there are grounds of ambition for that perhaps. If Washburne were the candidate this year lilinois could not get the Presidency for years, and tine is slipping by, and Gen. Logan has long been a Presidential aspirant.” EUGENE UALE, OF MAINE, said that Blaine’s prospects were improvin: all the tine. “The rock that Gen. Gran split on,” said Mr. Hale, ‘was Logan’s con- duct of the Springfield Conyentiou. I do not anticipate that Grant can be nominated on the first ballot, and the Grant delegations are ftullof Blaine men,—enough, with his own forces, to give ne the nomination,” Mr. Willian aifer, brother of the late Governor of Utah, says that the Uinta Convention must put La mtn who ean be elected, and it Blaine is In the country the easiest ‘man to elect. “Whatever they may say about breaking from the Republican ticket if Blaine is nominated,” said Mr, Shaffer, “they won'tdo it in view of the facts. A Democratic President next time means eight Democratic United States Senators trom ‘Texas, because they propose immediately to split that State into four. It also means the revolution of the Supreme Court of the United States so as _to keep it perpetually Democratic. ‘They will use their power with the Executive, and, having now both Houses of Congress, will work such a_ practical change in the nature of the Govermnent that we cannot live under it.” MR. WALTER ALLEN, politician and editor of the Boston Aduertis- er, says he thinks there will be a new man nominated, and neither Blaine, Graut, nor Sherman. “Ie Grant is defeated in this Convention and Blaine nominated by it,” said Mr. Allen, “there. will be a sour feel- ing, and in States like New York and Pennsylvania the vote will be withherd from Blaine. There are two Grant men on the Massachusetts delegation, but the suund opinion of the State is against both Grant aid Blaine. There is no would make a ripping campaign for a litue while, and bring out the boys with a huzzal; but then they would begin to impeach hi: record, put him on the defensive, and give the Republican party the fame of bein 88, and most probably defeat ir. ‘i h ‘assachusetts and a large part of New England will stick with Mr. Edmunds. Nothing can be said against him by any por- tion of the Republican party, Ile has no enemies in it,. Hes not obnoxious either to the regulars or the Independents, and in his peculiarities of character are so much genial- ity and anecdote that before the campaign hed progressed tar he would be a general favorit.” i . GEN. CHESTER A. ARTHUR, ex-Collector of New York, was asked if he felt confident of Grant’s nomination.“ Per- fectly so,” said Arthur, oe Who is your second choice?” “We have none. Men: in earnest never have a second choice.” “ Tow imany votes ix the New gation will be found against Grant ? “Some say six or-suven,” said Gen. Ar- thur, eight.” : “Could Mr. Washburne in any event get the nomination here?” “Not now,” said Arthur. ‘Since the late performance in. this State, he is not favor- ably rezardes many of our friends.” Ar- thur added; ‘hese faing men ave mad be- cause they are whipped. et whipped.” r. James Bosler,.pf Carlisle, Pa., says that there are twenty Blaine men in the dele- gation, only two hi been captured. ‘here were orjgin; Wwenty-two, He says Blaine will carry’ Pennsylvania by 70, ingjority. : Mr. H. J. Ramsdall;-Jong Washington cor- ieeppndent of the New York ribune, says DON CAMERON HAS “PROMISED A CABINET OFFICE TO EVERY STATE IN THE UNION If they will come up te Grant, and he thinks ane checkbook has also been drawn on that le. , Mr. William Bickham, editor of the Day- ton (Ohiv) Juurnul, svys that neither Grant Cork dele- “I think there may be as high as Hopeful men never’ nor Blaine can carry Ohio. Not only the Germans there are against Grant, but enor- mous numbers of Americans, who’.see no renson to reverse the respectable policy of the country-in that respect, - The Ohio dele- gation, he says, has more Grant than Blaine men on it, As to Blaine, the party would be on the defensive from the time he was nomi- nated. Mr. Bickham seemed to be in favor of Sherman to. start off with, and of some new candidate if Sherman was.dropped. He said there would be a little over one hundred yotes on the first ballot for Sherman. Imet Gen. Garfield with William Walter Phelps. Garfield said: “It is true that my district elected anti-Grant delegates. On the Western Leserve generally they are for Blaine. Lain for Sherman, of course. I have been here so few hours that I have not come to any conclusion, but I do not think Gen. Grant can get the nomination, and I think it would be disastrous in our State if he did.” Afr, William Walter Phelps said that he had all he could attend to to take care of his private business, but thata sense of duty had compelled him to come out and do what little he could to defeat Gen. Grant. Gat. THE SITUATION. THE PERSISTENT RAIN-STORM and general dreariness of the day had no dampening effect on the politiclans yester- day. They the more crowded the vast lob- bies of the two hotels at which all the chin- ning and wire-pulling is going on, and en- gineered all day long a perpetual din, in which the names of Grant, Blaine, Wash- burne, and Sherman was occasionally heard above the vocal roar, The blusterer was out in full force, and the reckless abandon with which he volunteered to wager sums to which he was as much a stranger as Lazarus tothe weaith of Monte Christo, was pecu- liarly refreshing to those who understood him. The bustle and excitement was continually increased by the arrivals of delegations and delegates from all parts of the country. The Maine and other New England delegations arrived in a special train early in the forenoon. Yisiting statesmen from Tennessee and South Carolina swelled the number of President-makers in the after- noon, and in the evening the great bulk of |. the New York delegation, headed by Senator Conkling, putin their. appearance at their headquarters at the Pacitic Hotel, which had been tastefully decorated in their honor. After the delegates had blazed their way to their rooms, and thence from the dining- room to the rotunda, they at once became the prey of the interviewer and the quarry of the missionary managers in behalf of the promiinené candilatea: In this respect, the Washington lobbyists, to whom the MANUFACTURE OF CONVERSIONS is not a sealed book, did a great deal of very hard but notover effective work. All par- ties have pretty thoroughly canvassed their strength; and those who are classed as doubtful, it is safe to presume will remain so, until they can obtain a greater insight into the situation. That there are some delegates from the South who look upon the Convention as “an augel is conspicuously certain, and it is equally sure that their votes can be had for a sutiicient consideration, provided their ballots happene to go in a way. thet can be reason- ably explained at home. It is in- this respect that the Grant managers have a little the best of it, and their wily and some un- serupulous manipulators know it thorough- ly. Auti-Grant delegates from the densely- populated negro constituencies of the South can vote for the third term fora considera- tion, and on their return report that, as-Grant had beaten the South, aud thereby main- tained the abolition of slavery, they thought, under the circumstances, it was the best thing they could do. That this plan of securing the free ballots of freemen has met with some success cannot be denied, for a Grantinanager and delegate to the Conven- tion, while in a fit_ of exuberant enthusiasm, made no bones of avowing that twenty-two delegates had been captured and compelled to sign a written pledge. What “spot” in- ducement was handed in, or what promises to be filled in the future were made, the re- orter could not? ascertain,—neither would is informant revéal the States from.which THEY AD-BEEN WoN,*'**: | The peremptory matiner in which’ 3 position managers sat down upol i eron’s atiempteé larceny of the Bt Moh ' Building for a ty; eetings at Wilh to trot out Conkii Dean, Carpenter! and Woodford, was a cétiplete setbacks forthe third-term managers, and the local'chaps were forced to content themselves with bor- rowing grom the “city authprities the use of Dearborn Park. The intimation in yester- qay’s Tripene, that, unless Don Cameron would) solemuly pledge to abandon the unit rule during the temporary organiza- on of the Convention, and act fairly and honestly aboveboard, he would be deposed from the Chairmanship of the National Com- mittee, was a very unpleasant. ot reading to the flixh Joinis and their allies, who have been holding high political carnival in Room Palmer House. ‘The anti-third-term del- have “very little confidence in the n ia Senator, and many of them are in favor of dropping him’ entirely. They say ‘would not — trust any. pledge he might make — were they to give him the blank paper to write it on. His sehomes and plans, as far as they have leaked out and have been conjectured, haye beeu thoroughly analyzed, and when the Committee meets on Monday evening he will be asked in no uncertain inunner to give a full and true account of his stewardship. His questioners mean business from the start, and they will accept no half-way explanation or studied evasion. ave determined he shall show his nd, if there be any “joker,” the son is father will be summarily asked to tender his resignation. AN INFORMAL CONFERENCE of the anti-Grant members of the National Committee now in Chicago was held at the Grand Pacitic yesterday ‘afternoon. There were twenty present, and the exact attitude of as many was reported. The show of hands developed. the fact that the anti-Grant members of the Committee numbered tyenty t, which gives thema majority of nine over their. third-term brethren. Be- t nthe Blaine, Washburne, and Sherman wings the t harmony prevailed —all being in perfect accord as ty the first thine in order, namely, the breaking up of the Senatorial despotism which has deprived the majority of the ‘Republican voters of three veut States of the right-of representation, the meeting. though informal, was full of business, and for four hours. they discussed the problem before thei. A full exchange of views took place in regard to the unit rule and the minor question of temporary and . permanent presiding of- ficers, for whizh the following’ names suggested: J. B. Cassidy, of nsin; Congressman — Butterworth, Congressman Conger; of Michigan, Congressman Honr, of Massachusetts; James k. Joy, of Michigan; and Ben Harrison, of Indiana, ‘Lhe conclusion reached on ‘the main point was that a resolution should be prepared and adopted at the regular ad- journed meeting of the Committee ‘Stonday, setting forth as the sense of the Committed that on all preliminary questions of the or- ganization the Chairman shall receive the ROLES OF INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES, contested delegates not to vote. The exclue slon of the contesting and contested dele | gates from the floor of the house was sug- gested and talked over fora few minutes, and it seemed as If, the Springfield plan int augurated by “ tlhiegentleman from fF eckson COUnty: i Would meee with a heart, pera- jon, As “ Long” Jones says, a gallery “bolt” don’t amount to ‘anythine Srontd the full Cominittee arrive at this conclusion, the bulldozer from Illinois will have to bor- row a proxy in order to participate in the temporary organization, and who will mourn for Logan then? It was further agreed that tie resoludon should be put into. the hands of Cameron, and that he should be required to say, in black and white, whether he would carry out the yiews of the ana- jority of the Committee. If he fails to give a positive and satisfactory reply, the major- ity will doubtless fayor electing a Chair- man who will represent the Committee. This action virtually settles the unit rule so far as the action of the National Com- | mittee can control Ip etheie power, of only course, extending to the steps: necessary to secure the .temporary Oe, th ganization; byt it is now certain that the very decided ~ action of th Committee will be followed by a large body of the Convention. ‘Thus far what the Cun.- wmitteg ins done. is Informal yet so faras ¢ praci Tresu. are concerne ve: eaulvalent te tSrnsh sation 2 it will prove Tp his time, it id o: eron side is detinnt. Bee Se Sane | there was tremendous cheering. ; Reception Committee taking the lead, and the __ THE HON. EUGENE ALE, Chairman of the Maine delegation, stated yesterday that it was not. the - int of the National Executive ‘Committe to attempt to read Mr. Cameron a lecture for any ~ misdemeanor which he may have committed in the past; but in relation tothe rumor that Cameron was to be removed from the Chairmanship by the majority of the Committee, Mr. Hale dis- tinctly stated that such a move would only be made in case Cameron should attempt to force the unit rule upon the Convention. That this rule will be broken he is positive, the anti-Grant men haying a large majority in the Committee. He is confident that Blaine will receive quite a large vote trom theSouthern delegations.and that his strength in that section will surprise even his friends. In regard to Logan’s action at Springfield, Mr. Ifale says his delegation is unanimous in condemning it, and he is certain that the wrong of the contesting districts of Illinois will be satisfactorily righted by the Conven- tion .* i . HOSCOE CODING are Postmaster Thomas L. James, J. H. Starin, Solon B. Smith, Nathan H, Hall, D, D. S. Brown of {Rochester, Charles Ez Cornell, son of the Governor, Police-Justice J. M. Patterson of Albany, ex-Insurance Commis- sioner O. W. Chapman, J. W. Hoysradt of Columbia County, and others of the New York delegation ‘arrived last evening at the Grand Pacific. Roscoe Conkling at once re- paired to his rooms,—17 and 19,—and for some time was invisible to the outside world. Mr. Conkling docs not come out West often, and last evening he was much sought after. Senator John A. Toran: and the Hon. Jolin C. New called upon him, and for a few moments the three gentlemen were the centre of quite a group of admir- ers, and Mr. Conkling held_s brief and im- promptu reception. ‘fo a TrrBuNeE reporter he seemed remarkably pleasant and cordial, though he refused the interviewer's snares. “Yam tou tired and dirty,’ said he, *‘to talk. I have traveled for thirty hours, and I don’t know enough about matters here to say anything.” “What can you sayin regard to the po- litical situation ?” “You know as much aboutit asIdo. I can’t add anything to what you all know. I know who will be nominated, and you know who that is, but I don’t like to tell who he is.’ And then the New York Senator went into the dining-room, smiling one of his blandest smiles, I? IS CLAIMED THAT THE SHERMAN PEO- PLE 8 have captured the greatest number of the Southern colored delegates, Somehow, ex- Goy. Dennison’s paternal, humanizing, and quiet, kind way has a great deal of weight with them. He has quietly effected com- binations,:it is said, which Will startle the Grant people when they find that the unit rule is broken, A TrusuNe reporter was in- formed yesterday of some of the work that has been done, but itis of such a character that it would not do to make it publie. Congressman Frye. the Ilon. Eugene Hale, the Hon. William E. Chandler, Gov. Charles Foster, and Senator Jamas A. Garfield had an extended conferencein Room 36o0f theGrand Pacifie- yesterday afternoon., It is stated that the matter of Gov. Foster as a possible can- didate for Vice-President, in case that Blaine is nominated, was very generally discussed. it is said that Goy. Foster objected decidedly toanysuch position, but he was finally in- duced to consent to allow his name to be used in certain contingencies. to help insure a Republican success next fall, and for the general good of the party. ‘This conference grated harshly on the ears of the Grantites, who insisted that there was a large defection in the ranks of the Ohio {lelegation, and that aportion had sold out to Bfaine “and were ready to bolt upon the least provocation, while the majority would go to Grant. ANOTHER LITTLE DIFFICUITY is said to have arisen_over the Ohio delega- tion, in that the nine Blaine men, under the leadership of Gen. Beatty, had gone to the Sherman House, and opened there a sort of headquarters _in oppes tion to the Sherman at the Grand Pacific. The anti-third-term talk at the Grand Pacific has made the New York men fight shy there. They don’t show quite the brag and bluster that they did when the advance guard came along, They find here a deep-seated opposition to Grant, which permeates the whole Northwest, and many of the Grant delegates will break away at once after the unit ruleis broken. Secretary of State Carr, of New York, acknowledged to THe TRIBUNE reporter that the Grant dis- affection in his State was so large and so serious that it would lose 25,000 votes to the Republi party in New York alone if Grant is nominated. Still, he thinks, how- ever, that Grant could carry the Empire ALE; Aftgt Roscoe Conk! had had his supper dag gvening he vis the quarters of the ino delegation, saw Long Jones, end had wbriePitalk with the people there. "He then had a conference with Gen. Logan, John C. New, ‘Tom Keogh, Don Cameron, and others. He approves thus far everything that has been done, and it is safe to say that the same overiding of the majority will be attempted in the National Convention that was accom- plished in New York, Pennsylvaniq, and Diinois. TNE EXPOSITION BUILDING. -Following is the formal tender of the Ex- position Building to the National Comumit- ee: Orrice of: InreR-Stare Inpusrrral SITION OF Ci1CAGO, Cuicago, May 29. Republicun National Committee, Palmer House, Chicago—GENTLEMEN: In pursuance of_ the consent heretofore given by the Executive Com- mittee of this orennization to the use of the Ex- position Building in this city for the ‘purpose of olding the Republican Nutional Convention, to conimence its session June 2, 1880, the under- signed have pleasure in formally tendering to you, on behalf of that Committee, the necessary Possession and control of the building for the sole purpose originally contemplated. Under present circumstances {t is deemed proper to ‘add that the Executive Committee, who ure charged with tho care of the property of the organization, cannot permit the use of the building for holding any public meeting, political or other, except the proposed Delegute National Convention, deeming such other use hazardous ‘to the safety of the building itself and to the property of others which it now con- talus. Very respectfully your obedient ser- vant. . G. Asay, President. Joux P. RexNowps, Secretary. THE BLAINE TRAIN. ITS ARRIVAL IN CHICAGO. The announcement that the special train of five Wagner cars, carrying the Blaine delegations from Maine and New Hamp- shire, would arrive over the Michigan Southern Road at 9 o'clock yesterday morning called out a large force of local Blaine men, who began to assemble at the ‘Van Buren street depot at an early hour. Among. those on the ground were Col. Roberts, Henry Spears, Jr., B. W. Root, J. E. Sanford, Joseph A. Bell, Ferris, James Bell, Martin Best, Dr. G. H. Bills, Edward Forman, Frank Johnson, D. P. Ballard, and Ald. Everett. Col. Roberts busied himself by distributing the regulation Blaine badge —a white ribbon bearing a portrait of Blaine and his autograph—among the crowd, The large balcony at the end of the depot was filled with railroad officials and ladies, and considerable enthusiasm was manifested. About half-past 8 o’clock a feealepatches received a telegram from hart stating that the delegates were breakfasting at that place, y iu the city tbout Su'atock? atl ould aerlye ath THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE rom the Chicago Blaine Club left i the 7:30 train “and met the “epee at cae Crossing. Considerable handshaking and cheering took place at this point. At Engie- wood a number of ‘Blaine men, Fad loaded an anvil with a heayy char of powder, and exploded It” as the train passed through that place. The Reception Committee’ was composed of the following-named gentlemen: The Hon. Henry Strong, G. A. Dunbar, Michigan; Charles A. Kurtz, of Ohio: Thonias Baton’ Sole Gao ge a of Towns S.-C. Sam BI eS. ts, Georee A” Hook D. We Nekerson one Eastman, F. A. Brokosiky, James Vah Cleve, A. L. Meakings, Thomas Sennett, M. A. Fare well, SN; Ring. S. A. Sprazue, WV. T. Allen, je he fe U- Douald, <3 FF. , arene, nee Ee Grates he train rolled into the Van Bure: depot ata few uinutes before Gorciock went tremendous cheering from the assembled multitude, and the delegates filed out onto the platform, ‘The Hon, Henry Strong, Chairman of the Reception Committee, mounted a car-platform and spoke a few words to the crowd. He said they had come to this city to fizt a mob of plunders and at the strife would S exceed{nel: bitter. He eulogized the “ Plumed Knight, 3 and at the mention of — his name erts then marshaled the delegates i ine aes column took up its mar ; full band down Van ren street, Clark to Monroe, Monroe to Wabash avenue, and Wabnsh avenue to the Matteson House. where the wajority of the delegation regis ere afew Being to be Gardner and Pacific. le g re 4: rowds which lined the sidewalks. and ee, Sods the Blaine. headquarters’ ‘in the “Burdick House a3 they ed. They are aes: ONS GE eit Ta Sta | wal and wearing a look platy says that they will stand no oe teh Three cheers for the delegation were given at the Ga:dner House, and also a retum, cheer for the Chicago Reception Commi ‘The new-comers then scattered to their rooms to obliterate the travel stains, ang get a little rest after their long journey, THE MAINE DELEGATES 5 left Augusta Wednesday afternoon, joined the New Hampshire train at Bost? on Thursday afternoon. . They stopped two hours at Niagara Falls and two Ours at Buffalo. They report a tedious ride, but Bay that they were well received along the road- The last car-on the train was the * Blaing gan and‘it was gayly decked ont with flags and pictures of the Pine Tree State hero, Among the gentleman who registered at the Matteson House ‘were the following Gov, Daniel F. Davis, of Maine; Gen. J. §. Smith, Colleetor of the Port at Bangor; Rep- resentative T. B. Read, C. A. Boutwell, of the Augusta Whig and Courier; Gen, Charles Hamlin, Stanley Pullen, President of the Portland '(Afe.) Club; J. B. “Bodwelk W. C. Marshall, Collector of the Port of Bel- fast; Llewellyn Powers, the Hon. Louis Barker, Gen. George L. Bral, Adjutant General of the State of Maine: Attorney- General Cleaves, Frederick Robie and Roseog L. Bowers, Governor’s Council; L, L. Cutler, Mark P. Emery, O. D. Baker, of Augusta? ‘Thowne ze Cheney, diam Senter, Ayr of Portland; Henry B. Cleaves anda Col, B hime ncaa 1 e day the delegates ¢: Blaine headquarters at the Pacilic Hotel, SOUTH CAROLINA, EX-GOV. GLEAVES, of South Carolina, was among the others who were seen, He had come here in ag. vance of his delegation, and substantially in. structed for Grant, but having been. herg several days his views were changed. Hig position when he came here, and that upon which his State had acted, was that tha North was solid for Grant, but a stay in the city of afew days had satisfied him to tha contrary, and he was opposed to Grant be. cause he did nos believe that, the party could win with- hin. From this the conversation went on about as follows: “How many Southern States can Grant carry?” “ None.” “How many can any other candidate cay. “RR wa your hope he, in ast hat was your hope, then, in t. ing for Grant? mr u . et “It was that he was solid atthe North, and that with. asolid vote we might be able to electsome Congressmen, and strengthen the party, locally, in the South by carrying com ty elections, ete.” a eo have posuen opinion Sade No, sir; for my expenence North is terribly divided, and that jf Gant nominated he will not only fail in carrying any of the Southern States, but he will lose some of the Republican States in the North, ghd » Would wipe out the party in the jouth,’ “Do you mean to be understood to ee a Republican’ cannot carry a Southern e? : “Ido, and will tell. you why. The Dem erats in Congress have Wined out every chance of our having a fair election; and, be- side, the South bei inthe charge of the Damperany, ee would be counted out though our majority was ever so great.” “Then you do not want Grant, in view of your experience?” - “Individually I do not want him, becausa I fear that his nomination would burst us.” “How?” “Well, we do not expect to do an: toward elect! a President, and have not thought of such a thing. What we are after is our local affairs. We want to elect some Congressmen and ‘change the composition of Congress, if possible.” “Since you do not want-Grant, who do you want? hi “ We have no choice, but want the success of the party, and to get this some one must be nominated who can carry the Northern States.” “Can’t Grant carry them 9” “I think not. I find that the people are opposed to him, and outside of the North we have nothing to hope for.” You are satisfied, then, that the Repub- licans cannot carry a Southern State 2? _,_ Beyond doubt, if Grant is the nominee. I like Grant, and, so far as Lam concerned, he would make’a good candidate, but.I am dis appointed. to tind that his own Stata isso divided against him.” : “ But the division Fou find may have some thing in the shape of prejudice behind it?” “ F thought so at first, butam now satisfied that such is not the case. J find the busines element uinst him, and around the city, generally, the feeling is intense. There can- not be so much smoke without some fire, and this is Grant's State.” “ What do you propose to do 2” : “ Our delegates will arrive in a day or two, and I shall advise them of what’ I have. dis covered.” * a fil you advise them te support Grant?* ““T cannot, because in_instructing them we were mistaken, and I am satisfied that the North is against him.” * What will be your advice 2” “T do not know. We all want success, and the question is just this: If the North cannot elect their man, the South must go under, We want a man upon whom you are united, and we don’t care who it is, our interest be ing purely local, and our Electoral votebel sure to be cast for the Democratic nominee. The talk was continued for some time, and ex-Governor said a ereat deal In addition, and succeeded in drawing’ a crowd around him which “reiterated his senthnents, In fact, 8 vote “was taken of the assemblaze, and out of the fifty or more, all Republicans, there were only two who held up their hands 0 vote for Grant In the event of his nomina- ion. TWO MORE OF THE sovTm canorisa DEB GATION xX arrived yesterday,—M. W. Fine and E. N Brayton. The former was interviewed, aud asked as to the standing of the delegation. “They are instracted. for Grant.” “Bat ara the instructions binding, when the pledge resolution was laid ou the table” .“*1 think they are, and I don’t know of ay disposition on the part of the delezates 12 outside. There may be one or two who will do so, but ny opinion is that the delegation will go solid for Grant.” : “Who is their second choice 2” a ie * That has never been talked about.” « ear are the preterences of the dele s “Some are for Grant, some for Blaine, and some for Sherman.” ine Do you think Grant can carry South Care “I think he Is the only Republican whocan carry it, if it cxn be carried at all.” a Would the Democrats give him a falr “I think he is the only one who fs likely to get a fair show, and that he would be sup- ported by a great many Democrats.” a Why would they support him?” “ Well, they are dissatisfied with the action of the National Democractic party, and would support Grunt as against Tilden for a cee tainty. Almost any other Democrat would olidt yote of the South.” id’ Grant .carry Loulsiana and : wt speak for them.” Or Virginia 2? “I don’t know anything abont it.” NEW HAMPSHIRE. JUDGE JOEL EASTMAN, . of the First New Hampshire District, a vet eran nearly §3 years old, who was a delezate to the Convention’ at Harrisburg, Pa., which nominated Harrison to the Presidency, 8! rived at the Grand Pacific Hotel yesterday morning, and courteously received THE TipusE representative. “1 am here,” said the-Judge, “to ald in securing the triumph of the Republican par- ty, and, as at present advised, believe James G, Blaine to be the candidate who will us to victory. Mr. Blaine possesses all the prerequisits of a great leader. He is a Re publican of unblemished reputation, a state mnan Possessing great magnetism, and 3.lead- er of great strength. With Blaine we cal sweep the country.” “What ts. the personal preference of the New Hampshire: elegation’” ae ce “For Biiine so long as he stands a chance for the nomination.” ; 7 “ Afterwards?” , * Anybody but Grant.” ae “ Judging from the sentiment of your Cor Kention, Grant is not in high feather in your “No, sir: I do not believe that Grant could carry our State.” ? “Of course you-are not In fayor of thd unit rule?” " “No; we believe In permitting of the ut most freedom inthe Convention, and .are OP posed to throttling any delegate.”.. - Gaal, fe" You so -strongly opposed .t “From the fact that his Administration put the Democratic party in power in Congtes3