Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 31, 1880, Page 2

gs Mr. Sheridan who are urging. bis carididaey, have personal and Iknow nothing moré now of the situatiog than you do.’ Indianapolis, to protest against it. They have sent to Chicago for Mr. Kirk Hawes, who will £9 there to tell them how the Hlinois Conrtation Was captured by the third-termers, Messrs. ing, Cameron, Logan, and Carpenter must require more notes, as they would scarcely plead with the Indiana delegates to misrepresent their constituencies! ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANCE lending to cust discredit upon the verity of Mr. Conkling’s prediction is this: Nothing in the future of ‘politics is ‘moré certain, probably, thun,that any. attempt to enforce the unit rule fn the Convention will be defeated by s hand- some majority. The anti-Grent managers are generally very reticent, but on this, point they dre outspoken and emphatic. The unit rule will ‘not be enforced. Every delegate will be allowed to vote his individual sentiments; in a word, to deliberite and act according to his best judg- ment under all the circumstances. It“ leaked out” yesterday that Mr. Conkling devoted the morning hours to interview- ing the New York delegation, and that the best. estimate he could make showed thirty opponents of the unit rule. It is probable, therefore, that no attempt will ‘be made to enforce that particular form. of the rag. 3 It is understood that Senator Cameron was notified, unofticlally, yesterday, by a representa- tive of the anti-Grant members of the National Committee, that he would not be permitted to name the Temporary Chairman of the Conven- tion, but that the Committee would relieve him of that responsibility by the passaye of a resolu- tion of instruction, to which his assent would be required in advance. In a word, Mr. Cameron bas becn notified that the minority of.the Com- mittee of which he is a member will not be allowed to control the temporary organization. Notwiihstanding the confident assertion of Mr. Conkling regarding Gen. Grant's. nomina- ‘Mon, rumors were thick all day yesterday to the effect that the Grant managers are PLANNING A TRANSFER of their strength to Edmunds. Itis undoubted- ly truc that Edmunds is the first second choice of the Syndicate, Windom: coming next or last. A Grant man, hitherto very confident, said yes- terday: “If they beat the old man,” meaning Grant, “I'm for Windom.” . It may be said, finally, that the Grant senti- ment was Weaker yesterday than it was Satur day. It was strong only inthe reported asser- tions of confidence on the part of the managers. The anti-Grant sentiment in Chicago—of the cit- izens of Chicayo—is more and more pronounced exch succeeding day. New recruits are daily added to the crowds who assemble at the hotels to protest against the third term. They demand somewhat fiercely (1) that the contesting district. delegations of Illinois bo admitted to seats in the Convention as anact of justice; and (2) implore every delegate they meet to help avert the danger of defeat to the Republican party through a third-term campaign. SENATOR CONKLING” was the lion of yesterday. Everybody wanted to see him, and everybody who had that pleasure had the satisfaction of gazing also upon the fine form and handsome features of Gen. Chester A. Arthur; for the ex-Collector follows Mr. Conk- ling with the devotion of a shadow. There is something quite touching in the devotion of the ‘machine portion of the New York delegation to the bead of the machine. Said one of them in reply to a question as to his second choice: “ We don't care; we have no choice; we shall vote as *Conk’ wants us to.” &. OBSERVATIONS. GATH'S, SKETCHES AND INTERVIEWS. CnicaGo, May 30.—The result of the Conven- tion is apparently as uncertain as ever. All the leading men aré now bere, and all hard at work. The claim that Grant fs beaten is sturdily held by one side, particularly by Blaine’s men, and “hurled backy’ as politicians say when found out, by the .hoomers of Grant. I should con- clude, from the best evidence before me, that it was the best chance for fuir betting in the coun- try, whether Grant would get through or not. Perbaps the chances are very slightly Not. * His friends say that 1f the first ballot brings him very close tou nomination, there will be chenges enough from minority candidates to nominate him, and that, if there is a break-up by the failure of the unit rule, or in any other way, his candidacy will be. sternly adbered to. They expect to get votes from Shermah’s col- . umn; from the scattering support of Edmunds aud Washburne, and from Blaine’s own instruct- ed delegutions. The Sherman 10cn claim 172 -votes on the first bullot, though experts say it will be only 105 at best. They count on Grant's strength, if it breaks, coming to them tobent Blaine, whom they suspect of under- mining their Ohio delerution and corrupting what are calle “the Sherman niggers.” As to the unit rule, that is apparently much weaker than Grant, and I have heard several tough Grant men say they would have none of it. Some other e:treful Grant men say that break- ing the unit rufe will weaken Grant. they fear,and the session of the National Committee on Monday night is attended with the keenest interest as marking the first.blood for one side or the other. Unless expectation be checkmated, the Com- mittee 18 anti-Grint by several majority. Yet everywhere thejjrenclad politicians are Grant's men, even on that Committee. Here appears John T. Smythe, the New York ex-Insurance Commissioner, whose reappointment and resig- nation have been the chief features of Cornell's Administration. He is built like the mate of a Western steamboat, hogshead fashion, nearly the whole of him brond-ot-the- back. Few ‘or no new ‘men appear around the New York headquarters, but rather the snine old material Conkling bas kept sulted down for cight or ten years. Charley Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press, Blaine organ. one of the observers, having not only follo Conkling out of the Commonwealth, but into another camp. A PLENTIFUL LACK OF NEW RECRUITS is remarked of the whole party this year. The Dutchman, why everybody bas been threat- ened with, docs not put in an appearance any- where. He is supposed to be enguged in the si- lent manutacture of gunpowder down in his beer cellar, so as to blow the Convention up the moment it misbehaves. ‘The great Conkiig was intrequently seen yes- jterday. He loves privacy, echo, and a clean pocket bandkerchicf, and bends most winningly tw the New Ydtk delegates as they feel compli- mented by his accentuation. Jobn Logan goes around the more gallously, looking like something between a Malay w rior and Mawicurm in the comedy, or, ns a grim opponent yesterday remarked, as if he had been taken down from a hook in the smoke-house among tne bacon. Don Cameron is chiefly engaged publicly in fpreading his long legs, walking in a straight line, looking at strangers from a consumptive complexion with cold interest, and vanishing nto his room, whence he regulates the solar system by sending for it, star by star. Two red- headed men are in that triumvirate, and they all love each other's company. On the other side the most observed man is Gov. Charley Foster, of Ohio, who is FEARED MORE THAN ANY PERSON on the anti-Grant side. With open door, demo- cratic, voluble, keen, warmish, or rather tepid, he talks and distinguishes well, feels personal ike of Conkling & Co., and is the connecting Unk between Sherman and Blaine. He seems to ;Tegulate the more cultured but less self-regu- ‘Intng Garfield, whom uo amount of experience, short of sleeping with John Sherman, can make a mmuaging politician of. You put Garfield in a mold and cast him solid and he will come out Jube-jube paste. Bury him for a hundred years and he will come up young. He grows mature no more than Cupid, and his life com- mences and expiresin his head. His legs and arms are of no use to him except to throw up bay. Charles B. Farwell, who made half this com- motion in Chicago, is a placid-louking man of increasing flesh, who goes about with an eye- glass on his nose, looking like a railroad Presi- dent who bad been nade Bishop. ‘There isnot much betting. Bob Hanian, of Pincionati, ts betting two to one on Grant. Shed Sbuok is betting even against Grant. There is zouler judgment than there was three day's ago, she anti-Grant men claiming that Grant will wse the Northern States, and that nothing £ Bitten recovered, and the Grant men say- mg without gains in the South nobody be elected. eae as AS AN INTERESTING COENCIDENCE, i met last evening George Harding, of Philadel- “phia, perbaps the most eminent patent lawyer in the country, who ws enguged with Edwin M. stanton and Abraham Lincola in trying the Mc- Vormick reupercase ut Cincinnati about 1856. With the money gained in this case it is said Mr. Lincoln was able to spare the time to debate with Douglas, and thereby acquire the: prominence which made him President. 3tr. _ Harding is in the prime of life. He is the son of Jasper Harding, founder of the Phitadelphia Inquirer. said: Stanton andI had been employed in the sult of MeCormick vs. Manny for infringement of patent on the reaper. We found it wus neocs- sary to have a lawyer in the State of Minos. Tae only lawyer we knew of out here was Mr. Arnold, and we wrote to retain him, but found that McCormick had got him already. Then we sent to Washburne, the same man who is now A candidate tor Prosident, and _ asked him if he knew of any lawyer proper ‘for us to’-employ in Mlinols. “He said there was a man named Lincoln, well spokon of in practice, who lived in the middle of the State, We could not find, however, the first name of this Lincoln. : We inquired in various directions, and nobody knew anything about him. Finally I gota copy of the Directory published in New York. We found siaply A. Lincoln, and wrote to that man and retuined him. The re- falning: foe bo tH saset” “ Did you win the c 3 Yeswe wonin the court below and above. cs his contingent Mr. Lincoln yot some thing a little more respectable; I think $5,000. “have heard, Mr. Harding, that you and Stanton were not much impressed with Lincoln at that time?” " “No. We didnot give him any chance at all. I often look back at that meetmg with saduess, yet pleasure. Stanton and 1, being Eastern men agd not much acquainted witn liwyers on the frontier, took our inventory of Lincoln too hastily.” He was a queer-looking man,. with queer talk, and we Just put him down fora no- body. Stanton rode right over him, and did not allow him to appear in the case to make a speech, Yet ull the while there lay in that queer man's head a desire to be ioved and respected, und when he became President of the United States, greatly_to my surprise found mysclt nominated for Judge of the Court of Appenle in the Patent Office. Thinking how we bid bully- ragged that poor old man, I called on bit, and he Rook me by the hand and said: ‘There was one man Thad made up my mind to appoint if 1 ever got elected. { do not know whether you voted for. me or uot,’ he- said With a quizzical smile, ‘put 1 hope you did. Anyhow,’ he added, ‘I wanted to nominate you to something.’. [hud to decline the office, but whenever I think of the small amount of charity we showed poor Lincoln, and the immense amount of good feeling he had for us, notwith- standing, feel that nobody can measure the greatness of his simple heart. Stanton, too, came to me and saidina whisper: ‘Harding, we rather mistuok that old fellow, didn’t we?’ Me forguve Stanton, too, and put it all down to the misunderstanding of localities, and so Stan- ton becume associated with his fame." Mr. Harding suid Grant presented nothing novel to the country and would be defeated if nominated. Mr, James Belden, the owner of the Windsor Hotel property, New York. delegute from Syra- cuse and victor over Samuel J. Tilden in tho eclebrated canal prosecution, said that he was for Gen. Grant, but admitted that within tho past week or ten days there had been developed a very strong feeling in Western New York against Grant's running again. “ We shall have to stand by him.” said Mr. Belden, “but the pressure from the other side {s greater than [ thought it would be.” Grant has to carry in New York some of the antipathy developed to Conk- ling, and the people are not only suspicious about three terins, but rather desirous of some improvement in political management, 1 think Grant, however, 2 well-meaning man who would make us a good President.”” ‘THE DANGER OF NOMINATING GRANT. Mr. W. N. Hudson, of the Boston Herald, says that the mere outcry and assault on Grant's ebaracter is not dol him any harm, but that more practical considerations are influencing numbers of the delegates. “For instance,” he said, ‘there is the next Congressional election in which the Republicans ought to have 2 majority in the lower House. If they run -Grant they are menaced with the'loss of four districts in Ohio, and the State of Maine. will be sure to go anti-Repub- licau, The Fusiouists there are just waiting to see if Grant is put up, and they will take that State away from Bluine and his friends. It is this class of men who are huving an influence in their conversations with delegates. The defeat of Gen. Grant would not stop there, but would involve scores of seats in Congress. ve F, Roar, of Massachusetts, is a respectable friend of Gen. Grant, and never in apy way: spoke against him, but he sces clearly that the nomi- nition might be fatal. and is in favor ot taking up any good man who can hold the party vote, whether it be Edmunds or Sherman. There are three Grant men in the Mussachusetts delega- tion, and only one of them, Boutwell. is beyond reasoning with. 1 think,” said Mr. Hudson, “that Grant will fail of the nomination.” Dr. Conover, the Republican ¢andidate for Governor of Florida, told me Sunday morning that the Republicans had a sure thing on Flor- ida, “I was nominated for Governor,” he said, “‘at the largest and most harmonious State Con- vention our purty ever held there. ' For the first time in years the Northern emigrants settled in Florida, who have beretofore abstained from political nction, sent up word that lif we would come together and imake respectable nomina- tions they would all support tne ticket.” “Is the sentiment of Floridn for Grant?” “Yes. Yet I think we could chrry the State too with Blaine, or Sherman, or Washburne, or anybody that is mentioned. The délegation has been instructed for Grant, but not with the de- sien. of being obnoxious to any, other candi- jute.” ers Mr. John M. Francis, owner of thé Troy Times, the richest paper of interior New York, and late Minister to Greece, said: “!Thgy ma rat Grant here; I don’t know. If they shouid, T think we want to select a candidate that will draw the largest vote. If we canpot have the man of our choice, let us as his alternative nom- inate some one to be elected. Who is, that m:n’ asked Mr. Francis, reflectively. ‘ Is it Wasb- burne? Perhaps it is. Then why not Wasb- burne?”" Gen. Fort, the distinguished Congressman, whose currency views were not exactly those of John Shermin, said some time Saturday ater tructe noon: “ After the State of New Yor tor Gen. Grant, I thought as that to be the battleticld we Republicans in IMlavis had best tuke counsel from New York. So 1 have been in favor of Gen. Grant. Perhaps if I had waited longer I might bave seen REASON TO MAKE A DIFFERENT CHOICE. Within the past week or two there has been a good deal of bitter fecling against his reélection. It exists in Illinois, as I suppose it does every- whe. “ Could Grant carry Iinots?"" Hes O. yes; Lthink be could. Illinois is Repub- ican.” “ Could Washburne do better in [linois?”’ “Yes. Our politicinns who have been drawn into intimacy with Washburne say that he used to bulldoze them too much. the reputation of being the watch-dog of the Treasury, to- gether with bis foreign services and support. of Grant during the War, gives him great oppor- tunity among the peopic.. He would have a large majority out here.” * Would George F. Edmunds draw the whole Republican vote?” “donot think,” said Gen. Fort, “ that be would run well in the West. A large number of. our people thought the currency good enough. I introduced the legisiation. which kept the legal-tenders from Ucing retired. They are popular with our people. Resumption bas come about, and there is no opposition to it, but Mr. Edmunds and one or two more of his cluss are king new ageressions on the unti- action peopic of the country. He fs the attorney of Chittenden, who is bringing the suit in the Supreme Court to test the legul-teuders. We may have duller times this summer, and, therefore, | do not think it would be wisdom to nominate Eémunds.” * How would Sherman do for a candidate?” “Ithink he would run better in the West bere than Edmunds, because be is a Western man. There is not inuch disposition among our people to iro to the sinall Statesin the East, which have their advantayes over us. to tind our polit- urulers. While Sherman has been the leader et and Vestern 5 i of resumption, he always bad some res| understanding for the anxieties of the people in this matter.” PROVISION FOR RETIRED PRESIDENTS. “Gen. Fort, does not the temptation of Grant to run again show us that provision ought to be made for retired Presidents? I mean that Grant is not allowed to do anything, and probably bas few thousand dollars a year to live on. "said Gen. Fort, “that muy lead the think favorably of retiring our Presi ‘. [believe we have ing now. It may be lential office ig an that the sulury of the Presi inducement to Gen. Grant.’ Here I muy say that Grunt's candidacy scems tobave produced an altogether more liberal teeling as to Presidents in general. 1 beard one of the most distinguished Democrats in Chicago say that the salary of the President ought to be $100,000 a year, and half.of it puid to him during life after he retires from office. There are 2 number of men who, while opposing Grant now, thinking his retlection may lead to unforeseen dilemas and the continuance of cer- tain inuences, regret that the people were not xenerous enough, when they insist that he shall notrun again, to have provided him with tho imeans of respectable retirement, AN ESTIMATE OF SURRMAN. Isaid to the Hon. Job E, Stevenson, of Ohio: “Itdoes not appear here, Mr. Stevenson, that Sberman can get the nomination?" “He ought not to get it,” said Job, * because he does not deserve it, All Sherman's success in politics has been acquired by mannging. He has no warmth of speech. or of beart, or of head either. Everything is calculated with him. He knows a man’s value to a peansweight. He buys what he wants, and pays for it. in patronage. ‘There is never any bai derstanding is there. It is as if you went intoa store where you were acquainted and picked up a £ ora pair of gloves and put them in your ‘et. You go out of the store and not a word talks But tho understanding is that those lowes are registered on the miin's BOOKS as A lebt, and if the cuse came up at law he could recover on the ground that thore was an implied contract. That is the way John Sherman mukes his bargains, When a man bus been in a certain branch of barter with the certain habits of barter for a certain fime, his favor is equal to a contract, The people of Ohio do not want any such President us that. The machine we.have is a cold, deliberate system of management and quid proquo.” . eta OFTO DEFECTION. the Ohio deleration is getting ready to desert ermin and go over to Binineina body. The populer belief is that Mr. Foster desires to be Blaine, and that Gen. G: has been partly ie} brought about to his view. The Blaine men suy In response to some questions he | brather Fred tak gain made, but the un- . There is a general belief nbout Chicago that .| nominated for Vice-President on the ticket with | the aceession of the whole of: Ohio would ue Blaine tho nomination with a {hurrak. ‘The GSintman say there are more Grant men in that delegation covertly than there arc Blaine Ghore is un old man named Calob Tay from Bucks County, Penusylvanin, who was the only man in that delegation to vore for Lincoln on the first ballot in 1800. now to vote for Blaine. ALARMED ABOUT AN EMPLRE, Mr. Ellis H. Roberts, townsman of Senator | Conkling, says that if the unit rule is broken 1p, —and any nomination with it is not worth any- thing,—there will be sixteen votes against Grant intho New York delegauon. und eighteen or twenty votes for other candidates than Grant, to of which willbe for Edmunds, and two for Sherman. He says the people are alarmed xt the idea of an Empire if they elect Grant three times. : « Joba Cessna, of Pennsylvania, who held the platform at Cincinnati in 1872, when’ there-wus a1 attempt made to break up the unity of the Pennsylvania delegation to assist Blaine, says that he fs the author of the present instructions of that delegation, and Chnirman of the State Committee. Hesuysif the unit rule is abro- gated it will not be for the benefit of any dark horse or minor candidate like Sherman, but will only bring incloser contest the leading candi- dates, Grant and Blaine. ; Sheridan Shook says that if Grant js fairly nominated he will support him, but if nominated by the unit rule he will spend his time and money to defeat him. oA ae Mr. George Adams, of the Washington Star, Jong the World correspondent, thinks that both sides will give up the unit rule, cach expecting to derive some beuefit or suifer little toss by getting out of the way a feature which will greatly protong the Convention and foment dis- turbance. He thinks that Grant is twenty to twenty-five short, Gen. Knapp, of Auburn, N. Y., is one of the delegates, and I asked him. yesterday if he're- membered how Seward received news of his do- feat in 180, “Jt wag acrushing blow to him,'’said Gen. Knapp. “He recovered from it, however, and took sume purt inthe campaign. - He fully ex- pected the nomination. The first news he heard to the contrary was the telegraphing of Lincoln’s naine.”” I asked Gen. Knapp how Seward’s family “Gen, William H. Seward, his son, occupies the old homestead at Auburn, He went into tho War ‘and rose to be a Brigadier-General by and not by favor. Mr. Seward left about $180,000, and his brother Augustus, Pay- master in the army, died more recently, leaving about $300,000. Neither Gen. Sowurd nor his uipussing interest in polities." Sheridan Shook relates that when Seward was beaten Thurlow Weed sat down and cried, say- ing it was the first time ho had ever been out- maneuvred. GATH. THE SITUATION. A DESPERATE CONFLICT INEVITABLE. Nearly all the members of the National Re- publican Committee hive arrived in the city. The absent ones are Forbes of Massachusetts, Buchanan of Mississippi, Rule. of Tennessee, Torbert of Deluware, and Patterson of South: Carolina. It is expected that they will arrive on the — early. truins this morning. There will be a mecting this evening to make all the preliminary arrangements for the temporary organization of the Convention, anda very exciting session is anticipated. There are thirty-unti-third-term members to sixteen who clamor for the nomina- tion of the silent man of Galena. The advocates of the lutter are desperate, and will give way to no compromise whatever. For four years they have been without influence at the White Gouse. They have not bad the power to secure the appointment of a Treasury clerk, unless to fill & vacancy caused by death or resignation, What . Cameron, Conkling, and Logan are now fighting for is not so much tho success of the Republican party as it isto nominate and elect a Republic- an President, of whom they shall be the 'nspiring genius. They affect to sneer at the present Ad- ministration and accuse it of being sadly deficient in backbone, though it must be con- fessed by the most hostile—Democrut and Re- publican alike—that his Administration is the ablest and most peaceable the country hus known for twelve years, and this proceeds exactly from the ‘kbone, which enabled him tosend the bulldozing Senators toa back seat. Cameron wants everything within reach that will tend to continue the political prestige, somewhat ;unsavory it must be con- tessed, of his family. Conkling desires to be the boss of the New York Custom-House and reinstate his deposed friend, Gen. Chester A. Arthur. Logan wants—well, it is bard to tell ex- actly without knowing the number of OFFICES HE PLEDGED tosecure his Senatorial election a year ago Inst winter. Particularly would he like to demolish the gentleman from Tazewell, who occu- pies a comfortable seat at Springfield as Collector of Internal Revenue. Thus it is that office-brokers loudly prate of patriot- ism and deyotion to party, so that they may be bowed together by the cohesive power of public under. Pithe first rock upon which the Committee will split will be the report of the quintet, who have been running things to suit themselves, with the throttle wide — open, — at the atmer House. Their - steward- ship will reecive a seurching exumination, and many things which they bave done in the in- terest’ of the third-termer will be promptly yevoked by a strict party vote. After the settlement of these little details, there will come up the question of the contested seats. There are four or five dif- ferent contests on hand—the two principal ones being from Illinois and Louisiann. Tut from our own State is of the greatest importunce, and the decision of the Convention thereon will es- tablish 2 precedent that may be disastrous to tho interests of the part So far as can be oscertained, the majority of the anti- third-term Committeemen are_in favor of: ex- cluding all purties to a contest from the toor of the hall, and relegating them to the gallery until the Convention shall have passed on their claims. ‘This wus the policy pursued at Spring- field by dictation of “the gentleman from ackson County,” and the precedent, being so authoritative, should not be objected to by the friends of. the * Boss.” Having in this manner temporarily settled the contests, the Commitice ill tind itself face to face on the unit rule. ‘This the Cameron party are determined to en- ae by all means, fair or foul. Without its ai THEY HAVE NO NOPE of nominating the third-term cundidate, unicss the Syndicate, backed by capitalists of New York and Philadelphia, open the barrel. ‘The anti-third-termers know very well that.the unit rule means utter destruction, in detuil, if not en masse, and they feel that to allow its exforce- ment would be more thin folly. It would be a | apres: crime for which they would rizht- fully deserve the imprecations of the people of the United States in one vst mass-meeting assembied, if such a thing were possible. They do not propose to betray thelr constituents in any such manner. All aloug they have been anxious for a peaceable solution of the difficulty, but the arrogant. assumptions of the Senatorial Triumvirate indicate that the bursh- est measures must be resorted to. ‘There is no power short of that which converted Saul on his journey to Damascus that can induce © these _ three men. to change their opinions. They may suy they will. but it will be under duress, and if the op- portunity should occur they will recount with the suddenness of lightning. ‘To avoid any such complication there is but one way open, ard that is to “do unto them as they would do‘ unto you.” Don Cameron should be deposed, und that is the conclusion at which uv “large number of the anti-third-termers huve arrived. ‘To allow bim to adhere to the unit-rule would be to throw away a Victory that is within easy reach. Yesterday an informal committee was ap- pointed to look into thé unit rule matter and in- terview the Pennsylvanix Senator asto his views and intentions. To a sub-committee und others who called upon him he stated that he would not consent to give up the rule. He believed in it; it was the only thing that could give a State any influence in a Nationil Convention, and he proposed to stick by it. The honor- able “gentleman evidently forgot that some years go he refused to be bound by .it, when big State instructed for Andrew G. Curtin, of, Pennsyivavin, for Vice- President. He was asked the question if he would act in accordance with instructions from Amajority of the National Committee. He re- piled that he would consider any such instruc- ion 4A D——p insu, to which he would not submit. When remind that the unit rule had been repudiuted in ev National Republican Convention, he sneering! remurked that it mude_no uitference, as ibis was u different Kind of Convention, The Com- mittee then retired tnd ‘held 2 conference with Senatur.Conkling. He expressed his willingness touccept any honorable gentleman whom the majority might name for ‘Temporary Chairman, but while doing so he would not spenk for t other leaders of faction. New Yor Suite bad proclaimed™ for the unit rule, and be was unwilling to repudiate the ac hig State: During the forenoon great pain: taken to announce far uud wide that thirt) members of the New York delegation had voted in fuvor of abrogating the rule. ‘This was gen- erally looked upon ns a victory for the anti-third- ‘term stalwarts. “But, as the old sailor used say, “It's allin my eye, Betty Murtin.. a. inspection of the New York hendq fers: c failed to indfcate that the’ announcement. hud ereated any consetrnation there. ‘The white- butted gentlemen were as placid and smiling as a May morning. .Tuey wore that Indiscrivavle air of comfort which is generally supposed. to be the concomitant vf good digestion and an easy conscience. A feint to give an air of truth to the report wus concocted aud put into execu. tfon, but it gulled no one who had been closely Watching the progress of events. The sudden ‘cull for the Sir Harcourt Courtly of New. York politivs—not Conkling, but his lieutenant. Gen. Arthur—was a neatly managed sham. There was nothing In it. The impossibility of disposing of the unit rule bere. He says be is here. Xcept by tha decapitation of Don Cameron, and the substitution ‘of anothor Chairman who will implicitly obey the mandate of the majority, .- _ RENDERS ABSOLUTELY SNPS AY) ‘i any. conference’ committee on the questiono! Temporites Chairman. On thismutter there can under no circumstances be any harmony. ‘To the majority belong the nization, and it is sim- ply their business to go right ahead with, the Sominvation: Iris tishe aaty: to do so withou' speculating in soothing sirup. 2 irhere id one’: thing. that the majority must not eliminate from their calcul: tions: Cameron will die hard. He ard his State-stenling —_ coadjutors ___ represent the most dangerous eleinent “in politi- cil life. In France they would’ be either per- tual dictators. or « porpoial reyolutioniats. hey will contest,to the bitter end every inch of Power of wich the majority can deprive them. n thoir desperation they may attempt to seize the Convention by force, It bas been mysteri- ously .whispered..that. a certain number of tickets have already been printed and distributed with this end in view. The hot blood with which politics have been dis- din this city ever since the Farwell Halt Convention has rendered’ many men perfectly unreasonable, and from anong these it would not be difficult for,a deep designing schemer with plenty of nerve io select a mob that would mike it decidedly dangerous for any opponent to insist upon bis political and natural rights. FILLEY AND M'CULLAGH, : Considerabie surprise has boen occasioned, even to the Grant men, at the very friendly re- lations which exist between Chauncey’ f. Filley, the leuder of the Grant boomers of St. Louis, ane Joseph B. McCullagh (Little Mack), the cd- itor of the Globe-Demucrat, of St. Louis. the original Grant-booming newspaper. The enmity which separated these gentlemen for years wag one of the, bugbenrs of political managerg of St is, and it is only within 2 short @:. that. they huye been induced: to fraternize. The original cause of the coldness wns the firmness which Mr. Filley. as Postmaster of St. Louis, displayed in declin- ing to convort his’ Post-Office Into pensioning establishment for the benefit of those who had been of service to the Iate Deacon Nukee, during his whisky-trinl troubles and afl the con- cymitaut unpleasantness. . Thora were, after the Deacon bad been pardoned out by the Presi- dent, muny ‘persons to whom be was under great obligation. Some of them, on the occasion oft his trinl, in their evidence remembered things which tended to strengthen the old gen- tleman’s cases others.very Kindly forget things which were prejudicials in their nature, and then there was i -host of kindly oncs who, at much personal inconvenience, had helped to. muke his period of incarceration as pleasant 16. possible. Being a wealthy mun it would. bave eon easy for Mr. McKee repaid their courtesies. in hard cash, but this method « was distasteful’ and the clamorous obligants were made casy with} prominss of Post-Ollice positions. Unfortunate-' y Mr. Filley, after placing one or two clerkships ait the disposal of.tho proprietor of the Globe- Democrat, cried “Hold, enough!” And when it wags found that the St. Louis Post-Otlice could no lonser be used as a meuns of settling these obligations, the Globe-Democrat begun a long and truel war upon the Postmaster whom the President finally dismissed from otico. | ‘Tho reconciliation then of “little Mack,” who as the Deacon's managing editor, conducted the war upon Filley, with that gentieman, is a mat- ter of wonder, and when a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday met at the Palmer House a prominent Toent politician of St. Louis, and one of: Filley’s stanchest adherents, he sought from him the history of the hatchet’s burial. The zentleman stated that after the death of Mr. McKee, which happened some six months ago, the friends of voth Mr. Filley and of his editorial enemy began negotiating a perce between thom. They urged in the strongest and most persuasive manner how essentix! each. of these gentlemen was to thé other,—now Mr. Filley, grand asa machine-mannger, was cramped for want of an organ, and how the efforts of Mr. McCullough, who Js nothing of a hand in‘ the manipulution of men, could be. secured by so able an alley as Mr..Filley. It was of no avail, however. The ex-Postmaster and the Grant-booming editor each swore that he could never be reconciled to the other, and it was not until the anti-Grant movement in St. Louis achicved serious proportions.that cither re- lented in bis purpose of eternal and undying hutred.to the other. At last the adamantine Postmaster and the dynamitic editor guve way, and one afternoon these friends obtained a promise from each othor that n RECONCILIATION WAS POSSIBLE, provided that no ‘loss of dignity arose in -the transaction. It huppened that the respectivo business places of the pair were just two blocks apart, and, in order that neither might seem to have the advantage, it was agreed that f clothing-store on ‘the corner of Olive and Fourth strects—a.-point equidistant from the habitation of each of the enemies—shoulkd be the trysting-pluce, and 3 o'clock in the afternoon was, selected us the hour of the touching scene of reconciliation. The old en- mity, however, this.time got the better of both uirties; each was seized with the same grand idea that no finer revenge was possible than to jure the other to the proffer of friendship und stay away in order to inflict untold humiliation upon the other.and the mutual friends who went to help at the }*making-up" were disap- pointed..-In the meuntime, the anti-Grant element iwas gaining power. Mr. Filley, without a.newspuper to back him, was doing yery poor work; the Grant-booming editor, without an outside ally, vasting his ed itorial powder in vain. The situntion’ was d perate, and at last the necessities of the situa- tion drove the unwilling couple into one an- other's arms, and now, as the St. Louis politician and Chauncey are 2: 35 hen beseen that politic: nnp—like poverty, make strange THERE WAS AN ENTHUS{ASTIC SHERMAN MAN at the Sherman House Inst evening,—the first one that hus come to the surface, so far, though there are many in. the elty working quictly, and, as thoy claim, with success. This “talker” is 1 man of influence and standing, and pretty well posted, soa TRIBUNE reporter drew hin tnt conversation, and he unbosomed bimseif thus save becu looking over the Southern dele- gations particularly.” in South Carojina, which bas been claimed as solid for Grant, there are seven Sherman men: in North Cnrolina, sixteen insteud of eight: in Alabama, ten, who will vote for him if. they can shake of their instructions; and seven in Georgia”: 5 “Do you think the unit rule will be broken?” “« Most assuredly Vbat reason ba “A great many of the instructed delegates will vote aguinst it, and, with the others who are opposed to It, will make a majority.” “ How many votes do you think Sherman will have on the tirst ballot?" t least 200."" Q ‘nat is fifty higher than the highest estimate Thave yet heard. “Our figures show 277, but T drop off twenty- seven. Iknow what Tam talking about.” NEW YORK. JUDGE DITTENROEFER. . A large delegution of members of the Repub- licnn Central Campaign Clab of New York City rencbed Chicago yesterday morning and took quarters nt the Palmer House. Inthe after- noon a TRIBUNE man called upon the Hon. A. J. Dittenhoefer, Sceretary of the Executive Com- mittee of the Club, with a view to obtaining from him’ some facts: tegarding the feeling in New York, especially among the German-Amer- icans, concerning the third term.. Mr. Ditten- hoster said: : “Tam now President of the German Repub- lican organization of New York, and have been for tho last six years. 1t isan organization that has always acted with the. Republican party and supported the} Republican candidates, Na- tional and State. As such President I come very close to the heart of the German people. They ere almost. unanimously against a third term. With them this‘opposition is a3. deeply rooted as a relizioits convictiou. No argument can persusde them that it is either wise, neces- sary, or safe to try the experiment of a third term. Whether right or wrong, they detect in the scheme the entering wedge in the direction of monarchical institutions. They reason that u third term necessarily means « fourth term, a fifth term, and perhaps a life term. For every argument, they suy, that is now advanced in favor of a third term cnn and will with equal force be urged for additionul terms, and the pow- erful syndicateof. Senators that is now forcing with whip and spur this nomination through the conventions. wil) with tne inereased power that will come to them from General Grant's reilec- tion, be able to: compel his neceptance as a conidare after the expiration of the third c ve you for thinking so?” m. 4 So powerful and controlling is this feeling with the German Republicans’ that an over- whelming number of them will aid in stamping out the heresy, if necessary, by sssisting to de- feat Gen. Grant, if nominated, at the polls. They will not submit toa nomination carried throtigh nconvention by stifling the votes of those who are opposed to the third term with the device of the untt rule. The robber who at the dead of nights rities a house by garroting {ts inmates. may be snid to ‘have carried the house. Carrying conventions by garroting the delezates who tre opposed toa third-term nomination gives that nomination no regularity, aud releases all Republicans from any obliution to support it. Suchis the fecling of the German Republicans in the City and: State of New York, und they vonstitute u very large percentage of tho Ie- publican voters.” The same feeling. as 1 un- derstand it.-exists throughout the Western and Northern states,-and.if Grunt is nominated ithe rie in which he sceured the Ulinvis del- mation it fs absolutely certain that three-fourths ofthe German Kepitblican votes will be polled aguinst him. Besides this large German ele- mvnt, on principle and conviction opposed to a third term, there -are tens ‘ thousands of Hepublicans of other nationalities that nre ani- nuited with the sume sentiment. I happen to be also Chuirtnan of the Executive Cummittee of the Republican Central Campaign Club of the City of New York: It is un organization not con- tined to any class of citizens, but the members of which are mostly of American birth. It i3a representative organization, having “district clubs in every Assembly district in the City of New York. “Mr. Charles Watrous Is President said he, “and L tind thas: Vice-Presidot ‘Marsh Trensurer. _ These geatiemen’ have * been in the Kepublicun’ party. since ita. birth in 1850, are all’ battle-gcirred Republic- ans, and » hw never." voted. anythin; else than the Hepublican ticket. They, and 2 the members of the organization, uumbering thousands, und ainong whom may be mentioned such men as La Naumann, -Rdward H,-Ball, Wiliem H. Town Charles H. Housley, John De Vries, the Hon. Thurlow. Weed, Col. John S. Ellison, Maj. Thomas Elliott, Frede Richard M. Callard, B. ¥. Manierre, Goddard, Joba D, Ottiwell, M. B. Wilson, Pree- mun J. Fithian, 2. W. Hoeber, Christopher Pull- man, Charles B. Bruce, Senator George HH, Fas- ter, Hermun Cantor, Joseph H. Choute,,2than Allen, A. Touzer,. Henry C. Robinson, Gen. George W. Palmer, Judge J. R, Angel; W. Jennings, bave unanimously . deckired against the third term, and very" mngy of them will vote against Gen. Grant if nominated un- der the operation of the unit rule, which, -in their judgment, would be tantamount to steal- ing the notination. 5 * Under these circumstances, is itwise to force the nomination on xn unwilling party? Are we so absolutely sure of suecess that we can afford to drive away voters? It isnot safe to assume that this opposition will die away with the nomi- tion, and that after Gen. Grant Is in the fleld the Republicans who opposed him will all throw.up their bats and hurrah for his election.- An op- position based pluply: on prejudice or on objec- tions personal to the candidate is very likely to disappeur with the nominution, but an opposi- tion based upon a sentiment, upon a principle, is more likely to grow stronger us the campaign progresses. ‘Like the oppesition to the institu- uiou of slavery in this country, which did not disappear until the institution Was erushed out, 80 the opposition to the third term, growing in- tenser with the nomination, will: only ‘disappear with the defeat of the third-term candidate. There are many other distinguisbed citizens in the Republicun party who ure eminently quali- tied to be President, and huve earned the dis- tinction by long service in the party, aguinst whom no such objection, on principle, can be urged. Whatever opposition to any of them may exist is simply personal, and will be extinguished with the nominution.. Blaine, Sherman, Ed-- munds, and Wushburne could, and would, all unite the party, and draw to ‘thelr support 2 lurge number of voters who ure not prominently attached to any party. Why, then, must this objectionable candidate be forced upon us? New York is at best a doubtful State, and ts nec- essury for 2 Republican success. Is it wise leadership to put in the field a candidate who it ig certain cannot errry that State with the oppo- sition, on principle, that ig arrayed aguimst him? Wisconsin and Obio are largely peopled with Gorman voters, and are close States. Is it good gencralship to nominate a candidate against whom ‘these German voters must, of necessity, be opposed? There can be no excuse for such’a nominution, because no necessity exists for it. To make it will be a stupendous crime. It will be treason to the party, and if the Democratic candidate should succeed in consequence of the nomina- tion the traitors will be they who forced such an obnoxious candidate on the party, not they who in obedience to. principle and conviction were compelled to defeat that candidate.” MB. W. J. HUMPHREY, . an alternate from New York, who is stopping at the Grand Pacitic, said that the feeling be- tween the friends of the leading candidates wus exceodiugly bi ier and if this state of: affairs continued would jeopardize the success of the Republican party. 5 “You, I believe, have a leaning .toward Graut?” : “¥es, but Iam.capable of rising above per- sonal preference.” “ How stands your delegation?” : “If the instructions of the Convention are carried out New York will give Gen. Grant her undivided support.” _ But will the instructions be obeyed?” _ “Not by all; T think about wW half-dozén will vote for Mr. Blaine on the first ballot.” MIL. G. G. 110: a delegate from the Albany district, was found in Room 18, opposit the New York headquarters. “Mr, Hoskins, I would Jike to bave an expres- sion of your views on the political situation?” “T have no views to express, excepting to say that Lam for Grant.” : “Should he be withdrawn, who then?”” “My second choice would also be for Grant.” “How many Blaine delegates are with you?” “Five or six.” “ Tow will New York vote on the unit rule?’? “Ido not know; we have had no caucus on that subject.” The New York. delegation {s accompanied by SEVERAL COLORED PEOPLE, who have been sent to look after the interests of their race, and, coming here in favor of Grant, they have already about determined that it would be political suicide to nominate him. Among them are Dr. T. F. Barnswell, W. Brown, and J. P, Johnson Howard, all of Brook- lyn, aud they are putting in their best licks for 2. candidate upon whom the party can unite in the North, When they left home, they had no idea of the extent of the opposition to Grant out- side of New York, but huving learned of the condition of affairs, and knowing that at home the young Republicans stand organized and pledged not to vote for him in the event of bis nomination, they regurd his candidacy as a sort of forlorn hope in uny event, which sentiment the eolored) peopie.are bound to pretty generally coneur in. JUDGE J. N. KNAPP, of Auburn, Treasurer of the New York State Peeuplican Committec, was seen ‘at the Grand "acitic. “The district in which T.live (the Twenty- sixth) I believe to be for Grunt, and I believe tbat he can carry tho State,” said the gentle- man, “ How great is the split in your delegation?” asked the reporter. “Some say that they think the break amounts to vizht or ton, and ten is the highest figure that I bave heard mentioned, I don’t think that there are over six who will disregard the in- ei I believe that there some fifteen who, by previous’ association, would like to vote for some other man than Gen. Grant, Of course there alwnys are such men in ull States, nen who like to be at the head of 2 great. minority, and_who bave a pen- chant for always being on the wrong side. T think that if the unit rule is broken that ‘the State will go for Grant still." * re van the exception of those you haye men- joned?” “Thut’s exactly the situation. Those fifteen would vote for their personal pi ices."” “ Will the unit rute be broke = “Senztor Logan and other gentlemen may be honest in their attempt to sustain the unit rul und I believe tl they are, but if there n argument at all against it I think that the unit tule will be b n. aud that our people will not. stand in the . It there is the least opposi- tion to [t'it will not be enforced.” MR. BURT VAN HORN, of the New York delegation, who is at the Grand Pacitic, stated that he believed the.seatiment of the New York Republicans to be for the strongest man,—-neandidate who would barmon- ize all diferences and unite the Republican party. : MR. M. D. STIVERS, who wil! represent the Fourteenth New York District, was caught on the wing xt the Palmer House." In answering the all-important ques- tion us to how the New York delegation stands, Mr. Stivers suid: “Of course [cun't spenk for the whole delegation, but my district is gen- erally put down mong the kickers. The primar- ies in the Fourteenth District were overwhelu ly aguinst Grant and Conkling. The issue squarely mule and. as T said, the. third-term, were beaten by 3 majority of ten to one. aman and-G my colleamie, Wales. The the most pronounced In New York in its Blai sentiment. Wales ubsolutely refuses. to ote instructions whether the unit rule is enforced or not, I don’t go quite so fur as that.” “What is your estimate of the anti-Grant strength “Tbelieve that there are about twenty. and perhaps more. Lbnye been talking with some ofthe New York unti-Grant dejezation, and they ure very contident of being able to sustain thé arson: " “Willthe same number be cast ayaii unit rule?” Miainst the, “T think there will be even more than that nuriber. for some of the Grant men are so fyont thoice. not their instructions, and they-are ¢ posed to the unit rule.” aren eae confit the sume rutio will hold a8 to the TMinois That does not follow, but T think that the New York men tee were pave by districts “ed to allow the Republican dis- triete of Illinois to be distranchised"” 34 “What is your personal_opinion. as to Grant's chances of success In New York? Would he carry the State aguinst ‘tilden?* * Well. be inight po fit Ih ibly carry New York as t Tilden, on account of the Tammany bolt. ‘ertainly would not have 2 chance inst <iny other candidate at the kend of would assure success. From iny standpoint, and in my judgment, Grant is the Weakest candidate that by any possibility could be pur the Heid. ‘The delegutes* throughout the State have been flooded with letters and cir- culurs seeking to know whether they were going Imek ou Grant. ‘The Grant mey were anxious from the beginning. I have generally been set dow; is an an crane man, but still hive re- ed lots of appeals to stand by the instruc- Uons. I shull vote fo Blaine.” % - ze Mr. Stivers {s spendimr convention week with friends on Indiana avenue. 2 SENATOR WOODIN. pee “Why are you oppused to Grant's nomina- Hon?” asked 2 Trtaune reporter Inst evening of Senator Woodin, of New York, whose recent de- fiance of the unit-rule gag, the instructions of the New York Convention, and, the New York neching clemont seucnilly. its nfade him one rominent delegate: = Dime Stare. r . pets ole Heem “Yam opposed to the nomindtton’ of Grant,” w2s the Senator's calm, delibomteens ply, “because I have convictions on thit sub- dect, which bave tho force cf positive knowledge, that he cannot carry the State of New York. I have never objected to nis candidacy ‘on the gromnd of the third term, but with others that is, or seems to be, a very formidable reason why he eee noe be ye a candidate.” On what do you base the convie! gould ot carry New Yorks ov cton fhe oe “The unreserved expreasiGh ‘of “the: - establishes beyond a doubt~ that he ig Bocas available candidate.. aie taik with a great. deal of determination, and do ‘not and will not approve of hig candidacy. [think a great: deal more of Gen. Grant than many of those who are urging bis nomination. Some ot the foremost -ends to serve. We want a man nominated to serve the count ang on mone: ean elect. Witb that we shill be content.” ss ea ue hots your own personal chotce, Senator?’ * WT have expressed a personal preference. for Blaine, but at_ the same time I'nm not so teua- cious on that subject as to be dificult atall. “Ig Blaine the choice of your district? Overwhelmingly. I-.could not_have been made delegate to the State Convention or have been selected from my district—the Twenty- sixth—to this Convention if I had not been pro- nounced, first: against the nomination—of Gen: Grant, and als ia) ee of! Blaitee Bul Te, , people of the district [ represent are, AnX- Tone bout nominating .a man that the Hepub- ‘licans will support.” i fi “Could any of the other, prominent éandi- dates now mentioaed carry New York?" “TL think Blaine could, -I have no doubt about Washburne carrying. New York. And if the earnest iidvocates of Gon. Grant were to heartily. cobperate, I have no doubt that Sher- man could carry New York. J do not mean by thi ress any doubt but. that they, would to @: b : benstily codpernte In-securing Shetnan’s clec- tion if he were nominated. We in New York who dissent fram the uominatfon of Gen, Grant, do not urgé otir objection to his candidacy be- cuuse of personal preferences for any other candidate or candidates, but solely upon the ground that we want to succeed, and we-do not want candidate who will irmperil our success.’ “Itscems that your delegation: isnot by-any means a unit on the question of sustaining the unit rule.’ ; “T have no doubt that out of the delegation from the State of New York there will be found at least thirty delegates who will dissent or ob- ject to its enforcement.” - “How many of your delegation, Sengtor Woodin, will vote against Grant’s nomination?” There will be twenty men in the delegation from the State of New York who will insist u their right to vote for their choice of candidates, and will not consent to abide by any instructions untess those instructions are in accord with their views.” J CONNECTICUT.. AUGUSTUS BRANDAGEE. ‘Phe Connecticut delegation arrived yesterday morning at the Grand Pacific Hotel, and after breakfast met in thoir headquarters and re- solved to proceed in a body. to Prof. Swing’s church. Previous to leaving the following no- tice was posted in a conspleuous pince: “102. m.—The headquurters of the Connecti- cut delegation willbe found until haif-past 12 at'the Rev. Dr. Swing’s church.” 2 ‘The reporter had a few minutes’ talk with Mr. A. Brandagee, Chairman of the delegation. . “ All your delegation here, Mr. Brandagee?”, “Yes, sir, all here, and in good condition for the tray.” “6 ¢ “* What is the complexion of the delegation?” “ Against Grant, all the time.” . “Why?” “ For several reasons, the first being that he cannot carry the State.” “T understand that, while your delegation is unanimous against the third'term, it will not vote as a unit?” “No, itisagainst the unit rule. 1 think the acleeation will stand nine forSherman and three for Blaine to begin with.” he name of Mr.Sherman be with- “Itwilldivide up between Blaine and Ed- But excuse me, we must be off to munds, church.” MR. H. C. ROBINSON, - of the Connecticut delegation, believed that the delegutes would vote against the unit rule, and in favor of any honoruble measure tending to defent the third-term syndicate. “ How stands the delegation 2s regards Presi- dential preference?” “It is against Grant every time. MR. A. H. BYINGTON, editor of the Norwalk Gazette, the second oldest paper in Connecticut, and an alternate to the Convention, was met at the Grand Pacific. He expressed the belief thnt the Connecticut dele- gation would be divided on the first ballot as Blaine, 5; Edmunds, 1. coalesce with other anti- third-terme: “Yes, sir; it will resort to every honorable means to secure the overthrow of the machine element in politics.” “Is there a possibility of carrying Connecticut for the Republican party?” “There will be no doubt of Connecticut re- cording herself in fuvor of 2 Republican Presi- dent provided the right kind of a standurd- beurer shall be selected.” «Could Grant curry Connecticut?" “It is doubtrul. The old, staid Republicans prefer Edmunds, Washburne, or Sherman, and the younger elenient are enthusiastic for Blaine. In the event of both being thrown overboard, Connecticut will throw her votes for John Sher- man.” MIy E. J. HILL, alternate from Connecticut, said that he was on his way to Swing's church, but would give the reporter a short tall * Whut is your opinion of the stunding of you delegation?” « “Well, I figure up an equal division of the delegation between Blaine, Edmunds, and Sher- man, ech of whom will receive four votes.” ron second choice ‘how will the ballot stand?” ‘All for Sherman, if Blaine is out of the way. in Grant. carry Connecticut?” 0, Sir: that is impossible, and if he rec the nomination we shail certainly lose the State Legislature, thereby sending | Democrntic United States Senator and jeopardizing at least two Congressional districts.” “Can you curry Connecticut with Blaine, Sher- man, or Washburne?” “ With either one of the genttemen you have named we can carry Connecticut for the Repub- lican party, electing at least two Congressmen and a Legislature which will give us what we badly need—x United States Sennto; MR. M. TAYLOR BALDWIN, of the Fourth Connecticut District, who has a room at Col. Drake’s hostelry, said t man that the standing of the Conne gation would be eight or nme. anti anti-Blaine, and the remainder for Mr. Blaine. “ How will your delegation vote on the unit question?" — uinst itand in favor of district represen- “It has been stated that Blaine will have five of the delegation for .certain, and the entire ech paions eae their votes be necessary to te him?” “That isa mistake; Mr. Binine bas only three certain friends in the delegation.” . My. Hf, Lynde. Harrison, alternate trom Con- ticut, told nreporter In the Grand Pavitic yesterday that Connecticut would, doubtless vote solid in vor of district representa- tion. Said be, “On the cars the i of disfranchising tho ten llinois was talk and judging from the exp: sions hezrd ut will be in favor of aziv- ing those di: voice {nu the Convention.” “You, (believe. are a Blaine Xs ir, all the time for Di Why are tho Connecticut Kepublicans op- sed to Mr. Blaine?" e e = ‘That is a question T cannot answer.” .Mr. George M. Harmon. an alternate from Connecticut, believed that Mr. Blaine would have three or four of the delegation trom first to last, and was of the opinion that Mr. Wasi burne would be the second choice of the gition. - ae = 5 Se With the delegation, of course. comes a num- ber of prominent pollticiaris, one of whom a re- porter encountered In the afternoon and. ob- tained the appended interview ilustrazive of the delcgation’s opinions, upon condition that fig genueman’s name would not be given. He 4 : dele- A PROMINENT OFFICENOLDER, and politicians can easily conclude who he fs. “The deicgation from the State of Connecti- cit,” siid he, “are divided between Blaine, Washburne, Sherman, and Edmunds.” “Are there nny Grant men amonz them?” e None,—that is, so far a3 we know.” : tant were nominated, what then?" “The delegates gencrally with whom | hive woken consider his election an_itupossibility. frant enn't curry Now York even. ‘This morn- ing 1 bave met men Grant _conldn't c: from Ni from Ohio who say tbat uurry Ohio; I have met men and they say be couldn't carry a Men from Indiana, and in fact from ail the pivotal States, say that w ticket of Blaine or Sagbbucne could be curried.” . “ What seems to be the general feeling among the delegntion in regard to the unit rue a “That it will not be enforced. The National Committee will try and ornnize the Conv tion. It is their duty und i reet the temporary “organization. erson ever heard of the unit’ rule being adopted In or- ganizing an unorganized muss. You ean't get ut the unit rule until the Convention fs orgnn- ized under regular rules, neither cin you set aside the precedents of ‘former Conventions. On the other hand, e Convention in or- gnnizing must nccessnrily adopt the gen- eral parliamentary practice of orsanizing in the absence -of any rule in the Convention. Therefore the delegation holds that: the unit rule cannot be enforeed in the organization of the Convention.” tit “What appeirs to be the general feeling among the Connecticut delegates. cord tee cngis troubles?" ee ue aug “ The general impression seems to be th: Louisiana contested seats will be first Teele ‘Upon and then will come up the TMlingis troubles. Just bow they will be settled no one- knows, but you an see that if they do not observe the unit re the Congressional districts will have thelr * “How willthe abrogation of atlegr Grud feast Eee Sale rale *e je unit rule is not enfor - not be omninted, That “seems pari oe opinion; so far as © : a sel opialats ‘ sec. Even Grant men “NEW ENGLAND. ant 3 ae ‘NIBAT, HAMLIN. ie venerable United States Senato: Hamlin, of Maine, ox-Vieo-President, ae gue is serving his fifth Senstorial term, was found by a Trisune reporter yesterday morning, shortly after bis arrival, at the Grand Puelie, Years make but little, apparent change in the old statésman, and he looks just as hearty and ean swear quite as lustily as he did fifteen years" azo. “Lam not to be intervi ‘te 2 ic lewed,”” said Mr. Hamlin. “1 bave only gotten upon the ground, “How do you view the unit rule?” .“I regard the unit rule as an outrage whivh an attempt is made tostifie q majorit and it it is enforced it would be disastrous in ft results. Idon't believe that nny serlousattempe will be made by any one in the Convention y enforce such a rule. Now don't ask momo more questions, us I won't anawer them,”, my SENATOR HOAR, “ihe Chairman of the” Masiachiisetts -gtagg tion, Seuntor Hoar, passed the Dart o¢ tha morning yesterday in the patior of teers ot gentlemen, the collection of visiting he accumulated by dinner * time numbertag away up in the dozens. -, The, Senator, g Well. preserved, genial gentleman “just depart from the middle age of life, received cheerful Tue TawuNe reporter. who called to pay hie spects, and took “an early opportunity’ of ¢ pressing the plonsuro and prot head revel in reading Tax ‘Trepuxe’s full reports of te sayings and doings of the members of tho qc? ferent delegations, x piece of Journalistic woe which he acknowledged bad somewhat sw, prised him, as even-in the East he had nev seen such énterprise equaled. He acknowlcag ct that he had been somewhat taxed to ansWer the questions put to him by local and visiting news. paper mend the morning, but he cout not deny a few minutes’ time to a paper whieh made such a full, yet concise, Presentation of fucts as THe TRIBUNE had done. The Senato; stuted that head some diffidence in speare’ forthe rest of the twenty-six men composing the Masanchusetts delegution, but being dex cutely pressed for an answer, he acknowleds that he believed they were almost Aunit for Senator Edmunds, and that John Sherman mag their second choice. The rest of the delegation, 2 very small minority, were said to be for Gen, ‘anf. The Senator telt indisposed to speak on ject of the unit rule, remarking whe meaning nod that he had something to sa; ‘on the subject, and use wieneree he had any to. say on any question he always declined give it beforohand to the newspapers. ari. sume time he gave the reporter to understang that he was opposed to the unit rule,and tme when the time came his opposition ang the reasons therefor would pe made apparent. UNITED STATES SENATOR H. W.' BLAIR, OF nny <= HAMPSHIRE, was discovered ina nook at the Grand Pacitg yesterduy, and put upon the interviewer's rack, “The choice.” said he, “of Now Hampshireg for Blaine. She sentiment is almost unanimors for him,and 15 per cent stronger for Bining than any other Republican.” “ How are you on the unit rule?” ese “Tain against it. ‘The delegation fs unagh mousiy aguinst it It is the most dangerous application of the doctrine of States’ rights: The country fs governed by the primaries end conventions, and not by the caucus. It would beadirect revolution in our form of gorem. ment, and any man who would be nominated under the unit rule would be defeated before the people. The Republican party would be recreane te, its trust to allow any such roletp revall”* “= 3 Py Do you apprehend any difficulty in the ten porary orgunizution of the Convention?” —, “Tapprehend that there will be no difficulty in the cramniaation, becuuse it will not be per mitted.” * . 3 “Have you any ides who the Temporary Chairman will bor a “have not.” : “Who is your choice for Vice-President?” Wushbarne Is tho strongest of any one who has yet been mentioned. Blaine and Wasb- burne would be the strongest possible ticket that could be nominated. _[t would carry eyery doubtful State against any possible Democratic nomihatior - oa Among tho recently arrived _su of Senator Bluine at the Matteson House el CONGRESSMAN LINDSAY OP THE THIRD.COSGRE® . _ SIONAL DISTRICT OF MAINE, = with whom a TRIBUNE reporter had a conver sation yesterday afternoon. Said Mr. Lindsay: “We are very sanguine of nominating Str. Blaine, and if we succeed in so doing the people will eleet him beyond a doubt. He cantarouse more enthusiasm among the masses than any othe r candidate, and certainly will poll enough votes to bent any Democratic candi Inour State he will get a number of Democratic votes. The Maine Democrats acknowledge. .that if Blaine is nominated they will have no chance in the fall elections.”. ra a “What is the result of your investigations since your arrival here?” rs “Tum ple:sed to be uble to say that I fifd the feeling much more favorable to Mr.. Blaine than I had ever hoped for, und. I was very sanguine before I came. He seems. to very’ well liked, and, on the other hand, the strength of Gen Grant is not nearly so great as T bad expectedio tind it.I feel that Mr. Blaine’s nomination is very certain. ‘The chances are that Mr. y havesnore votes than other candidate_on ballot, but after that I think he will lose and Blaine will gain ground.” “ Who is your second choice?” e “We kuve no one; have not given the matter any consideration. If it should really turn oat rally to the support of some anti-Grant man, lt does not much matter who. We have never tested the question of-who will get our votea! case of our abandoning Blaine, and there” be time enough to coe to_a, decision. on thst westion when the necessity for it, whieh! think, will not arise, occurs.” “suppose that you are opposed to the: unit rul “Emphatically yes. Itis directly opposed.to the principles of Republicanism as carriedout iz the Sinte of Muine, where: district represents’ tion inthe Conventions always has been the rule. From what [have seen singe my arrival there is no chance for the unit rule to go through, and it would not be safe for any one to attempt to bulldoze it through. é: “What do'you think of the manner in which the one-man power worked in the Illinois Gon tio’ Kinds ought to condemn. Let the delegates trom those itistricts come to the Convention with credentials f their distric’ has very strong views on the surbjecty, think, Rave wll the other anti-Grant. delegates, gupport, Mr. Grant. ‘The one-man system of running things is not popular with Republicans, and wheo it ls vexercized In the direction of disfranchisiigother Republicans the feeling which ariges is intense. There is no doubt that Logan Jost much more than he made for his cause by his conduct of the filinols eampaign.” : MIDDLE STATES. THE LITTLE STATE OF DELAWARE was heard from Inst evening by the arrival of & majority of -her delegates nt the Grand Pacific, and, while in the act. of washing up, they were ted upon ‘by a Trapuse reporter. N. Be Smithers, hailing \ from Dover, became the spokesman, and proved to be a veteran in’ the service, having attended two Conventions ia this city before, and he was free W@ talk, and evidently knew what he wis talking about. In .answer to questions as to how his delegation stood’ he sald they were solid for Blaine, and had no second choice. They were not instructed, but the State wanted Blaine in 1876, und. wanted him yet. If he could notbe Nomiuated, then they would go for the next best mun, but had not as yet, ugreed upon apy Per son. On the question of adopting the unit rule he said his delegation would oppose it streauou ly, and’ wontd not be inclined to abide by it eve if Itwas adopted. Following these questions b? was asked if he had heurd of the troublesin State, and he said be bud, and from what fats he wits In possession of wus inclined to favor the idea of allowing the Congressional districts rep resentition in the Convention, especially jf 20! allowing them representation would misrepre sent the sentiment of the peuple. | His State ba nothing to offer in the way -of Electoral votes but himself and associates wanted to see 3 to the tickct, whatever it might be. He was. oF Posed to the third-term ideu. and so were TP people, yet he had nothing aguinst Grant Laie tbat he did not belleve that he would be the strongest man. H¢ had atiended the Convention which nominated bim in 1863, and bad vo him, but could nat vate for him this time, un less it appeared that the North wanted Bin above all others. He proposed, however, toc up ail of the minor details’ of the coming strugele, and to he voverned accordingly, 4 his delegation would elim to Blaine as long he had a show of nomination. * the Gun. Yorbett, of Delaware, a member of the National Exocutive Committee, arrived at he Grand Pacific Hotel last evening, havin Ce in with the advance guard of the delegauee trom his State. Gen. Torbett is one of i Grant men in his State. j GE. JUDSON KILPATRICK, " delegate-ut-lurge from New Jersey, arrived a! the Grand Pacitic yesterday morning. ed * General,” saul the reporter, {it is clai that you are a Shorman nun?” = “oes THe TurBeNne make such claim? “No; but the Sherman men do. How do you stand?” j new “None of us feel ike committing ourselvet until we flud what setion fs taken on the w rule." Be * How. will the New Jersey delegation vote? i if they are not tied UP 5 it rule. the vote Will be ‘divided betwee" Sherman, Washbourne, and Blaine.” > a “Have you any iden as to how it will stand? “1do not know positively, but believe itwouly vote “nine for .Bliine, seven for Shermd, a0 two for Washburne.”* orate “In tho event nf Mr. Biaine’s withdrawaly “The delegation would be solid for Joba S) man.” and nota few of those who will ~), A PROMINENT. NI who arrived in this city yesterday, sald to 8 TRIBUNE reporter that the New hee aelere tlon would certainly vote soltdly for Mr. Bl on the tirst and second ballots. Ge ba’ * How nbout Kilpatrick; it is ramorcd that wilLkick over the traces?" ral “You needn't be ufraid of that; the Goner, isa candidate for the nomination for Governtt of New Jersoy, and he knows too well the sent? ee vf .the State to work or vote ine.”” « - ; ° “STATE SENATOR P. CRAMER, of New Jersey, who is a delegate from the Fourth -District, was ‘seen: last eveninx. +4 said that the delegates were uninstructed, eed that they favored Blaine. ‘+I am opposed ner House, where he was visited by a. numbercy tbat our candidate does not succeed, we will ,