The Portland daily press., 1873-06-10
PO,itieO. MeteOrOlOgical.

About this time look out for abundant re-
ports of choice of Dingley delegations. 1t is
a rather aged little game in politics to have
towns which are certain tor candidate vote
early-"for effect" In a canvass so care
fully and industriously managed as Mr.. Ding
ley's, SO well known an operation as this, OF
course, would not be neglected. Col. Stone
Is not so mindful of the influence of exam
pc as he should be, or he would nave nau
York county towns eleciing delegations I"
week ago, and would have artistlcaily ar
ranged for series of reports OF the election
of "Stone Delegations in different towns,
from, Jadawaska to Kittery, and from Quod-
d, He,a to Moosehead. 1t Judge Kent's
c,usH were being managed at all, by anybody,
W, e,o,,,i by this time have had reports
unblihg in by the score from Penobscot,
P,scataquis, Aroostook, Hancock, Knox,
Somerset, Washington and Cumberland, with
occ lsional delegations, plucked as brands
from the burning, in the other counties. The
Bangsr Whig presented the name of Judge
Kent, but the conductors of that journal
hive newspaper on their hands to get off
every morning, and cannot manage the de-
tails of campaign, otherwise than by the
very powerful and efficient support given in
Judge Kent, but we, as well as the Wing
people, have several things to do which pre-
c.ude the Jssibility of cur arranging early
ald often Kent Delegations. Thus while
there is a very general disposition among the
people to support Judge Kent, there is no
man, or set of men, to whom his success is
sufficiently matter of personal interest to
warrant the expenditure of time, labor and
money necessary to work up a campaign in
the orthodox style; and the Judge himself
takes absolutely no action in the premises.
1t is WELL however, to bear in mind the de-
lusive character of this class of reports. They
come in large part from towns which every
body conceded and in many towns the claim
made on the delegation is the baldest assump-
ton. Thus Gardiner is conf lently claimed
by the Adrertiser and other Dingley papers,
while we have positive assurance from a re-
liable source that an independent delegation
was elected, considerable part of which will
vote for Kent or Stone. A curious story
comes from Lewiston that thirteen of the
twenty-five delegates favor Col. Stone. 1t is
certain that the original Dingley ticket there
was defeated; but we fancy that the delega-
ton will be led by local feeling to very gener-
ally favor Mr.. Dingley. All these reports
must be taken with many grains of salt, and
while twenty or thirty towns set forth in a
row with their several lists of delegates make
somewhat imposing show on paper, they are
really an nconsiderable fraction Of the four
hundred or so towns in the State. The great
body of towns will elect their delegates on
the latter days of this week, and the result
will not be found so unanimous as the Ding
icy bulletins, written and telegraphed in al
directions, have Indicated The prognostics
by counties in an Augusta letter published
elsewhere, give probably an approximately
fair estimate of the result. The Convention
is not likely to be so fully attended as that es
innate would indicate. This circumstance
will tend against Mr.. Dingley, whose strength
is largely in the remote and rural districts-sc
that while he may have larger vote than
either OF the other candidates., 10 is hardly
possible that he can have majority over both.
The action of the Convention, after the
first ballot, will be intensely interesting and
the result is mathematical Eve shall see,.