The Portland daily press., 1876-06-15

been made, but were unsuccessful.
Hartranfts friends want him at the head of
the ticket. Their determination in this re-
spect brought about a promise that in event
of Conkling being dropped, his strength would
be given to Hartranft. This, however, is not
relied upon by the Pennsyvanans, who say
the offer was made to secure reciprocity. 1t is
whispered about at late hour tonight that
Louisiana may vote for Hartranft, which would
remove any excuse the Blaine members of the
Pennsylvania delegation may have for DESERT
ing the candidate of the Key Stone State.
Morton at a Stand-st,II.
1t is tie general opinion that Morton remains
where be was yesterday. Indiana will stand
by him to the last. His friends say they have
been gaining in the South, and there appears
to be some color for the impression.
ConkIing's Prospects.
The friends of Conklng do not bv any means
say that he is out of the race. They have al
ways been quiet and have not Dragged as loudly
as some of the others. 1t is stated, however,
on pretty good authority that they have not
much hope OF their candidate, and are bending
their sole and undivided energies to the defeat
of Blaine. 1t is understood they are working
tonight in conjunction with the friends of other
candidates for the purpose of uniting their
forces.
Hayes Men Hopeful.
The friends of Hayes are more encouraged
than ever and believe he will be finally accept
ed after couple of ballots have shown the i'm
practicablity of uniting upon any other man.
The BristOw Men Cheerful.
Secretary Bristow's supporters are much
more cheerful than yesterday. They have some
hope for their own man but more for the defeat
of Blaine. They believe that the reception of
Geo. VIM Curtis in the Convention thi s D. m
is an index that he is stronger than they thought
for. They are confident of 1853 votes on the
first ballot having received several accessions
since yesterday. Among these gains are ma.
fkyTn fhnf doll ttar N
sylvania, and four from Mississippi. The most
prominent man who has come out for Brstow
is Gov. Acorn of Mississippi, heretofore re-
garded as doubtful. He was one of The Vice
Presidents of the Bristow meeting at Pixies
Opera House this evening. The present situa.
ton if considered very encouraging. There are
detailed estimates in circulation Of the strength
which Morton, Conkliug and Bristow have, but
they are the ones made for publication and
are not trustworthy.
Uncertainty of the Calculations.
1t is believed that even the private calcula-
tiOns of the leaders of the ones which they have
faith in, are somewhat faulty, and that the
same men figure on many states. After the COM
pimentary votes have been disposed of on the
first ballot it is apparent that there will be
large body of delegates concerning whose real
sentiments nothing is known and whose dspo-
sition of their votes can only be guessed at.
These men constitute large and possibly de-
cisive element in the convention.
A large and enthusiastic BriStow meeting
was held at Pixies opera house this evening.
The principal speakers were P A. Chadbourne
of Massachusetts, and Col. Goodloe of Ken
lucky.
A Little Victory for the Anli-BIaine Men.
At meeting of the Committee on Rhles to-
night it was decided to recommend. the; adOp-
ton of rule that no changes of votes be al
lowed during the calling of the rolls. They
must-be made after the result of the ballot has
been ann0Unopd This lap1n1 To ha n
victory even if only in committee over Blaine,
and was regarded as such by his friends, who
say that the committee will reconsider its ac-
ton tomorrow morning. The adoption of the
rule was vehemeDty resisted by the committee
members. 1t is asserted that the real reason
OF his opposition was that it would prevent his
State making demonstration in favor of
Blaine if adopted by the Convention. which is
considered likely since it will meet the support
OF the friends of all other candidates. 1t will
cut off the hopes entertained by Blaine's ad-
herents of doing what may be called forcing
the game and rushing their candidate through
by aid of the flush reached by two or three
timely changes.
ing each delegation to vote as unit, but that
was promptly voted down.
The Michigan Delegates.
The Michigan delegation held another meet
ing tonight, which was not fully attended only
eighteen being present They took ballot for
President which did not essentially vary from
the previous ones. They substantially made up
their minds that they should not agree upon
any one man. 1t is not likely that they Will
hold another meeting.
Morton Meetings.
Morton meetings were held this evening, one
in front OF the Gibson House, another at Bur-
nett and a third at the Grand Hotels The aver
age attendance at each was 400 to 500. The
meeting at the Gibson House was addressed by
colored speakers exclusively, among whom
was Pinchback of Louisiana, Edward Belcher
of Georgia. and Elliott of South Carolina. At
the Barnett House the principal speaker was
Joe Brooks of Arkansas, while the crowd at
the Grand Hotel was addressed by Gen. Tom
Browne of Indiana, and j. @. Farden of Ala
bama. The burden of the speeches was that
while no disparagment of other candidates
SHOULD be made, Morton stood head and shout.
ders above his rivals for the nomination in abil-
ity as we'll as in services rendered to the coun-
try.
The Contesting Delegations.
The committee on credentials held meeting
this evening and after considerable discussion
excluded the Spencer delegation from A'ahama
and the Shepherd set fir, n the District Of
Columbia. The exclusion OF the 81 veneer dele
cation, which is composed of the adherents of
all the candidates, and the admission of the
anti-Spencer delegation, who will give Bristow
20 votes, caused great rejoicing among the
Brlstow men. The vote is understood to have
been "a to II.
KumOred Combinations.
Late tonight there are rumors of an attempt
to hold Pennsylvania and Ohio together in
new combination for Hayes and Hartranft
The ConklIng men hope that if this is done it
will prevent Blain's nomination; that the lat.
ter's vote will recede after the third ballot and
then Conkling's opportunity will occur.
The New York Herald's Predictions.
New YORK, June 14-The New York Her.
ARDS special Cincinnati despatch says that I'M
less Blaine in nominated on the second ballot
Conkling has chance Tonight all parties
are making efforts to effect a combination
which shall prevent Blaine's nomination on the
second ballot, on the consideration that he will
then break, which each of the others think
will give them chance and which will really
give it, have reason TO believe, to Conkling,
but the Blaine men are on their guard and
may be able to defeat the move.
Blaine or Hayes
Hayes has been gathering his forces and 1
see some reason to believe he will cast them to
Blaine in case he shall see a combina ton is
made which would give him out. 1t looks
like either Blaine or Hayes, and vet I see
contingencies in which Conkling NAV come in.
and his men are confident and very secret
BrisfOw Offered the Second Place with
Blaine.
WASHINGTON. Ju ne Alt is said tonight
that Secretary Bristow has received PROPOSE
ton from Cincinnati to secure him the nomin-
alton as Vice President IN consideration of the
votes of his friends for Mr.. Blaine's nomina-
ton as President and that he replied by tele-
graph, 81 am in the hands of my friends'' The
report seems to be we'll grounded, but its au-
thoritatve confirmation cannot be obtained.
To.Day's Programme.
CINCINNATI, June 14-It is now apparent
that some time will elapse before the voting
will begin tomorrow. After the discussion Of
the report of the committee on credentials will
come that on the report of the committee on
rules, and it will in turn he followed by some dis
cussion concerning the platform. Subsequent
to the adjournment of the committee on rules
Cessna of Pa, at the request of several mem
bers though as he stated without any author.
ty called another meeting for 10. 30 tomorrow
morning.
The PLATFORM.
The Committee on Resolutions met at
o'clock this evening and remained in session
until after H. All of this time was spent in
discussing the financial question, polygamy and
the Southern and Chinese question. No con-
clusion was arrived at concerning any of them.
and most of them were referred to sub COM
mittees of five or seven, whose conclusions will
probably be accepted by the full committee,
which will meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow 1t is
believed the conclusion which will be reached
ON the financial question will be satisfactory to
hard money men. As regards the Chinese, it
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