The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-12

reforeOcee 70 the taot that he has been an OK
treme'y fortunate Hepub loan ofhcehOldcr, aud
that be owes mis- pi esent exalted ct itioD TO the
fact that he preferred p,aoe and honor o the
beginning OF the rebellion down to the pre- eDt
time; They say he has been s'Wcs' con,,n, IN
Soes n% ssn 70 omrs, s,,sI,a,n snc 'h@ Would bnse
been unknown beyond the county In which he
was born. Ofcourse this Is mean way OF meet
for him. and all honest IN n know the Hnimus
wnich tnspires tins method Of attack out
nevertheless N Mr.. Brieow Is defeated " VIII
be ostensiUly because he was born and reared IT,
Kentuokc. Ih,s T. the obJec Ion whi h the poll
,ci o. & <e 4rslnI az nmss nun, amo IN" Only nc one,
tine minus OF tue nasses Of tno Rouublioan
party The iDteIlEent, r.h 1oun pe ople Will per-
haps unOc sttnd that tIe real ulottve Of the
machine pOiitici IA in opposing ID istow l their
fser Of him as reformer. but at the came time
the b IiK II the Il public n voters will say amen
Co his defeat because he was not 10y birth and
educ ton u Northern radical.
And now what are the chaDoes OF his defeat
herc2 Unle he receives very ! rge per-
Centase OF the strength now pledged TO q 'nk-
Ing. Morton. and Hayes, wit come OF Bleine's
folIOwiug, he cannot lie nominate Can he by
any com bination of circumstances get all thisS
At the present W ting II uOee not seem possible.
Tue men who euppOft mixing ure cerialihy
inimicaI to BristOw. The bulk Of Mortons fol-
lowing IN the South hate Drlstow VII h all the
fervOr of haired wi h winch rogues haze an non,
est man who attempted to deprive them OF
tn cir dishonest means OF gaining "a ltveihoOu.
) ne men who are managing Blhne's forces here
Will never consent to see tuer strength trans
ferred to Bristow. Ia,es's friends doubtless
will 60 natur lly to Brstow, but they by no
means arr the en- ire Obi, uelegatiOn-st the ut
m ost they are not more than bare majority OF
that delegation. 1he Pennsylvania poi le'ans
who control tnat delegation Will never be Tor
Bristow while there Is ghost OF a chance OF de-
This is the situation as 1t looks to an Impair
tial, nay from IIrlstuw standpoint, TO friend
ly observer. Still, there Is here a tremendous
local pressure for Dristow. lie is certainly tue
choice of a very large percentage OF Cincinn iti
Republicans, II one can Judge from all tue indi-
cations which a str.neer sees, such as bis pic
ture In almost every shop window, and the en-
| thusiasm with wnicn the people advocate hts
claims, but this Is almost exclusively connned
| to Onoans and kentuckians. There will be a
| large reinforcement TO this outside lrlstow
| element tomorrow from Chicago and from
other cities, MS quaters are engaged at the vari-
| Gus hotels for several Brlstow clubs. The Gd-
| zstte and Commercial are botn z.alousiy advo-
eating Bristow, and the influence OF these two
newspapers, with local and other outside
| pressure brought to bear may give the situation
| a different phase before Wednesday, but 1t ooes
| not seem possible now.
| dent OF his nomination. but cannot see where
| hts strength Is to come from. lie will certainly
| get no very conslderapio suppor, rom the OnIo
| valley, because be was the persistent aud unre-
| lenting opponent OF tue freedom OF the Louis
| vile canal What he may be able 70 get from
| tue Northwest when Blaine Is out OF the way, i
| DO not know. Al present blaine has I'VE sIths
OF the Northwest snd Bristow the other sixth
| Conkling has some vo es from the south, but
| not many. The friends of Bristow claim that
their fayOrte Will ultimately get all OF Blaine
strength there and large proportion Of Nor
| tons but / do not believe TINS claim Is wei
founded. Ii certainly is not SO far as Blaine
| Southern votes are concerned. and only partially
| SO In the case CT Morton's fiiends from tue sane
The Penusyl lvania delegation will not 20 tC
| Conkhug or any body else, so long as there Is q
possibility Of the Convention being at dead
| lock on Blaine, Morton, and Conkling. Dor
pSS ssnsrs IN tnat ssnte % ar.
| convinced that neither one of tue four promi
nent candidates can be nomin ted hene,
| tney think there Is chance for Hartranft
oaersd them they will stick to Hartrnnit
because II they should have the gooo
luck TO make Il .rtranft the candidate, the,
| believe his election Is certain, aud then thel
the % i0sB ss, and
ties Of plunder that such CONTINGENCY woulc
afford presented to them, the Cameron mana
the slightest show; but II It comes TO Gloss
quarters. aud but a few votes are needed &
for the Cameronians to hold the dsleestiot
| solid. For instance, IL 10 claimed by Baipe, [.
votes on the lrst ballot, and that old Ben Wade
| will, before the result OF the ballot Is an
nounced. throw at least twenty votes from obic
TO Blaine. OfcOurse, thIs would be II coup d'Gdt
and then 1t is believed Mcpherson wQulg tQI,Q~
with more than half Of PeDnsylvshia's fity;
s xS, SSSa SSs cone SS@ 40 sne ace
two or three votes would be found somewhere
1t is extremely doubtful that such thins
will occur. 1t Is, however, gravely discussed
this evening, and Bl iines opponents are not
| III lie nervous over II.
| Ihe feeling grows stronger to-day tnat MOT
ton is not really formidable canulda,e. HI
friends from Indiana, however, talk very conn
denty, but II 1, said that they admit privately
that lhey ONLY expect him TO come in rs com
promise candidate. TINS does not seem proba
ble al this time, because his principal strength
coming as II does from the South, is very uncer
tam, and the probabilities are that II Will b.
CAPTURED either by Blaine or Conkling long be
fore there 10 cnance Of Morton becoming
compromise candidate.
The news OF Blalne's prostration was receive,
here at about o'clock this afternoon, un'
W IS followed shortly afterward by telegram
which was buletined, announcing his death
This caused the most intense excitement
ae aeo do1afler, nsss % of the Msine dele Delegation Z
learn whether this intelligence was connrme
by the news received there. MIR. Hale was d
almost constant CONT muuication with one or III
otner Of the four physicians attending MI
Blaine, and. OF course: did not credit the new
about his death. However, there was 70
burnett House. the headquarters OF tn
Blame men.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
CINCINNATI, June Il.-Among the dis
tinguished men who arri, ed this morning wer
Gov. y organ, Geo. william Curtis. of New York
Gen. Hawley, OF Connecticut; James Russo
pres dent Chadnurn, OF Massachuselts III
Hon. Charles Fswell and Hon. Joseph Medil
Of Illinois. Ihe hon. Jonn A, Logan, the Iiol
others came IN from Washington. The lls
three earnestly oppose the nomination Of Bri'
tow, while the Others named all except Mr.. Fan
well are for Bstow. Mr. Farwell is adyocatin
the nomination Of Hon. lillian A. Wheeler
he says that there are several others OF Ia
Illinois delegation VINO will 20 with him. II
urges this nomination as compromise
The contest between the friends Of Dlain
and Cpnkling aud OF IristOw Is fierce
and threatens TO become unreconcilabl,
wuile between the friends OF Bristow, Morton
and Hayes there Is the greatest cOrdiality and
taclt agreement that with the nomination {
either the Others will be satisfied. The Conklln
men are very busy schening, and they count o
winning through combinations. hey are one
ing the second place to toe friend OF Hayes, bt
the latter refuse to take the Dtt. There va
great excitement In the city upon the Re cept
the news Of MIR. Blaines illness, and spe culatio
is rife as to where his strength will go In case b
illness snail prove to be serious.
Mr.. Murtt Halstead, editor OF the Commercial
gave n elegant dinner party tins evening to
number Of prominent journalists and SUI
porters OF Secretary Bristow and Go
Hayes. Among those present were el
Gov Moves, the Hon. Joseph Medill, Gel
=. Harlan Goodlow of Kentucky, Ben. Perls
Poor Of the Boston Journal, Mr.. NOrdhOn
Inc NeW York Herald, Mr.. Brown Of the Ne
York Evening Post Gen. IL. V. BoyntoD, Wasl
inRton correspondent OF the Gazette, Mr., Et
mund Dexter aud Gen. Ii. l.. Burnett Of til
place, and Mr.. Van Ellen Of New York.
What the Gcrmnus nre Doing.
The coming week is to witness numerous Ge