The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-06-15
From the Pittsburgh Telegraph, June 18th.
Affairs at Cincinnati,

The effort to adopt the unit rule In
the New York delegation last night
was n failure. No one will question
the integrity of George William Curtis,
editor of Harper's Weekly. nor will
any one dispute his political sagacity,
and his manly stand in the caucus of
the New York delegation last evening
against Conklin willhave great weight
with the more intelligent delegates to
the Convention. Our special corres-
pondent telegraphs us that Mr.. Curtis
said he could not vote for Conklin, for
the reason that he believed the latter
could not be elected. That belief is
shared by earnest and influential Re-
publicans in every part of the Union,
and notably so along the shores of our
navigable rivers. All the gold of Jones,
of Nevada, backed by all his wealth
of silver, cannot elect Conkling, and
the fact that delegates are being bought
up to vote for him would aid materially
in his overwhelming defeat should he
be nominated.
The Pennsylvania delegation will
hold a caucus this morning and we
predict there will be stormy session
Don Cameron, it is given out by our
correspondents, Is anxious that the
delegation should adhere to Hartranft
all the time, and an effort will be
made by him and his faction to adopt
a resolution to that effect. The design
of this is to prevent the nomination of
Blaine, the Cameron faction realizing
that the majority of the delegation is
favorable to him as second choice, and
that in no event can Conkling obtain
their votes. If the delegation can be
held for Hartranft, it spoils Blaine's
chances, and does not help Conkling,
and thus the vote of Pennsylvania
would be of little or no account in de-
termining the choice of the Conven-
tion. Mr.. Blaine, however, has warm
active and influential supporters in
the delegation, and We will not be
surprised to learn that un der the lead
ership ofJohn H. Hampton, Esq, their
votes will be recorded for Mr.. Blaine
in Convention. An effort will be made
in caucus to-day to cast the vote of the
State for Blaine, in case the fifty eight
votes of Pennsylvania will secure his
nomination. This will be asked for
on the ground that Mr.. Blaine is q
native son Of Pennsylvania, and is
entitled to the support of the delega-
tion when it will secure his success.
Should this point not be conceded, and
the Cameron party insist upon their
programme being carried out, the
right of representative delegates to cast
their own votes will be sprung in Con
ventiOn when q ballot is reached.
There are precedents for the recogni-
tion of this right, and the friends OF
Blaine will gain their point. AS the
New York delegation could not afford
to insist upon the adoption of the unit
rule, but allowed the two Bristow men
to vote their preferences, the ring
leaders of the Pennsylvania delegation
will probably take the same wise
course, but much against their will.
Oar dispatches this morning repre-
sent the Blaine men as active and con-
fident of success on either the first or
second ballot. We commend the dis
patches of our correspondents to our
readers, for they are impartial and ac-
ourate.