The Portland daily press., 1876-06-14

MortonS friends IN the South, when 1t is seen
that he cannot be nominated, will divide be.
tween Conkling and Blaine. The Southern
delegation cannot b. transferred solid for any
one candidate. Morton and Bristow, in my
Judgment have no chance of success. 1t is
said Robert Ingersoll of Peoria, ILL.,, will nom
mate Blaine in convention. Governor Wood
ford of New York city, will do the same favor
of Conkiug.
The Connecticut Delegation.
The Posts special from Cincinnati says the
Connecticut delegation had long session this
morning over the proposition to cast the vote of
the state as unit for Jewell. Gen. Hawley
opposed this and wanted to cast his vote for
Bristow. He said he had been invited by the
Kentucky delegation to present Bristows name
to the convention, which he wanted to do very
much, although he had not yet given his
answer. There was much opposition manifested
to this step by other members of the delegation
they holding the vote ought to be cast soidly
for Jewell, and that for Hawley to nominate
Bristow would destroy any chances Jewell
might have. The meeting adjourned without
conclusion.
lPennsylvnnia for Blaine.
WASHINGTON, June 13.-Congressman Wal
lace of Pennsylvania received the following
telegram from Hon. Fl. W. Blair at 8 o'clock
| this afternoon from Cincinnati:
pennsylvania is solid for Blaine on the first
| or second ballot. His nomination is most
probable.
Ihe New hHampshsre Delegates.
The New Hampshire delegates met and
| agreed to vote as unit and then proceeded to
| ballot. Blaine had majority and the delega-
ton agreed to cast vote of the state all for him.
BIaine's Friends JubiIant.
| CINCINNATI, June 13.-As soon as breakfast
was over this morning the politicians from the
| other hotels began crowding the halls of the
| Burnett, which has been from the start the
| headquarters of Blaine's friends The differ
| their fpalino het lost nio 4
| this morning was marked. Their words were
| similar but their countenances were changed
| There was general appearance of confidence
| in the nomination of Blaine on the third or
| fourth ballot In order that their words might
| accompany their faith they labOred assiduously
during the morning hours in trying to verify
| some OF the more important delegation. The
| one which was hammered at the hardest was
the Illinois. After the delegates had complet-
| ed the formal business for which they had
been called together they took ballot as to
| their Presidential preference, revealing Blaine
| 81, Bristow 4, Washburn 2 and two absent,
who are understood to favor Blaine. This re-
| suit not being deemed satisfactory Senator Lo-
| gan made speech in which, after denying any
| attempt on his part to coerce any delegates,
| and after stating that he necessarily favored
Blaine since he was the choice of the people of
| Illinois, he urged the delegates to give weight
to their action by making it harmonious and
unanimous. The men who had sought to 6e-
1
| kill off the men who had saved the Union. He
was followed by Col. Robert Ipgersoll of Peoria
who made an eloquent and effective plea in be-
half of his personal friend, Mr.. Blaine. He
took the position which others are assuming
that Mr.. Blaine was man wounded by the
enemy while in the service of the Republican
party, and for that party to desert him now
| would be an act of treachery which would
damn it forever. The record of Blaine was
| more defenslble than that of the Republican
party. Mr.. Blaine has fully vindicate ed his rec
| ord and the party would have no burden to
bear with HIM as the candidate.
The result of an eloquent and good natured
| plea which made all laugh and many applaud,
| was that the Washburne men who represent
| Washburne's old congressional district, prom
ised to vote for Blaine, one, however, reserviDg
| the right to vote for Washburne if he saw any
chance of his election. One of the Bristow
men went over on the ground that there was a
| preference for Blaine in his district and that he
| would yield. The three others are as yet stead
fast, but one alternate will have to yield to the
| delegate whose place he holds temporarily, and
the state will probably vote Blaine 40, and Bris-
tow2.
1t it should so happen that Blaine were with
| drawn the vote of this large delegation would
| be broken into fragments. BrstoW would
then get about or 8, Morton 10 or II, Hayes Z
| or 3, Wheeler 2, Conkling possibly or g and
the rest uncertain. These gains in Illinois and
| New Hampshire for the latter state by resov-
ing to vote as a unit, gave Blaine four addi-
tional votes, and the recent of dispatches with
encouraging reports of Blaine's health, more
than cOunteracted the effect of reports of the
DIRECTIONS in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey
| delegations.
Cameron Can't Fulfill His bargain
| The report in regard to Pennsylvania was
that after its delegates had concluded to drop
| Hartranft they would go over to Conkling al
| most in body, all of which was to be done by
Dom Cameron, whose political reputation it
was said was at stake. The facts, however, do
| rot seem to bear out the story.
| Various test votes on side issues taken at a
meeting OF the delegation this morn ing indi-
| cate that Blaine may with some confidence
| count on 40 of the So. He is asserted to be
sure of the Philadelphia delegates controlled
| by VIM. B. Man., and also of those from AL
| leghany county, yet some of Blaines friends
| even go so far as to claim more than no. But
| there is no question that Cameron is working
hard for Conkling, and it would be going too
| far to say that he has no influence whatever in
| the delegation. There are negotiations going
| on all the time between the Conkling and
| Hartranft men, but there does not seem to
have been any agreement arrived at which in
yolved any number OF votes. 1t was decided to
| give Hartranft one unanimous vote. Whether
| he will be withdrawn before the second or be-
| fore the third ballot must be settled tomorrow.
About 500 Votes Claimed for Blaine.
During the evening the Blaine men have
| been showing signs of settled confidence which
| had an effect upon the supporters of other can
didates. Notwithstanding the scattering losses
| Of the day they claim 70 have gained enough in
| New Hampshire, California and Illinois to
| counter-balance all that and give their candl.
date between 300 and 300 votes on the first bal.
| lot.
1t has been decide to have no informal bal
lots since 1t would unnecessarily consume time.
This estimate is put out by the Blaine commit
| tee and they claim they have vigorously elimi-
| mated all votes which could in any way be con-
| sidered doubtful.
His Nomination Claimed on the Third
| Ballot.
On the second ballot they claim Blaine will
gain 80 from delegations outside of Ohio or
| pennsylvania. Then they expect that when
| that dumps seen there will enough immedi-
ately change to ensure the nomination on the
third ballot. They are confident that when
Blaine is SO near success there will not be lack
ing delegations who will struggle for the honor
of being the first to change to him.
The Reports of BIaine,s Condition
As regards the somewhat contradictory tel
| egrams concerning Blaine's condition, they ex-
plain it by the statement that the doctors who
are attending him are honeopathics and that
those from whom the blacker reports come be-
long to different school in medicine who could
not 40 so unprofessional thing as to admit
that The diagnosis of their rivals was correct.
Blaine is to be put in nomination by Col Inger-
soil, and the friends of the former have great
hopes from the fervid flood of oratory that the
Colonel will pour forth 1t is believed by
them that it will be difficult for the more sus-
ceptble delegations to resist his eloduence. If
it should happen, which seems unlikely, that
any attack is made in the convention upon
Blaine's record, he is to respond to it,and carry
the war into Africa if need be.
Morton Declining.
AS Blaine went up Mr.. Morton naturally
went down. The claims made yesterday were
repeated to-day, but the air of confidence with
which they had been asserted had disappeared.
The face said one thing and the lips another
and the hopes entertained of gains from Blaine
in the West vanished when it became apparent
| that Blaine had no intention of getting out of
the way. They claim to-day for the first or
second ballot only Indiana and the votes con.
coded to them from the South, asserting how
ever, that if Blaine should come out of the
question, then they jump at once from 70 votes
up to 40. Outside, however, they claim 200
votes on the third ballot and nomination soon
after.
COnikling's Canvass.
The Conkling men are as undemonstratiye
to-day as they were yesterday, but the expert
enced politicians amongst them have not been
wasting their time. There are rumors that
they have been using money, and not in vain.
but this can be verified only when the voting
actually begins in convention. Conklino's
friends are busy saying that what tbev cali