Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-14
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Test before the battle.

Juss Bsssre the battle.
CrscrxxArI. June l3.-It Ii detsrmin-
Cd to have no informal ballot, a. that
would unnecessarily consume time.
Blaine's friends now claim that after the
most careful counting. leaving out all
doubtful votes, Blaine will have on the
fint ballot 200 to 800. On the second
be will gain Aity from delegates outside
OF Ohio and Pennsylvania. and then
they expect that when that jump Is seen
there will be enough immediate changes
10 insure his nomination on that ballot.
They are confident that when Blaine IL
no near success there viii not be lacking
q delegation who will struggle for the
honor OF being the FIRST TO change
TO him. As regards the some.
what contradictory kilograms CONCERNING
Blains's condition. they explain 1t BY
the statement that the doctors who are
attending him are homeopathists, and
that those from whom the blacksr 70.
ports come belong to q different school
In medicine, who could not do 80 un-
professional q thing as to admit that
the diagnosis Of their rivals was correct.
Blaine Is to be put In nomination by
Colonel Ingsrsoll. and Blains'a friends
believe il will DO difficult for the o
susceptible delegates to resist his elo-
qusnce. II II should happen-which
seems unliksly-that amy atAtck 10
made In the convention upon Mr..
Blains's record. he In to respond to II.
and to ''sarry the war into Africa" II
need BE-. -.
As Blaine went mp Morton naturally
went down. The claims made yesterday
for Morton were repeated to-day. hui
the air of confidence with which they
were asserted has disappearsd-ths face
said one thing and tho lips another. and
the hopes entertained Of gains from
blaine In the Northwest and Northeast
vanished when IL became apparent that
Blaine had no intention Of getting out
Of the way. Morton's friends claim to.
day, for the first and second ballots,
only Indiana AMI the votes conceded 10
them from the south. asserting. how
ever, that II Blaine should become oat
Of the question. then they will jump at
once from seventy odd votes mp to l70.
Outside, however. they claim over 200
votes ON the third ballot, AMI the nomi.
nation soon after.
The Conkling men are ~ quiet and un-
demonstrative to-day rs they were yes
tsrday. bot the experienced politicians
among them have not been wasting
time. There are rumors that they have
been using money. and not in vain. but
such transactions are not carried on in
daylight and can be verified only when
the voting actually begins In convsn.
ton, and until then they cannot be said
IN DO true. Mr.. Conkling's friends are
busy saying that what they call Morton's
collapse only indicates that the fight In
the convention will bs between Blaine
and the Senator from New York. aud
that OF the two the latter is the only one
who can carry the Empire State. but
this reasoning does not seem to have
made any impression upon the delegates.
Some pin thoir hopes on the success Of
Cameron's labors with the Pennsylvania
delegates, but their general feeling 10
not n OF buoyancy.
Secretary Bristow's friends preserve
an unbroken front, and. although there
has been q persistent effort from oil
sides to convince his supporters that
their case Is hopeless. they remain un'
shaken and are oven acting on the sg-
grcssive. They lain 10 nav maao ue-
cided gains among the Sou.nelh ae,e'
gates anu hPect grea, 'u'nH, 'ro'I ,le
support which u rs oeiievea new Eng,
land will give them after Blaine sou OF
the race. UP TO the present ume IL "
believed that the Bristow men nave
kept aiooi from anything rssemo'ng q
conference with tho iriends OF otn'r
candidates. put ln'e 'o-nign. or ear'y 20,
morrow nero VIII W ~'.
the cohkiihs, n'is'oW anu 'io''oh Ioau
ers' 70 see u ,ney eaun'' 49, VI.
q u case u eome ApPa,sn' 'n '
biaine : ue'eh' Gu" 10 a'''"
no othet way
Inc depression 'el, smons = SUI
po.'srs % a,o''"n, snas; Gss
not eA'enaec 70 're 'I'enus -. u,',lo''
Hayes VINO nave Seen worns ,or @
Win sn,'~u %n. .%isnn;u. =,
Noyes, wno mas 'n' seue" pA..aH
tns campaign 'or haysS'
thai the biaine nhe y weakening ~
many points, anu hopes tna' aooi" aash
may break It. ne Is said 10 nave oeeh
visited BY the chairman OF Twelve state
$3.50" ,;..issa u.mnsh;r.
and Tsnna.see. Who give him assurances
Of support after the frst ballot. The