Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-06-22
The National Convention.
CINCINNATI lime |.

As early as "Wednesday of last week
the clans began to gather here, the piv
otal point of the political interest o
the country. Indiana was first on tn
ground, except, of course, Ohio, whicl
could not be otherwise than here early
And Ohio was present in the interes
of two candidates, Hayes and Bristow
The local sentiment has been and !:
very strong for Bristow, the morning
papers, the Commercial and the Gazette
having been laboring very earnestly fol
him for several months. The Bristov
sentiment has not much of a f0othOlC
elsewhere in Ohio; it is all for Hayes
but with very warm friendship OF
the part of many of the delegates fol
Morton. Indiana arrived in the per.
sons of Col. Friedly, Chairman of the
State Central Committee, Gen. Thos
J. Brady, Simon Powell, Gen. Lac. No
BILE, Col. Holloway, Henry Taylor, OF
Lafayette, and others. New York
came next, number of her delegates
anu lHOlt OuloluClo llle Oll
Thursday, and by Saturday the New
York quarters at the Grand hotel were
crowded. They came well organized,
accompanied by the 9Th Regiment
Band, and with great deal of glitter
and assurance. Some of the most no
ted political leaders of the State are
among them, and the man who talks
with them an hour will be very apt to
conclude that Conkling is the coming
man.
BY Saturday very nearly all the
States were represented. and the hotels
began to make use of the extra beds
Matters were growing warm and inter-
esting. Some of Blaine's forces had
arrived, and the adherents of every
prominent candidate Were as busy
as the intense heat of the wealth
er would permit. 1t was singular how
the manner of working partook very
much of the nature of the man
for whom the work was done. Blaine's
forces acted as though they were under
the eye of their leader, bold, audacious,
confident, prepared to carry all before
them with a rush and a daring assault.
Conklihg's men wrought with great
earnestness combined with elegant dig
nifty and easy assurance. Their sur
roundings are more ornate than those
of any other delegation; and they stand
by their candidate with pride, and de-
votiOn born of intense admiration for
him. And the Morton men engaged
in the grand contest with earnest ener-
gy and a quiet tenacity of purpose, such
as would naturally be expected of Nor
ton men, and which has secured from
the start the respect and good will OF
the adherents of all the other candi-
dates The Hayes men have looked
quietly a, and engaged in the lauda-
BILE We making friends everywhere
in the nope that if no one of the great
quaternion can carry off the prize, il
may fall easily at the feet of Governor
Hayes. Bristow men are everywhere
buJ lit1 alC VI
Cincinnati, very few from eisewher,
being present. With the exception o.
Kentucky, there are for him only small
fractions of delegations. This at first
OF course there are many who woulC
go to him as second choice. Yester
day and to-day the seething and boiling
I have been continuous. The jam a
the hotels is something tremendous
There have been serenades and speech
es, Bristow club meetings, Blaine de
monstrations, and constant whirl q
excitement. But the most intense eX
citement of the hour was occasioned o.
Sunday OH the reception of the news O
Blaine's attack by sunstroke, resultin
in his Inconsistencies and possIbl
death. 1t was staggering blow to hi
friends here, but after the first shoe
they did not slacken their efforts in hi
behalf, and as dispatches were receive
continually on Monday, of his impro'
ed condition, they grew more and MOI
hopeful, and the event seemed to spu
them to renewed exertions, while IL
time it closed the mouths of his opp,
nents, and has rather resulted in h
advantage than otherwise.
Flags and banners are everywhel
displayed in great profusion.
large and really fine portrait of Rosct
; Conkling is borne on silken bann'
by the New Workers, and the lette
which form his name shine resplendeI
in an arrangements of gasjets against Il
front balcony of the Grand hotel. Hu.
flags bearing the words For Presiden
o. Z. Norton are suspended over Il
centre of 4th. Walnut and Vine street
in front of the Grand, Gibson and Blu
nett hotels. Wide strips of canvass "a
stretched almost entirely around Il
> Burnett house, calling attention to u
4 fact that James c. Blaine is cand
date for President; and all over the eli
there are Bristow flags without en-
For as already stated the local SEM
ment is very largely for Bristow.
stead IF being centennial" ever
[ thing has become ''Bristow. You a
I invited - cool yourself with a Bristo
E fan b ores of peddlers of that usef
: art even though the portrait on
: b, that of George or Martha Washin
D ton; and the bootblacks stand vocift
t ously ready to give you a Bristc
h ''shine" for dime.
j, Everybody is asking, ''Who will
+ nominated?" Everybody answer
y Blaine will be ahead on the first b;
I lot" No one doubts this to-day, al
/ it is generally conceded that Mort
will stand next. There can be
. doubt of this, and others will stand
> this order, BrIstow, Conkling, Hal
ranft, Hayes, Jewell. Inasmuch as t
!, whole story will be fully told befo
: this is printed and read, / may ha
: occasion to regret even this much Of
! prediction upon results The frien
: of Blaine claim that he will be nomi
+ ated on the second or third ballot. al
Y all the others have grave fears that I'll
may prove true. But they hope to ii