New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-12
THE LINES OF BATTLE FORMING.

Chairman OF the COnYenUOn, anu OtI lldAidh VI
Kentucky for permanent President.
THE LINES OF BATTLE FORMING.
s.ruRDAY's DEVELOPMENTS AS TO THE STRENGTH
OF THE CANDIDATEs-THE DELEGATIONS SHOW
ING THEIR COLORS.
lDY TELEGRAPH TO THE TR!BUSE.l
CINCINNATI. June 1.-THE first real earnest
preliminary work since the delegates and outside
supporters of the several candidates began to gather
in Cincinnati, was done on Saturday. Then for the
first time important consultations began to bo held
and contemplated bargains and arrangements to be
talked about. The apparent nsincerity and lack OF
enthusiasm which mark the support given Gov.
Hayes by the Ohio delegation have previously been
referred TO. Every days events make it more and
more certain that the most of the Republican leaders
in Ohio really hope or expect is the opportunity
to trade off the vote of their State for
the second place on the ticket; or if
they can't secure that. for q place in
the Cabinet, should the Republican party be
successful, though they pretend to believe that
their "favorite son" may yet prove TO be the
Great Unknown" Ohio delegates are therefore
very careful to inform every one with whom they
talk that they will support Gov. Hayes as long as
there is any hope that he be nominated, and
that they have no second choice until after that;
but they say it in such way, and pass so rapidly
to the discussion of the chances of other candidates
that the impression left is that the declaration is
purely formal.
This apparent desire of the Ohio delegation to be
considered as in the market" attracts to them tie
agents of the other candidates, who anxious TO
pick up almost any reasonable price stray votes or
whole delegations that may be for sale, not for
money though it possible that may be used before
the Convention is over, but in the way Of barter.
The offers made by the Conkling Morton, and
Blaine men to the Ohio delegation have been the
sane-that the second place on the ticket shall be
given to Gov Hayes, provided the vote OF the State
after having been cast once or twice as o
compliment in accordance with the instructions OF
the State Convention, shall be transferred 10 the
candidate with whom the bargain is made. The
Ohio delegation has listened to these several offers
but has neither accepted nor rejected them. The
apparent disposition is to wait for future develop
ments before making any trade. In this way it is
hoped that the bargain if it shall be eventually
made, will be the more favorable. Besides this
considerable portion of the delegation cannot lie
transferred by any arrangement to which
they are not a party. There are among
them some very enthusiastic supporters OF
Mr. Blaine, an their number Is variously
estimated from a dozen TO twenty. They VIII
refuse to vote for Mr.. Conkling or Mr.. Morton, no
matter what kind of a trade may be made. If Mr.
Blaines vote on the first ballot is anywhere near as
great as his friends hope it will be, and is held
ON the second it would not be at all surprising if
some Of these men changed their votes from Gov.
Hayes to Mr. Blaine before the result of the ballot
is announced. Others are original Bristow men, and
viii not be delivered to any other candidate until
they have cast a vote for him.
ILLINOIS STILL FIRM.
Another report which gained some currency yes
terday and today, aud was believed, too, was that
the Illinois delegation was wavering in its support
Of Mr. Blaine, and that arrangement lad been
partially concluded, the result of which would be
the transfer of its vote to Mr. Conkng, the Qud pro
quo being that Mr. Washburne should be nominated
for the Vce-Presidency A member of that delega-
ton who has exceptional opportunities for know
ing aud in whose word the greatest con-
fdence may be placed, gives the assurance
that there is not q word OF truth i'll it. "Pli
tell you" said be, why any such arrangement
is impossible. During the whole of President LIN
colns administration, andl since Gen. Grant in
augurated in 1869. only five men in the State Of
Illinois have been appointed TO any important Fed
eral Ofce who have not first been obliged TO go hum
bly, with their hats their hands and sometimes on
their very knees before the Gacna Ring, and either
be- for its permission 10 accede to the terms
it imposed. Now the Republicans of Hi
and are determined TO put an end to it, Mr.. Wash
burne has had his day, fought his fight and lost
He was a candidate both for the GOvemorship and
for the Presidency until his friends saw that his
case was hopeless, and since he withdrew the mem
bers and supporters of the Gaena Ring have taken
no active part in the politics of the State and did
not even attend the State Convention. That shows
how much they care fOr the Republican party
after it ceases to furnish them Offices
No. Sir; there are not SIX men in the Illinois deega-
ton who want Mr. Washburne to have any place on
the ticket or who would vote for him even if every
other State should do so. Our delegation is not all
here, but can assure you that there SO men on
it who will vote for Blaine all of tle time and
who cannot he transferred by any such cement
as that which you have mentioned II this were not
30 | certainly should have known it,"
Gen. Logan and ex-COngressman Farwell, who ar
lived this morning, confirm this report The latter,
whose opinions Illinois politics have considerable
weight, said that the reports of defectons in their
delegation to Senator Conkling or Senator Morton
or Secretary Bristow are wholly without founda-
ton The contest for the control Of the State Con-
ventlon, he added was understood TO be between Mr.
Blaine and Mr.. Bristow, but when the Convention
met there were no BrIstow men there at all. Gen.
Logan and Mr. Farwell attribute the reports
Of wavering in their delegation to the same people
Who have been making the war against them