The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-16
VOL. XLIIL-N0. Ut.
STRATEGY IN CINCINNATI.
rR. BLATNE,s ENEMIES THE MAS
TERs or THE SITUATION.

Vntte on the Winning Man- Eugene haie's
BIundcrs Probably Fatal to :Mr. Blaine.
C,sctsSATI, June 15.-Tbe leaders OF the
.,oosltion to Blaine continued until a late hour
lat night their desperate exertions to eject .
combination OF their scattered forces on some
:, an whose name would have strength sufficient
A garry the Convention by storm to-dsv on the
,h,rd or fourth ballot, but their efforts we're uu-
.,,u,ne. They could not induce tho friends Of
cooklpe to see that the last hope for their man
"a. gone. The Morton men were equally stub
horn. and Bristows friends declared that the
man from the Blue Gras, region was the only
"a . reliance OF the perty.
m. u.yssmsn stood nr n by their esndi date
and said the mountain must come to them, and
,ns s,Iend. Of Hartranft, wbne willing TO take
ANYBODY hut Bfistow, to oeat blaine with, were
IN IN. posltion Of the stock gambler who has
gone long and cant deliver when called.
railing utterly to agree on any plan
NJ battle which would weld their
torcss into q solid phslanx to be ordered
,ssip.t their common enemy, their next resort
wa TO adopt the forlorn policy and wear out
ri ines friends by dlatory motions and inter-
mip.bls debate. Asa mskew isht In their favor
half dozen o,lsRste from OHIO and Indiana,
headed by eI-Govein"r Noyes, constituted
thsmselvss q committee on the state Of
the Republican party, and went the grand
rounds Of all the ueleeations inclined to
support Blaine, and entI ested them to recon-
slider their determination. Among the argu-
ments used to induce the Blame delegates to
abandon their favorites, the Noyes committee
declared that n sine was nominated the party
could l. OF carry either OHIO or Indiana In Octo-
ber They we're led to this conclusion because
II was evident that the three leading Republican
srsans-ths Neto York Times the Chicaso Trfb-
une and the Cincinnati Gdzette-would not sup
port the ticket " 81 Inc was on II. They be-
hsved. also. that the German vote would be
solid aRant the Republic n party this fall II the
Convention did not respect the public opinion
which had pronounced against Blaine.
BLAISE's FRIENDS DEFIANT.
But the friends of tue Maine statesm an turned
deaf ear to all this, tud In feet said that they
tId not care a ns for the threats Of Joe Medll.
George Jones and Deacon Richard Smith. They
we're not the organs n the Republican part, or
any fragment OF II, and 1t was decidedly cheeky
for these gen lemen to call themselves a small
part Of the partv. The managers Of Mr.. Blaine
were very connden'. indeec, believing, ss they
did. that the opposition could not agree a
man on whom the, could unite the strength OF
the Ave other Presidential candi lates. Not only
this, but II wes apparent that, even II combins-
tion on Hayes or ia u nft was Aeresd I'D n,
Blaine would set enough votes In TIC general
break up wnirh must me when Conkling AM
Morton were withdraw ohJmi Iats him.
Resting hrm IN this bell, Z, tLey Thought they
could ford to be 1ant, and rather encouraged
. oomb,oa ion. They ure q httle nervous this
mics. They bad Dot LOOK. close n 'ush after
the Committee on Rules and Order OF Business,
bpd their enemies had managed TO set control
Gh. Jonn Cessna q Pennsylvsnia, who was
pade chairms IN of this cummitt-e. IL q peftina
tious and utterly unscrupuiuus poll ician, and
seeing an opportunity to 10 the Blaine men .
great deal ~ mischief ne was not slow to aot.
He nrst tried to get rule sdopted by the CON-
mittos which would vo allowed the majority
OF q delegation t. gag and H,s lacle The minor-
ity. Tnis wis too mons,rous, ana failed, but
he did succeed Ia havi adopted r"le to pre-
vent, ven. enss,es M na ,hs ,rSnsemeet Of the
order OF business Cessnas committee also had
the opportunity Of hxinRt ings to suit toe pro
Eramme OF the anti Blaine men. What they
wanted was an opportunity t. make speeches
and get In bits at Bl.ine's recoru. he OBJECT
10 all ihis was Of oou 90 to prevent a Hot to-
day. and at the sane Ims manufacture public
sentiment aRhiDst Balm. In this they were
suoo ,ssful. and the net result OF TO-DAY .
against the Blaine oarty. TIey were not shrewd
IN their manaRsmeut to-.ay and thus the
sneDy succeeded IN their efforts TO turn the
tide against Blaine.
MR.. HALE's BLuNDERs.
Mr. Hale made a serious mistake In opposing
the rule whicn required the reports ~ the Com
mttee on Resolutions 10 oe disposed OF before
nomination. we're In order. He was not well
posted In the detailed history VI conventions,
and thus IN, de n tlunuer In asserting th I
previous conventions had not so ordered their
oiDal manager Of he Blame side OF the hght this
lessened his inhuen,e. lie made another mis-
take In allowing the deuate ON the Alabama
business to continue AS long as IL did. The
Blame men a " IN heir power at any time to
cut on the debate and force vote. ana there
was never any danger OF espeGcer gang being
pdmtted. because the Bris Ow men held the
balance Of power and we're against Spencer.
EsrHusIAsA AND ORAToRY.
So far rs the poUuiar demonstrations were
concerned, the Blame men evidently had dc
eiuedly Tho . est Of |. In the Convention. Ihers
Wa great show ofentnusiasm over all the can
didAtos, hnd especi liy over Diistow, but II was
quite plain that the .utl-BlaiDe men were en-
couralilg each other, nd that the demons ra-
ton over elther one OF tu-ir candida stes could
na be attributed solely TO the popu.
larity OF tina one man. On the other
hsnd, the enthusi sm manifested over
Blaine WIS un0ouD edlY confined exclusively Y
10 his friends, and tbey we're ue.r, II not quito
o. numerous as all the ,rlen-s Of The other can
oldates com lined. he blaine people lso had
tbe best OF II Ia prest ntnR their candidate TO
tbo Convention. ne brisLOw presentation was
wen inged, and on tie noie was very tell
ing, but the orator par excellence Of tho ooca-
son was unquestionably Ar. Robert lnRersou of
lllnois, who nominated AR. Blaine. HIS speech
WAS really wonoerful one IN substance and de-
nVery. II fairl, carried tho Convention on It's
Test ana II the nrst ballot could have followed
would We been noninated then aud theTe
w'tboLt doubt. l have been In many conven-
uohs, Out never saw All thing equal To the
hoeoe to-day duiinR the delivery OF IDgersolfs
kpeseh' Tho galleries, winch were packed with
DIstu"'s Trends, tue great thronR OF invited
suess, and the deleg tos themselves were
tWe away by the magnetic eloquenoe OF the
sneaker, and fairly yelleo tht nseiyes no. rse
WIN their applaudiDg. But AS Mr. Dana
Massachusetts, h-d destroyed the Of
isos of BristOw's presentation by a
~ lHr ana frank expression OF
". honest sentiments, so, too, tDe lnnuence
VI lneers"'s speech was measuraoly laughed
srN when stupid ass Of negro from Geor-
"a was put up To second biainu's nomination.
inote was the worst sort OF IN nARement Ia this
tns tue ol lue Blaine pr gramme, for the nomina-
Nuh ouRht TO have come III after speech from
tso.ne one Of his Maine friends, and thsn have
Nssu seconded oy lngsrsoil Of LIMOS.
TEST or BLAISE's STRENGTH.
me nrst II opportunity TO form an accurate
LuuRmsnt OF blains's real strength occurred to-
sT On me vote TO substitute the minority for
de due anu-hpenoer de egatIOn Is about equally
ss1oed between Blame and Bristow, and for
ss n,s reason or for pIlnclple the Brstow men
,oveu pretty solid for the majority report,
iIu.eh let In The anti Spencer delegates, and for
"a, teasons the Bl .ine men did tue same. 1ne
So 200 3of Ia favor TO 375 against the Spon-
WI ueegatiOn's admission.
take u that one hundred OF tho Bristow
tsu foled with ihs Blame men, whlch leaves
NJ maine on the first p-llot only 276 votes
snA lis short uf the cacnl ton OF bis friends.
s,r, moreover, II does not leave margin OF
bsHHhssh lor him TO draw from On the second
ve,a, ~ u ADsOi"tely nectss- ~ that blaine's
psoause unless It |. inOreasoo bis friends In tn
ssnhSllNhnid delegation Wi,l not 90 over To his