The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-14

na-r :. 10 terms ....s - n,.,ne men for
the solid delegation pn the secopd ballot, sna
the chsooes were Id favor OF eooo usI.
side Of the bargain. and Don. Cameron has con-
ndence In bis own abilities, especially when ne
rienoed, and the other supersnnusted. to deal
with.
In the meantime tho news of what bad hap
pened In the caucus OF the Pennsylvania delegs-
tion few like wildHro over the city, and II was
everywhere interpreted as the decisive blow TO
nomination beyond persdventure on the second
ballot, provided he continued to regain his
health as he has done during the past forty eight
hours. I was standing on the steps OF the Bur
nett House coDversing with Waldo Hutchins,
when three Blaine men from the Pennsyivania
delegation stopped In their mad rush to the
III line headquarters to whisper me the news of
what had transpred at their meeting. told Il
to Mr.. Hutchins as they hurried away. and "a L
concluded he sententiously exclaimed, =" Blaine's
nomination can only be prevented now by Provi-
debce." This was evidently the general inter-
pret ,tion OF the news, for In few momentsa
crowd OF delegates began to pour into the Bur
nett House aud crowd up stairs TO the blaine
headquarters. As they nocked In the old and
willy politician at my elbow whispered " IL IA
general scramble now. Don't you see the fell
lows who want to DO on the winning side rush
ing in2 They don't want to be left out in the
cold when the division Of spois takes place
There Is no mistaking the tremendous effect
OF the action OF the m jority OF the Pennsylva-
MIA delegates. The tide 0f opinion which has
been running steadily and strongly In Blaine's
favor, has now swollen to a mighty Hood, which
is irresistibly sweeping everything before II. As
Mr.. Hutchins said, nothing short Of Divine in
tervention can now prevent HIS nomination. 1t
is sim oly a question Of which ballot. If Don
Cameron makes satisfactory terms II Is proba-
6le that Pennsylyanis will; after cast
on the first ballot, change to Blaine before
the result Is announced. or course this would
would more than likely follow suit, thus In
surng votes enough to nominate. There are OF
course two CONTINGENCIES which may happen
not appear probable at this writing. IL he
should between this and Thursday morning SUI.
fer fer severe Or ey.n slight relapse 1t would
OF Conkling, Morton, Dnstow, aud Hayes
SoS unite ssoS on rsyss Sa Se
hostile to Blaine they might possibly
rally suhcient strength to check tho tide whoh
| however, to say that such coalesclng would
appear almost miraculous. The people who are
! either ConkllnR or Morton. Ills men are just
repugnant to them and the people they repre-
sent as to Mr.. Blaine. rhe men who are running
| the Republican party want no reformer like
| Bristow; they don't want IA Southern man
| either, because they want TO conduct the cam
| paign on the sectional issue, aud TINS with a
| Southern man for candidate would be Father
| embarrassing. 1t Is quite probable that toe
| friends Of Conklng ana Morton may % able to
| unite on one or the other OF the two. but 1t
| would be dni0ult to get the Conkling men
| from New YORK to take Morton. His well-known
| soft. n oney procliyites would more than likely
| prevent this, and, moreover, there Is not very
| much opposition to Blaine among the New York
.
| toe majority Of his friends would prefer Blaine
| to any other man. But will C0nkling's friends
ever consent to withdraw bim l doubt IT..
| The same is true OF Morton's friends. After
him Indiana undoubtedly prefers III Inc. In
| the South II Is different. The men who support
Conkling and Morton there are very bitter
toward Blaine. and will not consent to transfer
their support TO him as lonx as there Is poss-
| 1t Is almost bewuderine to the observer here
when he attempts TO explain to himself the
| causes whicn have brought about the tremen-
| dous popular furore for Blaine. There never
was, In the history OF our politics, such tremen-
dous odds against candidate for the presi-
dency. Ever since the lem oraDie Credit Mobi-
| Ter exposure there has been Widespread
| suspicion that Mr.. Blaine had pronted by his
position As speaker OF the House OF Representa-
| tives IN controlling legislation. The fact that
| he had suddenly acquired great wealth, without
| being n professional man OF engaged In any
| legitimate business, confirmed to n certain ex-
tent those Suspicious and then. tust as the can
| gravely charged with all manner of joboesy, by
| men OF high character, and, In ordinary
times, with commanding lnnuence In tneit
| newspapers In the Republican interest and they
| have ever since used In the bOldest manner the
| power OF these newspapers to destroy sir.
| Blaine, to manufacture puolo sentiment
| against him 10 their own party. The House OF
| Representatives came TO their assistance and
| investigation after Investigation. aimed directly
| at MIR. Bla ne, were ordered. Had bis yindioa-
| tion at the hands OF the committee been prompt,
| Of course II would naturally follow that there
| would be a reaction IN his favor. but the facts
developed in the course OF these in-
character to Mr.. Blaine's reputation.
IL Is true that there has not been
such Gle n and undeniaole evidence OF his guilt
| produced, but there has been testimony amply
| sufficient to carry conviction 70 tue minds Of
every impartial person who has heard road Of
| IT, By his own letters he Is convicted of jobbery
in Spencer rifle ntracts and In railroad legis-
| ition, aud Of having 10y his ruling carried
| through important legislation, and they. by
| forcing upon the attention OF the capitalists
whom he had served, the value Of his services,
procured rich harvest OF commissions on tn
a.Ia o ha han nda md nrtIa ~ 0
tions he had benefited. Yet all these things
have apparently produced no 9nfavoraole effect
| vote the kepunlicAn ticket.
The sickness OF MT. Blaine is operating verv
| hours It threatened to defeat him, but after
that the conviction began to grow In men minds
| tnat his speedy aud complete recovery was GER
tin, and then sympathetic chord was touched
| IN the hearts OF those who were inclined to be
against him on principle His Republican enc
miss both here and IN w ashir II on made gre AZ
mistake In manufacturing ana setting afioat un.
founded rumors, vrst OF his death and then
aoout his ment,l condition; The maliguity OF
the Cincinnati Gazette, and the persistency with
which 1t has had unfair des pat ches sent from
Washington and bulletined here, has destroyed
Convention.
There was at one time to-day proposition
started by some New York gentlemen TO with
draw ConklinR and put up Hamilton Fish, pro-
yided all the delegates hostile to Blame could
be induced TO combine on this new cand ddate.
As soon, however. as IL was brought to the at
tention OF Mr.. COnkiinR's real friends, they at
once declared In the most positive manner IN al
they would never agree to withdraw their man
IL was then dropped. Sucn II movement could
not have succeeded for several reasons. In tns
first VI ce, Fish Is not popular In the South
here IL no attraction In his name to the men
who ARE supporting Conkling and Morton. In
attempting TO transfer the Southern vote to Fish
many OF the delegates would have gone to blaine
and almost the solid vote OF Indiana would have
gone there also. The Conkling man gers are
satisfied tonight that after the first ballot Nor
ton will be practically out OF the contest, and
that they Will get all OF his strength In the
South. Indiana will stick TO Morton, and the
Conkling men want them TO DO so. They expect
Norton to be second to Blaine on the first ballot
and are doing nothing to weaken him. On the
second ballot, however, they expect to receive
the greater part Of his strength, and then, n
Blaine IL not nominated, they believe that
Conkling IL the coming man. They con.
csds ABOUT 800 votes to Blaine on the
first ballot, but contend that he will not
get enough on the second, even II a portion OF
Pennsylvania does 20 to him, to nominate. hey
profess to have assurances from various quarters
that they will receive enough accessions on the
second ballot to Conk To ne arly 30 and
IL Il! ane Ia not nominated then they an o sh Ow
the Convention piece Of strategy. but not
witbstandnR all this talk | am Inclined TO be-
lieve that at the bottom the CoDkling men really
expect Blaine to be nominated on the second
ballot Many OF Conkling's warmest admirers
from New York have admitted this 20 me ms
than once to-day.
There is every indication tonight that some