The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-21
A Trick by which Hayes was Nomi.

A Trick by which Hayes was Nomi
mated.
The New York Tribune on Monday
gives an account of how Don CAMERON
who was sent to Cincinnati by GRANT to
beat BLAINE and BRIsTow, tricked the
Pennsylvania delegation into assisting in
the slaughter:
"At the hour when the Convention met
On Friday no combination against Mr..
Blaine had BEEN formed. At the meet
ings OF the opposing leaders during the
night the fact was fully recognized that
the only result Of an attempted combina
ton would be the nomination of Mr..
Blaine. Tho moment delegates from
States which had candidates OF their own
should be relieved from their delegations,
Mr.. Blaine would gather from them and
from waverlDg delegations from other
parts OF the country sufficient votes to
give him majority. The only agree
ment therefore that could be reached was
that made between Secretary Cameron
and the Conkling leaders that the New
York and Pennsylvania delegations
should be kept undivided if possible un-
til after several ballots had been cast, and
a further policy could be determined
upon. But the Blaine men in the Penn
sylvania delegation were in majority,
and the important question which arose
was how they should be prevented from
deserving Gov. Hartranft on the third or
fourth ballot, and by casting 80 or 40
votes for Mr., Blaine turn the tide in his
favor and cause his nomination. The
plan decided upon was as follows: Gov.
Hartrantt had no strength outside of his
own State, but the Conkllng leaders had
succeeded either in the State Conventions
or since coming to Cincinnati, in csptur
ing a few stray votes from the Southern
States. 1t was agreed That some of these
should be transferred to Gov. Hartranft
in order that when the Pennsylvania
Blaine men proposed to break away from
the instructions given by their State Con-
ventions, Mr. Cameron could point TO
these Southern votes and appeal to them
not to desert the candidate whose name
they presented while he was receiving
support from other States and while he
was making gains, however small, on
each succeeding ballot. How successful
ly this plan was carried out may be seen
by q reference to the record Of the Con-
vention.
On the first ballot Gov. Hartrantt re-
celved only the So votes cast by his own
State On the second ballot he received
TOUR from Nevada and five from North
Carolina three of the latter having been
transferred directly from the Conklng
column. On the third ballot Gov. Hart
rant still gained three votes, and on the
fourth three more, making his total vote
on that ballot, 81. To defeat this policy,
the Blaine men made their demonstration
on the second ballot which has hereto
fore been described at length. Their sue
cess in breaking the unit rule and in OBJ
tanning from the Convention an official
declaration that each delegate was at lib
erty to vote as he pleased, in spite OF the
instructions of the State Convention, was
looked upon as a great victory for MIR.
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ballot was confidently expected. The
transfer of three additional votes in the
North Carolina delegation to Hartranft,
on the third ballot, furnished to Mr..
Cameron the basis for new appear to
the entire Pennsylvania delegation to
stand bv the Governor of their State at
least as long as he continued to gain.
This was the most critical time for Mr..
Blaine. The "a men in thePennsylva.
MIA delegation who subsequently, voted
for the ex.Speaker then had it in their
power to lit him over the bar on which
he was grounding, but they listened TO
Mr.. Cameron's appeal and allowed the
opportunity to go by unimproved. Thi'
blunder they repeated on the fourth,
fifth, and sixth ballots; and then, when 1t
was too late for them to accomplish any
thing, and when the receding Nlc was
carrying Mr.. Blaine out into the deep
waters of defeat, their efforts to EN- it
were wholly unayailing.