, 1876-06-11
POLITICAL.
Blaine's, Morton's, and Conk-
lng's Friends Take
Possession Of Gin
cinnati.
Hugging and Cursing Each Other
as Circumstances Require.
ALI Willing to Bet on Their Man,
But Keeping Their Pockets
Buttoned.
Meantime a Strong Bristow
Under-Current Is Max
ing Itself Felt.
Honest Ben Gaining Strength
Daily in All the Del
egations.
Blaine Again Declines to Yield Up
Those Fatal Letters.
Many Of His Supporters in Congress
Discover Their Mistake. =
List Of Members Of the Chicago Brist0W
Delegation to Cincinnati.
Many Of His Supporters in Congress
Discover Their Mistake. =
List Of Members Of the Chicago Bristo"
Delegation to Cincinnati.
THE CONVENTION.
BLA1EE's CHIEF FuGLERs.


THE CONVENTION.
BLA1EE's CHIEF FuGLERs.
specia, Dispatch to The Tribune.
CEC1NsAT1, O., June 10-Congressmen Frye
and Hale arrived this morning, aud have entered
upon the canvass for Blaine. They begin oper-
,tions full Of fight, plucky as pluck can be, and
checker still. They coollJ assume, not only
That he has nothing to explain, but that be has
fully and triumphantly Vindicated himself against
even lis admissions in his own letters OF COM
plicity in subsidy, stock-jobbfng, and prost1tu-
ton of his office as Speaker to promote
the stock-jobbing interests Of hts friends,
Fisher, Caldwell, and the rest. In Snort,
FRYE and Hale, as chief managers Tor
Blaine, have entered upon the canvass Tor
him playing bluff 50 strong that it would quite
take away the breath OF novice. In response
to the inquiry whether they had yet considered
the question Of withdrawing Blaine, Frye said
significantly: "B1aine is not going to be With
drawn from the Convention without contest
and there will be
CONSIDERABLE OF FIGHT
before he goes out. Ir. Blaine's friends do not
come here to attack anybody, but II, as has been
the fight against him is to
he transferred from Washington to
Cincinnati, there will be a lively
defense made for him." Mr. Frye added
more to the effect that If the fight were brought
into the Convention It would result in dire dis
aster to those who made it as we'll as lead to
Blaine's nomination On the first ballot. Frye's
tone was at once conciliatory,i Il Blaine were to
be let alone, and fierce and threatening toward
those who venture to put Blaine on the defen-
sire before the Convention Us already he is be-
fore the country. He stated exu1tantly that
couple of prominent Conkltng men had spent
full hour to-day trying to convince him (Fryc)
that there would be no attack made
upon Blaine as an operator in subsidy stocks,
and as interested as Speaker in saving land
grants to railways. Frye evidently already has
seen the Couk1ing and Morton folks, who have
been playing d pretty strong bluff here for the
past few days, and coolly goes them one better
by declaring TINT Blaine continues to gain
strength daiiy, and that With the largest vote,
nearly one-half the delegates instructed for
him, Blaine will go before the Convention With
the best prospect OF any candidate
named. That there would or could
be any loss Of votes for the ticket because
Of Blaine's nomination Frye treated as absurd
to suppose. He comes, and the remainder OF
the Blaine men will follow, to make
4 SHARP, BITTER, FINAL CONTEST
for B1aine's nomination They are, OF Affect to
he. sanpuine Of success, and already assume to
suggest to Blainc's opponents that it is not well
to criticise man who may be nominated, and
Mainly intimate that whoever attacks M1.
Blaine must be prepared to meet the conse'
oucnces, which will be sufficiently serious too
Thus Frye already has remarked that, If Blaine
be nominated, Conkling will be one
Of his most ardent supporters, for Conkling
as Senator, said Frye, would not like to have
the doors Of the White House closed against
him. What effect the tactics indicated will have
remains to be scen.. Thus far they hare a7ai1ec
nothing to check
THE CRITICISM OF BLAINE,
which Is the chief topic among delegntes ane
noliticians, This discussion, too, is not easily
to be slenced, for It Is not at all Vituperative
but Is almost solely as to Blatne's availability
in the face Of his record as presented 81
his letters. The more that Is discussed Inc
more doubt is there as to the policy O.
riskipg defeat By nominating, aud ne1tne'
| threats Of making it hot for those who or1nt
| this discussion into the Convention nor all tn
| b1ufIing in the world eau stop that discussion
| Blaine's friends will, from present Indications
be forced to meet that issue squarely.
Combines RE1NF0RCEMEHTs
| arrived tonight, some 800 Of them, accompanied
bv a field band to aid them in making tn
more noise. They consist chiefly Of thos
who In New York are known as tn
| custom-House crowd, aud without their fell
hand could doubtless make more noise than an
| other 400 politicians to be picked up In tn
limited States. Should the attempt be made
nominate Blaine with hurrah, they nigh
nroye ser7iceable In getting up a counterhW
| rah. For the rest, they evidently count on nne
Ing enough Southern delegations Tor sale
turn the tide in their favor With the bfg star
they will have with New York and, after HaF
rant is dropped, Pennsylvania They betra
deep concern at the development Of
THE BR1s1oW MOVEMENT
among the colo1ed delegates,-th rs, the NOV
ment looking to their going over to Br1sto"
soon as it becomes apparent Morton cannc
be nominated. Not only has such moVemer
been begun, but it has obtained such headWa
that to-day the Conkling managers talk abol
the coalition Of the Morton aud Bristom force
and the Morton men are actively d
nyipr that anything Of the sort
contemplated. There is little room II
doubt, however, that the majority OF the Loul
lana and Mississippi delegates, led BY Pfnchbas
| and Bruce, will go over to Bristow upon no
toms breaking, and that their entire inhucn'
with the colored delegates will then be cast Il
Bristoy, Fred Douglass, who comes as co.
testing delegate from the District Of Columol
and is here in the Conkling interest, has all d:
been working with the Louisiana and Al1ss1
sfppi colored delegates to fetch them over
Conkltng after Morton shall have oeen lalo O
cold. But thus far Fred's laoors nave De,
in vain. Tonight be told me tnat T.,
thonpht there was great danger Of coalitit