The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-07
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
rhs Enelish Papers Of Thi, Moruiue.

ton: The voting to nominate will begip this
| morning, the delegates voting en- their own
responsibility as to any unit order, and the
Grant unit order in Pennsylvania. New
York and Illinois being badly broken, al
though majority in each is still held for
Grant. The Blaine men claim nine of the
Ohio delegation; we know not if it is 50
many. The probability is that at the start
Grant will have about 800 votes. The
Grant Generalissimo, Mr.. Conkling, has
given out that they will stick till dooms-
day, or words to that effect. The proba-
| bility Is that Blaine will at the start have
| as many as Grant, if not more. The en-
| tnusiasm and staying qualities of Mr..
Blaine's suil orters we're exhibited IN the
Cincinnati Convention; they seem to be
even more enthusiastic and determined
now. MIR. Sherman will probably have
| about 100 votes on the start His
plan depends on the sticking Of
these, thereby preventing nomi-
nation until one or the OF er great parties
| abandons the contest and comes over to
Sherman in order to beat the other. Thus
it appears that the two great forces are re-
solved to stick, and that the small torce
depends on outstaying the large forces. If
| all these have sta ing qualities equal to
voting many times Tue rest of the votes
are scattered among Edmunds, Window
and Washburne, and can not be transferred
| together to any candidate. We suppose
| that the vote fer Edmunds is most likely
| to go to Sherman, but not enough OF this
scattering W to is likely to be transferred to
either candidate to nominate him. Weare
aware of the common presumption that the
largest force will soones dissolve, and that
the smallest is most likely to hold togeth-
er and come to the top. Upon this rule
there have been many kilograms that
Grant can not be nominated. Also the
same rule that the last shall be first is ap-
piled one step further, by the statement
that neither Grant nor Blaine can be nomi-
mated. The early statement that Grant
can not be nominated. founded on tie sup
posed fact that he had much the larger
number of delegates, are now modified BY
the belief of many that Blaine has the
greater number. According to the afore-
said logic this should make Blaine's the
force to dissolve earliest; but, on the con.
trary, it has started rumors that the Grant
managers are negotiating with the Sher-
man managers with view to going over to
Sherman to beat Blaine.
The Enquirer says: The Republican par.
ty at this moment has no great principle to
enunciate, and, therefore, the Chicago plat
| form announces none, unless great prin-
ciple be contained in this portion of the
platforms: 1--WE submit to the practical,
sensible people Of the United States to say
whether it would not be dangerous to the
dearest interests of our country at this
time to surrender the administration of the
National Government to party whicn
seeks to overthrow the existing policy un-
der which we are SO prosperous, and thus
bring dis rust and confusion " here there is
now order, confidence and hopes" The
translation of this, We beg the people not
to take the offices away from US.
Indeed, one delegate was frank
enough to ask in open Conven-
ton: What are We here for but for the Of
fices2 The second plank defines the spirit
and scope of the Constitution of The
Unite d States The Republican party cares
so little for the Constitution of the United
States that we are surprised that 1T took
the pains to define it. The third plank, af
ter saying that the work of popular edu.
cation is one left to the cares of the several
States, declares this work must be guided,
net BY the genius of any one State, but by
the average genius of all" If this means
anything, it means that the popular edl.ca-
ton in which the Repub ican party is en-
gagged is educating the people to disobey
the Constitution. The fifth demands
protective tariff; the aboli-
ton of polygamy; the improve
ment of water courses and harbors; and
that the obligations of the Republic to
the men who preserved its integrity in the
day of battle are undiminished by the
lapse of fifteen years since their final vic.
tory; their perpetual honor is, and shall
forever be. the grateful privilege and
sacred duty of the American people," The
last portion of this resolution will attract
notice. The Republicans voted against the
Arrears of Pensions Bill little more than
year ago. John Sherman lobbied
against it. The President came near
vetoing it, and Republicans, headed bv
Sherman, tried to hinder the execu-
ton of the law. This is Wi at they did, no
matter what they say in Chicago The
eighth resolution plainly indicates that
the Chicago Convention doesn't like the
Democratic party. We think this is fair
inference from the text Of this plank.
The platform closts with a joke-tbat Civil
Service reform joke It demands the CO.
operation of the Legislative with the Execu-
Llto department. Vi Iue UOVeTHWenC 10 ell
force that Hayes Civil Service order! CID
save the mark! The Democratic Congress
was for months demanding the 'co.opera.
ton" of the President and of the Republi.
cans in Congress to the end of enforcing
that order, and in vain.
The Commercial says: The first ballot
will, there is no doubt, be announced to.
day about u O'Clock. Judge Hoar is q
prompt presiding officer, and ballot occu-
pies about an houE-It seems to be the
general expectation that the Blaine and
Grant forces will be nearly equal, and that
there will be many ballots-the two con-
tending obstinately. and the others pa
tiently waiting.-According to our figures
Blaine will have greater number of votes
on the first ballot than Grant. This will
bring upon the Convention an enormous
pressure, but when bodies of delegates
have been we'll drilled and are accustomed
to uproar and thoroughly recognize their
leaders; the magnetic storm may be wealth
ered.-On the second ballot Sher-
mans friends expect reinforce
ments from the Edmunds delegates
in New England. 1t may or it
may not be the Grant policy to encourage
this. With the Edmunda vote, Sherman's 8
1 L. lnk nla;oa .,l n-o-t