The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-03
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
The English Papers Of This Morning.

The Enquirer says OF the Chicago Con-
vention: The best calculation that can be
made, apparently, gives Grant three hun.
dred and twenty-seven votes that will stay.
Ibis estimate ignores the unit rule. 1t
names only the delegates-and it does this
with explicitness-who are for Grant OH
the first ballot and on all succeeding ballots.
Mr.. Conkling SAYS that the Grant forces
will stay for three hundred ballots, If nec-
essary and it seems likely that the Grant
deleeates will partake of the persistent
qualities of their candidate, and will be the
last to abandon their position. This vote
of three hundred and twenty-seven needs
htty-two more votes to secure nomina-
ton. The inference would naturally
be that 1t would be more difficulty for
Blaine to gain one hundred and
fifty or two hundred votes than
it would be fol Grant to gain
fifty. The forces of Grant are more tena-
cious than the forces of any other can
didate. They are most disposed to stick"
to use the word of Sumner to Stanton. As
this is really the lowest estimate of the
strength Of Grant in the Convention, it is
interesting to notice how few votes LIE has
to gain and how many either of his oppo-
nents has to gain. John Sherman claims
forty or fifty votes from the South. Per-
haps he claims more. This vote is largely
the vote of colored delegates. The colored
delegates to the Convention who are un-
bought are for Grant This element alone
in the Convention might be decisive of the
nomination. 1t is evident that the Blaine
men will not stay and the Sherman men
will not stay as the Grant men will stay.
The Gazette says: The Convention passed
smoothly the dreaded crisis of the tempo.
rary organization, and has so far organized
itself that the remaining part-namely the
acting on tie reports of the Committees on
Credentials and on Rules-will be done in
order, under parliamentary rules, admins
tered by the competent temporary Presi-
dent, Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts. The
country has cause for graduation at this
safe passage of the first crisis, and at the
security which this has given, that the fur
ther proceedings will be under the rulings
of order, by which the conflict which is to
come over the contesting delegations, and
over the question of the binding force of
the unit resolutions of certain State Con-
ventions, will be settled by fair vote
and fair count, The yielding by
MIR. Cameron of the position which
he had taken that lie was superior
to the Committee, and of his resolve to
force an organization upon the unit order,
and the coming down OF the triumvirate
from their arrogant attitude, and their con-
sent to the appointment of Senator Hoar-
an anti-life termer and an an,i-unit order
man-to be Temporary President. to ad-
minister the rules under which votes shall
be taken in all the questions of organiz-
ing was so complete as to be surprising,
and was incredible until all had been car
ried out. Although their attitude was ar
rogant and untenable, their yielding is
commendable, inasmuch as their persist
ence might have prevented any organiza-
ton of the Convention. To-day will bring
the conflict over the contesting delegates
and over the unit order. 1t is stated that
Mr.. Conkling proposes to take his
stand on the unit order and to make
thereon the greatest effort of his life
The seven ballots for President at Cincin-
natl in 1879 are given in this table: