The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-02

Convention can i'll afford to insult Conk-
ling. And now the Republican party is
tumbiing to pieces because it has no cohe-
sive force save the spoils, and the wrangle
for the spoils has reached a condition OF
bitterness and quarrelsomeness that pre-
faces Republican disintegration. The Chi
| cago nominee can not be elected.
The Commercial says: We feel warrant
ed in saying that the dispatches from Chi
cago, with which our columns are filled
this morning, point very decidedly, and
almost conclusively, to the defeat of Grant.
If Cameron has to surrender, and do as the
opponents of Grant dictate and the terms
are sure to prevent the execution of the
unit rule, and if Conkling can not restrain
twenty-four New York delegates from de-
claring their independence these are
the events of yesterday-Grant is surely
beaten. There was caucus of his leading
friends last night, the true meaning of
which, it is believed, was that they recog-
nized the impossibility of nominating him
on the first ballot. or at ALL and proposed
to 90 in body for Edmunds. They might
do this without nominating their man, for
the Grant delegates can be held solid for
Grant alone, and enough of them might go
to Blaine TO beat Edmunds; or the Blaine
| llcIi, IcSOlubC uOb w udt6 q lHlTu ulcI
for leader could make sure of the nomina-
tioI Of Sherman. Events may be hurried
up to-day in startling style.
The Gazette says of the Chicago situa-
ton: At this writing no measures have
ueen acted u on for taking from the Chair
man Of the National Committee the abso-
lutte control which he has defiantly
usurped. The managers for the other cam
didates are feeble by the side of these arbi-
tlary leaders, Mr.. Blaine would be at the
head of a powerful force, but he has not
entered that arena. His agents may do as
we'll as any agents could, but they have no
personal power. The agents for Mr.. Sher-
antagonizing General Grant, the design De-
ing to keep the way open for reversion OF
the Grant forces in case he shall come short
of nomination, and perhaps for some
other arrangement in case Grant
shall prevail. This policy of
not antagonizng Grant extends
necessarily to all the means used to pro-
mote Grants nomination. This up to the
present writing, has left the Blaine forces
to make the fight one AGAINST third term
and the usurpations of Mr.. Cameron, and
the plan to make rule by which the
minority shall govern the convention
Thus tbey who are here can know all the
factors of the situation as we'll as they who
are on the ground. and can prognosticate
the result as well. Gen. Grant has nearly
a ma ajority of the delegates has the strong,
aggressive, and bold leaders. has the power
of the machine chiefly on his side, and has
great advantage in the prescribing of ar
bitrary rules for the Convention. The op-
posing force is divided; part of it is neu-
tralized by policy of expectancy,
and is temporizing with the Grant
force. In the natural order he who proves
strongest at the start-if it be nearly strong
enough to 90 in-gathers up the loose and
drifting and mercenary elements. This is
the natural order. The affair may 60 un-
naturally, but we are reckoning rational
probabilities All the prognosticalion
that if Grant shall not have enough to
nominate on the first ballot his ranks will
20 to pieces, like a line of fresh rebel con-
scripts when it had failed in all assault; all
the assertions that if Grant fails Blaine
must fail also, because he has the next
strongest force all declarations that the
, weak eat man must come to be the strongest,
and that the mutual slaughter of the strong
will cause "dark norse' to come in and
win are merely excursions into the un-
movable. Cameron is not deposed,
and is not to be deposed An arrangement
has been made, which the Associated Press
reports In the following words: Cameron
shall remain Chairman; the regular dele
cations from Louisiana Kansas, Utah, and
Illinois shall be admitted to the temporary
organization; the contests in those States
shall be submitted to the Committee on
Credentials; the unit rule shall be en-
forced or not at the pleasure of the Con.
vention; Conklng, Logan and Cameron
have pledged themselves to interfere in no
way in regard to the action of the Conven-
ton respecting the unit rule"
The German Papers.
The Volksfreund says: Chicago is the
: Mecca whittier all hungry Office seekers are
: pilgriming.-TheT Turner's in indianapolis
have declared against Grant.
The Volksblatt says: We need Worth
ington law in our City Schoolboard.-Tht
National debt has diminished nearly $l6
0OO 600 during the past month.
Yesterdays Abend Post says: The three
fold unity or the simple trinity plays once
, more big role in the Cincinnati Volks
batt. Hassaurek is for Sherman, Mark
breit for Grant and the sly Johnson winks
t occasionally to all sides.
The Wahrheitsfreund says: To-day tn,
: National Republican Convention opens il
+ Chicago. What will it bring US? We fea
that, VII ch we least desire-the nominu
= ton of Grant for third term of the Presi
dency.