The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-30
POLITICAL.
Talk Concerning tho APP
preaching Convention.

/ SSEHAnS mo APP
preaching Convention.
Chicago, 29.-To-day was largely
observed as Decoration Day, east and
west. In Chicago the weather was
rainy and dissgreeable, and there was
far lees of display of flowers than
usually. Politically. the city is much
more excited than convention cities
are apt to be 60 long before the meet
ing OF the convention. There has
been no room to spare in any hotel
for a week, and every train brings
Iscores and hundreds more of visitors,
delegates and politicians. Something
like 400 delegates have already ar
rived. Two wild claims are being
put forward by the friends OF either
candidates, but hard, determined and
obstinate work is being done by all
the mansgerF. 1t is almost the uni
versal opinion that the convention
will last three days at least.
This is believed to be the
case because of the numerous
knotty questions to come before it.
The one which is acknowledge to be
the most important is the unit rule.
The moot bitterly contested one
seems likely 10 be the Illinois con-
test. Both sides of the latter case
are being carefully prepared and will
be ably presented. The unit rule
will probably come up at the start.
There is feeling that Don Cameron
will be a strong card for Grant, or to
defeat any proposition to abolish
the unit rule. and for this
reason the talk of deposing him from
the Craftsmanship OF the national
committee before the convention IL
called is growing into prominence.
The anti-Grant members OF the ma
tionsl committee are said to number
81 to 16. and they claim they would
be justified in deposing Cameron
on account of the many acts of I'M
fairness of which he has been guilty
to aid his candidate. The charge is
openly made that be has kept bad
faith with the men who put him
where he is; that be and his friends
have made arrangements to fill the
convention hall with Grant men; that
they have so manipulated matters
regarding the press that they have
given Grant papers every advantage,
and that he would establis dangerous
precedents If allowed to preside over
the convention, even in a prelimi-
nary organization. The anti Grant
feeling in Chicago is very strong and
seems to infect delegates who arrive.
On the other hand, Grants managers
are conceded % be ablest men in the
country for that work. They have
been carly on the ground, are in
large numbers, and their candidate
has unGuestionably the strongest fol
lowing to-day OF any. II they are
rot beaten on the unit rule, they are
pretty likely to nominate Grant on
the first ballot. If they are beaten
they will certainly fail OF nomination,
in which case the probabilities seem
to favor the nomination oil Sherman,
although Blsine's following will
probably be enlarged to within
very few of q nomins-
ton. Blaine's friends acknowl-
edge that the sharp and sometimes
bitter warfare which be has wsged
against candidates, while in their
| augment wise as a whole, has aleni.
ated from him the support of many
who would otherwise have held him
as second choice. Sherman's friends
say that their conservative course has
made their man fRvorite for the
second choice with nearly all Grant
men. Wsshburne has headquarters
here, and is coming this way
from Portland himself; but his boom
seems to be on the sere and yellow
leaf, as he is scarcely spoken of now.
His advocacy of Grant has deprived
him of most of his anything to beat
Grant" friends, and the friends OF
Grant are suspicious that his support
of their candidate has been only
half-hearted, and they would prefer
even Blaine to him. Edmunds is a
general fayorite, but his present small
following is agsinet him.
Don Cameron is sick to night,
probably from overwork; and rumor
says on account of the Encouraging
reports from his own state delega-
ton, which it is not impossible to zee
turning the unit rule against bic
wishes and going solid for Blaine.
Senator Woodin, the disaffecsed
Now York delegate, arrived tonight,
and claims that over twenty of the
New York delegation, if the unit
rule is broken, will vote for Blaine and
Sherman. Some Of them, who feel
bound personally by the instructions,
will give way 10 their alteinates. To
sum up. Grant is far ahead in actual
votes. but seems losing ground and
cannot win If the unit rule is broken.
Blaine is next on the list and under
some very possible contingencies will
be nominated. Sherman has q strong
and determined following and is the
second choice Of a great number OF
delegates. Edmunds, Washburne
and Windom are out of the question
at present.
C0ukling arrived tonight,