, 1880-05-30
Wholesale Denunciati0n Of the Third
Term from Various Parts Of
tile Country.
CONVENTION GOSSIP.

| THE DAY.
THE GRANT BOON wEAKEyNG.
The single word "wcakening" describes
the status of the Grant boom yesterday.
! There was far less of confident assertion, less
Of the dictatorial tone, less Of that defiant,
nlenacing audacity which characterized the
| early arrivals of the third-term cohorts. And
| in proportion as the adherents Of the syndl-
cate grow faint-hearted the partisans fall the
opposing candidates become more and more
aggressive. In the two centres-the Grand
Pacific and the Palmer-great crowds filed
the corridors, and the hum Of conversation
filled every nook and corner OF those
vast caravansaries. The tone Of these
discussions was exceedingly bitter and acri-
monious, disputes becoming violent, and
often verging On blows. These scenes In the
corridors of the hotels are the foam and f1oth
of the contest, but the disputants get very
close to the marrow Of the subject and re-
fleet with wonderful accuracy the sentiments
and passions Of the managers who plan, and
plot, and intrigue in the private rooms above.
Now and then "great" man plants him
self on the outskirts of the bowling multi
tude and watches for a moment the
rise and fall of its passions with an
ill-concealed look Of disdain. IT these
"great " men would catch something Of the
spirit Of good faith, earnestness, and patriot
ism which makes the crowd red-hot, they
might serve their party aud country better.
THE GRANT "BooM" wEAKESs.
A Grant man said yesterday: t. It's all
right if the colored Southern delegates for
Grant stick" This remark touches one OF
the prominent features of the situation. Tho
Southern colored delegates have not yet re-
covered from their astonishment at the North
ern opposition to Grant, the discovery Of which
gave them cold chill On their arrival.
Grants name had been dinned in their ears
constantly during six months canvass,
until they had no ears for any other name
A Georgia delegate "a very shrewd, intelIi~
gent man-said: "Tou of the North can
stand four years of Democratic administra-
ton, but we can't. We are hardly enough
used now. Our certain condition under
Democratic National rule Is simply horrible
to contemplate. We can give no Electoral
votes to the Republican candidate, whoever
he may be-" said the Georgia delegate, land
to witness division among Northern Re-
pubIicans, which bodies the loss OF North
ern States, is appalling to we black Kepub-
licans of the South"
This sentiment pervades all the Southern
delegations. They did not know the sentI-
ment Of the North until they came here.
They get all their news from Democratic
journals, and at the South as at the North
Democrats are unanimous for the no1nind-
t;o1. Of Gen. Grant Hence the intense op-
position Of the most conservative cool-headed
Northern Republicans to the third-term
idea is new revelation to the colored
Southern delegate. It strikes him like
thunderbolt from clear sky, and paralyzes
him with astonishment. :..::
THE MEMBERS OF THE SYNDICATE.
were engaged yesterday in trying to re-
assure their friends from the South on this
point. At the Grand Pacific satrap of the
Syndicate, at the conclusion Of an unsuccess-
ful interview with colored delegate, said,
in the way Of a final appeal: $50 and see
Logan!' Aneminent probabfHttyot the near
future is breaking away from the Grant
machine Of a considerable portion OF the