The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-21
Ritbmund Dispatth.
sAruRpAy,... ..FEBRUARY 81, $780,
pannsvlyania.

nox c.xsRox induced bis State Convcn'
.;on to instruct the delegates TO tue op'c's'
ronyen,,on 10 vote for GRANT, and 10 vote
..auuit. The instructions have no oind
ING force upon either the Chicago Conven
lion or the delegates; and a few OF the del
egatcs have already made known that u y
their Intention to disregard the Instructions
and vote for BLAINE,
We NAV talk about "polItical machines
IN New York or Virginia run by one man J
hut ,bcre is no other such political machine
in this country as that OF the CAMERoNs 10
peunsy,yapia The BLAINE papers IN
philadelphia and New York city nave iur'
nished convincing proof that theT ca"o'.
da,cs e TIKI FIRST choice OF threefourths OF
,he Recubican voters in PennsylvanIa, ana
vet DoN CAMERON induced Convention
con,posed not only OF men representing Tue
Republicans at home. but OF men, "'!''
ity Of whom prefer BLAINE to GRANT, 10 el'
the Instructions we hive mentioned. az
such condition Of things ever before nt'To
of. A. that the most prominent pohuoiahs
In a State should surrender their prefer
epces aud their manhood at the mo"'"s W
n partisau dictator y-and this oic'a'or' "oI
n man Of towering intellect and com'nanSl-
ing elooueucc like Mr. CoNKLa"S, but a H'ei0
wire-w0rktr.
The feeling Of the people at home was
exoressed last Tuesday ia one waro IN
Phiadelpais, when the city elections came
off. The only one OF The Tbiladelph'a de'e-
cation to Harrisburg who was a GRANT ma"
Of his own choice--that Is, not MADE one ny
NJ c,v.po>,s orders--ran for the Select
Coune, in The Fifteenth Ward watch gives
usually nearls a thousand Republican ma
joritv, and was defeated by $50 majority
and no other reason is assigned for hes de-
feat than his choice for President o. the
United States.
The New York Tribune has fu' nished sa-
fjsfaciory evidence that the Rep ublrcans oil
the whole state OF Pennsylvania. arc in full
accord with those in Pbiadelp ola in their
anti.GR.NT feeling. That ] Ourlal sent
pos,al. cards to ak the county nd township
committeeman in Pennsyly ANA, asking
them to signify their first and 8 econd choices
for President, aud promisi as mot to use
their names without their consent. These
committeeman are many OF them the
machine politicians Ci the State, and there
fore presumably under the coatrol OF the
CAMERON ring. Nevertheless nearly one
half OF them have already responded to the
Yribune'S question. or 15as replies OBS
express preference for Blaine and only
919 Tor GRAYT-the rest being divided be-
tween several other aspirants. Yet it is in
a State three fourths Of whose Republican
voters are ayOwea supporters of BLA1NE'S
claims that DeT CAMERON .nducel State
Convention to instruct all Its 80 delegate:
70 the Nafiorll Convention to vote fol
GRANT, Mr.. CoNKLISG can't see CAMERON
and 90 one hetttr- Doy is not only irwin
chile bat he is rot TO be qa-aleled.
1t is surprising, too, that'.he Republicans
of Pennsylvania should take no steps to
remedy the wrong Of which they have {
right to cempaiu. Only a few counties
have so far rundertakeU to rectify tht
wrong; aud uut many q she delegates tC
the Chicago Convention have as yet ex
pressed their determination to vote fol
BLAZE. POSSIBLY ii is act too late to hope
that the vnpun hasable Republicans may
try 10 base their State truly represented a
CHICAGO