New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-28

ton. He wished to implore the men who
| have grown to power under his eye not TO
make the mistake Of ou:raging public senti-
| ment by the denomination of ex-President
| Grant. The extreme heat may, however
make it too dangerous for him to attempt the
Journey, and so Mr.. Weed sends us an
appeal to the delegates. One point in
it will strike all readers. For the first
time he declares his solemn belief that
if nominated, the ex-President cannot
be elected. No doubt Don Cameron
and his associates think themselves
wiser judges of the public temper than
Thurlow Weed, but the American people do not
so regard them, and we do not believe the Chi
cago Convention will. From no other political
student in the Union could this alarm as to the
prospect carry as much weight as from Thur
low Weed
Secretary Sherman Is too shrewd polltl-
clan to be caught with the promise OF the
Vice-Presidency in case he will order his
forces at Chicago to fall in Mt the tail OF the
third term procession. He has written let
ter In which he says he is candidate for
President only, and proposes to stick, and
he wants his friends to keep him In the
field as long as he has ten votes in the Con-
vention. No one but an extremely ignorant
and impudent person could have set atiOat
this story anyway. Mr.. Sherman deserves
great credit for having been the earliest and
most outspoken opponent of third-term
among the candidates That he could
abandon the very principle on which
no began his canvass. or that the
friends whom it drew to him could
- ho nil tn fla of q
third term by the patry offer of an Office in
feriOr in Importance to the one he now holds,
is childish.
The Chicago roll is now complete. All the
States have elected their delegates, and all the
Territories except Idaho, which will undOubt-
edlv vote for Blaine. as it did in 1876. Con-
ceding to General Grant every vote which
there is the slightest ground for surprising he
will get-giving him the solid delegations from
Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky and Texas. not
because they are solid in his favor, but be-
cause his friends say that the anti-Grant men
upon them will not revolt against the instruc-
tiOns and unit rules of their States, and not
counting the contests in IllinOis-we make his
vote on the first ballot 315, or 81 short of
majority Blaine has 272 votes, Sherman
ITO, Edmunds SO, Washburne 10, and Win
dom 10. We publish to-day revised list of
the delegates by States and Territories, with
reference notes, classifying them accord
ing to their known preferences. The
lines were never more closely drawn in
National Convention. All the delegates sup
porting Blaine, Sherman, Edmunds, Wash
burne and Window were elected as opponents
of the third-term scheme. Not one of them
can vote for Grant without betraying his
trust. Where, then, is Grant to get the Ga
votes which he lacks 7 There are only two
possible ways: Either Ga delegates must be
false to their pledges or the unit rule must
be applied in spite of the opposition of a ma
iority of the Convention for the purpose of
DISTINGUISHING large number Of Anti-Grant
delegates Nothing can be palmer than that
Grant will be beaten if all the delegates are
permitted to vote, and if all vote as they have
promised their constituents,