The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

ladies' IN the country.
CHICAGO, May 31.--The California delera
tloh held caucus at the Sherman House this
a!ternoon. Mr.. Benson, of Alameda, an
alternate taking the place of Alexander Sba.
ron. Frank M. Pixley was elected Chairman.
Judge Payne, of Santa Clara was chosen to
represent California in the committe on reso-
i'ltlohs IN the national convention. The del |
egatlon then decided to the Blaine leaders
tnac IL was prepared to support them in all |
thelr actions taken with a view to secure the |
nomination of Blaine for President, and in
pursuance OF this decision would oppose the |
unit rule and vote solid for the admission of
the contestlng delegations from Illinois.
notwithstanding the vast crowds on the =,
Lake Park attending the two meetings, for |
C'rant ana antl-Grant, the corridors of the |
ilotels and the streets are thronoed. The most
intense Interest is manifested, aud every re- !
port OF the work The managers of the cand |
dates, whether reasonable or unreasonable, is |
seized upon and discussed in its bearings on
the candidates. The greatest interest ccnters
about the Palmer House, where secret
meeting OF the national committee is being
ilelu. 1t had been given out by the friends of
Blaine that If Senator Cameron should persist
III demanding unit vote the nat onal COM
mittee would not hesitate to remove e him from
the chairmanship. A caucus wa, held during
the day and a course of action marked out
having that result for the ultimate action
There was feeling Of reluctance on the part
of some of the members, especially the sup
porters Of Sherman and VIM. L. Chandler, as
| to the deposition of Cameron, and some other
way toward an auti-Graut organization was
hoped for.
At a meeting of the national committee
| this evening the following resolutions were
offered by MIR. Chandler:
ResOtced, That this committee approves
| and ratifes the call for the approaching Re
publican convention, which was issued by its
| Chairman and Secretary and winch invites
| two delegates from each Congressional dis
trict, four delegates at large from each State,
two from tsch Territory and two from the
District Of Columbia to compose the con-
| ventiOn.
ReS0'red, That this committee recognizes
the right of each delegate in Republican
national convention freely to cast and to have
counted his individual vote therein according
to his own sentiments, and, if he so desires,
against any "unit rule" or other instructions
passed. by a State convention; which right
was conceded without dissent and was eXer-
cised in the conventions of 1860 and 1865,
and was after full debate affirmed by the
convention of 1876 and has thus become
part of the law Of the Republican convention
and until reversed by convention itself
must remain governing principle.
The first resolution was adopted ulialli-
mousy. To the second resolution Mr. Cam
erOn took exceptions, and it is now under
discussion. A paper pledging the signers not
to vote for General Grant on the first or other
ballot was signed by twenty-five of the New
York delegates to-day. This settles the status
of that delegation in the convention. The
detection i'll the pennsy sylvania delegation is
said by Grant men to be less serious. They
say not over one fourth will refuse to vote as
directed by the State convention, willie the
Blaine men claim there are thirteen who will
obey the instructions Of the districts only.
The Indiana delegation took vote to-day
on the unit rGlr, and Of the twenty -four pres
ent only one favored it. The Alabama dele
gates voted solid for it. The Grant move
ment apparently has spent its force and but
few shrcwd observers here Tonight consider
his nomination IA possibility. This impression
is strengthened by the deSpondcnt ar Of
C0nklin~ and other third term nalaselS.
Every hour develops evidence tla tie Grant
novcmrut was rot near aa strong as It's na-
agrls had asserted, But one Of iirir most
serious ANA dish"alening surprises WAS the
discovery tU-ni.l, that niErtCrH ut The New
Nor, delegates had signed writlrH protest
against Grants n0minatirH, aud Pledged
themselves to oppose 1t h! "a! i."n"rahi''
means rs fatal 10 Republican eupI -niary.
This destroys The great effect eNlectt trcm
New IOrks unAuimuu@ p'cS!tation OF
Grant. 1t is thought that Two other signatures
will be appended before the paper is pa1lIShed
tomorrow. There are slill other surprises iii
store for Grant. Cameron canno. hold
the Pennsylvania delegation. nor come as
near to doing S" as he supposes. III other
States the detection tur the third term move
= ru,,ill, h,ntly in Ia
rnce of the acrtmulatinT evidence Of It's ~
popularity and danger As delegates compare
notes. Blaine stock is s!n% rapidly. Many
of his friends are extremely confident n' his
nomination and som" OF the Grant mel ne
nav llrir fear ut This result by sulleu threats
Of beating him 10y combinations Tor WASH
burnr.
1t is generally ro!r"!ed that t'ranh cannot
he nominated unless ON the fist ballot. and
that seems mpnssillc without IT," "ut"rcp-
mrnt .t the amt Iuc which Il majority "l
mo,r than one hundred is pledged I" .cp"dI-
ate The Sherman IucA are WORKING IuiNl\
and earnestly, but apparently MAX ~ !htI''
pro ,veyS : nor DO EdMunHa supporters seem
! to uaiu any positive atre>al"is t" tllrl'
,,rcnnrn. Tn-molluw Wlll pr"habIv gave
new slap" to the cniNrjliI"h. ~ We N"l"n
Al Rrrublican Committee meeting ;"-nlShl
. there was A long and a"rmon!"Ia o'St"NS'"h
Growing out Of the refusal "i chairman am
, cron to entertain reSolUtiuIls moved hy the
rl,rre men prescribing thp order Nf pI"r""h-
, iups in the convention i'll Nr"N r"h'"llh'N l"
= mast practice ani especially diHcaIhli& lh'
. anil rule. The novels app'ai'" from HIS
,Ierisiou Iu!iu" cut their I"NOl1i'io'H ai'd ''
. then refused to entertain the appeal ~ 'hIN
writing the committee is stu Slttll'@ 'h"''s"
| ihc Blaine men won II victory III ae'"lI'- '"'
, accemance Of Judge lloal, II M"S>lc'"'''N'' )