New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-29
TIE GRANT MANAGERs DESPERATE.


given in the dispatches appended.
THE GRANT MANAGERS DESPERATE.
ETATE DELEGATIONS TO BE URGED TO ESTABLISH
UNIT RULE By THE GRANT SEN-THE ANTI
GRANT MEN RESOLVED TO LIMIT SENATOR
caMxRoN's AUTHORITY AS CHAIRMAN-How
PROPOSED GRANT MEETING CAME TO HAUGHT.
IBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBrER-l
CHICAGO, May 2s-The third-term managers now
in Chicago no longer conceal their intention to en-
force On observance of the unit rule in the prelm-
mary proceedings of the National Convention next
week, but boldly announce their purpose to bring
that question to an issue when the vote for tempo
rary chairman is taken. The Conventions in two
s the States passed resolutions instructing their
delegates to vote as unit all questions. An at
tempt by the chairman of the National Committee
and majority of the members of those two delega-
tions to have the woes of those two States cast
solid would be sufficient to arouse Op-
position and bring matters to a crisis, but
IL is understood that the Grant men
intend to 60 even further than that. They propose
that all the State delegations in which the support
ers of the ex-President are in majority shall hold
preliminary meetings and decide that the votes OF
each of those States also shall be cast as unit
all questions, thus silencing the anti-Grant dele
gates from States even in which no instructions
WotO BiNCus Al tuio Ndy Az 10 hOPCN Ohoe NhO
term men may secure majority in the Convention,
defeat the anti Grant candidate rtemporary chair
man. elect TO the place man of their own choice,
and have things all their own way from the very
start
The best means to defeat this scheme and to pre-
vent the Grant men from gaming an unfair advant-
age through the aid of Senator Cameron, the chair
man of the National Committee, has been the sub
ject of very serious discussion among those who are
opposed to third term to-day. One plan which, If
It is considered the wisest can unquestionably be
adopted by an overwhelming majority. is for the
National Committee at its meeting next Monday
night TO instruct fits chairman by an informal vote
to recognize the right of the individual delegates to
vote as they choose all questions that may arise
during his occupancy of the chair, and not to at.
tempt to enforce the unit rule in any case. Should
Senator Cameron cheerfully agree to these nstruc-
tions of his committee there are many who will be
willing to trust him and allow him to
call the Convention to order. Should he
refuse to make such a promise many of the more
members Of the National COMMITTEES are
In favor of deposiDg Senator Cameron and eleating
some else in his place at the meeting of the
next Monday night. Some are urging
this latter course in any event, they unwilling
to trust Mr.. Cameron, and declare that, as the |
Grant men are undisguisedly bent on securing the
nomination of the ex-President by fair means or
toul, it is their duty to secure every advantage
possible. They only ask that the prelimnaries
,f the Convention shall be conducted in accordance
with the custom of the party and the precedents |
established by former gatherings of this kind un-
nj those customs are changed and those precedents
IRE set aside by the only competent authority-the
Convention itself.
This whole question touching the manner in which |
he Convention shall be organized and what the |
chairman Of the National Committee shall do or
cave pndoDe in performing the duties assigned to
I'm win be fully discussed in the meeting of the
National Committee on Monday evening.
THIRD-TERM SCHEME.
Several days ago some of the anti-Grant people |
4 Chicago applied to the National Committee of
for the privilege of holding a mass
Meeting in the Convention Hall some time before
ext Wednesday. John C. New, of Indiana, to whom
be application was made, replied that the hall.
you'd not be opened tor any partisan
and appealed to VIM. E. Chandler
or his approval of this decision. Mr..
Handler said that Mr.. New had done entirely
light, and that the friends Of neither candidate
or the opponents of any one ought to
SO the hall for the purpose of hold
n q mass-meeting Much to the surprise
I everybody The Inter-OceaR of this morning an
ounced that the supporters of General Grant
'ould hold q mass-meeting in the Exposition
Iall. on Monday evening next, although they sup
osed that this notice must be mistake. Mr.. Will
IN E. Chandler, and Ex-Governor Jewell, members ,
the National Committee, called upon Senator
ameron this morning to inquire if arrangements ,
II such meeting had been made. Mr.. Cameron 1
piled that he had consented to the ,
70 of the Hall for that purpose, and !
at the mass-meetlnR would be held. He =
49, nwxaI--
10 anti-Grant people might have the hall for | q
ass-IneetinR on Tuesday night if they desired Mr..
handler protested that the granting of the hall 7
rs q violation of the agreement that had been I
ade, and observed that the Convention-room I
ght not 70 be occupied Tuesday night, as there
Duld not be time ON Wednesday morning to put O
Q place in order for the Convention.
DODGE DETECTED. 7
how much Mr.. Cameron's permission to the Anti a
ant men was worth was subsequently, discovered Il
len it found that he had already agreed that c
. Union veterans might hold meeting in the +
nysption hall on Tuesday night. While the anti G
ant people were considering what steps TO take D
regard to this matter the Board Of Directors of h
, Exposition Building had meeting and voted a
1t they would not permit any mass-meet- I,
to be held in the building at all, | n
the ground that the risk to the property was too
at 1t is understood that this Board of Directors d
composed almost exclusively of Blaine men. p
is matter caused moro excitement here for few SC
1rs to-day than its intrinsic Importance would ol
n 70 warrant. q
he anti-Grant meeting which was held here on | "
dnesday night was an immense affair, and has n
de the third term managers feel very unhappy
r since it took place. They at once began
talk about folding o similar meeting h,
nseIvcs but the fact that the public sentiment q,
Calcago js strong against the fhird-eerm made @,
80 enterprise very hassrdoas II tho meeting W.
ID be held In the Convention Hall, how 90
{, after IL was substantially prepared sh
decorated. the opportunity Of seeing the I'm
u would ha embraced nv many 4hou 4 a