Omaha daily bee., 1880-06-01
TBE A GATHER.

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Sherman leaders are hopeful and the
followers of the dark horses expectant.
Cameron, Conkling and Logan, the
Grant political iriumvirate, are alter
nately cosxing, promising and threat
ening, but fail to increase the strength
of their candidate by any
alliances with members 5G anti
Grant delegations, while unless
tie unit rule is enforced their losses
will undoubtedly materially weaken
the strength Of the general aud make
his nomination impossible. The
managers of the boom are confident of
400 votes, but as Nebraska according
to their calculation is credited with
thee of them, and Pennsylvanis, New
York and Louisiana credited with full
delegations it will be seen that the
basis upon which the vote is made up
is by no means reliable. The best In
formation available, gives Grant only
33S voter, and should delegates be
permitted by the convention to ex-
press their individual preference, this
sum total will be seriously diminished.
The Blaine managers, under the
guidance Of VIM. E. Chandler, are
confident that with the unit rule
broken down, their candidate will gain
a majority on the second or third bal
lot. There is much enthusiasm re-
ported among the Blaine delegates
ard it is hoped that the enthusiasm
may affect enough of the snti-third-
term delegates whose favorite candi-
dates will be thrown out of the fela
during the early stages of the
convention and who will then
be afforded opportunity to cast
their votes for the peoples favorite.
The question of the admission or
rejection of the Illinois Blaine
delegates will be a most import
ant point in the plumed knights
campaign. The committee on creden-
tials, composed of one representative
II
from each state and territory, will be
strongly anti Grant, and the vote upon
adoption or rejection of their re-
port will be the test vote upon which
the issues Of the convention will
hings.
Sherman's strength appears to be in
creasing, and Garfield and Foster are
nursing it with care and tact, avoiding
all ~entaDgling alliances, and steering
clear Of any cause of ofense
to either of the more
prominent candidates. From just
what element the secretary expects to
draw additional support, is not yet
apparent.
Washburne's chances are generally
believed to have been seriously COM
promised by his course of procedure
the last month. He has antag-
onized many of the anti third-term
leaders by giving the impression that
he was doing his best to help along the
Grant boom. while a number of the
boomers have withdrawn their support
on the ground that he was furthering
his own canvass by a pretended and
false support of the general. From
present indications Mr.. Washburne's
friends sre by no means confident of
the success of their ~favorite, and are
conducting his campaign in q half
hearted way, which is strongly in con-
trast with that of the other managers.
Mr.. Edmunds has drawn to his sup
port, a number of prominent and i'll
hueatial New Englanders, who claim
that atthe critical time they will be
reinforced by enough votes from the
breskipg delegations to ensure the
election of their candidate. There
seems, however, to be less of a con
certed movement in Mr.. Edmunds's
canvass than in that of
any of the candidates before
mentioned. His followers point to
the moral of Hayes nomination in
1876 and declare that the most votes
the opening of the convention do
not always mean a majority at the
Of the managers now manipulating
the wires in Chicago the GRANTEES are
the most confident and clustering, the
followers of Blaine the most watchful, |
the Sherman leaders the most wary.
The remainder seem disposed not to
push matters until the time comes
when votes will tell more than voices !
and the will of the convention will
name the candidate of the republican
in the coming campaign.