, 1880-06-20

lectlng any good opportunity that Is afforded
them to foment jealousy and discord among
the friends of the different candidates who
were defeated in the Chicago Convention.
Papers published at the longest distance
from the field Of action pretend to know the
most about the inside history of the great
Convention, and gentlemen who were pres
ent every moment at every session are under
obligations to those who were Thousand
miles away to tell them the 81 true inwardness
of what they saw and heard. The lnforma-
ton now comes from Washington that the
Grant men were not true to their great
leader, that Sher1nan's followers were mostly
traitors, that Gen. Garfield and Gov. Foster
were figuring to secure Garfeld's nomination
from the start, that Eugene Hale cast the
vote of Maine on the last ballot without the
consent of the other delegates, that Wash
burne was slaughtered in the house of his
friends, and so on to the end Of the long and
lying chapter.
The simple truth is, that no sot Of candi-
dates ever entered National Convention
with more earnest, honest, and Jealous
crowd Of adllercnts than Grant, Blaine,
Sherman, Washburne, and EdmunAs, as
every intelligent man knows who was cog
nizant of the hard work performed both III
and out Of that Convention. Ten. Grant
never set squadron in the field that fought
more desperately or aggressively than did
his followers ut Chicago, a1ld no man who
resisted their assaults could help atlniring
their tenacity and courage. After getting
whipped In every preliminary skirnlish, they
only fell back to form new line Of battle
and renew the assault On tho first opportuni-
ty. Even after the tide Of battle turned
against them, and they knew the day was
lost, they retired from the field in good OF
der, bearing aloft the defiant motto: '''The
Old Guard dies, but never surrenders.''
The distinguished Senator from Maine has
good reason to be proud of the faithfulness,
ability, and sagacity with which his case was
managed BY his friends in that great contest
from first to last. It was his misfortune to
stand conspicuously in the way Of the ex-
Presidents ambition, and to march to the
front with twenty-odd delegates less thanh
friends estimated he could muster on the first
ballot, and it was astill more fatal misfortune
that his vote could not be increased as the
trial Of strength progressed. 1t is no I'M
peachment of the fidelity of Ills adherents
that his banner was not carried to final vic
tory. They fought a good fight, they kept
the faith, but they were oyerpowered by
superior numbers. Butcher did not ar
rive in time with the reserves, and
the final defeat was simply the fort
une Of war that no skill or
valor could avert The letter printed in
TIE TRIBUNE On Monday from the Hon.
John s. Cassoday, Chairman of the Wiscon-
sin delegation, testifies to tho loyalty with
which the Blaine and Sherman men adhered
to their candidates., even when 1t was plain
to all disinterested observers that neither Of
them stood ghost Of chance. A1r. Casso-
day says that s. Mcssrs Hale, Frye, and Ham
lin would listen to nothing that would not
result iii the success Of their chief" and it
was not until afr. B1nine's vote fell off so
that he lacked over 120 Of securing the nom-
ination that the Maine nlen threw up the
sponge. Many persons in the Convention
sharply criticised the Blaine managers for
not withdrawing their man before Ills vote
was the signal Of distress. The followers of
the "Plulned Knight" made a gallant but
unsuccessful fight in his behalf, and he owes
them nothing but thanks.
As to the candidacy of John Sherman, he
never had the slightest show for the no1nina-
tion from the start, and when ten of the Ohio
forsook his cause, and published a
card to that effect before the Convention as
3embled, everybody knew that bis "goose |
was cooked" His candidacy was forlorn |
hope from the beginntng,-h highest vote |
lacked 258 Of nomination, and yet his |
friends clung to his desperate fortunes
with slngleness of purpose that was worthy
IT better cause. Gen. Gnrfeld's great abil-
ty did not avail the Secretary, and his splen-
lid nominating speech only had the effect to !
convince the Convention that Ohio had g. |
oetter mau for President than John Sher-
man, 1t was not until all hope of nominating
Sherman had vanished from the Convention
orevcrmore, and the great tide OF popular
enthusiasm had irresstibly carried Gen.
Garfield to the front, that he consented to be-
! candidate To accuse him OF treachery to
|ohn Sherman Is to assert what every man
n the Ohio delegation knows to be false.
THE CENsUS IN CHICAGO.
From all accounts there seems to be ample
warrant for the numerous complaints that
re pouring In from all sides as to the loose
nd deficient manner in which the United
'tates census enurnerators have done their