New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04
WAlClIl>G me PROCEEDINGS.

The rlucrcdins, ut the Chicago Convention
W.. The al l,,.iuu: t"p" ci cOnIcre ti"n "Wednesday
An! i- mn, Ffnid taIly hour W"'n IA crow
wee gA,Lrttd - !ront o. T. Iribinn BuhGihS reading
,,,r h.u,tia. gNIug the latest news from the Con
yrnt.nn Tie -ympAihi,s VI the crowd VIE apparent
,v fine observations, let fall The announcement of the
g rri.nn Il q olcc t. II0.r temporary cLam"n wifS
greeted with loud applause. IL was accepted - tNl
drncc TIA, the Grant nadgrls would iOi Ice allowed 10
nave thls, their own way III the Convention.
Tur nnti- hird.tcIm elem nj was largely
iu the maturity At least there Will be- fair play IN
the Co,tu H." sail one In the thronE Hi rf the al
1,uurriurit Of the election Of NJ lohr ~ temporary
chairman had been announced TIE TE;Bt NJ
bulletin 1.-The battle against dctntion AID bud"AinS
WAS fought IN thc National Committee hnd II Gthrial
Grant Is defeated for the domination II viii br due nj
mott entirely to the firm Eilnd taken by The iichuS
Of Bninr and sherman III the committee
The usual tuprNtho prices Of stocks and tie racing
At Jerome Plrk-wcrc entirely displaced Wednesday
evening ut tho hotels. At the FIh Avenue
In, corridors ana bar-IUOm were crowded
although t.rrr few prominent 20 iI;canS t. DC
s,cn The throug made up IN good para Of mcrcnats
brokers ami others in business pursuits.
VINO Il likely 10 receive the nomination !" was tho
almost inYarablr saluintiOn when acquaintance met
This was followed by Gi1rn'4ion Of tho availability Of
tGo respective candidates. Tho prevailing Opin-
ion wa, that General GHtu's chances Tor
the domination had been vciy much lrssrncd duiing
the past two days. with Blaine It felt that
tnu,nstic and successful campaign could br carried
through from the beginning To the end. SHERMAN and
Edmuns were sad to be snfc candidates.
AT the Hoffman House wrfc gathered several Demo-
crate politicians. Most II them were disappointed at
the prospect that General Grant would not receive the
nomination. Said ono OF them :" We cln beat Grant
more rnSy than any clt named in the Convention"
At the headquarters Of tho Sherman cub, IN West
wcnty.rghth-st., several gentlemen gathered
i,.t he All a wpr
hopeful OF tho Success OF Secretary Shrr-
man. ". J.. Strong | president OF tho Club
General Graham. Surveyor OF tine Port and hall dozen
other members the cub IN Chicago, having their
he tduartcrs at the fremont House. Last evening Mr.
strong tclrSraphcd to the clubs "Chicago. June -
Shcrlnu's friends very confident Of succcss."
TIE members Of the UbOn League Club, except in the
early pnrt of the evening, when there pOlit
cal discussion among th0>o who take spec a interest
N tho great question 81 tho hour. did not appear last
night to DO greatly concerned about the Issue
OF the struggle at Chicago. There an
air Of quiet about the rooms in striking contrast to tho
situation Mt spmo OF the hotels. A member of tho
League said to a TRDUNE reporter that he anticipated
greater show Of interest this evening" when the work
the CcnycltiOn would probably be further advanced.
There arprafcd to hr rather less thnn the usual num-
bcI OF per7on5 al thcMnsor iiotc wednesday fveninG
heard tho fear repeatedly expressed lest
their rdnIinc on Inc party II that were pussiDr with
our any sober nSeration OF tho probable result while
others had been heard 10 express confident belief that
The Convention would eventually forget n other cOnSd
rrnous than TINT OF tho imperative necessity OF nomln-
ming the man VINO could ut least attract the full Re-
publican VOtr.
During yesterday and until tho announcement OF the
Adjournment OF the Convention last evening, Large
crowds were cO santy gathered IN front of HE TRIBUNE
building, reading and rereading tho bull
lup As Judged from the general tones or rcmRrks tho
victories ru the opponents OF the third term In tho pre-
liminnry sk,rmlshlng gave much satisfaction. Toward
evening conversation In the sagrSI street cars co.
vailed railroad trains and the orres as business men
hurried their homes, was almost entirely devoted 10
the OF the situation ut Chicago. Wherever
two Or three acQuantances mot almOst
Invariably followed TINT the chances Of Grunt
blaine Sherman Edmunds debated. The general
IMPRESSION seemed to DO that General Grants friends
would from this pOut have TO fight losing battle Oc-
cnslonny u Grant would DO henrd to declare his
conviction that tho wonderful good fortune OF tho OK
President would not desert him, aud that no would yet
be nominated On tho other hand Senator COnklng's
Declaration that not than 800 delegates could
nIly be counted for Grant had depressing effect
on any and interpreted ~ virtual confession Of
| defeat