The daily gazette., 1880-02-04
SECOND EDITION
FIGHTING FOR GRANT.
The PhiladeIphia DeIeEation Help
Cameron Out,

| Cameron Out.
THE BLAINE MEN MAKING A STUBBORN
FIGHT = LIVELY SCENES ANTCI-
| PATED IN THE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
Special dispatch to the Record.
HARRISBURG, February 3.-The gen.
eral caucus tonight developed the rela-
tive strength of Grant and Blaine as 1913
for Grant and ITO for Blaine, With some
country delegates yet TO be heard from.
This morning Blaine's cause looked
gloomy, but tonight Don Cameron is
frightened, arnd is not likely to go to bed.
Philadelpha's solid vote of AS saved
him. He has been Offering inducements
to the seven voters of Berks county,
promising to make one of the members
Of that delegation an Elector at Large if
they would pull with the Grant boom.
The prospects are good for a lively
tongue lashing to-day on bob sides
The fight for the Auditor Generalship
between Lemon and Passmore and ali
other issues are totally -obscured by the
Presidential row.
The Blaine men charge that the 1923
votes for the Cessna resolution were not
cast solely by delegates. Some Phila-
III.
voted when delegates failed 10 respond
one Is accused of having voted three
times.
The Blaine men are jubilant tonight.
Bingham arrived from Washington with
word from Blaine TO Cameron that the
Blaine men were willing to support
Grant If Blaine was made second choice.
The sudden showing of strength by the
Blaine men SO enrsged Don Cameron
that 1t is said he threatened to 90 into
the National Convention determined 10
beat Blaine.
The Philadelphia delegation came up
about $50 o'clock.
The only living reminder of Sher-
mans Presidential aspirations is John
Frazer, who is lowering around the hotel
lobbies, distributing an arm-load of
tracts against Grant.
The Philadelphlans went TO the
Lochiel House. James McManes, Row
an and Leeds were sent for by Quay.
and then all went around to Don Cam
eron's house to consult. The entire
Philadelphia delegation is for Grant,
when at heart only one man, Chairman
of the Grant Reception Committee,
cares picayune whether Grant is nomi-
mated or not.
At a caucus at O'Clock, of the Philadel-
phia delegation, forty votes were cast for
Grant and two for Blaine. There were
forty-two present, but nothing was done
until Leeds came from CamerOn's house
with the latest points. 1hen a motion
was made that the vote Of the delegation
be cast as a unit in the general caucus
at 8 O'Clock, and in the convention to-
morrow, in favor Of instructIng the del
egates to the Chicago Convention to vote
as unlt for U. S. Grant for President.
Kochersperger, of the Eighteenth district
moved to amend by substituting the
name of j. G. Blaine. II was put to 8
vote and Blaine got a beggardly score Of
z. David Mouat proposed Don Gamer
on, but Leeds said it was Don's express
wish not to mention his name, so that
was dropped. Then the list of Electors
was fixed up: First district, Samuel C.
Perkins; Second, Edwin Fl. Filter
Third, M. Hall Stanton; Fourth, James
Dobson Fifth, Thomas Dolan. There
was some question as to the eligibility
of Filter and Dolan, both of whom have
winter residences in town and summer
residences at Torresdale. They were
telegraphed to and answers were expect
ed any minute.
1t was agreed that Mr.. Leeds should
present the name of James McManes to
the State Convention as one of the Elec-
tors at Large.
The result of the action of the Phila-
delphia delegation in deciding to vote
solidly for Grant saves Mr.. Cameron's
bacon. Had it not been for them, Blaine
would have been the choice of the gen.
eral caucus aud the choice of the con-
yention to-day.
The Blaine men held an open caucus
and polled the delegates as to their
choice for President. After the vote had
been taken 1t was found there were J03
| delegates present who favored Blaine.
In addition to the above, the delegates
from the counties which have instructed
for Blaine, and who were no: present,
will make the total vote which the eau
Gus declared would be cast for Bla ne
lit. Finding larger number of Blaine
men than was at first expected, the eau
Gus Immediately set to work to lay its
plans for capturing the convention,
which, however, the Blaine men cannot
do unless the Philadelphia delegation
should split, which is out of the question,
IL was dBIccu W pIopOoo tuo ndiut Vi
Hon. George V. Lawrence for Tenn
porary Chairman of the convention.
When this is done and the roll called the
exact strength Blaine has in the coaven
tion will be divulged,
In the dining room of the Lochlel
House all the delegates to the Repubh-
can State Convention met tonight IN
general caucus to map out the work OF
the convention. This was after the
Philadelphiaus had decided to vote SOL
idly for the Grant programme and after
the Blaine men mad gathered their force
for the fight. l.. p. Miller, of Mercer,
acted as Chairman.
After some discussion of minor mat
ters, John Cessna offered a resolution
that committee of nine be appointed
to prepare list of delegates to the Ma
tional Convention, after consultation
with the delegates from the respective
Congressiona districts, subject to the
approval OF the convention.
Then Mr.. Wolfe said: CATER the hu-
initiation which Penn ylvania was sub
iected to four years ago he did not pro-
pose that Pennsylvania should be led
into the same humiliating position at
Chicago.
All choice lies with the people, and /
am opposed to the rule of caucus. am
opposed to the convention selecting the
National Delegates. He wanted conven-
ton to select only the Delegates at
Large.
Mr.. Cessna said If the unit rule had
been enforced at the National Conven>
ton of 1876 Pennsylvania might have
named John II. Hartranft or James a