The Portland daily press., 1880-05-10
THE PRESIDENCY.
Cook County, ILL.,, Carried Against
Grant.
A SUBSTANTIAL TILDEN VICTORY IN
OHIO.

CHICAGO, May 8.-The Republican primaries
in this city today resulted in giving Wash
burne 63, Grant So and Blaine % delegates to
the Cook county convention. Returns from
the outlying districts do not alter the complex
ion of this result. Evanston goes anti-Grant
Specials to the Times gives the following re-
suits in our of 10 Illinois county conventions
today: Winnebago instructed II delegates to
the state convention for Grant; Alexander, 8,
Grant; Union, 2, Grant; Salem, 2, Grant: 10
Davies, Z, Grant Cumberland, ?, Grant. Lake
county elects for Blaine and Washburne,
and Monroe for Washburne. Total-Grant,
%; Blaine, s; Washburne, 8.
Returns from the Republican primaries in
ten outside towns in Cook county give Grant,
IL; .Washburne, 10 and Blaine delegates,
and Blaine 20. The towns still to be heard
from send q delegates, of which the Grant
men claim less than 20 per cent. and if they
have gained them all the result would not be
changed. For the five hours the polls were
open Saturday the fight was hot and all politi-
cal devices practiced at primary elections were
used by both parties to win. The vote was so
large in some wards as to excite surprise.
There were great crowds around all the polling
places, but no collisions or disturbances oc-
CURED. The contest was square one between
Grant and anti-Grant, the friends of Blaine
and Washburne working together. Grant car
rled three Republican, two Democratic and
three doubtful wards. The i-Grant party
carried four Republican, three Democratic and
three doubtful wards
CHICAGO, May 9, Midnight.-Returns are
not yet all in from outside towns in this coun-
ty. The latest figures give Washburne II del
egates, Grant 81, Blaine 81 to the Cook county
convention. 1t is stated tonight there will be
contests against the delegations shown ON the
face OF the returns from defeated parties on
both sides. Washburne and Blaine delegates
held secret caucus tonight to decide on the
mode of of procedure in the convention to-
morrow. 1t is rumored that after organizing
they will eloct the 90 delegates to the State
convention in body instead of leaving them
to be selected by delegates from each ward as
has heretofore been the CUSTOM and which,
If the method was pursued in this instance,
would give Grant about 36 delegates of the 90.
Grant delegates have also been busy to-day
and tits evident to- night that the convention
tomorrow will witness lively fight and one in
which sharp management will have much
bearing on the final result.
Grant Meeting in Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, May 8.-The Republicans of
this county met today and passed Grant reso-
buttons, and instructed their delegates to Selma
to vote for Grant men to Chicago. The meet
ing was composed almost entirely of colored
men.
Ohio Really for Tilden.
BOSTON, May S.-A Journal special from
Washington says that the Thurman men ad-
init that their slate is broken in Ohio and al
though the Endorsement of the convention is
for Thurman the delegates are really for Til
den. Speaker Randall does not hesitate to
state to his friends tn at Tilden is definitely in
the field as a candidate,