Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-04

passed upon the contests from Loulslaps
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. ant
could not report efore this Friday morn
ing. The resolution calling on the com
mittee to report was advocated by Logan
and Conk ling aud defeated, ayes 3ls, noes
4o5, and the convens ion adjou ned Till THIS
There will probably be no bal
loting until Saturday.
The committee on credentials has voted
to admit delegates from of the contest
ing districts of Illinols-an anti-Grant
victory, ard also tabled resolution en-
dorsing IT, action of the Illinois State
Convention-another anti Grant victory
So far the news does not look favorable to
the nomination of Grant We give below
from the papers some Of the preliminary
sklrmishing.
Saturday.
THE PRELIMINARY SKIRMIsHING-THE
ROUGH sHOD WAY OF THE GRANT
MANAGERs-CAN GRANT CARRY ILL
NoIs?
The Palmer House is the centre Of the
greatest excitement, as the national COM
mittee headquarters and the Grant head
quarters are both located there. Nine fire
rooms have also been secured at the Pal
mer House for the Maryland delegation.
The subject which it is imposed will be
the most delicate and difficult to come be-
fore the convention in the preliminary
stages is the unit rule. Whether it shall
way decided, it is apt to cause trouble. The
contesting delegates from Cook county,
Illinois, who will demand admittance, will
also be thorn of disturbance, as on this
and perhaps on one or two other questions
the victory will be apt to rest with the
Blaine OF the Grant element, according as
one Or the other may show the most nerve
and assurance.
The Blaine men are very much excited
at rumor that the Exposition Hall, in
which the convention is to meet, will be
thrown open on Monday night, to give
Senator Conkling an opportunity to make
a speech in behalf Of Grant, AS it seems
the national convention, which has the
control of the building, refused to allow
the use of il for the anti-third term meet
ing. Mr.. VIM. E. Chandler and several
OF the Blaine managers Immediately enter
ed a formal protest against the building
bein9 used for any such purpose.
Ex-Gov. Yarmouth, of Louisiana, ar
rived this evening. He belongs to the
regular delegation from that State. He
says he is the only man in the delegation
from that State. He says he is the only
man in the delegation for Blaine, and that
Grant is his second choice. Lie says it is
all bosh about the republicans carrying
any Of the southern States under any cir
cumsi ances. Jere HARRISON, Of the Balti-
more Gust onl-house, who is here as dele
gate from Alabama, says the same thing.
Between fifteen and twenty of the color
ed delegates from the South are here, and
they are mostly corraled at the Sherman
headquarters.
The Grant managers are charging pub
licly that money is being cOrruptly dis
pensed from both the Sherman and Blaine
headquarters, while they say that, SO far
as they are concerned, there is no need to
spend money, even it they were so dispOs-
ed. To the contrary OF this it is asserted
that the Grant managers are laboring to
work up the rough element in their inter-
est. The sargeant-at-arms or head door
keeper Of the convention building is a
GIANT man, and has, it is said, appointed
as his subordinateS none but Grant men.
There is much quarreiling about tickets
of admission. to the general public, of
which, perhaps eight Or ten thousand will
be issued, and the Grant people, it is said
have control Of this.
Prominent Illinois Republicans opposed
to Grant are proclaiming with great vehe-
rnence that it will be impossible for him to
carry his own State, and Ohio Republicans
of equal prominence, from Gov. Foster
own, assert the same with regard to Ohio.
Don. Cameron, who was taken quite sick
late last night. was able to get around this
afternoon, and he and the other Grant
managers laugh CONTEMPORARY at these
statements, and say it is a transparent
game of bluff.
The Blaine men were in high glee to-
night oyer information, which they said
was reliable, that there Wer., eight OF the
Ohio delegation who would disregard in
structions for Sherman and vote for Blaine
on the first ballot. Gov, Foster himself
expressed some apprehensions on this score.
1t is understood, by the way, that Gov.
Foster and several Of his confidential
friends have an idea that he may be the
dark horse, and the action of 1876 may be
repeated by putting Ohio's Governor in
nomination.
As to the vice-presidency. at least a doz-
en- names have already been mentioned,
the majority Of whom are from the South,
including Gen. Wickham, of Virginia 1t
is claimed that if Grant is nominated and
Wickham is put on the ticket with him
NOASeS4AA w
Monday.
CONKLING AND THE NEW YORK DELE
CATION TAKE THE REINS-PROTEST OF
TWENTY-FIVE NEW YORK DELEGATES
AGAINST GRANT--EXTRAORDINA DE-
CIsION OF DON CAMERON IN THE MA
TIoNAL COMMITTEE.
Since the arrival of Senator Conkling
and the other New Y ork leaders the mai
agement Of the Grant campaign has been
by common consent handed over to New
York exclusively. The New Workers are
considered the boss managers, and they
show that they deserve the appellation.
Everything is conducted by them On q
grand scale. They have immense suits Of
rooms on the second floor of the Grand
Pacific, for which they pay five hundred
dollars day. They have an abundance
of refreshments. which are dispensed with
liberal hand.
Gov. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts, in
conversation this morning said that he
W, s convinced Grant was the only man
the republicans could elect, and ex-Attor-
ney General Taft, of Ohio, concu,red in
the opinion. Nearly every one around the
hotels To-day, delegates and others, had on
Grant or Blaine badges, and many were
uCCOldDtu WIFI 20 oilh DduRCc3 Ol WHlCll
were inscribed nti-Third-Term." All
bells were made with Grant against the
field.
The following is a verbatim copy of the
protest signed by % members of the New
York delegation UP to IL O'Clock tonight:
''The undersigned delegates to the re-
publican national convention, representing
our several congressional districts in the
State of New York, desiring above all the
success of the republican party at the APP
preaching election, and realizing the haz-
ard attending an injudicious nomination.
declare our purpose TO resist the nomins-
ton of Gen. U. {. Grant by all honorable
means We are sincere in the conviction
hat Now York at Last his