Daily Republican., 1880-05-10
The National GaD vnss.


The National CANVASS.
Thre5 weeks rom now and the Re
publical delegates from the ditferen
States AID territories will be gathered
at Chicago to nominate candidate fol
President. The almost certainty o.
the election of the Republican candi
date that may be nominated makes
the Convention ore of interest to al
parties. Who that candidate will be
is yet wrapped in the drapery OF mys
terry, but for the present the choict
seems to lie between five men-Gsnera
U. s. Grant, James g. Blaine, Johr
Sherman, E. B. Washburne and Mr.
Edmunds. Iu regard to the strength
of the two first the widest kind Of re-
ports are aAoat, but there seems to be
NO doubt that Sherr an so far as can be
ascertained with any degree of certain
ty,is third in the race; followed in rota-
tation with Edmuuds fourth and Wash
burne fifth. AS to the strength Of
Grant and Blaine reports are very con-
fioting indeed. The friends OF each
have q bureau in Washington from
which reports are sent out over the
country, which are so extravagant that
but little depend epce can be put in them.
If they are to be believed 10th Grant
and Blaine are to have an easy victory.
The friends OF Grant have almost given
up the idea CT uni. vote in the States Of
New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois,
there being too much disaffection and
dissat;s action amongst the delegates
elected from the two first named at this
mode Of voting. If the instructions from
these two States to vote solid for Grant
are disregarded Grants chances for a
nomination will be very much lessen
ed, and it may he probable that he may
be withdrawn altogether as candi-
date.
The National Convention will consist
of 7j6 dsIes sates, Of which S79 will be
necessary for 8 choice. 56l of these
delegates nave been elected, and If the
infol nation sent cut from the Grant bu
reau is to be believed, 3l7 Of them are
for the President, IA for Blaine, 73
for Sherman ard Tie ret are d ,viCed
between Bdmunds and Washburne. If
the Blaine tureau is to be believed,
the plumsd knight Of the East has
28S delegates. Grant l9l, and Sherman
81. Tue bureau estimate from Shtr-
mans LeZdquarters at Washington,
gives him l84 votes, but the abaurdity
of these fgEreS will be seen at q glance
when We state that II of these are
cl 4imed for him in Maryland, IL in
Massachusetts, 10 IN New Jersey and Is
in North Carolina. Ia addition to this
the New York Tribune" and the Phil
adelphia "Press," Blaine papers, give
the following estimates, disagreeing as
10 the whols number Of delegates elect
ed: "Triture, whole number elested,
sos; for Blaine, 24l for Grant, 224
for Sherman, 92; for Edwards, 81 and
and for WashhuIne, IS. The "Press,"
$50 el,c'ed, for Blaine. 237; for Grant,
233; t2E Sherman, 81; fer Edmuuds,
% and for Washburne, l2. The"Press"
then makes forecast of conventions
yet to he held and predicts the follow.
ing result, inciuling those that have
been Leid: Whole number of Delegates,
75G; necessary to & choice, 379; for
Blaine, $780, for Grant, 280; for Sher,
man, S8; for Edmunds, 80 and for
Washburne, II. The Grant bureau
claims id votes from New York and
Pennsylvania. The Blaine bureau di- |
vides New York, IS for Grant and q |
for Blaine, and Pennsylvania 80 for
Gran. and 28 for Blaine. e"Tribune"
gives Grant Sc IN New York and Ii t.
Blaine, and allows Grant 33 il Pa, TO
Is fer Blaine. The Press whose editor
presided over the New York convention |
that selected the delegates to Chicago
gives 80 to Grant and 20 to Blaine from
that State and divides Pennsylvania 33 |
for Grant and Is for Blaine. The Press |
also divides the vote OF Illinois whose
conveHtien has not yet been held he
tween Grant and Blaine giving each
q.
The foregoing calculations havs to be
taken with great deal of allowance or
account of tie personal iias Of the bu.
reaus and the papers which have made
them, but it will be seen that. in NJ
case yet has General Grant secured
majority of the delegates elected. Even
allowing him solid delegation from
Illinois in addition to the BIT votes his
bureau claims for him he would still
fall 20 short OF an election. It was sta
ted by tbs friends Of General Grant a.
the outset of the campaign, that unless
his nomlu&t'op approached something
near uranimity his name would rot
be uI,d at Caicaso. II this il still ad-
hered TO Grant will not be candidate
at all, for it Is very plain tina. he is
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