Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-02
CHICAGO.
THE BATTLE or TO-DAY.
The Unlt Rule Broken.

Tho Unit Rule Broken.
Mcclure to his Times.
CHICAGO, June 2-2A. NJ.
Nothing Of special importance has been
developed tonight. The Grant men have
been in caucus at the Palmer house since
ten o'clock, several hundred strong, but
they have not ascertained their exact
strength in any official way. They have
discussed questions of policy and not at
tempted a careful classification of the
different delegations. They are resolute
and apparently confident, and the leaders
speak of understanding matters betters
by tomorrow night. They evidently rely
largely upon the work that is now being
done and that will be persevered in with
ceaseless energy until the last moment. In
short, the Grant managers confidently ex-
pect to obtain the needed number of votes
before they get down to balloting and they
insist that all but themselves are buying
marketable delegates. Those who have
kept the run of the delegations in the in
terest Of Grant variously estimate his
strength on the first ballot at from 800 to
$50, but think all that they give Grant
on the first ballot over 800 will be picked
up between this and Thursday.
The Blaine and Sherman men speak con-
fidently of beating Grant. but each side in
sists that the other must withdraw it's can
didate to do so. They have done nothing
at all to-night toward combining the oppo-
sition to Grant, and if they shall both con-
tinue in the field Grant will be nominated,
unless at a critical moment they whirl
some new man into the convention and put
him through by spontaneous combustion.
still think that of the three leading
candidates Grant is the only one whose
nomination is possible, and it is far from
being assured.
Them Literary Fellers.
While Cameron was sitting in aggravat-
ing silence in the chair of the national
committee, hearing all motions and put
ting none, his brother-in-law. Wayne
MacVeagh, was making terrific on
slaught upon Grant and his "bosses" be-
fore mass meeting of ten thousand peo-
pie on the lake front. The Lancaster
contestants are here with certified re-
turn of their election by the Republicans
of that county as district delegates. Ed
win X. Martin and Abraham Kline, with
Senator Kaufman and Thomas WhitsOn,
the alternates, are making it hot for the
regular convention delegates from the Old
Guard. They have printed and circulated
an address to the national convention, re-
citing the arbitrary action of the state con-
vention, the popular vote for Blaine and
themselves, and they make out popular
credentials which may be overruled, but
which can't be logically disputed or ex-
planned.
A Compromise in the National Commit tee.
Tribune Dispatches condensed.
The anti-third term majority of the ma
tional Republican committee met yester-
day morning and adopted resolution to
depose Mr.. Cameron from the chairman
ship, on account of the high-handed
course pursued by him on Monday night.
At the instance of Mr.. Conkling.
General Arthur made oyertures, and
compromise was effected, under which
the unit rule will not be enforced in the
temporary organization, and George F.
Hoar will be made temporary chairman.
The New York delegation by a vote of As
to % decided to vote as a unit, each dele
gate being at liberty to present his dis
senting vote to the convention. General
Grant is losing strength, and it is said that
Mr.. Blaine will lead on the first ballot.
Twenty-four delegates from Pennsylvania
are pledged to vote for Gen. Grant.