The Portland daily press., 1880-06-02
PROSPECTS GRO
BRIGHTER.
BLATNE'S
GROWING
twenty Four Pennsylvania Delegates
Declare Against Grant.
[Spec ial to the New york Tribnre

lSpec ial to the New York Trburel
CT. Inc leaders of the Blaine wing of the anti
Grant party congregate in the apart ments of
tne HON. Eugene Hale, the Hon. VIM. e.
Ghandier and ex-senator Chaffee, of Colora-
40. They do their work more quietly, but
none the less effectively. In these rooms COM
III Ior special work are selected, instruct
Gu ana sent out the general plans of the CAM
palgn are matured, and all the work carefully
planned. Although the Blaine men have no
such ornamental leaders as Senators Cameron
anu oonkilng, they count among their number
s soa1i, Oh the most pouar Republicans and eff
1ectlve politicians in the country. Besides
nose already named there are Senator Ham,
ln-Who is not excelled by any anyone in ex-
perience and tact, and whose advice to saw
notnlng OF the effective work he does lis a tow
er OF strength for the Blaine men-Conoress-
men Frye and Reed, ex- Governor McCormicI
the Hon. William Walter Phelps. Representa.
tive Aldrlch, OF Rhode Island. the Hon. r.. b.
Elkins, General Averill, of Minnesota. and
many others. The work which has been done
Dy these gentlemen has been very effective.
All the delegations not previously pledged to
Blame have been visited, and the reasons whv
the Maine Senator should be nominated have
peen presented in temperate but convincing
manner.
To be Taken with Many Grains of AL.
lOWdQC6.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The Baltimore un
mas the following information from Chicago,
OF which no previous statement has reached
here:
Prompted by this apprehension an impor
tant conference of the Grant men was held to-
night, at which were present all of the princi-
pal managers in that interest. The whole sit
uatlon was discussed, and the sentiment was
expressed that sooner than peril fatally Repub-
mean prospects the friends of Grant should be
willing to withdraw his name, provided the
friends of Blaine and Sherman would also
withdraw their candidates, and new man
acceptable to all elements be fixed upon. II
was not agreed that any authoritative
proposition should be made to this effect. but
only that 1T should be made known to the par
tles concerned that Grants friends were ready
10 meet concession with concession for the
sake OF harmony, although they claim the
ability to nominate their candidate"
Especial to the Boston Journal
Fred Grants Standard Argument.
CHICAGO, June Lieutenant Colonel Fred
Grant has undertaken to electioneer for his
Iather but his visits to doubtful delegations
nave nav not produced any known change of front.
his favorlte remark, as quoted, is that. "It
will be a ID shame if they don't nominate
father
MT. Hale's Views-Conf1dent of Blaine's
Nomination.
Hon. Eugene Hale, who presdes at the
Maine headquarters, said to a Journal man
mat ne had foreseen that it would be neces-
Sary 70 oepose Don cameron for some weeks
pack, but that he, with other friends of Blaine
have done what they could to prevent such ac.
ion, untll 1t became positively necessary
Cameron, doubtless acting under bad advice.
mas undertaken to set himself up as the dictat-
OF Oh the convention, and has refused to listen
to reasonable protests. He established the
headquarters of the committee at a different
place than that which had been designated bv
the committee at its Washington session. He
has appointed Grant men to all the subordinate
posltlons, ana ne endeavored to pack the gal
ierles with Grants supporters. In short, he
mas dlsregarded the wishes of the majority of
the committee. Yes, said Mr. Hale. we who
are Mr.. Blalne's friends, have endeavored not
TO make any violent opposition, or to produce
any hostility towards our candidate
When asked for his views on the situation
today, Mr.. Hale replied that in his opinion the
success OF Gen. Grant as a candidate had been
made impossible by his lack of votes and by
the action OF his friends. There will doubt
pc an attempt to transfer the Grant strength to
another candidate, but that cannot be done.
The popular current at Chicago is setting
stronger every hour for Blaine, and it will car
~ SO many of the breaking delegates to him
That he will certainly be nominated.
The Washburne Men Confident.
The Washburne men are few and far be-
ween, yet they are confident that he is the
coming ;man, Notwithstanding he has sdone
and is doing everything to discourage his
friends, and that he has done nothing in any
way to give them hope that he would be an &C
tive. aggressive and fighting candidate. He
he would develop. In spite of the efforts of the
Grant men to secure the vote of Indiana, that
State will take WaShburne as second choice.
New Jersey, Connecticut and Michigan, and
perhaps Ohio, will go for him, after their first
choice is out of the way. At meeting of the
California delegation this morning it was as
certained that they would take Washburne as
their second choice. About one-half of the
Texas delegates, aware of the prefer
ence OF the host OF Germans in that
choice There are very ardent Washburne
men in the Massachusetts,, New York and
pennsylvania delegations. The second choice
OF Vermont and New Hampshire is WASH
66urne, and as soon as they have done their
duty for Window, the Minnesota delegation
Will be for Washburne. He may have to give
up Grant and'be candidate himself whether
he wants to or not Judge Edmunds how
ever, stands the best chance for receiving the
Grant support If the great captain cannot be
nominated. II he can get that with Massa-
chusetts and Vermont his nomination will be
certain.
ITO the Associated Pressl
The Grant Leaders Surrender.
:. CHICAGO, June lit is reported that Conk-
ling, Logan and Cameron met in conference
and and conceded conceded everything the anti.Grant
selected, by the opposition to take Cameron's
place. The convention of National Union
Veteran Clubs to-day was largely attended.
70 states being presented. Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford was elected chairman A resolu-
ton approving the nomination of Gen. Grant
provoked great confusion and in the viva
voce voting which followed the audience
joined.
Mr.. Boutelle of Maine Congressman Bur-
roughs and others opposed the Grant resolu-
tion After long discussion there was
close vote which the chairman decided in favor
of the resolution.
Senator Edmunds not Withdrawn.
CHICAGO, June 1.-The report that Senator
Edmunds had written to Vermont delegate
withdrawing as Presidential candidate and
urging. the Vermont delegation to support
Grant is most emphatically denied. A dele
gate received letter from Edmunds, but it
contains no recommendation except that the
delegation combine on the most likely, if NOM
mated, to carry five or six debatable States
An Improbable Story.
The number OF strangers already in the CITY
IS estimated to be about 10000. Those who
nave attended many national conventions say
that they never saw so many people in atten-
dance. General Grants visit to DUBUQUE
causes consideral speculation, and rumor has
it that if it appears that the ballotng is likely
10 pc prolonged, an attempt will be made to
ouJouiu oVor HlSub anu LnaC during the night
General Grant will come in from Dubuque.
His presence here, it is claimed, would arouse
such an enthusiasm that all opposition to him
would be swept away and his nomination Sc
cured speedily.
Massachusetts Against the Unit Rule.
The Massachusetts, delegation held their first
meeting this morning at room II, Gardner
House. The session was a harmonious one.
and closed at O'CLOCK this afternoon. Hon.
Geo. +. Hoar was unanimously chosen chair
Il. Sanford was elected to be vice president of
the convention, Hon. Charles r. Goldman the
committee on credentials, Hon. j. M. Baker
on resolutions, W. S. B. Hopkins on perma-
nent organization, r. M. Morse on Rules.
Two resolutions were offered by Delegate
Morse, which wree unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we recognize the right of
each delegate in Republican National con-
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