New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-29

resolutions merely requested" the dis
triet delegates to support Secretary oherman'
Il is possible therefore that the Blaine delegates
will refuse to vote for Mr.. Sherman under any
circumstances as Is now reported to be their
intention. But State feeling counts for mueh,
and men say things in the excitement OF con-
ventions which they repent Of at leisure AL
the same time it will not be safe for the pou-
t;c;ans TO count upon the vote of Ohio as surely
solid for the Ohio candidate, even upon the trst
ballot If the Blaine delegates can secure the
nomination of their own favOrite by supporting
him at the outset, they will unquestlonaDly 40
so: and if State pride should lead them 10 make
the Ohio vote at first unanimous for MIR. Sher-
man, they are likely to demand as the price Oh
this concession the reversiOn of the whole vote
of the delegation to Mr.. Blaine. In any event,
they will not hesitate to break its sohdity, II
necessary, whenever it becomes apparent that
their candidate neeGs their votes. There woulu
be precedent for this 1t is an old habit OF the
Ohio delegation to divide, and i'll the Chicago
Convention of 1860 another OHIO candidate
Salmon p. Chase-cOuld not command the unlted
vote of his State. 1t is curious feature OF the
Columbus Convention that it does not show
General Grant to have had any existence Us
candidate in Ohio.
The South Carolina Republican Convention,
on the other hand, proved to be Overwht lmlngly
for Grant and it's zeal in his behalf trembl@d
upon the verge of the ludicrous. The fourteen
delegates to Chicago were instructed and SOL
@emnly pledged to vote as unit to the end of
the contest for the world-renOwned and most
available candidate, General U. S. Grant"
The result of the Arkansas Convention is not
known Mt the hour of writing, but it is expected
to echo the voice of South Carolina
The Democratic wrangle in Pennsylvania has
uldenly been TRANSPORTED as an arm-in-a1m
convention, recalling the fearful and affection
ate gathering at Philadelphia in 1866. The
factions compromised and when the lion and
the lamb lay down together Mr.. Randall seems
to have been outside. The spectacle when each
faction cheered the others leader, and Speaker
Randall waved his august hat at Senator Wal
lace was affecting in the extreme. The great
results Of the Convention, however, are still to
come. A Hancock resolution and unit rule are
to be voted on, and the delegates large are TO
be elected to-day. Mr., Tilden seems to have
nearly one half of the delegation to Cincinnati,
and at midnight his supporters were claiming
exactly one half, which with the deegates-at-
large, would give him a majority. If this
should prove to be the case, Speaker Randall
might regret that he had been so fierce against
unit rule.
The Connecticut Convention seems to have
| been in that frame of mind described by staff
correspondent the other day, as " in favor OF
@Tilden but opposed to his nomination" The
delegates to Cincinnati are most of them Mr.
Tilden's friends, but they were publicly assured
by one Of the party leaders that if they voted
for him, they would never again represent Con-
necticut in National Convention.