The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-01

rn delegates who are p!sd, with inc 1ns uec as
rations Of leading kepup','smnssx AL v ,S,,
ernor Foster and 0cneEa' ' ,ha TIA s~s
Grant cannot carry ONO. Al Tue ne, i sss,
DELEGATION this morning six meS o., W.. p,s u
been counted for Grant dec'A. 81 ~, ~. a aaS
The Florida delegation me, ~ nvu" s" ~
though for Grant, showed wi'''ps"e's "
''pi p.,v Two VOTES IN SEW ENGLAND.
n.n,.ss q, the New England delega
TO- - shnw AIT two votes, Boutwell, ano
wnrd sro ~ Massachusetts,. for Grant. Con
r.c,icut "a s,lId for Sherman or Edmunds
The Grant leaders nave
.nASpoxED THE UNIT RULE.
Thev eav that they will lose as much al
,hav vo,,,d esir II they adhered to It
Some NJ The Grant men In the New Yort
Soiaoat;on oppose the rule. Senator Conk
i,nr h.s agreed that It shall not be enforced
In ibe preliminary organization OF the Con
vcnt;on. which BIaine's friends claim az
decided triumph.
BLAINE STOCK UP.
There is no longer any doubt that Blaine
has majority OF the Nattonal Committee
Secretary Keogh admitted that to-day, aDo
they will therefore secure the temporary
organization. OF the names submitted foi
chairman Conkling has rejected Hoar, Du'
may accept Harrison, OF Indiana. The
Blaine men still threaten TO depose Cameron
| IL he does not pledge IN wiring his course
on opening the Convention.
Cameron has been sick In bed Tor two
DAYS. Every effort is being made to mollIfy
the bitter feeling, for 1t is regarded as dan
gerous for 1t 10 manifest itself on opening
the Convention. To this end an effort has
been made to abandon the Grant and anti.
Grant mass-meetiDgs called on the lake front
this evening.
Garfield and Foster decline to speak al
| the Grant meeting.
| Conkling and Carpenter are announced al
the Grant meeting. which is called by SOC
Republicans OF this city, and which pro-
misses to be largely attended.
| A BOSTON VIEW.
| Mr.. Beard. collector OF the port OF Bos-
ton. thinks the method by which a national
ticket shall be selected by the Convention
will have more to do with its strength be-
fore the people than the character OF the
men themselves. III the force rule Is OBJ
served he believes that it will be difficult to
elect even the most popular men; whereas
II the Convention shall move on harmo-
niously the chances are that even the most
unpopular man can be elected.
Senator Carpenter is against the Illinois
contestants, and says that II a man is APP
pointed delegate and commissioned by a
congressional district he is bound to obey
the instructions of that district, but II he is
elected by State convention and gets bis
credentials from n State convention he must
obey the mandates OF that body. The mi
nority Is always practically DISTINGUISHED in
a Government like our own. ard the unit
rule is nothing more than the enforcement
Of the rules Of the majority.
WHAT Ex.TREAsURER NEW SAYS.
John G. New says Grants forces in Chi
cago are magnticently organized. Their
discipline is perfect, and their confidence
sublime. They rely on the inability Of their
opponents to combine, and predict that by
tomorrow evening they will be knitting
each other.
On the other hand, Frye and Hale say
Grant will fail on the first ballot, and that
they will gain thereafter.
PRESENT INDICATIONS.
A revision Of the count at noon to-day
gives Grant, on the first ballot, 325; Blaine,
275 Sherman, 1902; the rest scattering.
The Grant men claim 405 on the first ballot.
Necessary TO a choice, $40.
Jesse Spalding, who spent the last mo-
ments with Zach. Chandler, publishes a
card to-day saying that about the last words
OF the latter were for GRANTS nomination.
General Wickbam and all the Virginia
men who are here agree that Grant can
carry that State, and they add that those
who have conversed with Virginia Demo-
Gratis say that they concede II. The same
assertions are made by delegates from
South Carolina and Florida.
g. WHAT SENATOR CoNKLING THINKS.
In an interview to-day Mr.. Conkling
says: "My judgment to-day is clearer than
ever that OF all the candidates General
Grant is the strongest man that can be
nominated. With reference to the State of
New York, ! don't think any candidate,
even il chosen from our own State, could
poll more votes there than he. His popu-
larity is unbounded, and although a des-
perate effort has been made, by methods
not entirely legitimate, to prevent his re-
ceiving the vote OF the New York delega-
ton, he is to-day the man that the Repub-
licans OF New York want for President.
lie can carry that State against any candi-
date that the Democrats can nominate. /
have heard these reports OF defectlOns,"
said the Senator, 4" but do not believe that
any intelligent citizen OF my State would be
sincere in denying what have said"
GOVERNOR CORNELL on THE SITUATION.
Senator Conklng here pulled from his
pocket a letter he had just received from
Governor Cornell, OF New York, which read
as follows: alt seems almost certain that
the result OF the next presidential election
will be determined by the vote OF the State
Of New York; hence it Is my firm con-
yiction that General Grant Is by all odds
the most available candidate to insure sue
cess. He will lie stronger in the State by
many thousand votes than any other posi-
Bile candidate"
Some opponents OF Window, who fear
him as dark horse, are circulating docu
ment that he favored reputation in Mime
sofa.
John Russell Young, an earnest Grant
worker, stated to your correspondent this
afternoon that while he did not think Grant
had lost, he had not gained anything since
The Grant managers have just declined to
accept as temporary chairman eny one OF
the five named by the Blaine members Of
the National Committee, at the same time
that they want harmony. The
latter return an answer insisting that one
OF these must be chosen, or else they will
he compelled to elect new chairman in
place OF Cameron. This renews the excite
ment and intensjfjes the fight at the moment