The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-06-23
Spicy Chicago Gossip.
Don Cameron and Logan in High Du6geon
Market Price Of Voters-The Silent
Soldier on the Result.

nent Repuollca9 HoHtlclans retuEneo
from Chicago to-day bring some ad-
ditional items of interest which have
not yet been published. 1t WAS un-
derstood in Chicago, and this seems
also to be the-psevalent opinion here,
that Don Cameron will not take the
chairmanship of the newly appointed
National Republican Committee. Gen.
Grr6eld and his friends would like Mr..
Cameron to accept it, but he says he
has had enough of It,, WIN: Z. Chan
dler would like to have it, but 1t is
thought Mr.. Cooper, of Ohio, Gen.
GarGeld's personal friend, will be
. made chairman. 4 gentleman who
was present during the conference be
tween some of the Grant leaders and
the Ohio and the other delegations
with reference to the Vice Presidency;
says that the words used by Gen.
Logan when Mr.. Washburue was pro
posed as a candidate were about as
follows: "Gentlenc0, you can knock
me down and trample on me and roll
NE in the dust ; you can pour salt in
my wounds and rub it IN, but you
can't put Washburne on me-" 1t is
stated. on the authority of Pennsyl-
vania delegate, that after few more
ballots not only the Blaine men IN
that delegation would have gone over
to Sherman, but that the Grant men
would have followed, and have given
him the solid vote of that State. Mrs.
Cameron, during her whole stay at
Chicago, was outspoken against Grant
and the third term, and expressed her
preference for her uncle, Secretary
Sherman.
MARKET PRICE OF VOTES.
On Friday night dozen or
impecunious delegates from the SCUM,
who had been given the money to pay
their fare home, were unable to get OFF,
as they had expended the money in
the barrcoms. 4 party who had acted
as m;ddleuen between the eommercla
element Of the Convention and the
men who held the barrels says be
knew of one case where s2,250 was
paid for a vote, but that the voting
rates we've from $500 to 500. VII
liam 4. Chandler, it is said, hurt
Blaine great deal by being too sharp,
and not knowing how to be just sharp
enough. Mr.. Edward Mcpherson,
tbesschairnan of the Republican Con
vention in 1876, aud a very devoted
adherent of Blaine, acted as brevet
chairman Of the Chicago Conyen'
ton. He sat so close to Mr.. Hoar,
and gave so much advice, although in
undertone, that some Of the Grant del
egates were several times on the point
of calling attention to it. There was
a strong sentiment among the dele,
gates after the convention was over
that their experience had demonstra
ted how unwise it was to hold Nation
al Conventions in such immense halls
with such large accommodations fol-
spectators. There was not an hour in
any of the six days the convention was
in session that its proceedings were
not embarrassed and interfered with
By the riotous behavior Of the popu
lace, and in such an immense crowd
wrought up to the highest pitch OF
excitement, all efforts Of the president
and officers Of the convention to pre-.
serve order were ridiculed and laughed
at. It is thought that hereafter il
will be best 10 every way that the Ma
tioual Conventions should be held in
the presence Of as few spectators as
possible
THE SILENT SOLDIERS OPINION.
The opinion is expressed generally
that it will be found hard work tc
collect money to carry on the Republi'
can campaign, as the men who would
have given large sums had either
Grant or Blaine been nominated, will
now button up their pockets. The most
important and the most significant at
terance which has come from Gen.
Grant was expressed by him on his way
through Chicago to Milwaukee, the
day after the nomination. He said
that he regretted the position ia which
be had been placed, but it was not Of
his own seeking, and intimated that
he had been led to believe there was
no doubt Of his nomination. While he
spoke highly of Gen. Garfield, and
wanted ali his friends to support him,
Ee did not consider his election as a
certainty. He said that if the Dem
ocrats made a wise selection at Gin
cinnati, and committed 10 mistake in
regard to the fnaneia! plank in their
platform, in that event he you'd con-
slider the result as involved IN much
doubt. Gen. Grant evidently agreed
with the statements made by his prlu-
cipal supporters that he was the only
candidate whose election was Ger,
tainty..
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