Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-03
CHICAGO.
THE ANTI.GRANT REVOLT.
THE BOSSES LOSE THEIR GRIP.

THE BOSSES LOSE THEIR GRIP.
IcClures , a. IN. Dispatch.
During the last forty-eight hours the
Grant lines have been steadily wearing
down and their leaders and followers have
been gradually losing heart and hope,
While the opposition have increased in con-
fidence and defiance as they scaled the out :
er walls of the Grant citadel.
Ever since the adjournment of the con-
ventlon this afternoon the Grant leaders
have been compelled to face an unbrOk en-
series of disasters. The committees are
all largely against them. The permanent
organization will be aggressivel y hostile,
the rules will be fashioned to weaken them
at every possible point. The report on
contested seats will throw out every Grant
man whose seat is disputed, including 20
n Illinois, the Lancaster machine dele
gates in Pennsylvania. the solid Grant
delegation in Louisiana and numcr-
Gus scattering district delegates. The
test vote in the committee was 81 to
IL, and the committee means to vote the
same way in every case. The Grant lead
ers profess that they can defeat the r-
port OF the committee and the nominate
| Grant, but it would seem beyond human
effort to change the tide of battle at this
late stage of successive misfOrtunes.
There will be desperate struggle on the
report, and the long-promised greatest
effort of his life will doubtless be made by
Conkling but it will be like the charge of
Ney after Blucher had already decided the
destiny of Napoleon. One faint hope is
cherished by the Grant men that has a
plausible basis.
Blaipe's nomination now, for the first
time since the battle began in Chicago,
seems possible, and it is expected that
Sherman followers may aid to defeat the
report on contested seats, but l see nothing
to warrant the anticipation of such action.
The Sherman and Blaine men are voting
shoulder to shoulder in committees and the
lines have been drawn too severely to be
broken on the threshold of victory. The
Blaine men are jubiant this even
ing and confidently counting on the
nomination of their Plumed Knight, y
; but they have yet to bridge the chasm
between them and Sherman's wing and
run the terrible gauntlet of Grants ven
geance before they can triumph. They are
now within sight of success and if they had
the Grant leadership they would surely
succeed, but they are plunging forward
haphazard and are in danger of being rOut-
cd any hour. AS Grant has weakened to-day
Blaine has been the uniform gamer, and it
is now possible that he will 60 into the
convention tomorrow the strongest
man, as he did at Cincinnati, with
about equal possibilities and perils. The
allies have been SO intent on beating Grant
that they have not paused to part the
trophies of prospective victory but to-
morrow the allied pretenders must con-
slider which of them shall take the crown,
and Blaine's great danger will present
itself. The field may then be against
Blaine, as it has been against Grant,
and there is not a Grant man in
pennsylvania or elsewhere who will
not make common cause with any and
all to defeat Blaine. 1t is impossible to
predict with certainty what will happen
tomorrow beyond the decisive defeat of
Grant. But new man will likely be
taken, and Edmunds now seems to be the
favorite. 1twas the Philadelphia break in
the Grant line that started the general
weakening of the Grant cause and the
personal indignity offered to Stoklcy, Nc
Names, Leeds, Rowan and "the boys. -
when he left them and their feast at St.
Georges hall SO unceremoniously last fall,
has had much to do with it. 1t did not
wholly cause the bolt, but it tilted the
wavcring balance against Grant and was
the weapon employed to sever the hesitat-
ing delegates from Cameron. Grant re-
fused to wait for dessert with the Philadel-
phia leaders and they have decided to
dine with somebody else at the White
House.
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Cameron quietly sat down for ten min
utes, although the time for calling the con-
vention to order had passed by an hour
and he looked out upon the body so big
with destiny for himself and and his Grant
associates. Passing by l asked him
"What of the battle p To which he an
swered: 1--WE have three hundred to
start WITH and we will stick until win" J"
The prayer followed and was a very sat-
isfactory test of the acoustic qualities of
the hall. = They brcathed more
freely when they saw Cameron out of the
chair and Hoar in his place.
Grant In the Credentials Committee.
Grant has but 13 votes in the committee
of Al. The only state considered up to
midnight was Alabama, the first on the
list, and several contesting district dele
gates were admitted. The result is loss
of two votes for Grant, unless the report
should be upset by the convention. There
is no question but that the committee will
admit the divided delegation from Louis
lana and probably break up Logan's solid
Grant phalanx in Illinois. 1t will alse re-
port in favor of admitting Edwin X. Mar
tin and c. S. Kaufman, the Blaine con-
testants from the Lancaster district of
Pennsylvania.
| Poor Pluck.
The Grant people are staring their almost
certain defeat in the face with a poor show
of pluck, and the most desperate efforts
are making for a combination on Edmunds.
They are determined on anything to beat
Blaine. The Sherman men. having work
ed along with Blaine to kill Grant, will in
cline now to go on with what NAV remain
of the Grant hosts to defeat Blaine. They
see this is necessary to save any chance for
themselves. There is every sort or iubila-
ton among the anti Grant people. who
are pervading every place and singing and
shouting and following about with bands
| OF music.
| Cessna's Compromise.
Cessna visited the Indiana Headquarters.
and on his own responsibility, but claiming
to represent most of his delegations
offered to turn the vote of PENNSYLVANIA
over in support of a ticket composed of
Edmunds and Harrison. The Indiana del
eegation did not discuss the matter serious
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