Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07

not to accept in any event as will put him out I of the question. It is asserted in case this is
 accomplished that Grants friends may be
 able, if the circumstances should require, to
 useir the united power and name the success | fu1 man. With Washburne in the field it will
 be impossible for them to do this as part of
 the Grant men have made up their mind to
 support Washburne, which Conkling and
 others will never do. Senator Hoar and others
 of the Massachusetts delegation have received
 numerous dispatches from their constituents
 urging them to prevent tho nomination of | Blaine. These dispatches are mostly from
 men who were anti Grant of the most pro- nounced kind when he was considered far in l the lead, but being also opposed strongly to | Blaine have become alarmed at the advantage | the Maine Senator has secured blythe unseat-
 ing of the Grant and the seating of the Blaine | delegates.
 The nineteen New York delegates who have
 split off from the Conkling party had several l informal talks, but agreed on nothing except 1 opposition to Conkling delegate from 1 New York, who is not one of the nineteen l who signed the anti-Grant pledge, but who l comes instructed to vote for Grant and will l do so says if break occurs and Grant goes out of the field, ConkEng will retain control l of fraction of the delegation. He explains
 that Conkling is bitter against Washburne, l and will do all he can to prevent the latter's l selection should his candidacy assume serious proportions after break, while others would l prefer Washburne to any second candidate 1 The Edmunds men have been getting in good work to-day They are buoyant in spirits l and rely on @ big lift from Conkling as soon 1 as the silent soldier is out of the fight. Ed munds stock has taken a rather upward shoot
 from some cause. At some pool rooms it was fIoo l have been doing earnest and silent work to day. 1 They expect he will receive vote of over | 300 on the first ballot, and will hold his own | on successive ballots, and when the Southern l and other delegates feel they have discharged 1 any duty required by instructing he will shoot 1 forward and continue to increase until he re- ceives the requisite number to give him the nomination. They claim that after the necessary votes according to instructions that Grant will begin to profit by the individual 1 choice of delegates, and the repeated efforts l of the friends of other candidates to estab- | fish the rights of delegates to vote according | to individual preference will react to the benefit of Grant because he is more | widely known than any other. They look 1 too for support from the soldier element. | Logan's elaborate attack upon the National | Committee, and the demand that the veter- | ans be awarded five hundred tickets to the convention, 1t now appears, was part Of well considered programme, as it placed the anti Grant element in opposition to the rec ognition of the veterans, for the antl-Grant combination had over a two-thirds majority of the National Committee. These same veterans have been working quietly and steadily for Grant. Among the Southern delegates resentment is expressed over that part of Mir. Joys speech in nominating Blaine, who, he said, ought to have the solid South in his favor as well as the solid North, for the South had all to gain and nothing to give. MT. Conkling was quick to see the point. His speech was written in advance, and proofs were in the hands of trusted agents for delivery to the press, but after listening to MT. Joys speech he took advan- tage of the mistake of the Blaine advocates in refecting the South, and departed from the proof to call attention to the state ment.
 There is no end of figuring on the first bal lot tomorrow. The Connecticut delegate S will vote on the first ballot Edmunds ?, Washburne 7 and Blaine 3. A member of that delegation figures the result of the first ballot as follows Grant 290, Blaine 2S6, Sherman 115, scattering 65. The position of the Grant men was stated tonight in an inter- view with an agent of the National Associated Press Hon. G. c. Gorham, of California, ex-secretary of the United States Senate and l ex-assistant secretary of the National Con- mittee, and one of the Grant leaders here. 1 Mr. Gorham said: ''Our policy is passive 1 one. We have come to vote for Grant be- | cause we believe he is the strongest candi- l date and we have no second choice. We 1 shall sit here and vote for him until he is 1 either defeated or nominated. We are not 1 antagonizing any other candidate and have pledged ourselves to support the candidate, whoever he. may be. If sufficient of the l other candidates can unite upon any one | man to give him @ majority in the conven- 1 ton Grant will be defeated but we must be 1 outvoted before we give up.
 Reporter-Do you think that combina- l ton strong enough to defeat him could be l effected? Gorham-That's an open ques- 1 ton. We think not, but there are many 1 members of the convention who think other wise. But one thing is certain, they must l effect such combination before they can de- l feat Grant.
 l Reporter-How much longer is the con- I vention liable to sit. Gorham-No one can ] tell. That the nomination may be made to- morrow or the convention may last week 1 depends upon the course of Blaines friends and whether a successful combination can be 1 made on him or any other man.
 Reporter-How many votes do you eXyect 1 Grant will receive on the first ballot, count | ing the Grant delegates who have been un- | seated ? Mir. Gorham-Three hundred. Reporter-'The Blaine men say that the 1 votes in the convention show that Grant will I have less than that. Gorham-They are I mistaken. He is more likely to go over than under my figures.
 l Reporter-How many votes do you allow ! Blaine on the first ballot? Gorham-We have 1 no means of knowing with anything like cer- 1 tainty and no one can tell how many votes the several candidates will get on the first l ballot. The Blaine men claim from 315 to 33O. I should not be surprised if he got | over 300.
 l Reporter-But will he lead Grant on the 1 first ballot? MT. G.-Probably. But that is
 not at all disastrous to Grants chances. In fact 4la4 el,o1I Io 1 on the first ballot because we believe ma 1 iority do not desire his nomination, and if he l goes over 300 the anti Blaine will be alarmed. l Reporter-Can you hold the Grant vote | for any length of time :? MT. Gorham-We | can as long as a ballot remains to be taken. William E. Chandler, Blaine's manager, I when seen by an agent of the National As l soeiated Press, said |: We are satisfied with 1 the outlook.
 1 Reporter-Is the rumor true that Blaine l will lead on the first ballot. and will he. as I claimed, get in the neighborhood of SIS 1 votes Chandler-I am not willing to express ! a positive opinion as to that. Blaine may get | more than that or he may get as few as 21S. 1 I do not believe in making an over estimate. | It is bad thing to have to take them down after the ballot.
 1 Reporter-How about the rumor that you
 are arranging to have Blaine's vote less than I Grants on the first ballot Chandler-Ihat | is leading question. Iaughing.)
 l Reporter-What room is there for dark l horse. Chandler-The convention has not
 yet reached tha point, and it is impossible l tonight to say whether it ever will.
 Reporter-How about the report that Cameron is wavering and considering the | idea of going over to Blaine. Chandler-I
 have had no positive knowledge regarding g l that. have heard rumors, of course, but
 can only reason in regard to it. Cameron is l in peculiar, uncomfortable position. He | personally has great friendship for Blaine | and now finds himself obnoxious to his own
 delegates because of his opposition to him. | It is only reasonable to presume that in con- 1 sidering the question of falling into line with | his State and leading it in a unanimous sup port of Blaine is the most sensible course he 1 can take.
 | Senator Cameron does not confirm the ru-
 nor Chandler's opinion regarding it. In l conversation this afternoon he said he was l still for Grant and would remain steadfast 1 for him until the end, and that he had no 1 second choice. Concerning the outlook he expressed himself as hopeful ever and said 1 Grant had some very valuable gains during 1 the day, and that instead of increasing 1 Grants defection in Pennsylvania was lessen