The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-05-22
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not bs chosen.
THUKAAs will never be : candidate.
The heft Of bis barrel is only $4,000.
THE tunnel under the Hudson river
is progressing at the rate Of three feet
per day.
The Chicago later Ooeaa sent spe-
cial trains to Springfield every morning
during the state convention.
DAvY DAVIS can see no necessity Of
putting a second man on the democratic
ticket with him. He Is big enough for
the head and tail.
THE Denver Tribune charges that
the Grant men carried Denver on
Thursday by driving bummers from
polls TO polls in wagons and voting
them at each precinct.
GRANT carried Illinois, his own state;
Blaine carried his. likewise Sherman
and Edmunds and Window. If Grant
had failed TO carry Illinois, he would
have no standing in the Illinois con-
vention.
BoYD, the champion oarsman Of Eng
land, departed yesterday for the United
States. He will meet our best oars
men on June 20, at the Boston interna-
tional regatta. He has also challenged
Trickett, the Australian champion.
A PRESS dispatch yesterday states
that David Davis has fefused second
place on the ticket with Tilden. He
and his friends think that after Tilden
Is out Of the way he will receive the
nomination without much difficulty.
"Mistaken soul that dreams OF bliss"
THERE was considerable surprise ex-
pressed all over Great Britain yester-
day at the exceedingly quiet opening Of
parliament. The new government has
not yet tumbled down any Of the tenn
Piles Of the late government, and hence
there have been no shrieks from the
ruins.
THE public schools Of New Orleans
closed yesterday, and will not reopen
until October, for want OF funds. The
young idea will have TO shoot marbles
during the long vacation. To use q
common phrase, the people should
''shootn the men who made such a long
vacation a necessity.
THE republicans Of Alabama have
sent delegates to help nominate Grant.
The democrats of Alabama will send
forth electoral votes next November to
help elect the democratic candidate.
The reps. down there can do all the
nominating they please, but only the
dems. will enjoy the luxury Of electing.
THE Irish home rulers united with
the liberals while the tories were in
power. Now they have reversed their
friendship, but still remain in opposi-
tion to the government, which is now
liberal. The liberals, however, have
a large majority over both tories and
home rulers, and hence will not be fet-
tered by the action Of the latter.
A YEAR ago Grant intimated that he
might possibly accept the republican
nomination provided there was a unan-
imous desire for him. Three months
ago he modified his position to say he
would accept II he had o clear majority
at the opening Of the convention. Now
he Is understood to have informed his
friends that II they want him to be
their candidate they Unjust work like
h-l' for him.
CoNcEpINo that the action of the Him
obs convention yesterday will nominate
Grant, and that the party will elect
him, what cabinet would he likely APP
point? Probably something like this:
Secretary OF state, Roscoe Conkling;
secretary Of the treasury, George w.
Childs; j. Donald Cameron, secretary
of war; John A. Logan, secretary Of
the navy; J.. ]. Cresswell, postmaster
general; Matt II. Carpenter, attorney
general; Stanley Matthews, secretary
Of the interior.
By virtue of a majority in the state
convention, the Grant men Of Illinois
have appointed a solid Grant delega-
ton to Chicago. In the work Of APP
pointment the convention sent Grant
men from the Blaine congressional dis
tricts, which constitute the majority in
Illinois. The result will be that the
Blaine districts will meet and them
selves appoint delegates to Chicago.
The effect will probably be that all Of
the Illinois delegates will be left out OF
the Chicago convention until after the
permanent organization