Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-26

4 week from to-day. the republican
national couyeutiOa meets il Chicago.
The election Of delegates Is finished and
The con:es; is now adjourned to he great
city Of the srea, lakes.
The Illinois convention Is: week wss
carried By Logan for Grant. the LATTER o.
ing declared the choice Of the cooven,iou
by SO 70 S07. The Cook COUNTY coates.
wAs settled By aini;,iug part Of each DEL
egAiioa. The s1a-GrAni delegation from
Ihss ooua;y came within s. vo.es Of being
admitted in body. and !. tie uGcon:es;et
50 delegates from Cook eo1a.y had been
permitted 10 vote the Convention would
have been in the hA1es Of Grants uppo-
neuts. DistEic: delegates elected Is dele
gates VITO viii contest the seas Of IS @;
the Graz. delegates chosen or the s;z;e
eOuyeniioa. Alabama chose - Grant
delegates. Morday Louisiana chose s
Gran. delegates and 5 sn;i-Grant- 4 boil,
Of 81 Grant men from the regular colTsn-
lion took place and the boilers SEMI solid
Gran: delegation to contest the mixed
delegation SET: By tie regular convention.
Colorado elected delegates yesterday and
we have 10 news OF whal w4s done b1.
dispatches before the convention claimed
!: wo1.i De fo1 Grant.
TIE GRAFT uea since the Illinois coz
venii0n have talked IS ihOsgb bis uOE:na-
ton WAS secured. This is talk He may
De nomins;ei b.; ii will De only because
some OF the delegates n4y be s:@npe'lei
by j2si hi. SOFT OF h1rTaL into supporting
him because .ley think lie Is 10 &c. The
nomination. Bl, be does stand better
chance than any CHER ole man foE the
nomination, though. we believe. noi more
than II even. and hardly Thai, chance As
sgains: All olheEs
Coacedilg iha: the Logan programme
il Illinois was s.. ri-a: and La: tie New
York and Pennsylvania Delegations axe
ri.h.fulIya Uni. f. Grant. be Is entitled
10 aoou; 375 vo;es. which Iea7e ISL f5v lis
opponents. This is very nA.ToE margin
il must De admitted bg; il estimating !,
we Lave eudeavoved 10 give The Gran. side
the benei. Of evevy claim that appears 70
De based on Any:hiug IN; sheer bznc9n5e.
Tie question is whether Gran. can pick
Up the few vo:e: needed TO Tide him owe.
the SIS bar. We should uaLe::;a::rg.y
say be cosld &c: them were !, 10; tbs; in
tie Chicago convention his supporters will
have TO take their chazces il the or-snizA-
tim OF the Convention and the admission
Of Contestants JUS; SIS the supporters o:
other candidates will have to.
General Logau's supremacy over safe
convention has been established; he did
the .brigh.es; thing i: Springfield ,h4, h..
been done in the machinery Of c5lven;io1.
This year. But when he comes to the
national convention his ~orz WILL no. BE- |
50 easy. He may accomplish i: Ja, tie /
way will De roggh and steep.
1t Is. however. useless TO speculate.
There are many possibilities anor9
which in the extremely i215:ta. coRdi.
ton OF things is bad break in the rep15-
licsn party. Much bal feeling las been
in many close STATES. and he
question for TWO o. three weeks Ia, 5ce1
falling frsn tbs; whether We s1s.. -ou.. ,
nste a man ~ao can be e5ec,ei - oae
Whether We can romjus;s . man who can {
BE- eleeied. {
We believe NJ. EImuals today /. The .
,.Eonge.. n.An who could o. placed I: he {
lead Of The ticket b.; .h!uss have gone
n in WAY ihs: we wa1: 10 SEQ whs. sor, I
}: work is done 5; Chicago before re. |
rom this time forth, co1l. ourselves a I
.a1ious for his nomination. Discussions !
nd no: 6lool if carried into ,ae national +,
may easily p1; thing: in such !
hape tbs; 10 head the ,icke: Is % lead 10 !
eie.s., no matter who heads it:
The Chicago convention has i; ia i.s 7
aads to save or mar The unity aad '
.reng,h o: The patty j; represents. And /
: is SIS useless to guess wbA; i. will DO IS !
0 guess who will Dc lis candidates. I,