Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-08
GRANT AND THE PENNSYLVANIA
CONVENTION.
The Cpl ions OF ihe Press On .
Expediency ana Results.


1T DIsAPPoINTs GRANTS FRIENDS.
New York Tribune (Rep.): This re-
suit must be severe disappointment
TO the friends OF General Grant, and
hard blow TO the movement for his
nomination. This narrow majority OF
twenty was drained only by strenu-
Gus exeTtions and the use of pow erful
influence. No one can doubt that If
the Convention had been left 10 its
own spontaneous choice the PenDsyl-
vania delegation would stand at this
| moment for James G. Blaine. But
! this is not all. The majority for
Grant, small as it is, is unquestionably
! due in part TO the firm refusal of Mr..
Blaine's immediate representatives to
authorize any bitter assault upon
Senator Cameron. In view Of al
these things, it may be well doubted
whether, in voting az they have beer
instructed to vote, the Pennsy lvsnit
delegation will fairly represent Penn
sylvsnia sentiment But, h0weveI
this may be, one thing is clear-thc
claim that there is is an overwhelming
demand among the Republic m asses
| for the nomination of General Grant,
the claim that they believe him to be
| the only man who can carry the coun-
| try, has been exploded.
| Que more thing Is clear. This
| years contests are to be amicably con-
| Quoted 10 an amicsble result. The
| nominf of the Chicago Convention is
not going to be destroyed by the enmi.
ties aroused In his canvass.
LOAN NOT BE THE NoMINEE.n
Philadelphia Times Ind. Dem. /:
Even il Conkling should supplement-
Cameron's biunder in New York, and
force like expression from conven.
ton of euperserviceble partisana, it
would but make more ira posing The
pageant of Grants sacrifice in the con.
ficls of mean ambition, and the sim
cere friends of the ex-President will
rescue him from the clutches of fac.
tionists by retiring him from the hope.
less struggle. How much Senator
Cameron's power has been strained be.
yond its endurance to give him the
personal triumph he has achieved, is a
problem that the future must solve |;
but the one visible and irrevocable re.
suit of bis needless contest at Harris
burg, ia the clearly taught lesson that
General Grant can not be the nominee
OF the Chicago Convention. or this
now patent fact, owners and bidders
will take timely notice.
THEY HAVE THE KEYS OF THE Pc.
sITIoN.
Louisville Courier Journal Dem. /:
Speedily the maneuver in PeunsyIva-
MIA will be followed by movement
in New York, against which the gen.
tlemen in bird-tail coats and white
cravats and kid gloves will be power
less. With New York and Pennsyl>
vania in the East, and Illinois 10 the
West, the Grant people have
possession of the keys 10 the position
and neither Blaine nor Sherman has
given any proof of a divertiDg
strength sufficient to stand against
perfectly drilled body Of resolute and
expert managers, who know what
they are about and mean TO have what
they are after.
THE ALTERNATIVE, GRANT OR
BLAINE.
New York Evening Post Ind. Rep ]:
If the situation In Pennsylvania rep
resents the situation in other States,
the alternative at Chicago will be Grant
or Blaine. The contest is between two
factions OF politicians, each employing
the same methods and
each standing for a machine. 1t Is in
order, therefore, for Republicans 10
ask themselves IL they can change
the situation, II they can 30 In
fluence the course of events in
other States than Pennsylvania that
fair discussion OF candidates
shall be secured in the nominating
convention and public opinion within
the party have chance to express H.
self; and If they despair OF doing this
whether they prefer General Grant
and the innovation of q third term, to.
gether with the "reminiscences of eight
years of his administration, or Senator
Blaine with his questionable history
and the machine associations by
which he, no less than Grant, is eur.
rounded and to which no less he owes
his strength
FOR PRECEDENT, U. 8. GRANT.
- St. Louis Globe Democrat Rep. ! ::
Inc reasons which induced us to put
Grant forward in the first place are
sun potent to urge his nomination at
chicago. Our opinions of Mr.. Blaine
have not changed In the least. We
still admire him as pre-eminently the
statesmen of the Republican party In
the active life Of to-day, as he was four