The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-26

force. or by parliamentary ruling or ma
chine action. to Nominate candidate; but
would 1t be possible under ordinary circum-
stances TO elect candidate put Def re the
people in that wayr Upon this point we
are forced, to say the least, to express
grave fears. One faction may gain vic
tory over another faction at Chicago in
such II way as to slay the party; and with
a demOralized and disorganized party
what would such a victory be worth?
One leader might find satisfaction in the
defeat of a rival, but what comfort would
Republicans find in that if the outcome
should be tue defeat of the partyp-
The Commercial says: Democratic Con-
gressmen are alarmed at the possibility of
some reckless member offering an anti
| third-term resolution.-The anti-Grant
men will control all the regular committees
at the Chicago Convention, if they are
made up as usual. by one representative
from each State and Territory, forty three
in all. Grant can not count on more than
fifteen of the forty-three unless the time
honored method of appointing the Commit
tees on PermanentOr anization, Credentials,
Platform and Rules of Order of Business
Is oyerthrown. Grant has fewer States
than any candidate who ever before went
into a Republican Convention with the
lead.-The Committee on Arrangements Of
| the Chicago Convention are solid for
Grant, and propose in all the small ways to
perfect the arrangements to boss the dele
ga tions in behalf of their game. 1t will
be interesting to see how far the Blaine
and Sherman men will consent to be put
upon.-The choice at Chicago will proba-
1,,xu In Shnr
man and Grant after the second
horse will be found after it is
discovered that neither of the
three can secure enough votes to nominate.
Such thing is possible. Some of Grants
most trusted friends have written letters
requesting him to withdraw from the Presi-
Dental race, and silence has been his only
answer.-If e Grant men had been as GER
tain they had the world in sling as they
pretended to be, they would not have been
engaged, during and after the Springfield
Conventionin circulating the preposterous
lie that John Sherman had made his sub
mission to the Third-Termers, and would
accept the second place, Grant, ''the great
and only" taking the first.
The German Papers.
The Volksfreund says: General Raum,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue who
presided az the Republican State Conven-
ton of Illinois, is firmly convinced that
Grant will be nominated at the Chicago
National Convention and elected by the
people in November. The former may be
the case, but we have our doubts and well
founded ones, as to the latter.
The Volksblatt says: The victory or de-
feat of Grant will depend on the disposal
of the unit rule. If the Convention re-
main true t. its former decision and allow
every delegate to vote for whom he pleases,
Grant will be defeated. If the unit rule be
enforced and large portion of Anti Grant
delegates thereby defrauded of their votes,
Grants nomination may be claimed as a
sure thing. -
The Freie Presse says: Let us make hay
while-the Convention last is the idea of
the hotel keepers in Chicago, and there
upon they empty their guests pockets by
m st exorbitant prices. Happy he who
needs not go near these vampires.
Yesterdays Abend Post says: If Grant
and Tilden are made the Presidential nomi-
nees, then it is time for the patriotic
voters 10 devoutly pray: LEAD us not
into temptation but deliver us from evil"