Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-08

his candidacy will be fiercely con-
tested In States where harmony and
unsnimity are essential to Republican
success, and we fear that to press him
at Chicago would be to force upon the
party. after bitter struggle,
some wesk compromise like
Hayes. The vote given to him In
Pennsylvania Is well-deserved
tribute which we are glad to record.
1t means, of course, that be Is the sec.
ond choice of that great State; SO he Is
OF nearly every Republican in the
West who can think OF second
choice without fearing defeat at the
polls in November. But while Gen.
Grant consents to the use of his name,
we do not think 1t wise for Republi-
cans to discuss the subject of second
choice. We choose to Interpret the
vote at Harrisburg in this way For
President, U. s. Grant; for Vice Presi.
dent, James G. Blaine.
ONE MAN CAN'T HOLD IT.
Cincinnati Gazette [Rep ]: The
popularity which Mr.. Blaine mas de.
veloped-to use a fistic phrase-''on
his own muscle,' is q thing to be re-
marked. That the Republican Con-
vention of Pennsylvania, under the
lead of Mr. cameron, which in 1876
adopted unanimously q resolution
against third term, should now, by
little more than bare majority, des
clare for y third term Is sign of the
fallibility Of conventions and of one
man leadership. But, on the whole,
we look upon the action OF the Penn.
sylvania Convention as much more
promising to the Republican party
than was expected when it was called.
1t seems to be an awakening which
will bring the Republicans to assert
their control of themselves. 1t gives
token that one man will not be able TO
hold in hand that delegation in the
National Convention.
AS MUCH OPPOSITION TO THE
CAMERoNS.
New York Times Rep]: 1t may be
an open question whether the sction
of the convention is in perfect bar-
mony with the prepODderaling Re-
publican sentiment of the State, but
strong as may be the popular feeling in
favor of Blaine, 1t Is certain that q
good deal Of his support in the con-
vention came from men who espoused
bis cause quite as much from opposi-
ton to the rule of the Camerons as
from any special attachm ent to his
claims on the Presidential nomination.
PLUCKY AND DETERMINED, BUT NOT
SUCCESSFUL.
Chicago Tribune Rep.l: The man
ner in which Mr.. Cameron was enabled
to fulfill this pledge has been limited
at and described sufficiently for pres
ent PURPOSES; that he was successful is
the main fact of interest. 1t must,
however, be recorded TO the credit Of
the friends and supporters of Mr..
Blaine in the Convention that they
stood TO their guns with a pluck and
determination not often witnessed
under like circumstances, and that
they asserted their rights manfulIy as
a minority, though unsuccessful in
securing the State delegation for their
idol. But they were not unsuccessful
in the enforcement of their protest
against the Cameron methods, nor in
their purpose to demonstrate to the
country that Pennsylvania lie far from
being unit for the Cameron caDdi-
date.
MADE BLAINE POSSIBLE AND GRANT
IMPOSSIBLE.
! Cincinnati Commercial Rep :
! Blaine's friends have done well in this
! fighf. They have made him possible
and Grant i'm possible. The Influences
! they had TO overcome were those OF
parry discipline aud personal prestige,
but they snapped the chains of an orr
ganizstion that has been maintai ned
through right and wrong until it is
4 "A 10 il nI,
of famous man, in whose honorable
celebrity all patriots must have sym
pathy-snd there is reason To believe
that they were only enc a ed out Of the
possession of the Convention, which
they had fairly earned, by desperate
trickery.
IT MEETS ITS WATERLOO.
Philadelphia Press Rep.l: This
convention, called to MAKE Grant the
next Republican candidate for Presi.
dent has ruined him as such; 1t was H.
tended to promote his interests, but 1t
has overthrown them; intended to be
made the means of sitting the popular
will, bat 1t has become the voice of the
people; intended to build up the
varied schemes which 1t was
called to consolidate, but 1t has
awept them with bosom of
destruction, and strewed with wrecks
the scene Of It's meetings. The con-
test was a fierce one, and the anti
Grant leaders deserve great praise for
the courage, skill aud effect with
which they wsged it, The few timid
men among them were quickly sent to
the rear. Bolder spirits took their
places. Plausible suggestions. which
were cunningly made, out which gave
away their whole case, were scouted,
and policy entered upon which was
intended to assert their parliamentary
rights and TO force to the severe
test OF yea-and-nay vote the
threatened endorsement OF the "third
term.n A few men fell by the way,
who were tripped by temptations,
caught by power or decoyed by bland
ishment. Powerful Influences brought
to bear during last Tuesday detached
several men from their duty and their
instructions; but all did not avail to
stem or turn the current which car
ried the convention fiercely forward
to lie work, and all observant poll
ticians admit that the Grant move
ment has met It's Waterloo.
MR.. Nasty ON THE "hAINE PLAN."
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