New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-06

are that though the delegates to Chicago VIII n0t pc
instructed, delegation unanimously Tor Blame VIII Do
chosen.
BLAINE THE FAVORITE IN NEW-JERSEY.
THE CONVENTION TO-DAY TO BE HARMONIOUS
PROBABLY NO INSTRUCTIONS.
IFRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBUNE'I
TRENTON, NJ j., May 5.-State Conventions are
luxu1ies which the politicians of New-Jersey can
not enjoy every year. The only State officer cleo
ted by the people is a Governor, who serves for
three years, and his nomination. together with tho
nomination of delegates and electors on Presiden-
tial wears furnishes the sole excuses for general
an-gathcring 1t therefore happens that State Con-
yentions in New-Jersey come around like sun spots
in cycles very thick for year or so and then van
ishing altogether for long and Lonesome perou' NIL
Peter Katzenbach or any other publican here' c"h
testify that the Summers in Trenton have been uh-
commonlv dry since the nomination of General
Mcclellan and his competitor, i'll 1877. bub uho
season of 1880 promises to he unusually cheerlul
because of tho conjunction of the elections OF
Governor and President, something which occurs
only once in dozen years. and exposes the Capltal
to six conventions of the first magnitude.
The gathering tomorrow will be strong one
in the quality of the delegates selected and i'll its
faithful representation Of the various elements oil
the party If indeed party so homogeneous as New
Jersey Republicans are to-day, can properly be sad
to consist of elements So far as appears on the sur
face absolute unity of purpose rules. In no other
State has there been so little logroiDg for differ
ent Presidential candidates. Beyond dispute ma
iority of the active political workers favor MI
Blaine. and q majority of the delegates are OF the
same mind The question Of candidates, however,
has been raised in only an insignificant percentage
of the townships and wards In some of the Newark
districts the advocates of Mr. Washburno made
successful effort to secure Washburne delegates, ana
in few other places gentlemen have been selected
as distinctively Blaine delegates. But generally
throughout the State, trustworthy Republicans
have been chosen without question or connuoh aS
to their preference.
So prevalent has been this charitable and fratcr-
nal spirit that although Ncw-Jersey is Overwhelm-
ing and unaterably opposed to the thrd-term
policy thcro is small minority. of recognized
Grant men In several of the County delegations
elected by constituents, who feel that the eN-Ires-
idcnt's nomination would be q calamity to the
country and to the party. The Republicans OF
New-Jcrsey are only anxious to nominate the best
man, and they are confident that the ChcaBo Noh-
vention will select that man. IL
own delegates to Chicago ana these Srlgciom9 VIII
he ratified by the Convention. FOR delegatcsIat-
large there will be no Blaine ticket or Grant ticket
OF Sherman ticket. or any other combination
ticket. Each member OF me CONVENTION can S'ry %
Statesman who will take his pen from behind his
ear and work out n little sum III arithmetic can
convince himself that under these conditions 1t is
possible for seven candidates &c receive majority
of the, votes of the Convention with some ballots to
spare for number eight. -Four years ago, under the
rule that majority elected, without condition five
deegatcs-at-larRe actually chosen to NIL four
places, and some feeling" was engcndercd when
one gentleman who considered himself safe was
left ont in the cold. Undoubtedly the committee
on rules will see to it that this blunder Is not
repeated. But the candidates and their friends
would do we'll to bear this little circumstance III
mind while footing up their preliminary figures:
The man who is sure that he holds "a majority of
votes is not certainly booked for Chicago He must
also be assured that he is OF the four who re-
ceived the greatest number of votes
A large proportion OF the delegates arc on
the ground this evening. including most of the
prominent Republicans in the State. There Is much
energetic caucusing. and already many cOnblna-
tiOns have been made and broken. So far the eau
didates for delegates-at-large who seem to have
gathered the most strength General Sewell, Cen
eral Fitzpatrick, William Walter Phelps aud George
A. Halsey.
The opinion gains ground that the Convention
will give no instructions to the delegates, although
resolutions to that effect will probably bo offered.
The Convention may. however. give, some formal
expression of its preference for Mr.. Blaine.
Senator Hobart of Passaic, and the Hon. Thomas
Fl. Dudley, of Camden, are spoken of as cand ldates
for permanent chairman, and William A. STILES, OF
Sussex, will probably act as chairman during the
temporary organization.