The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-06
Chicago Times.

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Chicago Times.
Al the Blaine headquarters, on yesterday
every one WAS in a hilarious state If mind
The friends Of the man from Maine hav
been declaring all along that half the batt
would be won when the unit rule was broker
down, and the caucus of the anti Grant MON
bers f the National committee in the morn
ing inspired them with feeling of absolute
certainty that the Unit rule, rs Mr., Frye *
pressed it, Ind gone to smithereens The re
suit of the caucus was to satisfy the Blain,
men that in the National committee twenty
ninemen would vote against Grants inter
ests on every question, and only eighteen fol
them, thus giving the snti.Grant men a ma
Jority OF eleven. This convinced Mr. Blaine's
| friends that, whatever their chan es we're
Grant Was beaten in advance, and they were
correepondingly juDiIant.
On the strength Of the action of the caucus
Mr.. Frye
TELEdRAPHED TO MR. BLAINE
that majority Of one hundred against tina
unit rul might be relied on.
There was private meeting ut head
quarters at p. IN. on yesterday of the Blaine
executive committee. Members ofthe com
mittee from twenty-five States were present.
A United States Senator who is Tor Blaine
said to Times reporter on yesterday that he
regarded Grants nomination now as lmpos-
sibe; that Blaine woud be nominated he was
by no means 20 sure of, ,hough the Maine
Senator was strong, and apparently gaining
strength. II Blaine rece cd The nomination
h. b. Washourne or Gov. Foster would re-
crive the second place on the ticket. The
Blaine men were pretty well agreed on that
lie had no idea that when the Grant men
found themselves beaten they would vote for
Edmunds. He believed they would
GO FOR CoNKLING,
who, he believed, would be stong candidate
before the convention and before the cuun-
try. He would much rather hav the con.
ventlon nominate Conkling than t "go off
on any dark horse"
HON. WAYNE MvEAGr,
of Pennsylvania, was next introduced. amid
loud cheers. He addressed the audience as
"freemen yet" because he did not believe
the persons assuming to be their masters
would succeed in tho National convention.
The lnter.O Ocean newspaper great laugh
ter had publicly asked him 10 answer two
questlons-how long he had been a Republi
can, and how often he voted the Republican
ticket. His answers would te snmltle:
First, he WAS Republican ever since he had
been II man; and second he voted the Re-
publican ticket ever since no had voted Mt
all Ruf hp yUpul ! mt continue ~ not hot
ticket if he had to vote for Presidential can
didate forced upon the party by the dcta,ion
OF Senatorial bosses, and the operation of
gagged or p cked conventions. Enthusi-
astic cheering for several minutes He had
been taken to task for acting MS commissioner
IN New Orleans for President Hayes. WE'LL
General Sheridan hsd reported that political
murder increased ut the SoAth every year Of
Grants administration. President HAYES bad
freedom, prosperity and tranquility
to the South Applause.
Mr., MacNeagh said the r publican party
would not commit suicide on "Wednesday By
nominating third-term candidate to please
three honorable gentlemen who desired to be
It's bosses. [Choers.
COLONEL FRED.
Lieutenant Colonel Fred Grant spent
cool part of yesterday afternoon ut the
Grand Pacific hotel, visiting delegations from
which votes for his Gather might perhaps be
secured. He made himself .purticulAtly
agreeable ut the Wisconsin headquarters bat
his call not likely to result in any fermid-
able chang Of front. After the Co orel hid
bowed himself out several Of the delegates
from the Badger State made remarks rather
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