Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-04
The FreebOOter's Game.

The Republican. contest at Harrisburg
is not over the nomination of Grant, but
over the dominance of Cameron. So if it
was simple question of Grants candi-
dacy, it is not likely that he would re-
ceive score of votes. The delegates all
know that the feeling of the people of
their party is against his nomination, and
they are not seriously for it. The Phila-
delphia delegation is hostile to Grant,
and yet it resolves to vote to instruct the
national delegates to support him. They
know that their vote will amOnnt to
nothing except as in the way of support
ing Cameron and the dominant Repub-
lican politicians of the state, who have
been led to commit themselves to the
Grant movement before they realized
its inherent weakness and who cannot
even back out without loss of prestige !;
or else they are manRuvreing the Grant
the Pennsylvania delegation in such Il
way as to secure the greatest profit all
around to the managers. Nothing is
more certain now than that the name of
Grant will not be seriously presented to
the Chicago convention and the indica-
tions are that the Pennsylvania delega-
tion will find its greatest account IN
being turned over to Blaine. lie has
the great advantage to start With or
being the strongest candidate among the
Republican voters of the state and the
ring leaders of the party will not dare to
fight this sentiment if they can get
their loaveS and fishes from the man
who commands it. If Mr.. Cameron feels
strong enough to set up for himself he
will of course do it but with a hundred
and ten Blaine delegates in convention
assembled by the party machinery under
his control, as this one was, it may dawn
on him that he has come SO near to being
capsized that his own form would be a lit
tie too weak to stay aflOat at Chicago.
Blaine is a good man to make polltl-
Cal trade with. He will give Cameron
as good terms as anybody. He has no
moral cOmpunctions that will stand In
his way. He understands addition, divi-
sion and silence as well rs Kemble him.
self; and he is good deal bolder rascal
than that indicted criminal, and quite as
daring and 4 good deal smarter than
Senator Cameron, who is trying to walk
off with the state of Pennsylvania i'll his
pocket and succeeding only $3.50. The
Blaine men will get enough of the dele
gates to Chicago to make Mr.. Cameron
control of it entirely nominal. lie car
control it if he goes Blaine's way; If Inc
kicks there will be fight. But both par
ties will he too wise to come to blows
al honorable compromise based on de-
vision of the spoils will suit their inter
ests better. Blaine will lie ever SO ready
to pat Cameron'S back and take all hi:
friends to his bosom, and save his pride
and give him the name of victor, so long
us he knows he really is his slave. Th'
work of the convention today it seem
to us will have just this result. Mr.
Cameron can march along at the head o
the column as its distinguished general
but he will have to listen t.
the voice from Maine and detiec
the column as it: suggests, else
will defect itself, and he will be lef
alone in the highway with his body
guard and there won't many evel
OF them stay. Quay and the whole crow(
will move with a unanimous instinc
along with the baggage-wagons. The.
never can see any sense in separatin!
from them, and they never will. Al
enemy that captures the commissaria
captures them. They are one and insep
able. The glory of the battle to them
in sacking the city; and where there ar
no spoils there are no warriors of thei
stamp.