The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-05-01
POLITICAL NEWS OF THE WEEK

FOLl lSAl< NEW . VI he NfE-Eh.
The results of the Republican primal
ries in the city of Baltimore. and the
County Conventions held throughout the
State. on Tuesday last. seem to indicate
the selection of a probable majority Of
delegates in favor of Mr.. Blaine. although
the contest has been SO close. and the
number of contesting delegations so great.
as to prevent the accurate calculation of
results. This is particularly the case in
the city of Baltimore. where, as was gen
orally anticipated, the Custom House fac
ton. by its well-known methods, manipu.
lated the primaries against the known
will of the majority.
The Ohio Republican Convention met.
on "Wednesday. III Columbus. and organ
lied with Benjamin Butterworth. OF Ham
! ilton county. as permanent President.
William \. Dennison. William \. Bate
man. James A. Garfield. and Charles Eos
ter were elected delegates at large to Chi
/ cago. The resolutions adopted declare
for free public schools and Il sound cur
rency. and urge the nomination of John
Sherman for President. requesting the
district delegates to vote for him. The
highest Blaine vote in the Convention
was 200.
/ The Republican Convention of South
| Carolina met on the same day at Column
bia. One hundred and twenty delegates
We're present. forty being whites. The
! delegates to Chicago were Instructed to
/ vote Us d unit for General Grant.
! The Democratic State Central Commit
tee met in Baltimore. on Wednesday. and
/ fixed the 9th Of June as the date of the
assembling OF the State Convention. 1t
+ is to meet at Baltimore. The preponder-
ating sentiment of the politicians from
the variouS sections of the State was in
. favor of Bavard rs :; Presidential candi-
date, with lloratio Seymour as 4 second
choice. The political managers, with
their accustomed shrewdness. have shift
cd their positions on the Presidential
question and from ardent. bold and out
spoken Tildcn men have become Bayard
! men, though not so pronounced i'll their
advocacy OF the latter. 1t may be said.
/ however, in eXtcnuation of the change of
/ mind by the managers. that they favored
4 Iilden as long Is there was Il good pros
/ pect that he would be the successful can
/ didatc. but as soon as his sun was on the
/ decline the Maryland managers who
! never want to be un the losing side. left
! him. They are not too enthusiastic for
/ Bayard, for there is every probability
! that when the time comes the managers.
/ who will be on hand in Cincinnati. will
/ swing over those OF the votes OF the del
! egatiGn which they can control to who
ever is the strongest man. Those who
! have already virtually been chosen dele
gates at large are all Eayard men. Ex-
Governor Carroll is a well known Bavard
advocate. Senator Whyte is i'll favor of
Bayarl. with Seymour as a good second
choice. and thinks that Il ticket composed
OF Bayard and Thurman. or Seymour
and Thurman. ought to be selected
| speaker Mccullough has expressed Il
preference for Seymour. but would also
favor Bayard. Ex-Governor Thomas is
also a Bayard man. The State Conven-
ton will not pass any resolutions plcdg
ing the delegates.
The Democratic State Convention of
Connecticut met in Hartford. on Wedncs-
day. and organized permanently by elect
ing Thomas VI. Waller chairman. Alfred
f. Burr. W. L. Parsons. d. \. Wells. and
w. III. Barnum We're chosen delegates at
large to the Cincinnati Convention
| Resolutions were reported. directing the
delegates 10 vote It's unit, but naming no
, candidate. 4 delegate offered all amend
ment aimed at the candidacy Of l'ilden.
and denounced him in Il vi.orous speech.
Another delegate opposed the resolution
as Il iirebrand. and eulogiZed Mr.. Tilden
in Il written speech. Finally Mr.. Wal
Ter. President of the Convention, left the
chair. and opposed the adoption of any
resolu'i ion for or against Tilden. lie said
he did not know how many of the dele
gates were for Tilden. whereupon a voice
responded. Ten of the twelve. He
advised leaving the whole question 10
the delegates. who, should they vote
for Tilden. would never attend another
convention from Connecticut He then
moved the indefinite postponement of ali
the resolutions and the adoption of one
simply pledging support of the Cincin-
matt nominee. This was agreed to by
acclamatioh. 1t IS understood that 4 ma
iorty of the delegates with Mi. Barn,,m,
are for Tilden. Waller is an anti-Tilden
man.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention met. on Wednesday. in lIar-
iisI;urg. and was called to order by the
Chairman If The State Committee. Be
fore it came to order senator Wallace
and Speaker Randall met and shook
hands on the floor. and then walked
down the aisle together, amid loud APP
p!ause. Mr.. Cassidy announced that the
parties had harmonized, and moved the
appointment Of q committee of six on
contested seats. which motion was car
ried and the committee appointed. Dis
trict delegates have been chosen. who, 1t
is claimed by the Wallace men. will stand
36 against Tilden to Is in his favor.
The Republican Convention of Calfor-
MA met on Thursday. i'll Sacramento. y
resolution was reported inStructing the
delegates to Chicago to vote unit for
Blaine.
The Arkansas Republican Convention
adjourned on Wednesday night, after in=
structing its delegates to Chicago to sup
port General Grant.
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