New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-01

and was the first to lead of in the appoint
ment of delegates. 1t was he who, In the face
of an opposition to Grant which was subse-
quently shown by THE TRIBUNE canvass to
be little short of overwhelming, procured the
appointment of q delegation nnminally for
Grant, ond by persuasion and threats IN
duced the Convention to " instruct for
Grant" thus giving "the old man" hand
some send-off and the prestige flowing from
a solid Grant delegation from the great Key
stone State. Ncw-York and Illinois only fol-
lowed the copy he set.
But the three great delegations, even though
individual preferences and the choice of dis
tricts were suppressed by the enforcement OF
the unit rule, were found not to be sufficient,
with all the scattering votes that coad be
scraped together, to Overbear the opposition to
third term, and it was found necessary
to make further encrOachment upon the pa
tience of the people and the good nature OF
delegates. AS the case stood at the close OF
last week, the third-term movement was 1alI-
urc unless some desperate venture were en-
tered on to rescue it from defeft. The organi-
cation of the Convention in the usual man
ner and in accordance with tie presidents OF
the party would leave the friends OF the
third term in q hopeless minority. Up to
this point, then, it may be said
that the three Senators had done the
best thing they could and all they could
for the success of the third-tcrm scheme,
and the responsibility for it was equally
divided. But at this point it was obviously
failure. To give it now any show for success,
dangerous expedients must be devised, des-
perate measures resorted to. Men who had
gone so far and risked so much could not
afford to stop here, even though to carry out
their plans it should be necessary to over
turn all presidents, violate all rules, apply
the gag to individual delegates, throttle the
Convention, and break in pieces the party
Senator Cameron, as chairman of the Ma
tiOnal Committee, was in the position to do
this, OF to attempt it. 1t is upon this step that
the Grant managers have been for the past
two days hesitating. Already the chairman
of the Committee has in every way possible
used his position to promote the plans of the
third-term advocates, with little regard Tor
the rights of the opposition or for the prOpri-
cites of the occasion. In the appointment OF
subcommittee, the preparations for the Con-
ventiOn, the distribution OF seats, the accom-
mOdatOns for speakers, the use OF the hall before
the Convention meets, and all the details OF the
preliminaries, the one thing had constantly
in view was to make everything contribute TO
| the advantage of the third term. After all
| legitimate effort TO capture the Convention
had failed, the position of chairman of the
National Committee and the functions OF the
Committee itself are laid hold upon for the
purpose. 1t remains to be seen whether, with
this unusual reinforcement, the plans of the
leaders will carry. We think not. But if they
should, let the responsibility fall where it be-
longs. The three Senators have each done
their work, and at the end of it have failed
Now comes in the chairman of the National
Committee. If Grant is nominated, it is Sena-
tor Don Cameron who dominates him. 1t is
he who holds in his hand, not merely the
State of Pennsylvania, but the Republican
party. He gives the vote OF his State to
whom he chooses, and he holds the National
Convention and the party in the hollow Of
| his hand,