, 1880-05-28
FRIDAY, g. TWELVE PAGES.
!t9nai Committee, elected by only ono vote.
ar. u2rlia'n thinks 1t possible that the Ma
l0na! COMMITTEES may HOW tB nft!-0rant

s*0'tA@ Noah'"sstAiE may lIu" QG alk!~05hut
ON ACCOUNT or THE TEit1llr0R1Es,
whlcl, are generally for Blaine, being given
sa,es. sc aa pafi e On silica s t''kef ea,y yt ars ts
counted t, Grant wnulll have an easy major
ity: but Dlaine. they say, is intimate with
who operate Iii tic Territories, and tiley; may
gtyn ilim a s'nall majority III the Committed.
f,1 rh1s committee votes OH tiie Temporary
tion. .Mr. Tom Keogli tl!inks that Grant will
have the Committee. 3fr. Gnrlla,n thinks
possibly not l,at when Mt, Caincron pro-
pG}s;SSI tne sa cnmlit!ate Of the con1nittse
immediately By: another, put in nomination
representing tho anti-ufant OF the Grant
ff:orces. f:' as tio ease in;.y By. Then Will occur
yen eno Ill., ' H. a. 5aa i'asfs as 10 & oaa s3s iS St
that tho Grant candidate. whether
vi wlll .,,,, le r. ELECTED. :rhe next str4E-
Eate 10 make tie cann,fttee @ on % Crc,l.nsias. i
The question will then arise whether the
dsIegattons shall natne this Committee or the
Cl!aEri'!an nppolnt tllom'.. Here will ba all
other big fight. Then will occur
4 coNrKsT Az TO THE UNIT RULE.
"some States" says Mr. .t;orllan,, (which
strtc.ed to vote as umit, Other. States ara
Instructed to vote az Il ulIft on all questions,
whether they vote for Or aeafnst IrnnLn
TheTg will nrtse at least four questions; one
over Kansas, where there arc fur drIeRAtos
itl dispute; another over West Virgtnia,
where there 9re two: the Illinois contest, aud
that Of Louisiana. Nj: Gorhain thinks tiat
tile Loaislana contest will probably not
fourteen (twsntyl f1iinais Delegates sa!aid ID
rish{s Shicf 'asIi viii p''' ssat ted @ a'';sdt wii
deprive Blaine Of s!s votes IN Kansas unl
mi lint IL 4ltij1 rtH1at trss
advantage. Of eight Ifnurteen1 votes II liz
gets in. the fourteen ftwenty1 contestants
froIa llllnois., IN lllimis the contest is
g Ggas s ahs1 ts ant st 9sts ssufio1S a for Gq and
Louisiana, It Ii. understood that Senator
kIs;ilogg gf3 wlo Is Is 1u;'! u;s'sa is for Rlains !e
%I be e inoPty nd II reeo1t tefe ree
lhe Credentials Committee. This viii have
t0 bb decided by the Convention, and make
ANOTHER HOUSING FIGHT.
possibly attended, with Il holt. Then there
wlll bo Il struggle to appoint u Committee IN
Permanent Chairman mud Order Ut Business,
within to1 ] ]eo%ttees say VIII aiso sfss; Sss eras
contests between the maturity and minority
rs tt. the pr4tess Of voting there. which may
iteg1.!rs ~ dtler vt tue Convention INSTRUCT
10 cali the roll Of this Convention will take
nearly M hour each time. and Mr.. Gortlan
thinks the Convention tnny sit three or four
days: ue says thnt tho e0nduct Of Logan In
ao Gy ihe rant ne 1T GhIeaso & taks '
IT quietly, not I5tt heAsed, tIld let tho other
sElte tirs themselves ont, II debate Is nj.
lowed III open Convention there ought TO be
tt.o unil rno or of daicgate fniepet,Glei,cs.
NJ; Gor!iaiti, who was, SECRETARY. of the
United States Senate. aud Elas had long ex-
Rerlense n parliamontary practice, ,atEues
says, "tilat tic States ars instructed
70 t. appoint certain number Of
Congressional districts. But the functions
ofa Congressman md OF a dolcgate do not
resemble eac', other. Congress hIss no power
whatever over the way a State shall choose
irict ticket. Tle Electors, like Delegates to
conventions, derive their power from State
authority. II tho argument ls employed that
IN tlo casu Of Cook County, 1t can be said
that the State subdivlded fills county Into
Congressional districts, aud hence the conn-
y Is not tho unit u tlle State. In ls7o," says
for Blaine for. President ut Cincinnati, but
the Illinois delegation would not permit hin,
to 9 Il a r o. TIC nnit rulc' swung tile
Radicals supporting Grant, who. now claims
to By u compromise man, tilstentl ut support
Ing Blaine, who Is q Radteal OH the Southern
question. SWELL" says 3lr. tsorlIani,
INN. uIAlHE LOST HIS POSITION
when he opposed tho Forco bill willis he was
eppsrtnty ] 70 ksep e puSIIcas4i Up b sH maority ts
hi the South. ntd he insisted on tlefeatIng II.
Tho next step to break up tho Republican
party was TIC Wornlleys Hotel contarelce,
turned out thelr Goverllory. The third de
strlictlyo movement against tho Republican
party III the. South was Hayes letter Of nc
hun, "say that, sinco BlaIne. S!er'nail, and
lIayes have lift us no Republican purity
whatever In the South, we SEQ no
reason Why tien. Grant should not
because there Is nothlng LETT to light for down
thero' Grant," says GnrllAll., "dld his best
to preserve the lsepublicnn party III TIC
South, a'ld II ~ Only common sense now,
bitterness. And" says Sir. Gorllnn,, " do
not think wo Gun elect anybody President
UNLESS lie CAN OFT SOUTHERN STATES.
Tllero aro Connecticut, Oregon, Indiana, md
Now Jersey generally Democratic, which
havo thlrty-two VOTES. and therefore, even IT
Thsy mi steai the voto u Maino to d. tilat
But Grant can carry Virginia. Maiona
nlGNns to run nrl independent Electoral tfckDt
together. anl, II VII ilonlinute Grant, Malone
will give tllAt y0te tn firnnt. We have, be-
si,!fs s exse!!9,t, ctances inTennesseo, Texas,
Powell Clayton, may add, says that Il
Tt!den Is noninatod BY tito Democrats
Grant can eRs!ly carry Arkansas
H. asfs GsFd mr sns G y! yStss %st fGr e. arsm ott
nf IN ~ 4ps1f y F,n unfj