The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-11
Grant and Blaine.


The contest in Cook county, ILL.,, on Satur-
day last, between the GRANT and anti-GRANT
men, or between GRANT, WAsHBURNE, and
BLAINE, was a very exciting one, and
aroused the interest OF the public OF the
whole country. We give the result as We
end il stated in the Baltimore american Of
Monday:
CHICAGO, May S.-The returns from all
outside towns are not yet in. The latest
figures give Washburne u delegates. Grant
81, and Blaine 81 to the Cook. County Con-
yention. The Washburne and Blame dele
gates tonight held a secret caucus to decide
upon mode Of procedure In the COnyen-
tion tomorrow. 1t Is rumored that after
organizing they will elect the 81 delegates
to the State Convention In body instead Of
leaving them to be selected by the delegates
from each ward, as has heretofore been
the custom. and which method, IL pursued
In this instance, would give Grant about 36
delegates oat OF the 81. The Grant dele
gates have also been busy to-day, and il is
evident that to.morrOw'S Convention will
witness lively fight, ia which sharp man.
agement will have much bearing upon the
final result.
These delegates were elected to County
Convention which was to assemble yester-
day and elect uiuety-two delegates to the
Chicago Convention. The result will be
known almost or quite as soon as this arti-
Gle will appear, and so it Is useless for us
to speculate on the subject. We copy what
q leading Republican journal. the Cincin.
natl Commercial, has to say on the subject
Of GRANTS defeat on Saturday. 1t says:
"The defeat OF the third.termers in Chi
cago last night makes 1t certain that Grant
will not have his own State in the National
Republican Convention. OF course this
means that he is utterly defeated, and In his
capacity as candidate Inundated. His pre-
sentatiOn as a candidate for the third term
has been an outrage aud shame from the
first. Those who have been dragging him
into this business must help him out OF it as
well as they can. They have crowned bis
career with defeat, and the more they can
fake OF the responsibility upon themselves
the better for him."
The GRANT men have not yet abandoned
the hope OF third term. however. We
shall see lively times very soon. The fight
is beautiful one.
AS to the result in 1lIinois, 1t would seem
that the Commercial cannot be far out OF
the way. The Chicago Tribune states that
the vote up 10 Friday night stood: For
BLAINE, 200; for GRANT, 1sl; WAsHBURyE,
10. II now GRANT gets SO delegates from
Chicago and the BLAINE mea and WASH
BURNE men Sc, it is plain that the two together
are likely to control the State Convention
against GRANT. The WAsHBUx,SE men elect
ed IN Chicago are anti-GRAyr men, so we
are informed by Chicago gentleman now
10 Richmond. They used WAsHBCRNE's
name last Saturday, although he begged
them not to do 60. The iEter-0cean,
GRANTS organ, appealed to the WAsHBURSE
men In the following style:
GAN for General GRANT first and last,
and ICE MUTT gice him this State In Conuea-
fion. LIE is our hopeane our salvGtion.1
"E. b. WAsHBUgNE."
But italics and sMALLiCAP failed to put
an, end to the WAsHBuRNE boom.
What says Colonel PoPHAN? We know
wts, he viii say. and therefore we let the
Waa ington Rpabiican .speak for him. 1T
says:
Z" thought to be fair to count washburSe
men ~ favorable to Grant, but as Wash
burne declares that be h not a candidate
and that be is warR&y for Grant, the exist
cpce OF .<his WashkaTpe iBlovemeat lie, at
this distaEce, hard to understand. II is pro-
babie that 81 means digisi0g OF the delega-
ton between Grant and Waatburne. II Is
possible thR 1t means solid Washhurne
delegation.
/" Whatever 1t may mean Is rendered OF
less Consequence because 0f the action CT
the other Counties which voted on FridaS
end saturday. Grant has clear working
majority 10 the State Convention after count
ing Cook cosDty soiidiy sgainst him.
We kaow not wi4ch side Is right In Its
calculations. Hut We are pretty confident
that General GRAkr's bash Il Cooked.
l.. III. A. m