The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-04-14

The remark Of our. Washington CORE
suoudent In Ms letter Of yesterday that I'LL
nois wss looked u;pcn IN Washington IS the
key - The situation Ia regard to the nom'-
nstl0n at Chicago had been made BY others
psxvionsly, and seems at the present time 70
be accepted as true by both GRANT men snd
xiLArxs men. The possibility that BLAINE
t,may carry 0RASs's own State Is indeea
rather a startling fsct. No wonder ih'no's
Il set down a. an impoitaHt State when sne
hold< N her hands the power to dec'de
whether Ueuerss GRANTS name shall he pre-
scented 10 the Chicago Convention or not,
and when there Is at hast a possibility that
after all The gssconade Of the ihird'ierma-
xsnts.o the candidate OF C0NKLlSo, CAVE
RON, and HOGAN, way have to sink away
from the eyes OF men 10 pregens htifnhia-
ting defest from hts own rariy.
The Iosdng GRANT orraa m ST. louis
canaidls admitssnat there is " be a ccntest
In IIlinois between GRANT aud BLAINE out
boots at the report that BLAINE has any
hor.s of success. At the same time IL con-
ce,les that BrxIys's friesds have - good a
right to tryso carry Ilhnsts as aay other
Sfnk,
Ne. Il. y, SMALLnY tsregardpdsasa reiia-
BILE man; ssd he writes from Washington
tevhe New York 1ritas>, the caef organ
of Mr.. Blaine, that both the FLAME men
uad the GIANT men VI the national capital
are con66ent OF securing the vote OF ILL
sois. He claims, however, tbs the BLAF'E
men sresnuch better organized 10 that Steie
chan ihey we're IN New York and Pennsyi-
yanis. file adds that the Republican coun-
ties are for BLAEsss, whilst che Democratic
countws are for GRANT, state OF things
which is para,so.ed in tie fact that the
strous Democrssc States Of the South are
for Rs ANT, WHIST such ss'ong Republican
States as low aud Michigan are for
BIZARRE.
The BLAINE .men are3y no means too
moee.t In thee claims. They saw thatStheir
favoriie will get all che States on the
PGifc slope, and all the northwestern
Stats except Ohio and Illinois, and proba-
by these also. AS tOisilinois, tbey'ceclare
that they have made aranvass OF the State
which clearly proves tbat tbree-uftds OF the
counties are in faysr OF BLAINE. And
they have some few ether facts to Justify
their bighspretensions. OF the seven hun
dred delegates of whom the StateGonven-
ton Is 10 be composed their caunt gives
more than 175 BLAINE men as already
elected, slthoueh Only a few counsies have
chosen their delegates. They confidently ex.
pect to-gs: the ninety -four delegates from
Cook county (Cbiclgo) They claim at least
eleven congressional districts for BLAINE,
and boast not a little of the surprise which
they have IN store for Senator's LOGAN,
CAMERON, and CoNxLING.
This contest between BLAINE aud GRANT
is avery interesting one, and we shall try
TO keep our readers posted la regard to ii.
Upon its issue will depend the candidacy OF
General GRANT. Let us say, rather, that he
can't be candidate without The vote OF Ili-
nois, any more than SHERMAN could be with
out the vote OF Ohio. Our symDaibies are
rather with b. AIEE, though GRAFT wonld
be more easily defeated In November than
he would be. Let Mr.. BLAINE not weary in
well doing, but beat down the THIRD TERRIERS
In illinois. and be will have gaineda greater
victory than would be his election to the
presidency next fall