Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-31
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS.
 From Chicago. Preliminary Skirmishing
 Among the Delegates. The Blaine Men Confident. Acting In Concert With shernlan,s Supporters. The Followers of Grant Holding Their Programme
 i'm Reserve.
POLITICAL.

| | to the echo and the Western man finally re- 1 tired This is one of hundred similar incl l dents noted to-day.
 ! Mir Conkling is at the Grand Pacific. His | private parlor was visited to-day by scores of ' stalwarts. This evening when an agent of | the National Associated Press called on him ! there were present Senator Jones of Nevada ex-Lieutenant Governor Wood of New York, Congressman Stewart and Platt General Ches- I ter A Arthur, Edwards Pierrepont and half a ! score of others. The best of feeling pre- ! vailed. All who expressed an opinion said Grant was certain of nomination on the first ballot. The Grant men claim they know { nothing of an attempt to oust Cameron from | the chairmanship of the National Committee ! The report that Pierrepont, Arthur, Eugene Hale and William Chandler held a conference this afternoon and agreed to name Blaine man for temporary chairman is denied
 General Horace Porter refused to be inter viewed. He said he had just dropped in, be- ing down town. He added, however, in con- versation that Grant was certain to be nomi- mated on the first ballot. He poohed the idea of compromise with the Blaine men, He did not think that the Blaine men would dare depose Cameron, which he said would be most high-handed proceeding. General Porter has been in close conference with Sen ator Conkling, General Arthur, Edwards Pierrepont and other Grant men.
 \ Sheridan Shook and the anti-Grant delega- tion under his lead have opened headquarters in the Central Republican Club, on the parlor floor of the Palmer House, and are doing a great deal of work tonight in the way of ar gument. 'Long' John Wentworth made a stump speech in the corridor of the Palmer House this afternoon Early this morning no RfaiI1a Sherman or1a conference on the question of the, unit rule. They had discovered that the attempt to coerce Cameron on this subject was reacting against themselves, and Mir Chandler of New Hampshire suggested that it was time to call 8 halt. After consultation it was decided to change the tactics and find out what Cameron intends to do, especially as it had been ru- mored that the Grant men had decided to ac- quiesce in the demands of the anti-Grant men concerning the unit rule. The Blaine and Sherman men are still deter mined not to permit the enforcement convention, but to try diplomacy. It was agreed that the anti-Grant majority of the National Committee should at their meeting tomorrow night offer a resolution rehearsing in substance that it was the opinion of the committee that individual opinions of dele gates should be respected in the organization of the convention, and that the application of the unit rule should be left to the convention after 1t was organized, as heretofore. This determination was afterward informally com municated to Senator Cameron, who at once expressed his entire willingness to &C., quiesce in the wishes of the committee. This being reported to MT Chandler and others it was further decided that resolution should be presented at the meeting tomorrow night without any reference to Senator Cameron, and that after it was adopted he should be
 asked to promise to carry out the wishes of
 II rl-s Ii another long conference between the Blaine
 and Sherman leaders. Messrs Chand-
 Ter and Frye represented Blaine; Gar field, Moulton and Foster, Sherman. The re- suit of the interview with Cameron was
 considered and the opinion expressed that there was something behind the expressions
 of Cameron, and that the Grant men had
 some snare prepared. There was nothing to
 do, however, except to keep sharp watch
 and wait for the meeting of the committee
 tomorrow. This will be the most impor-
 tant step in the campaign It will be held at the headquarters of the committee in the
 Palmer House, and it's action will determine
 whether the convention will be turbulent or protracted or whether it will be short or
 harmonious. All interest centers this meeting, and 1t is the main topic of conversa-
 tion this evening It is said an organized
 effort will be started by the anti-Grant men in the morning to entrap the wavering
 
 The New Jersey delegation will meet to
 consider series of resolutions agreeing to hold together soidly on all questions and vote as a unit against Grant. With this as a start other delegations expected to fol low until all the anti-Grant interests are combined and their entire strength known.
 Governor Garfield and Governor Foster be- heve Sherman has good chance of success,
 especially in the increasing bitterness of Grant and Blaine in the contest
 meeting of personal friends of Wash
 burne in all the delegations is
 called for tomorrow afternoon. Its objects is to consider the possibility
 of bringing forward his name in the event of deadlock and to determine the strength on
 which his friends may count should such
 contingency arise The local Grant men are
 working hard on their big meeting called for tomorrow evening in Dearborn Park Conk- ling, Logan, Carpenter, Storrs and probably
 Woodford will speak. They have engaged several bands, and in case the weather is
 bad will throw a canvas over the park. The
 Blaine men will hold a meeting at the
 same time in Whitestocking Park on the
 opposite side of the street, the object being to see which can draw the biggest crowd. It is
 settled that Mir Hoar, of Massachusetts,, will
 be the candidate of the anti-Grant men for
 permanent chairman of the convention. He
 is acceptable to both the Blaine and Sherman
 leaders. These factions have agreed to sup
 port him unless something develops to change
 their minds The question of the temporary chairmanship has been considered by the
 Blaine and Sherman men, and the merits of half a dozen men discussed. The Blaine
 men seem inclined to favor Congress man Conger, of Michigan, who IS
 an able pariamentarian and compe-
 tent to decide any intricate question that may arise, but the sherman men are
 doubtful of Conger as he is known to be a
 pronounced Grant man. At this writing it is
 not decided whom the anti Grant delegates
 will support for temporary chairman. The
 Grant managers are very reticent as to their
 intentions on any important question. They decline to say whom they will nominate for
 officers of the convention or what Cameron Some politicians are of the opinion
 that he will acquiesce in the decision of the
 majority of the National Committee and rule
 that the unit rule shall not be enforced in the organization of the convention; that after
 he has made this ruling he will recognize the Grant men, who will appeal from the de-
 cision This would precipitate test vote at
 once, as the vote would have to taken without
 debate. If the Grant men are confident they
 have an actual majority of the convention,
 this will be easy way to prove their
 strength and would settle the question of Grants nomination as if successful it would
 take over all those doubtful delegates who
 want to be on the winning side Others are
 of opinion, however, that Cameron will not
 risk a test vote of this sort, but will hold
 that the moment his gayel falls and he calls
 the convention to order the National Com
 mittee ceases to exist, and that he
 is no longer bound by it's instruc-
 tions and he will then rule that
 the unit rule must be enforced in the
 organization of the convention, and
 that the instruction of States can only be set aside by a vote