The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-01
CHICAGO.
The Place where the Political
CauIdrOn is Boiling Over

Ehe Place where the Political
CauIdrOn is Boiling Oyer.
! Chicago. 31.-A letter has been
received by Judge 8oar from Senator
} Edmunds, absolutely declining, to al
J low theuse OF MS name as candidats
= for president. The friends of Gen.
} Grant believe It's will help them.
while the Vermont delegates, although
refusing to state who their second
choice will be, say they will not
vote for Grant. A Massachusetts
delegate said, to-day, that Edmunds'
withdrawal would add twenty votes
to Sherman's score. The south dele
gates have been the object of great coli
citude AMI devoted attention for forty
Eight hours past. II is claimed by
Grant men that they have gained in
that quarter, claim which the
friends OF other candidates refuse
to allow. TIE principal candidates
have very active and very confident
friends, and so far as can be learned
there is no giving way 10 any quarter
as yet. a large delegation from
Philadelphia, with white hstI, ar
rived to-day, aud were received with
q band and other denomination. OF
welcome. Cincinnati furnished
another delegation, which was re-
ceived in s like manner.
The evening proved TO be fne
one and at an early hour large
crowd OF people poured from the
trains, street cars, and came from
the extreme parts OF the city in MAS
ses to attend the two meetings on
the lake shore. The meeting of
Grants supporters was held on Dear
born Park, and the anti-Grsnt meet
ing just across the street, in
the base bali grounds. The speakers
announced for the Grant meeting
we're Senators Copklipg, Logan. Car
penter, 8. l.. WCodford, of New York,
Leonard SWEET, Emory Storrs, Robert
IT. Lincoln and S. A. Douglass. At
the anti-GrAnt meeting the speakers
were Colonel r G Ingersoll, Davis,
of Maine, Fred. Hassaurek, of Gin.
cinnati. Wayne McVsigb, Louis Par
ker, Gibson, of Ohio, and others.
The National Womsn's Suffrage
Association begin their days session
at Farwell Hall to morrow. Many
delegates are already here, including
some of the most prominent ladies in
the country.
The California delegates held
caucus at the Sherman House this
evening. The delegation then de-
cided to communicate to the Blaine
leaders that it was prepared to cup
port them in their action taken with
view TO secure the nomination OF
Blaine for president, and in pursu-
ence OF this decision would oppose
the unit rule, and vote solid for the
admission OF the contesting district
delegations from Illinois. the MEM
bers Of the delegation are bitter in
their denanciation OF the position OF
George II. Gorhsm, who, as 6 mem
Der of the national committee, sup
ports Grant, so incorporating the
sentiment OF the republicans Of Cali
lornis. a high compliment WAS
paid to Mr.. Pixlsy, today. by the
Blaine managers, who waited on him
and asked him to allow his name to
be used as one as one of the fiv,
from whom the selection should bt
made to propose Blsine's name in the
convention. Mr.. Pixley, however,
declined.
At the meeting OF the national
committee, this evening, the follow
ing resolutions we're offered by
Chandler:
Resolred, That this committee APP
proves and ratifiss the call for the
approaching republican national con-
vention, which was issued By It's
chairman and secretary, and which
elects two delegates from each con-
gressional district, four delegates st
large from each state, two from each
territory, and two from the District OF
Columbia TO compose the conven-
ton.
ResoLeed, That this committee
recognizes the right OF each delegate
in a republican national COZ Yenlion
freely to cast and to have counted his
individual vote therein, according to
his own sentiments, and il he 80 de-
cides against any unit rule" or
other instructions passed by state
convention, which right was conceded
without dissent and was exercised IN
the conventions OF 1860 and 1868,
and was, after full debate,
affirmed by the convention OIL
1876, and has thus become a
part of the law of the republican
convention. and until reversed by q
convention itself must remain a
governing principle. The fret resc-
luton was adopted unanimously. To
the second resolution Mr.. Cameron
took exceptions, and il is now uLder-
discussion.
The Grant mOvem, ut apparently
las spent its force, and few shrewd
observers here to- night consider his
nomination possibility. Every hour
develops evid, nee that the Grant
movement was not near as strong as
its managers bad asserted.
Blaine's stock is rising rapidly, and
many of his friends are extremely
confident of his nomination, and
some OF the Grant men betrsy their
fear of this result! by cullen threats
Of beating him by combinations for
Wash burne. The Sherman managers .
are working quietly and earnestly,
but apparently making little progress.
10 the national republican commit P
tee meeting, tonight. there vas a
long and acrimonious discussion,
growing out of the refusal of Chair
nan Cameron to entertain the reso.u =
ions moved by the Blaine men. pre-
cribing the order OF proceedings in
be convention in strict conformity
o past practice, and especially n
IiscardiDg the unit rule. The
movers appealed from his decision R
uIing out their resolutions, and 0
lie then refused to entertain the q
ppeal. at this writing the commit l;
ee is still sitting, though the Blaine Il
1en won a victory in securing the
cceDtapoa Of ludoe q z HOar ofl