, 1880-05-19
But Their Efforts with the Coun-
try Delegations Arc Lnrge-
ly Unavaiiing,
As the Latter Are Determined to
Fight for the Right.
4 Two.Dnys' Session Of the Convention
Now Fully Assured.
General Presidential Gossip from All Parts
Of the Union.


BEFORE THE CONIE5Is
THE MANAGER WORKING THE DELEGATES.
Special Dlspatch to The cateaoo Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, h1ny lS.-Perfor'nances
began Mt O'Clock tllis morning Will the ar
rival OF tho Grant brass-band ffoln chlcago.
Storrs, with Ills tAmoourlne, ualaci1R alongo
lis tlnkll'tg melody; Tuthiil Will INC Dig
drum, mid SWEET with the corllet, came down /
under guard Ut Sheriff llottmann.. Thero
were many other .Grnnt delegates ou inc
train, SOME OF whom, however, o"ln9 TO .ae
influence Ut habit, got on JUST INC otheF side
OF Joliet. Iho long tram of s!eepers "as
filled Will Ch'cneoans' tue ouiR u tAoul'
however,; REGULARS" tt2ss hne appear.
nuce contrasted wonderfully With that
Of the boilers. Thcro waa hot much.
conversation nor mucl cordtnilty between
the two sections on tic way down. Eaeh
crowd kept tn itself, anu Mr. etoffs was seh'
erally allowed to rcliearse' Ills argument Ill
peace to his own set, except once Wheh Ar
thur Dixon got hold OF him alld hoorea hl!n'
the tan,bour!Ie music being unable 70 nold lts
own against the oloauoneo or facts. break-
fass over, the entertaining part ot ule oay oe-
gnn. 1t wns Impossible to Hollow Or Keep
record Of Tho heautllVl peflliutatlohs a1lu
combinations which resulted IRON the 1ac1
TINT there arc five Offices to itll With
AN AVERAGE Of s1S CANDIDATES
for cacll place, and that each caiaitlalo hRs 10
,nnko atl alliance with either tic Grap or
nntl-Grant forces, It Will be seen that the
la1514 puzzle presents no such attrac-
lions lis this gane, and that any attempt
to work II given nun Into glvo'i place and
keep him ulere Is very chance work. Last
night 1t WIS very much Cullonl's way, even
though lle was ullwell n1id unable'to put III
any work for himself. Next to hm seemed
to be Fort, who Ind something In hana
with which to trade; md next, possi-
bly,, Rinaker, whose geographical position
made him dangerous, slnce IT taero werc to
be my stampede from Cul'ol's, and RlnaKor
| could hold his own. the central counties
,"trht ~, strna,,,,,v nror IN lin. Lata Inst
nT n,rn. r. a. ~ Enr.uoti orl nnva It'll, srrved
nlRht MI' Fa.Me'' ua " Dso ,,,ta '1 ,a.a s.a w y.
| notice OFT Cullonl that ho "oulu !lase 10
ll,ake Ills choice between tho two rings. and
| that there could be no divided allegiance. 1t
lle was going to lift l,Is hand against Farwel1
1Inti or If liz folta wcr,, uo,nY to tnke I'LL
,nrr;on,1Iv o,t,tu,,,, IN the u,nttrr, then ,go
,iss be- unto tse. "'as Tiey =, know @ that ca[lo'n
HAD 4 1.Al.uE roKcE
which ]1e hold we'll in hand, and TINT 1t was
+, liz ,n,Y"r ~ II In nlans,I tn destroy the nj.
1cgol 0mnt majority, ana a'l'''it ~! tle f@s,
well Hail nien. CuIloM knew That II ho did
| this In cnntl rely on tic gratitude of Cook
s,o,ntv ,vhsro fhoro ,yns NJ, strong opnosI.
M"oso ''s. "s,,''. ~" ~. ~ liz I'll
ton 10 l''h save ttlat glo"nls out u nts Iatt.
uro to rclnove the inofticlclt stAto Agent at
| the Stock Yards. point Wltfel, Mr. Sh0rtafl,
who VII ia borc' IN n,asinr t1,o most OF against
IT,, ~ r"tIom olao knav "ruttv
Hull nut ou'to,n "'su Nv" .h pS,s ~:
we!! that tho ADMISSION o. t,e ta.-
| the minority In tho Convention, and bring
,1nv,, nm hin tha 4v,ft vr1uh Ut the Logan
wv. VI ,.,' '1tn' "'o ',, sn~,,,t+or r.. Sai
| pcop1e. pot'l no" a"u ho'eAlto'. tao 1aa
had oilers N1ld threats frDfl that sldtt, a!sos
fOr 1t WIS VttNt tor ulQH 10 h0i1 iill1, And ITO
| did not know between tho two which TO