, 1880-06-07
FRIENDS or CANDIDATES.

GEN. 1if:ATr1E,
ono of the members nf tho Ohio delegation
favorable to Senator Blaine, informed tho re-
porter TINT he had not nntcd any serious
change III the political situation during tho
past day or two. lie confidently locked for
ward 10 n nomination MI Montlny, tho delc-
gates having reachod That spirit which Will
drive them to mako q nomination. so tint
they can get home. lIo Ind mndu careful
survey Of tie ticll, md had como to tho c0tl-
clusion that on the first ballet Graut would
bo found to hnvc received about 275 votes,
while BlNiMa will havo over So0. Lie be-
1lcved that II the latter did mako is stronga
showing iu the stlrt as this, such supporters
ut the other candidates as arc nnlecidod--
aud no was disposed to ti'tnk they were not
rs few III number as gunora'ly believed
would, oil the secunu bnll0t, go over to
Blaine. Whatever tho supporters Of tho
other candidates would do, liz k1lnw that The
Blaine men would stick to thptr candidate.
who would get tile large bcuuilt Of the changed
votes, because tho conflict between the third
torn Idea aud tile opposition to the tnnov1-
ton WIS 80 clearly defined that tho anti
Grhnt men could mt 60 over to Grant.
A1r. Richard Slnims, colorcd gentleman,
and number Of tho Louisiana delegation,
N4A Nllt bARHUIlS N1GACAA4 N4ALlf SLhkL@k tllAs
his. opinion, Which was shared by tho re-
i,latnlur OF tho delegation, WAS that the
struggle would lto between tho two pronli..
ncnt candidates. The gpnernl opinion, basel
d|ifsrent delegations vas tbat tic 'irst 6al!ot
to 200 yotes. or the rest Dlnille would gct
about 3l5, Sherman about l00,. ald the
fS"naSs sSs Sor wsa saaalasses IL 'ls{ 4fter a4 I'll;
flle Sttnrinnn 1he1t would slick for
two or three ballots when, II tho probnbilttyot
Ills nomination t!lMinlsl'es, they VIII nrcak,
nnu the candidate securing ,nost Of tlla cllanE-
belief OF tho Louisiana delegation ,that Q
nomination w9pYadqq 9pYaq W ''ad bofore tho close Vt
MA II H{ei|s M ns,ne aeegete, l.; At, tst
mated, but was iespEtialIy ,lcsfroils that tl,o
fnct should be. n!nde public tint m npl!licu-
tIun to tlle Ticket. Comullttee for tho adMlis..
slun to tho Convention Of 100 members of
The .Andcrsonvll]e Prison Survivors, Asso-
in Tarlor Il Of tis Ps,lnler House, yester-
day evening, u reporter conycrsca with Mr.
IaFe, ,Y e,YY Of the, Vermont Delegates who
THE EDMUNps MEN
were very confident Of the SllrceSs Of their
stand firm for their candidate md i:oped that
when 1t becnlne :pain that neither of tl,u
prominent candidates. could overthrow tho
pths5 ts fesnY MSI t5% II dt fayos vf Of ST
nomination, and that Of olts.le Mei Ell
lnuntls. was tie most available. Dur
Ing Snt the eiesyatd 1isy e1s1f a Of y,s,t tS Wis te
othor delegations md Ind carefully prepared
statistics fr0n, which they made lp the fol
lowing estimates 9f The 'lIst ballot; ,GraMt.
s56. zoo. s71s 10y; u s.ablglHe' m, @g; 81 so; q.
s:aaW; g. S; Wa;sse, IL; iE * u S. S 81 WisS 3 IL H.
Mr. Etlnlunds' strength was calculated to
cnms from the following sources; Connectl-
cut >; Massachusetts, y; Ohio, l; Tennessee,
Il. tic corridor OF tho Palmer House tho
reporter saw Nlr. Bowers, one OF the most
effective workers Of
TIE B1.AlSE DELEGATION.
Mr.. Bowers was yery. .hopeful. ~ Inns ma:lo
thorough examination of ftllo field tluring the
would result about is follows, DlAIne, 3l.;
Grlnt, o7J. IIp Wns contldent that when tho
break came tho l}tnine fnrces would re-
ceiya tho bulk Ut tho advantage thorofrOn.
Mr.. Cl1AuNCY /. FILLEy, !.
the st. Louis tfrant-boomer, Informed I. re-
confident oi Grans's nomination either today
or ttt-lnurr0w. lilo believed that the first bal
| ut would sl,nw Gralit str.,ngth vi hrtweel,
10 ulstl 70 votes md that BAfnc would mt
ailoice of tha Grant ,ntli hi said init t,ley had
with Grant Of not 1t MI. llo bel!eyetl that
tho dark liorse would stanu no show, In the
ssn,sf ss Sstwss fh rnn Was a ane a un xfS e &
| them gathered unougl! power from tho other
candidates to WIN. On tho question OF tic
oyorturrs which lie Gruht leaders had ,,la,iu
t. rese e Syf wIt se e a H. "EE mnv S wn. ,ats1 IT.
crcetly silent, turning the conversation lnt0
n!otnbr, and lgss interesting ,channel. l1e
did not think that the noluinntlon would ,be
nl9,de today, rs he bYlteyc4 that for sryeral
dates would, stund tlrm. Tho break won!il
| hardly c0rnb before t0-nlnrtOW, aud then the
success Of Grant Of I3lasno 10 SECURE the
changing votes would decide tie nomination.
| THE snEjtMAN MEN
at the Palmer, House, Of whom Albert Dag.
their icader's prospects. They do not exlect
N,ore tln,l l0 yotGs Oh tho first ballot, II thoy
got That lnuny, but tlluy do expect that thcts
S;!iate . i Wll SEuW u gop,nlaf tayos from
much u M ant.tirant. NM, over a1stl fakes
no stock III tho st0ry nf a prdslNctlye Grant
and Sherman consblnatlon; lla referred I'll.
nPSnSE @ S N,g s2 S Sop Tfpaala5o I @ q ho s 9ts,
ny thiilks, and expressed the very decided
opinion ihat, u there 1vcf WIS any llone of Il
combination, cuNkltng had tattuneI 1t un1
| Mntll tlefe Wa8 l!ntninf !o1t OF u Dy his ln1H
!lfcl0us, nntag0ntslln speech Saturday Mtght
III nominating Grant.
| THE 1!LAlNE MEN
from the 1'hcllic Coast are lust rs confident
M evcr, aftl hrg sloecrnIi,Hltu 10 stick by tl,efi
man As lDng rs tllerH remains The least t>0s
slbttity Ut securing REORGANIZATION. Int II Il
c0l,cs to such n tllIng ~ sec0nd etolcH th01
have one on ha,lti; and his Ma.no. i:
Garfield, WllUsa part IN the Convention
l,us enueatesl hlin lU them In II way that III
other 1llal, could haya h0ped i0 do. Whilt
their lIntls Mre set nn HlalnB ~ first cli0lrn
l!n illDInlnah,d, t!ssy apparei,tly adult TIL
possibility Uf Il combination tu b9at him. aI,.
ilEe prep4red to meet that combination alu
to down II. And 0artiela, they say, u ths
i. III such, an eyeiiL Us
n TnluuEK, reporter WIS reliably lniUrlhct
last evening BY u Western delegate, CallfOs
ltA, tho tllyl State Oh Lie roll, would jeu.