Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-05
STORM DRIPS.
Delayed But Imam biguOus Notes of
Thursdays Proceedings at
Chicago.
FIGURES AND SPECULATIONS
AS to the OutcOme-A Change of Pro
gramme by the Grant Men
.-s. Possible.
SIGNIFICANCE OF FIRST VOTE
And the Holy Wrath of DIR. Wedge
Bonanza for the Darkey
Delegates.
FIGURES AND sPECULATIONs
SIGNIFICANCE OF FIRST VOTE
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

CHICAGO, June 3-Midnight.- was no
general caucus of the Grant men. or of the
friends of any other candidate, except
WINDOWS CROWD.
There are so few of them that they can hold
general caucus very readily. They got to-
gether in the little third-story parlor, and in
formally discussed the situation. They con-
tended that Grant was now ont of the way, and
that the Window boom could best be doomed
by slaughtering Blaine. Hence it was agreed
to take Blsne's scalp next, and the delegation
will probably begin coquetting with Grant in
the preliminary matters of to-day.
GRANTS STRENGTH.
Conkling made speech to the New York
delegation tonight, in which he made bold
stand. He declared that lie was more than
hopeful of Grants success, and that they
would stand by him to the last. On the other
hand, the Tribune, violent anti-Grsnt paper,
will say this in the morning: 'Mr. Conkling' 8
proposition representing the Grant faction had
318 votes. There were 406 against his propo-
sition, but even this statement fails to exhibit
the full measure of Grants weakness. In
cluded in the 3l8 votes recorded for
the Conkling proposition were the
following ballots which will not be cast
for Grants nomination. Illinois, bogus
Logan delegates, Is; Vermont, anti Grant
10; Ohio, anti-Grant, 3; Minnesota, anti-Grant,
3; Pennsylvania, among the anti-Grant men, s.;
total 81. Deducting these 81 votes which for
various reasons were cast for the Conkling
proposition by anti Grant delegates, the strength
of the third term candidate is shown to be 2S1
votes, which may be increased to 2S5 if the
Grant delegates from Kansas be admitted.
Yesterday vote revealed that Grant will not
receive more than 265 votes in the convention,
and estimating theinhuence which the exhib-
ition of weakness will exert he will probably
not receive even that number"
OHIO AND SHERMAN.
1t looks now like general breakup and
wiping out of all the leading candidates, with
the chances in favor Of Edmunds or Garfield.
You can set it down straight and solid that
Ohio is not loyal to Sherman. If an opportune
time comes they will drop him and trot out
the dark horse. Ohio is always bound to take
slice of the turkey while the food is being
passed around.
THE BLAINE MEN
are very confident, but if the Grant men fail
to receive their choice their next point will be
to combine on some one to defeat Blaine. They
will be, anyone, Good Lord to beat Blaine, :"
The Blaine war cry has been Anything to
beat Grant" from the start, and they must ex-
pect reciprocity.
The last information have is that
THE GRANT MEN
propose to stick by their candidate, but if they
lose in the contested seats wrangle as now
seems almost certain, should aot be surprised
to see the entire programme changed and
Grants name not presented at all. There has
certainly been great change in the situation
in the last two days, and it looks now as
though Conkling was fighting more to kill
Blaine than to nominate Grant.
DR.. Wedge is almost fierce in his desire to
have it understood that he is not Grant man,
and that his vote has no significance in that
direction, but was cast purely as matter of
principle. / didn't know before that there
were any principles lying around loose in Chi
cago but regard for truth compels me to record
that there is at least one, if DR.. Wedges clsirn
is allowed to count. / am almostia doubt,
after hearing DR.. Wedges emphatic disclaimer,
to determine whether Grant did not engage in
some disreputsble business in the part he took
during the war. He must have done some
thing very bad to have incurred the wrath of
such holy man as DR.. Wedge. Perhaps it was
because he did not surrender to Lee instead oi
vice versa, that the doctor is mad. Grant will
doubtless feel very bad about the doctors dis.
pleasure, and 1 am sorry to convey the sad in.
telligence to the hero of Appomstox, but tht
doctor is SO desirous to be written down anti
Grant that have tried to accommodate him.
'Tis greatly to his credit,
For he himself hath said it.
He is a man of principle.
Ri-tu-ti-di- nu-di-na.
THE BLAINE MEN ARE WILD
to. night, good deal wilder, 1 think, than the,
will be after the nomination. Blaine's clul
from Maine formed a procession tonight il
the corridor of the Grand Pacific, with bras
band, and ippudently marched into the Sher
man headquarters and hooted and shouted fo
the hereof the Mulligan letters. One of tn
gang made Blaine speech, and with NOR
yells they filed out to go to the Palmer house
| to insult somebody else there.
THE OHIO DELEGATION
are such q faint hearted set of suckers, and re
ally SO little attached to their candidate, tina
they did not even propose three cheers for tn
man the darkey delegate. Jones, called Johl
! Sheridan. They took to Blaine just as thougl
| they were not being lnsulted and rather liket
it. That is about what should expect from
gang of white men who feel proud to foot
through the streets behind carriage loade,
with darkeys.
This convention ID
REUaLAR BONANZA
to the darkey delegates, and / presume to
good many white ones also. There being abou
! one hundred applications for every ticket of ad