Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-06-04
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION,
NO RESULT YET.
No Ballot up to Friday Night.
4 CLOSE, SHiEP FTGHT, WITH 7HE RESULT
STILL ~ DOJBT
Preliminary Notes and EV ents...The Sit
uation up 90 Wednesday Night.

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nation up 60 w ednesday Night.
No national convention of either political
party has attracted so much attention and ex-
cited so intense an interest since the Demo-
cratic convention at Charleston, S. c., in
April, 1850, which saw the disruption of that
party, as the one which, at this writing,
Thursday morning, June 3, is in session at
Chicago. by the middle Of last week the
delegates began to arrive, and by Saturday
night almost the full number Of 75G delegates
were in the city, and the excitement was at
fever heat. The Grant men were on hand in
full force. and, marshalled by their skilled
leaders, Cameron, Conkling and Logan, loud
ly proclaimed their full confidence in the easy
triumph of their favorite.
The special train bearing the Blaine men
rolled into the city at . O'Clock Saturday
morning. The train was met 10 miles out by
a delegation from the Chicago Blaine club.
and Mr.. Strong, its president, welcomed the
delegation in a speech in which he eIhorted
them mot to be afraid of Cameron. not to
be afraid of Conkliug, but to turn themselves
loose, ard let their influence be felt" The
tactics Of the Blaine men are the same as
they adopted four years ago when they tried
to carry the day by show Of noise. buster
and enthusiasm.
The course pursued by the Vermont dele
cation has been in the highest degree pru-
dent and discreet "Perley.' the long-cxpe-
rienced correspondent Of the Boston journal.
in his despatch to that paper on Sunday night
said The Vermont delegation, unlike the
champions Of Grant Blaine, Sherman and
Washburne, have no headquarters, aside from
the private parlor of their chairman, ex-Goy-
ernor Smith, at the Palmer House. While
the booms for the several candidates are be-
ing worked up to a white heat and engendcr-
ing antagonism to one another, the advocates
of Senator Edmuudss nomination are very
earnestly and unitcdly presenting the name
of their favorte to the various delegates that
favor them with q call During the IS hours
that the Vermont delegation have been in the
city, parlor e occupied by Governor
Smith. has been thronged by hundreds Of
Vermonters, now resident in the West. who
are enthusiastic in their views fayoring Sen
ator Edmunds's nomination"
Stories have been diligently circulated in
the interest of Grant and Blaine, to the effect
that Mr.. Edmunds would not accept the nom
ination if rendered him, and on Monday a
despatch was telegraphed all over the coun-
try that Mr.. Edmuuds had written a letter.
which was in the hands of a prominent dele
gate, positively Withdrawing in favor of Gen.
Grant. All these stories, when traced down
to their foundation, however. are found to
rest on the fact, well known from the outset,
that Mr.. Edmunds is in favor of the nomina-
tion of the man who can carry the doubtful
States and be sure Of an election
THE QUARREL WITH cAMEBoN-HE Is FINALLY
DROUGHT TO TERMS.
The bone of contention from the begin.
ming has been the unit rule-the Grant men re-
lying on the enforcement of this odous non
Republican measure for their triumph on the
first ballot. The opponents of Grant were
determined it should not be enforced, at
least in the preliminary organization of the
convention, but Don Cameron of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the. national committee,
arrogantly insisted that he would enforce il
when calling the convention to order and
forming the temporary organization. The
fight waxed hot until Monday night, when a
meeting of the National Committee was held,
and 20 members of the committee having de-
clared against the unit rule, it was determin-
ed to depose Cameron unless he would yield
the point. When the committee met a reso-
luton was offered opposed to the unit rule,
which Cameron despotically refused to en-
terrain, and when an appeal was asked from
his decision lie refused to put the appeal /;
| the committee, in spite of his opposition.
| however, adopted a resolution against the
unit rule, and an adjournment was then had
until Tuesday noon, when Cameron grace-
| fully yielded TO the inevitable, and agreed
not 10 enforce the unit rule in the organiza-
ton of the convention. Had lie not yielded
| the committee were ready with a resolution
| to depose him, and would have elected VIM
G. Cooper of Ohio chairman in his place.
1t was decided to make Hon Geo. F. Hoar
of Massachusetts, temporary chairman of the
vention. Also TO admit the whole Grant
| delegation from Illinois with the right to vote
till the settlement of the contest by the Gre
dentials committee In the Louisiana case
both delegations are admitted to seats, but
not allowed TO vote.
Vermont names Gen. Mccullough one of
the delegates from the first district, for vice
president of the convention, ex-Gov. Stewart
for committee on credentials, Editor Bene-
dict on resolutions, Col Mead on organiza-
ton, Belden on rules.
Eighteen delegates from New York and PC
from Pennsylvania pledged themselves on
Tuesday not to vote for Grant