Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-05-14
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Vice President Wheeler has gone home
from Washington. lie is confident that
Grant will he nominated a. Chicago. lie IS
quoted as saying that Grant would poll more
votes than any other candidate.
One OF the Delaware delegates to Chicago
is said TO be an Edmunds man.
Thurman first and Tilden second it about
the way it stands in Ohio, says the Cincin-
natl Gazette.
Gen. Fitzpatrick, delcgatc-at -large for New
Jersey to the Chicago Convention, says he
is not pledged to vote for MIR. Blaine, and
indicates purpose 10 vote against him.
Thurlow Weel said in recent interview
that he thought it was Gen. Grants duty TO
Withdraw from the canvass, and that If
nominated he thought he would be beaten,
whoever the Democrats nominated. Even
Tilden, he thought would be stronger than
Grant.
A Washington special TO the Irartllr
saws Mr. Sherman is very confident that
when Edmunds withdraws he will get his
vote solid SO far as the vote of the Yer
mont delegation is concerned, members OF
Congress from that State say with great con-
fidence that Mr.. Sherman will not get vote,
but that the vote will certainly be cast Tor
Gen. Grant, if Senator Edmunds withdraws
his name, as he certainly will do before the
Chicago Convention comes together"
Senator began is quoted as saying that the
Washburne crowd at Chicago, has sat
down on Blaine. The chances are 1000 TO
l that the gentleman from Maine will not get
a solitary vote from Cook county in the
State Convention. The Convention will he
controlled by Grant men before either OF
the Cook county delegations are recognized.
A Washington despatch says: AT Blame
headquarters, tonight, there is great deal
of Indignation They claim that the WASH
burne men have not carried out their CON
tract"
Ex-senator Pomeroy of Kansas tells a
good joke upon himself. He is very anx-
ious for the nomination of Grant and some
time ago he wrote him to remain away until
Just before the Chicago convention, when
coming home the country would he in blaze
and nominate him by reclamation. lie
saws the letter he received in reply was the
following, written as Gen. Grant was start
ing for home:
Ny Dear Old Po,aeroy: That is masaiacen,
u 5. GRANT.
All the v otcs which Washburne can have
Edmunds can have, and more, too, for Ed
munds is live man, not a mere paragraph
in the dictionary Of Congress. -Sp'1nQfetd
Republican.
The New York Tribune mentions Mas
sachusetts as one OF the States in danger of
being lost if Gen Grant should be nomina-
ted for the Presidency. This is preposter-
GUS In the event of his nomination Grant
ID much more likely 10 have So CO majority
in Massachusetts than he is TO lose the
State. Since the Tribune became the organ
of the anti-third term movement, its specu-
lations have run wild.-Bost0n Adrertiser.
1t is worthy of note that while RGpubli-
cans are numerous who say, and say it bold
", that they would not vote for either Grant
or Blaine, if nominated, no Republican is
heard TO say he would not vote for Sherman,
or Washburnc, or Edmunds. At the same
time il is to be said that the election of Grant
or Blaine would be extremely doubtful.
while with Sherman, Washburne or Ed
munds, the party would be solidly united,
and its whole strength brought to the polls,
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