New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-27
A GRANT DELEGATION.

UTICA, Feb 26.-The Convention dissolved with
as little hustle as attended its first gathering and
.with scarcely any Of that angry talk which usually
comes from the minority when they are still smart
ing from defeat Further talk with delegates and
visiting Republicans only confirms the impression
formed last night that the delegation will proba.
! blv vote as a unit at Chicago without the cOmpu-
sion of q unit rule and that what Senator COnkIing
called "the imperial and Overtopprng influence OF
| the great State of New-York" will be welded, at
! the ontset, at least, by a single strong arm for
the nomination of General Grant. It il true that
| there are Blaine delegates for whom no pledges Of
LOYALTY TO the instructions of the convention were
made. The only districts represented on the CHI
! caro delegations by men who have been generally
classed against Grant are
lid District-Frederick A. Schroeder and Albert
! Daggett, delegates.
XIhb plstrct-William II. Robertson and James
| W. Hustled.
XVIII District-Moses D. Stiveis and 3. G. Wales
! XIXth District Wells $. Dickinson and Henry
! r. James.
XXvIth District-William b. Woodin and john
| b. Murray
| XXXIIId District-Norman NJ. Allen and Loren
/ b. Sessions.
Bnt Senator Schroeder when called upon TO de-
| clare his views concerning the binding nature OK
! the Instructions stood in the middle aisle with his
back to the stage and fronting the convention like
| = ncnitent in \ church porch and declared that
- anv delegate going TO Chicago under the in
! struetions OF this Convention is in duty
bound to sustain those Instructions No
nedoc was given by Judge Robertson. delegate
! from the XIlth District, and none was asked
General Hustled was not present at the Convention.
But no one expects that these gentlemen. even II
they felt inclined to act independently
of the instructions of the convention, Will
core 10 oppose themselves to the mass
! Of the delegation at the outset and destroy
its unanimity. Politics is politics and Judge
| Robertson and General Hustled are both in that
line of business They may safely be counted to start
IN for Grant One Of the strongest ant-Grant men IN
Westchester County said to-day that he could not
see how they could do otherwise, after the action
of the Convention.
| Judge Robertson has said little since the
! Convention. but has gwen no intmatlon OF any
intention 70 vote against Grant In the next Blaine
disrrlct-the XIVth-the question was brought
! sauaYcly before the Convention by an attempt on
the Dart of the Grant minority 10 replace the anti
! Grant men with two delegates OF their own choice.
The dcegata who reported the names selected 10y
the minority distinctly stated that those
gentlemen had intention Of disregsrdiuG The
instructions of the Convention. Upon this promise,
the Grant Convention voted down the appeal of the
| Grant minority. The s.. Lawrence District which
came next on the Blaine list, was not contested in
this way, but nevertheless its spokesman rose and
plrtlgcd the Chicago delegates 70 Grant With much
| the same eiiuSon that the friends OF
! defeated candidate rise to move that a
! nomination he made unanimous. In tho
next case no pledge necessary. Senator
Woodin was the principal delegate from that dis
trict and il was Senator WoOdln who gave the first
| ;mpulse TO this movement by declaring before the
alontiOn of the Grant resolutions that he, though
moi in favor of Grant, shoud feel honnd by them.
| Whether there previous understanding Win
the Grant people or not that this should be done as
v,os WHISPERED about before the Convention met Is a
matter of little consequence IL was done, AMI the
! impulse once given, was reinforced DV Hehhor
! ConlIing's speech, and a pressure was created
| which the antl-Grant men could MOI sahd against
In rho last district of all. Loren b. Sessions Yoached
for his DELEGATION "a simon-pure.' which meant
onough 70 satisfy the Grant leaders. and declared
that # Grant were nominated at CnIcago, he would
| Il. wiling TO ma ke himself paup and l.ggar
in order to elect HIM.
| There is one exception. however, to this rulc.
! Albert Daggett. of Brooklyn. who was elected as
| delegate in the same district with senator H'hroe-
dor lint was not presentin he Convention when tho
Senator wa catechzed, said last night IN
very emphatic and pubic manner thar he should
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30 IN the evening hen he said IT, aud II was sup
| nnsed that by momug he mgat In o Gih'ten5
| mind lie Is quoted again TODAY however. ~
| s,,.,u- that he will not vote for GrJnt.
Tn,s case Is exceptional. MIR Daggett j. angry be-
| csusc his follower, in Two Assem- ~ biS'IiciS "cio
turned ont Of the Convention to- make ,oom Ior tne
| Wnrth faction who were for Grant. II j. NOT sup
nnsn,l that he has any strong feeling ioi btaihe or
| against Grant, or against t.nd t.fm IL seems M,
nrobablc that Nh. D1geet Will zee cat I" !eN re H''
| iiaoment before he reaches Chicago
| solid Grant delegation, AT The outset 81 least.
| soorns therefore lu assured fact, whether il IS
,Ie,sipr fact or not And il was impossible not 10
admre A. mere exhibition of political hnesse the
w,v In which the solidifcation was accoul-
plishcd No unit rule WAS adopted Livery
district WAS allowed To retain tie
delegates of its choice. No act was committed
which ,roused general resentment. or which VIII
make bad impression upon the country. ln
| p.n,svIyania solid Grant delegation WAS OBJ
| toned bv riding rough-shod over the minority. and
hv Jenriying every Congressional District OF its
| ;cbt In choose its own representatives. Here ex-
! oc,,y the same result has been reached, bnt by
| subtle methods and without giving the minority
q single general grievance. The Grant leaders, Sem
| - C,ukIinc General Woodtord and Mr.. Pierson.
| L, tbejr speechos created moral atmosphere if it
| can bo 80 called in which no man dared to get up
| aud say that he wOnld act at Chicago without re-
4, ,rd tn the instructions. Another thlng WHICH eoh-
tributed TO the result tho evident expectation
f ,,o r,,nor;tv that If any man should avow himself
.,;,l;no 70 accent the decision the majority would
;n,.diatolv vote him off the delegation. There is
no douht that they were ready TO do this, II ne
| cosssrv Senator Conklng had said IN his
speech that he would never vote for
man "a delegate TO any Convention VINO
would prove recreant to the Judgment let alone
,he instructions, of the Convention" This was the
KEYNOTE. II twas in the programme OF the majority
70 carry out this policy by brute strength IL neces'