, 1880-02-27

ka taken rs O STANDARD OF measure ~ WIN e+be &c
nec6ssar ~ to ussume TINT at least thfee-1ouitus
u ~ Ksen,1fijcaus of Illinois want Grant as Il
nut such conclusion would be deceptive nrel anu
,,.,maf,,re It must have become plain to every
p.o ,rho had un opportunity to move arouno
o1nonp the real representatives OF tue diIeiGni s
districts s+ o. ty snE there was very
Widespread and strong feeling for Blalne; sec.
ondly a still stronger and more pcrSadlnG 9ns 9s
fer washoREne; We eaed adaj Inc d feeng % for 49,
TAsupunsE STRONGER THAN THAT FOR BLAINE
hecausc the former Is the second choice OF most n
Of Grants and Blaines followers and all OF
snc oncenf R,oine as their second choice, and but
few Blaine men will takc Grant as second or
even third choice. ..-... eX,
Yesterdays proceedings Is, that Grnnts follow-
elg. under the leadership OF Logan Will strive 70
curry the State Convention Tor tn,au M teolm "
There will be an effort made IN every congres.
sionul district to make a bold raid IN oruer 70
oyerslaugh all those Who are II taEor OF atF !f
Elaine, Washburne, and Sherman have com
mon interest in ae fhernfore for
them. in every district, to unite their Efforts
upon a delegate who is certainly not for tue
third term business no matter whlch OF ne ne
other three canddatss hs he NAY Dc ior Us 5ae o
Fenon 'HSs ssnf ss uns sast tor II te so *so
T t6 hoe e Roi IS
the end and aim Of Logan and the other y nooin-
ers." It would certainly be very gratifying to
then If f9ey e9ha } to as he
twcuty-three wished. But it Is to be trusted
that there will be found among the Republicans
OF Illinois
INDEPENDENCE AND MANHOOD ENOUGH
to prevent any such Easternizlng of our party,
and to prove to Grants friends that Illinois is
neither under Conkling nor Cameronfan one
ApaIpuge AMONG the German Republicans outside Of
Cook County who took part in yesterdays cou-
sultation We did not meet 1nS1not one~nose p Sc
be hoped that, when the primary elections are
held for the state and National Conventions,
they will use their power more efectunlly tnnn
t terday: Il among the delegates Of the
State OF Illinois to the Republican National Con-
yention there are but half a dozen friends OF
Washburne, and as many, or twice as many,
friends of Blaine, and If they will under no
circumstances submit to the unit rule,-that ls-
the casting Of all the votes OF the State tor M ne
better than those of any other eandidate who
does not receive elear majority on tho very
PRESS COMMENTS ON THE LATE NEW YORK RE-
pUuL1CAS STATE CONVENTION.
Cincinnati Commercial (Ind 2rp.)..
ment in the New York Convention yesterday.
The machine ground out the grist according TO
order. but tho matter is pretty thoroughly un-
Owing to the rules of Civil-Service reform, the
Republican enemies Of the Administration have
possession Of the organization In New York, as
in PENNSYLVANIA, and it has pleased them to run
The Republican party Is, however, largely
composed of men Of such intelligence a:ld prln-
and brutal work in Pennsylvania and New York
must fail. The better class Of Republicans will
not be tyrannized over BY the professors .tof Of
rings, who had a better time under Grant than
they have had since.
The calculation Of the Grant men has been
from the first that they could use the compact
and corrupt organizations they possessed in
Pennsylvania and New York, SO as to give an
htav to heE o efse f srfes m9e IS
q success. In essentials, however, We believe 1t
to be failure.
Of public opinion in PENNSYLVANIA. The Grant
game is exposed. We believe it will be
beaten in illinois and Indiana, and that it
that that Gus case Grant viii not be named as a
candidate, and it will be claimed for him that he
never consented TO be one. #, however, ne
should gain n majority Of delegates why, Blaine
would withdraw the use Of his name. In no case
will Sherman withdraw. He will be o candidate
to the last, no matter how many votes are Tor
Cincinnati Gazette fftp.)-
The Republican conveptiop I'd a. in cN',,,;E MSM York
State ticket, and there was about the same
proportion Of dissent The instruction Of the
Delegation for Gen. Grant has the lameness
TINT it does not carry reasonable assurance Of
the choice of Republican Electors. At the best,
that State must be set down as doubtful, and
this instruction cannot make it sure: as N
this affair represents the rule Of one man. rather
than the united voice of the voters, and as in
Sc he e Of
Mr. Conkling ruled the Convention last fail IN
the nomination of candidate for Governor,
publican votes that he would have lost the
election but for the split of the Democratic
party by John Kelly. This effect was made
other candidates save one, who was of bad re-
pute in the Convention with canal frnuds-were
elected by clear ma1orities over both factions Of
critic party, cannot be relied upon to save the
Republican Electoral ticket from the disaHec-
ton toward Mr. ConkIing's rule and the natural
Tho election Of Republican President fS
matter of incalcuiable Importance to the coun-
in the hour Of the countrys struggle for life
gnvc aid and comfort to the secession rebellion
would be an ignominious OUTCOME for al the
dissolution. The circumstances that tho
delegntton from the great State Of Penn
9oa ganon w sS o4 e caa1a tas cRe%Se Bo 6 c1 1o
voters; and that the delegation from The great
cLatc OF -NcW 40rk Will go IN lnsLructed- un0er
q similar rule OF one man. to cast her vote for q
candidate for whom there Is no reasonable
assurance that the Electoral vote Of that State
can be cast, do not make as hopeful q promise
OF happy deliverance as Republicans should
seek.
It to the delegations from these great States,
one Of which misrcprcsents the voters and the
other does not with certainty represent an Elec-
toral vote. there be added stampede Of dele
cations from block Of States which cannot
cast Republican Electoral vote, q triumph in
the nomination might be gnined at the
rifice of the election. The States that
are to elect the Republican President
should nominate him. The situation which has
been made by precipitatfug these conventions,
and by the strife which is growing, and which
naturally makes the adherents of the several
candidates antagonze one anOther's candidate,
is such rs to call for serious reflection some
wny to supersede all these antaEonisms, and,
without mortifyin any, to unite ALL
ST. Lostis Globe -Den1ocTnt (Rep.l.
There can no longer be any doubt az to the
position Of the Republicans Of New York on
the Presidential question. The Convention ut
Utica yesterday settled that matter clearly and
unequirocally. by declaring for Gen Grant,
and pledging Now York to his support The
third-term buEaboo was appropriately handled
aI the same time Mr. ,stoughton,, the
Chairman of the Platform Committee is the
author Of an excellent article in the March