, 1880-02-03
THE PRESIDENCY.
A Bitter Struggle for the
Leading Strings in
Pennsylvania.
Don Cameron Claims to Hold
the Control Of the
Convention.
Which It Is Said Even the
Blaine Men Now
Admit.
But tho Independent Republic
ans Are Working to Break
His Strength,
With a Fair Prospect Of Working a
Strong Opposition to Leading
Candidates.
The Forces Of the State Gathering at
Harrisburg for To-ElorroW's
Fight.
IIoratio Seymour Considered as
Withdrawn from the DONE
ocratic Contest.
Sanford e. Church canvassed as a
Possible Candidate in
New York..
Horatio Seymour Considered as
Withdrawn from the DONE
Ocratic Contest.
Sanford e. Church Canyassed as a
Possible Candidate in
New York.,
PENNSYLVANIA,
THE PRESIDENTIAL. OUTLOOK.

Special Dspafth TO Tbs Chicago THbuH&
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. c.-Don Cameron hRs
always bccn confident Of bis ability to win
whenever he chose to show his hnnd. During
tho alleged Dlatno boom In Pennsylvania, and
tho reported decline Of tho Grant ware, ho kept
his peace. IIo went to Harrisburg Thursday to
rcsnain until after tho Convention. mud in two
days io convinced everybody that ho was mnster
Of tho Republican I,arty In this State. Saturday
Allegheny Cot1nty instructed her e!ghtcon dclc-
gates for Grant, and tho samc day Dauph!n
County. In which Harrisburg Is situnted, in-
structed four Delegates tho same why. Forty:
1lvn nj tho forty.six Philadelphia delegates
have hccn gained over 10 Cameron. This gives
him sixty-spven to stArt with. lie has bcsldea
stragglcrs iu nearly ovcry county, mud nearly
NIL the unlnktrt1cted delegates arc hls men. Tho
Dlalne men hero freely admit to-nlght TINT CAM
eron will contrul tho Convention and do whAt-
over he likes with It, Col. Mcclure, Of tho 1fncs,
snys tho vote will to about l5o for Camerpn 10
l00 for tho opposition OF all kinds Dfr. Edwnrd
Mcphorson, OF the prt*s, mn original Blaine man,
looks for about tho sarno result,
PUTTING THE blaine VOTE
only rs high rs 1 at tho outa!de. Sixty TO flfty"
-lvo delegates hayo been instructed for nlafne,
and thirty or forty othcrs have been elected by
conventions that passed resolutions favorable to
Dlnlne, hut refused to Instruct. Tho mischief
has been cnuscd by tho trcnchery Of tho phsla-
tlclph!a delegation. Though composed oxclu-
eivcIy Of moi opposed tn Grnnt. hnd rcprcsont-
Ing city said to DO entirely hostile to tho third
term, the delegation was won over by tho nrtful
pcrsuasons of Cameron, who appealed to thom
On pcrsonnt grounds, and said 4 failure
to curry tho stato for Grant wot'il no
n personal modification for him aud q triumph
for his enemies. Thcso able arguments pre-
vnilcd, and Philadelphia Is now understood to bo
under tho Camcroulnu thumb. All that remains
to ho considered ts what Cameron will do With
tho Convention now ho has gnt 1t. Ills own
County Convention haa ndopted q resolution fa-
voring solis1 vote for Grant, and tho unit rule.
This Is supposed to be tho rroRram ho will force
an tho Convention. Unless sosno unforeseen
contingency occurs, ho Will do whatever ho
chooses.
THEIR ARE INDICATIONS.
however. TINT tho rulo Of tho n1achinc will not
bo quietly submitted to by ill factions Of tho
purity. Somn Of tho leading mon Of philadel-
r,ta hnye Iss,,cd un address to tho telcgatos to
tho Convention ut Harrisburg, In which tho for.
mutton of an independent pnrty In this State,
like that In Now York, IL foreshatlowcd under
ccstn!n contingencies, The aigncra Of tho address
shy: Tho Republican party represents In grcnt
rurt tho intelligence, tho conscience, and tho
thrift Of tho American people. Precisely for
that reason It contains Il n,ujorlty Of those on
will not permit themselves to be
driven through blind leadership to
tho support of Mon whom they dIstr.st, or OF
measures which faIl in receiving thoir approval
Tho results Of tho November election In Naw
York nro fnli nf pregnant warning Of what can
l,o accomplished by tho uultcd notion Of those
who euro less for purity supremacy than for tho
groat ends for which pnrty organizations arc but
meut,s, and no mist DO blind To ali the B!gns ot
ut,, &b.tn IL n,,&
will bo repeated on larger scale at tho np.
prpachlu8 Presidential election
" THE Ctt1oAdn CONVENTION
shall fnl to rcnd tho lesson nrlght and shal pro-
sent for our suftrngo candidate lacking in the
essentials which Alo,l0 call command tho con.
tldonrc of tho independent vote. TO avert such
result VIC therefore beg ot y0sl 40 to act that
tho influence OF tue great State OF Pennsylvania
,nay be thrown In favor of ono who cnn DO con-
scicntlolsly supported, and nga1nst those whom,
the honest voter may fool himself Obliged to or.
pose at tho polls. We have no candidate
| 10 suggest, nor do w8 dcen 1t per-
,oeaa nxS t. sS Smfpsoa fsx n'o g rss sSs ~hS2 %
vi vcry larse Win can~t 30 relied apan to s',t'.
rart, on tho ono hand 6np whosH eatittiffacy
woula vtnlate tug tradttlon which has hooomo
5' ohsr s' "" "s Wiz s d 'S " nss 81
patronage fDr prrsnral ends as the hlEhcs!
| function n[ n 8khtebnlAni llGF O!lo Wa0bo pnal
| inability tn resist temptation would nut hfa sup
/ pOrtors nl, tho defensive throughout tho oan,.
| pajxu; nor nne whllsa pernotsal ambition mas
jcnd him 10 rpHnl1l Tho rlIt! service a. uett
lnstrunantaty for fslrthorln9 h!a Owst ends, an6
whlsU cnnEGtOHs tll1, hut Nxl'resaDh6 Ut tutHpd.
rury pnlitical xprtlEuncy." These sup.
| As.'d 10 he atrlct! seSeritlly Ut urant Sherman
lIlNine, md f'oh4ling. md washhuf1le e there
fnrn supposed to Go thR choice nf tho th1!adel'
| is.lln independents The H.ldipss is aEned bs
| Henry G, lNA, Wayne btaoVeAgh. AE1u I'D othoEB
| alI men OF character mud siandlnx In tie ooln'
mlIn!ty.
| eoAH oF TIN ABLEar
nf Cumoron's followers haye gune To plead With
him tn-uight 10 mNlfy hss delna,lds but he fccll
that hc Ii committed to It, aud hcsltatoB ia
nbantlnn 1t, even In tho fnce Ut tho oyorwhe!m'
Ing opposing sentiment, l.eclusett might 6e re'
Klllcd u u personal defeat. 1t IL NOW
beloved that ncnrly or quite l00 votes Will "
Gust aRat1,st Instructions tor 1rnnt, and att I'd
init that ~ strnng minority would bo fAtal Il
GlMnt's e4nd!acy. 1t Is generally understood
that ltlaIno will ho Scnatnr t4ncfon.s 1hHtco f9
President after 0rullt, 1,ntcss ho ehall be pEocp
t4ted Into antngpntsM with l5lltnns friends. untl
Cameron Is. nrst Of all. ngafnst fhcrn'"' Gnd ~
IL alt !nsuporablo pbstIcle to thu t'!1e I t'onu
sX!yunin eYer bclnS cAst for Tho uhlo caut!dAto
When Hen. Cameron Wls nominated lS hlailiste
to Rusala, In 1B6a, Sherman voted aXa'Mst hl
pontismution,-a fnGt thnt tho Genera! did no
d.sooyor uMtll be- returucd to tho Senate. ant
thus got accesa to tho eoretteoords Of tho sx
eeut4ya sessions,