The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
GRANT AND BLAINE.

Hopes Of tho Anti Thirtl-Tcrmcrs rsu,nrcr
OF Blaine's Success What Mrs, Grant
Hopes.
Correspondence Springfield Republican.
The chief hope Of anti-Grant men
now rests in the accumulating cyi-
dence that the success Of the third-tcrm
scheme in The nomination would mean
the failure ofthc Republican party in
The election. Ifproof Of this continue
to multiply during tho next thirty
days as they have during tho last
month, it does not seem possible that
Cameron or Conkling or Logan can
persuade the delegations from their
States to come up solidly for u nomi-
nation that means defeat in advance.
Even the Southern delegates will
shrink from nomination which threat
ems the loss Of all chance at the offices,
and nobody takes much stock in the
binding character Of Instructions or
pledges upon the sort Of cattle that
Will go up TO Chicago from that Soc
ton to help choose candidate, Conk-
hng's authorized interview in tho New
York HcroM the other day is hailed
by the opponents Of Grant as evidence
that lie begins to sense the situation.
and though the bosses Of the third,
term campaign still ridicule the idea
of Grants being defeated, men who
have been inclined to follow them arc
more and moro worried about it.
Conkling may prefer to be defoatcd
with Grant rather than win under
some other candidate, but he is not
likely TO find many followers in a rule
or ruin policy Of that kind. The third
term scheme has still month of dis
cussion and criticism to encounter, and
its foes hope that will prove sufficient
to kill il.
1T must be added, hover, that the
danger OF Blaine seems to increase as
that OF Grant diminishcs. Everything
indicates that he will go into tho con-
vcntion with some 250 delegates for
him first, last and all the time. 1t has
often happened that two candidates
have entered contest rs closely Dittcd
as Grant AMI Blaine seem likely to be.
anu neither has carried off the nominar
ton, but that has usually been when
tho supporters Of each were so much
opposed to the other that they would
rather tnn over the prize to q third
man than sec it carried of by the rival
faction. The difficulty at Chicago will
be that the Grant party will contain q
great many men who prefer Blaine to
anybody else than Grant--not few,
indeed, who ut heart prefer him to
Grant. IF Grant cannot be nominated
it does not seem likely that enough Of
these men can be held away from
Blaine to prevent his soon getting .
majority: While Conkling and Logan
Will 90 their best to defeat the man
who has stood i'll their way, it is
doubtful whether Cameron would not
rather have Elaine than anybody else
after Grant, and still more doubtful
whether he could prevent the Pcnnsvl-
vania delegates from rushing poll-mcll
to Blaine if hc should try, Tho car
pct-bag crowd, whose chief aim is 10
be on the winning side, will Of course
go for Blaine with hurrah if Penn
ton.
Here again, as IN the case of Grant,
the elict hope of escape lies in tho
which his candidacy must stiii Wndcr.
go. Thus far Grant has boon consid-
cred the chief danger, and his weak
ness as q candidate has been chiefly
exposed. But there is plenty Of time
left yet to riddle Blaine. While some
Republican papers that haye "gonc
ior' Grant will have only praise for
Blaine, there are others that have SUD-
ported Grant, which will enjoy moth
ing better than killing off Blaine.
Moreover, the chief friends OF Grant,
with the exception Of Cameron, will
gladly help in vcntilating the ugly
record or the Maine Senator, i'm order
TO use him up as candidate. Add to
this opposition Of such independent
papers rs Ihe RepubHcan and of such
party organs as the Cincinnati Gazette,
which is no less severe upon Blaine
than upon Grant, and 'sthe plumcd
Knight" has a gantlet still to run
which may prove thtal. 1t is tho opin-
ion of many thoughtful Republicans
that Blainc's nomination would be
quite as dangerous as Grants, and if
it can only be made apparent that his
nomination would ondanger the clec-
ton, the convention will hardly invite
defeat with one rather than the other.
Grant is going to be q terribly dis
appointed man if he doesn't Get the
nomination. There are probably few
people simple enough longer to sup
pose that his heart is not set upon get
ting back into the White House, but if
any such there DO, it may be we'll
enough to say that he makes no secret
Of his nc!ings Oh the subject among
his friends SINCE he returned to HE
nois: Lie feels entirely confident Of
getting the nomination, provided the
Illinois convention declares for him,
1 ana ne has not q doubt but he will 10
elected. It may be questioned, how:
ever. whether he will be so much dis
appointed if he fails rs Mrs. Grant.
This good lady never found a resi-
dence that suited har so we'll as tho
White House, and she is extremely
anxious to take fresh lease of it.
The NoWS and Courier says: "The
prospect is that some candidate who is
now almost out Of sight will bo taken
up when Blaine and Grant haye cut
each others tmoats. In the Cincim-