The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-31

PREPARING FOR A HARD FIGHT OVER THE
ILLINOIS pELEGATIOS--TBEfR PLAN OF OF
ERATIoYs AND THE MEANS BIZ WHICH THEY
HOPE TO sUCCEEp--TBE PROTEST OF CHICAGO
REPUBLICANS AGAINST LOoAS's SPRINGFIELD
MANAGEMENT.
from The Chicago TimesI
At last the city begins to look as though
II realized the imminence OF great event
At the Palmer House, where the Gram
headquarters are located, the arrivals are
especially numerous. In the lower naii OF
office the shuttle OF feet and the mingIing o.
voices sounded all day long and far into tn'
night like the patter and rustic OF Noyem
Der rain. Here the aspiring local politicians
congregated In force. That globular adum
braiion OF now departed greatness, stepneI
A. Douglas, Jr., was everywhere, sn'
everywhere becircled by admirers win less
illustrious names. Upstairs, in the corner
rooms OF the entreSot,
THE MEN WHO HANDLE THE RIBBONS
sat nearly all day. These rooms are tn'
heart of the political system into when tnt
city is resolving itself. In and out, from
noon until midnight, flowed a stream OF
men whose only business seemed TO De tc
talk. and who attended TO that business IN
twos and tbrees with rs much privacy an0
earnestness as though they brcathed the
cardinal secret of the whole campaign. The
committeeman themselves were barricaded
| within q side room, aud there remained
shut from the view OF all the whole day
through, busy with the preliminary work.
| At the other hotels the rush was compare
lively light. The Maine mans friends have
not yet arrived in force at the Grand IA
cific, but over at the Tremont-a significant
circumstance--there are lot OF new-come
pENNsYLvANIANs WHO ARE NOT DELEGATES,
and who seem to have very profound in-
terest in all that is going on, and to know
good deal more than they would appear TO
know.
The general impression seems to be d.
vided as between the possibility OF Grants
nomination on the first ballot aud the pos
sibiity that he will not be nominated at all.
At the Palmer House on last evening there
was growing impression that deep down
under all the surface turmoil there exists an
understanding between Grant and WASH
burne whereby, in case Grant discovers on
the eve OF the Convention, upon an actual
count Of perfectly reliable support, that
he will fail OF enough upon the first ballot,
he will not permit his name TO be presented
at all, but will throw bis strength Tor
Washburne. Where this impression origin
ated could not be ascertaiDed; but MI.
Washburne's disinterested course, Grants
unbrOken silence, the care that has been
taken 10 keep him in position ready for
withdrawal without dishonor or compro-
mise, aud the ease with which the majority
could be
racrrNTp arm IrpON WlSHRTRNE.
are taken as lending il color OF probability.
Every hint that Grant may be Withdrawn is,
on the other hand, discredted by the steadi-
ness OF preparation that marks the proceed.
ings in the Grant camp. The managers now
on the ground are mainly Grant men. The
committees in whose hands the details lie
are dominated by Grant men. That Grant
will have the door-tenders, the gallery
crowd, and the attendance generally, is
The Chicago Veteran Club, Grant
men nearly all, have "appied" TO be COM
missioncd ushers. The strong Grant follow
ing on the floor Of the Convention will be
abetted by the people who are to make the
noise, and supported by all the little, but
in the aggregate important, influences about
The hall. Logan, Cameron, Filley, and the
rest, who have engineered the old mans
boom from its incipiency, will bear nothing,
say nothng, that looks to any other candi-
lacy than Grants. They claim clear ma
ority over all on the first ballot, and are
,rimly confident OF prompt and complete
success.
1t is to be noted, nevertheless, that Grants
,ase at this writing is
VERY LIKE WHAT MR. sEwARD's WAS
when that other National Republican Con-
fention assembled in Chicago in 1860.
Stewards nomination was then as conf
ientiy deemed inevitable as that OF Grant
s now. The Convention, nevertheless,
needing the States that deprecated such an
event as simply murderous to their repub-
icanism, combined on an available man,
ind nominated MIR. Lincoln. Mr.. Wash
Durne is believed by very many who pri-
nariy favor Grant to be capable Of carry
ug parts OF the country where Mr.. Grant
would fail; and it was conceded every.
where on yesterday evening that a concen-
ration upon Mr.. Washburne would be
easy and effective.
The proposed course Of the Grant mana
gers with regard to the threatened
CONTESTANTS FROM ILLINOIS
nay be very closely guessed at from the
lriit OF conversation in the committee
rooms and OF talk in the Office OF the Pal
ner. Simply stated, 1t will be to ignore
he contestants as having, so to speak, no
in court. General Logan stated
L thus: "When Illinois is called in the
Convention theoIespOnse will be, Forty
,wO for Grant When they begin to call |
districts the delegates may
answer according to their individual prefer |
,nces; but the rOll.caI will be by States, |
md not by congressional districts" Beyond |
hat, the managers hold that the Convention |
,annot 90 behind the action OF the State Con. |
,entiOn, and will not try to go behind it. |
The contestants, it is urged, will come |
at the door OF the Convention not |
IS contestants from Illinois, nor even as con- |
estants from congressional districts in Hi |
lois, nor from counties, but as the bearers |
" credentials issued by few delegates to |
State Convention, who were bound by the |
ction Of that Convention, inasmuch as they |
allied TO observe the forms OF reporting |
heir delegates, which would have entitled |
hem afterward to make effective protest. 1t |
5 urged that the National Convention, in
aspect OF its own dignity, cannot entertain |
contest so irregularly made.
Much is admitted 10 depend on the color |
THE COMMITTEE on CREDENTIALS.
n political affairs equity is known TO 90
l0wn before superior force like autumn
caves before the wind. 1t is thought that
the contestants from Illinois ever get a
earring in Convention it will be through
he medium OF Committee on Credentials
controlled by friends Of candidates opposed
0 Grant, from whom their claims must 90
0 the arbitration OF the Convention as a
whole, whereby the first real test vote may
'e brought about.
The disposition in the Palmer House late
N yesterday evening was to smile at the