The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-12
Illinois.

ton whic'a prevails Ia GeuersaVRANr's own
State 10 view OF evea the possibility oil his
nomlr. alton for the presidency. IL y not
ofte'a the case that any political party VIII
ref use q fayorite son Of a State the COM
r,,iment OF solid delegation from bis own
State. Evea Mr.. SHERMAN, The least mag
netic OF all the candidates.. received from
the Republican State Convention OF ONO
the compliment Of u resolution requesting
MI tho Ohio delegates to vote for him' 90
also d4a Mr.. EDMUNps In VERMONT
<housh nobody In that or any o'her
State expects him ever to be Prcsi-
saers. So. also, did Mr.. BLAiNs In Maine,
Mr.. THURMAN in Ohio, Mr.. TILDEN In New
yxfx. &c, &c. II Is a custom which is
rsfe,y departed from; aud the "favorte
sea- Is no favorite son at all who cannot
count upon that sort Of empty honor from
als own party In his own State. TINS Is
she noint 10 which Gcnersl GRANT has faiien
in IllinS.s. He cannot get toe SOLID tote OIL
his own state. Indeed 1t rs not certain that
he c,o.yet the bsR OF IL; and without all
of IL his chances for the nomination are
few iRdeed.
rbr Chicago Republican papers do not
a-rec as to hos matters stand In ILLINOIS
with reference 20 General GRsNTs candi-
5sor. But the Chicago Times is an inde'
,nsrdent Beiiouin-Arab Of a paper, and
sxyouId lust as leave offend enc faction ~
CHE other. It seems at airy rate 10 DC les'
,nre,udiced esd NOR impartial In Its iucg-
,men,s than either of the Republican Jour-
mails. Wegiye, therefore, what 1t has te'say
%: the bolt OF the'e'RANT gepubicanstrom
the Cook County Convection OF Mogday,
which hsE assembled to choose 92 delegates
20 the Chicago Convection. The Vines
says:
Sc srJf.t In illinois slas been for some
time impending. Ii crimiDatcd yesterday
in an epen revolt OF the defeated third
termers In the Convection OF this county.
embracing theEFirst, Second, and Fifth con-
congressional districts. In the primaries
held Saturday third-termers were badly de-
.feated by'the@lection- a large majority OF
anti-tbird-,erm delegates, divided between
Mr.. Wasbbugue andy1r Blaine. The third
termers refused to admit their defeat. pre-
tending not TO believe that the Wasbbutne
men would act with Blaine in opposition TO
the fbird-term programme. When it was
found Yesterday that seveDty-uve WASH
bprne delegates and thirty-oDe Blaine
delegates were united in opposition To
sixty-sevn third-term delegates, the
latter got up on their ears, marched
out of the hall in q body, proceed
ed to their th;rd.term headquarters, at Pot
ter Psluer's house, and then organized q
,Jobn-Ke1Iy kiad OF aside-show to The regu-
lar Convention at Farwell Hall. That the
split In the party In Illinois upon the third.
term reef pu,s1tb candidacy OF the EXPIRE
sident out of the question 1t Is most reason
able to assumc. No peace which il is posi-
BILE to patch up either here or at Springfield
can rotinite the divided campupon the third
term prOgrspme. There is now no alterna-
tive but revolt, which would probably
transfer tbe1lresidential vote even OF Hi
nois to the side OF the Cincinnati candi-
date"
Here we have BLAINE's and GRANTS heads
Knocked together sure enough. The Times
evidently regards the anti.GRANT delegation
as the regular one; and there seems to be
no reason Whatever for doubling that it is.
But will the Springfield Convention take
the same view Of the matter? Will that
body admit the 90 GRANT delegates, or the
92 anti.GRAsr delegatesS ut may safely be
assumed that the GRANT men bolted in the
expectation that their friends would have a
majority 10 the Illinois State Convention
from all that part OF the State outside OF
Cook county, and would therefore admit
their delegates, aud nobody who knows
the men who are "running the machine
in GRANTS interest can doubt for moment
that such will be the result il the third
termers shall really have the power to con-
troll the State Convention.
But will the GRANTEES have majority
In the State Convention from the cities and
counties outside Of Cook county,? No one
can speak with any degree Of certainty as
yet. A good many delegates remain to
, be elected. Bot the probabilities are de-
cidedly in favor Of the control Of that body
: by the BLAINE men and the WAsHBURNE
/, men. The Chicago Tribune on Sunday
= said that the table OF returns from Illinois
counties, including the probable result In
Cook county sad actual reports from
counties that held conventions Saturday,
gives the following result: BLAINE, 255
, GRANT, 251; WAsnRuRNE, ,69-making a
msisriiy Of 70 against third term, and
leaving III delegates TO be elected
thisweek. 1t will besseen that BLAINE him.
self already las mese votes thsn GRANT.
This estimate II ,ciudssrCo county. When
thatwas made, i I was supposed that there
would he no 81 'lit in the party, and that
az of the Cook C, ,uuty delegates would be
for GRANT, and Sc Cor blaine andtWAsH-
BURNE. Take 90 II Vn GRANT, and he has
.215 left. Take SO fl 'o& WAsaBuRNE, and be
has 80 left. Take tb nemainder-20--fsom
BLAINE, and ne has 2, Is asft. This is,a very
favorable shelving for Mr.. BLAINE. IL,
now, we add the str essgth y hich will be
given to him In the OF her counties by his
grand triumph I'm defeat iag GRANT in Cook
county, we mav safely s,tcss that he VIII
get at least half Of The IL delagates yet to-
be. elected. and that bis fl teSds will allow |
no bslters to appear In the State 'Conven- |
tion.
Thesefacts seemsto foreshadOw the defeat |
of General GRANT, but do not certainly !
promise the success of Mr.. BLAINE. The
ahird-teEmers are toohumerous Ia leave un- !
punished the cause OF all these woes. But
we must postpone further speculation te a
fusure day.
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Mr.. Seymours Position.
Speaking for good many people, no
doutt, the Alexandra Gazette says:
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