New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08
WAITING WITH EAGER INTEREST.

The excitement in this city yesterday over
the baotIng Chicago was widespread and intense.
Saturday evening crowds Of people assembled around
the newspaper offices and patiently waited for such
OF information about the OF the Conven
ton the bulletins from time to time afforded but
they were not nearly large those Of yesterday
morning. The rong begin to assemble IN front Of The
Tribune Building shortly after 10 o'clock. The frat ar
rivals had to wait hour before their patience
rewarded with any intelligence Of the ba' tie in
which they took 20 keen an interest and this time
spent by many In rediscussinR the situation. There
not to be said in regard to the candidates
themselves: almost everything that point that could
| be SAID had been said.
At 1913. Nrw-YOrk time, the first bulletin put up
that the Convention had met but had been called
to order Very soon aiterward 1t announced that
ballong had 5cgun ana The excited discussion Ia the
| crowd was immediately hushcd. 1t was nearly halt
past II when the results OF the first ballot appeared
and great Ius for the space front of The
Tribune. Building. Persons moving down Park Row
said, " TIE TEB has the frs; ballot up" and the
crowds In front of the Othcr Offices after waiting for
few minutes, troOpcI 10 the square IN front Of TIE
! TIuHUNE bulletins To study tho record Of the
! voting. Grant stood 3Oi, Blaine 2Si, Sherman
! %. Tho Others were scarcely noticed Tho
! multitude waited in eager expectation for tic
next ballot and the next aud the next They showed
ycry little alteration 81 the relative positions Of the
candidates. On the tenth ballot tie name Of Hayes ap
pared tHpn conversation turned on the prospect
o Bia.ncs support holding out, aud possibly OZARK
hur~c-." Gar!l-ld. who had one vote the second
ballot ard kept it aftrrward, seemed to be- ayorite
! among the CgOTd q dark horse. AT 4:i5 tie an
| nome. mcut WAS male that tn" CONVENTION had adj
urncd until O'Clock AMI tho hrong after lingering
! fora few u'cs. gradually dispersed THE TRIBUNE
dispatches, which were first II reach the city, we're
| extensively copied and a large number Of tradcsmcn
hal bu l,tin boards their doors which the ballots
wee recorded. EIch ~ these bulletin boards had its
l.,c crowd before IT, aud throughout the whole Of the
| thn ifV In a
! caused great excitement.
| ~ WALL STREET
Bulletins displayed at tie general offices Of the
! Western UpIon ana Atlantic and Pacific and OF the
| American Union Telegraph Companies. aud at the
Ircai 81. Offices Of IA" Western Union and American
I.uon Colnpln,s The bulletin boards were constantly
surrounded by cgcr throncs, who scanned the results Of
tine bAlluirg. ia" utmost interest Boys copied
the posted turns and Oft nimbly 70 the offices Of
brokers' too Gury liZy 10 watch the bulletins.
| Every chang ~ the voting grre'cd with excama-
items. II ruri necessary afcr two or three bal!otngs
to cus, the pre- Lotions tAt had been made, and
| cr.l w,iikuoWn hroScr. exhibited some anxiety
! - "Lclc." on thrr bets. EumIrs Of alliances
M tween some Of the prominent candidates freely
circulated ANA wonder al arIhmrtca calculations were
male rs each yute announced, showing conciu-
,,yc'y that uni,r certain circumstances the iayOriic
" uld be- uOn l,"d o. the posting OF the sixth bal
! lot tiart,lds gain from t. was considered m1snn
cent auI predictions to his slrccss not unc IN
/ When Prrrfdr ldNtH ftthtu one Eolr on INC
t.nth ballot nr thought by number Of people to
! De- IN. coming man. aui u was said in some OF the
,'"ui. l1J' 80 man VINO r"ud BE- n"min"t'l w"Ii De
=, rel erection. II seemed 20 D. The general opn
uu howe. that IN contest would be long and ir.
| .oac. al than ono man pirllrtrd
! with mncI connirn'o that no nomlnA!i9
""'li b. .ahr ~ ir,t Kan Ioo 6MOt7 Inc
| ,,.. ,auiu.u', and tie stIdIn mess III tar ranks
shown ~ v1r!ou, votes hailed several the,
SIR EVEN ~ THE COURTS.
Tho Cont, are rasi'y moy d by Outidc affairs.
even y tho Of tho srrt"at importance; but the crisis
~ Convention had d." dch effect m the chambers
oi the NV Cuj House yesterday. A. It thr lr at
! Monday of Jane many lawyers wcro congrrGatrd
! There Eat tine Cascs were disposed OF VITA
u, h-'r Gna ia a.I many Of IT,, these r T9o+s
| To tuk nnont the stu uion. When the rrport~
conversation h,'nIno sihl NOR animated Dennis hc
I~tuEhn. WHO l'N "iargt 81 TIE law tcrErhph station
Grn "a,o anu i ts MI DIV and coinnen|rd
| upol tlru Copies of them made ana carried hy
rlctts or uicrr- INTO CburrUnG- Is here they were
XIV p,..rd IN the counsel engaged In the trial Of
rarr or even to the Judges thr brnrh The gst OF
ihr comments III first was iai 'i'cIA HI9ht hu re-
ballot. and there were many lrrS"nS read TO predict
i alien bIot ioowcd VIII a".t nny1rymg results
ne Prs FrG l GnJr Ga I%G I1r .@H 6y
| hardly any outcome "l IL" Convention.
~ HE DEPARTMENTS.
In the public departments N the vicinity Of the CITY
IId Park, the interest tho baliotlng DIR |
| IN. the afternoon WINS very great MtsNn%clo |
! were employed to bring the latest returns |
! regularly ami while tlc cc: e@h DIFF of bust |
| mess was lonkcd nitrr. the minds Of the officials |
were IN Chicago Every change was camy?sScd l"ih |
deep interest, pul the variations Wtr r" HlfIl mat Tie
,ni'll, could arrive conclusion satisfactory |
either 10 themselves or those who listened 10 th'm
n ,I mr,,r 81 f6c two man who headed the ii,t
| would be- the chosen Onr. Desc riding Blaine nnd |
| of chriinar Fimunris W ,,hnrno and WINDOW. when
| half IA
against nm hmm Gilir result lively cOnm' nts |
were made ON the probable lcnglh OF the stay |
OF the delegates in tmrago. II was not I'M
| usual to hear Oh politicians snSgGrst the , name; |
! the Convention. and whom n wcll-known judge
o no.nnnrion OF Hniirrford il, lIaycs had occurred
ho-c heard INN looked thoughtful and gave utter
uncc to no dissent
IN THE PRODUCE TXCHANGE.
Political affairs among monbTs OF the Produce Tx |
change are rul, held secondary To business matters
~ Exchange hours, but yesterday was an oNorpOn ana
the most Intense interest manifested III every word
of Information received from Chicago during the day.
A portion Of the market bulletins reserved |
for displaying the result OF each ballot. aud when
dispatch announced a rush was made for the bn
p,rI. aud many Of the most cnthnSastc members Kept
blank cnrds their hands and took nntos OF cnch bal
lot c,hpicd cHrh with the previous one to see tho
LOSSES gains of every candidate. Tho iayOrite cand
ia the Exchange seemed 20 Do Blaine aud cxlTes-
dent l.. j. y. rennrkrl That II Blaine should BE-
| nominated man could be selected from the Demo-
| cratic ranks could beat him. II the general
expression 0f opinion that II Grant should be nOmi-
mated hc would lose many KcpuOllcdh VOtcS from tue
| Exchange
Fcclig ran so high In favor Of Blaine that when
| the cigth ballot announced that two Sherman
votes Indiana had COMO 10 Binnc there was general
applause by those rOwded around the bulletins. There
WINS Il similar manifestation when II found that on
the bnlOt Alabama al cast two of It's votes
for Blaine, and when the snme ballot u was tel
! cgraphcd mat Nrw-Yok cast only 30 votes for Grant
| Wien. yCr there WIS Il gam If two votes for
! Rlninr Wnshburne Edmunhs demonstrations Of APP
pr0yal we're When on the sixteenth ballot Grant
f.u from BOG 800 and vote from one OF the Texas
| delegates was given tor Edmund j. Davis, only
| the surname gwen, and several members OF The
Excnaugo wondered II that Delegates choice lay be-
tween Grant aud "Jcn DAVIS, but The doubt was at