New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04

THE UORE AND PROSPECTS, 1T CHlCI""'
"Those boys" as the managers of the anti
Grant forces at Chicago have been called. seem
to have handled matters very well. There was
an idea prevalent, some days ago, that the
marvellous ability and skill of the Grant
managers would count for Il great many votes IN
tho preliminary organization, and that Mr..
BIaine would find his cause in inefficient hands.
An old and sagaciOus politician hearing tins
report remarked that he was satisfied those
SHOWS" would do all that possibly could he done
ON the auti-Grant side, and the result has
sustained his opinion. The management of
Messrs Hale, Frye, Garfield, Chandler and
others in opposition to the tmrdtcrm party
has been so conspcuouAy able and successful
that the Convention sustains them in every
motion and at every point. They have not
Dragged much and possibly have lost the
support of the floating vote by Dragging too
little. But their management has secured for
the anti-Grant party the temporary and the
permanent organization of the Convention,
and the control of every Committee by nearly
three to one. and the Wanted ability of the
managers in the third-term interest has resulted
only in sharp chickering's among themselves
in respect to the blame which each must bear
LOT lHe COldpSc vi CHCh DiuHS'
Messrs. Cameron, COnkling and Logan went
out to conquer with high hand They met
at Washington to select temporary and per
manent officers of the Convention, and proposed
to secure clear majority from the start by the
rulings of Mr.. Cameron as Chairman OF the
National Committee. In due time 1t came to
pass that Mr.. Cameron was Obliged to
surrender at discretion or be depOsed, and he
| surrendered. The Convention has not u
single Committee which the anti-Grant men
do not control by nearly three to one, and the
| Chairman of the Convention, it is believed,
can be trusted to see that no attempt to en-
force the unit rule in any preliminary proceed
ings shall succeed. 1t was thought, three days
ago. that General Grant bad no chance of NOM
inatIon unless this rule could be maintaincd,-his
abcst and sIcwdest friends are now looking
| about for new candidate upon whom to
| concentrate their votes.
| The Third TERRIERS have tecn beaten, and by
the friends of Mr.. Blaine. Whatever may he
the outcome of the Convention in other respects,
they are entitled to the gratitude Of Republic
| cans for having secured to all proper rcprrSCn-
| tativrs of the patty fair hearing and an
| honest vote in convention. This is a g;cat
| triumph, and it may prove the decisive victory
! of the Convention. But " the boys have COM
pletcy beaten thus far the distinguished gentle
| men who are managing the third tenn machine,
| and 1t does not seem probable that ticir hold
upOn the Convention will he LrOkcn until
the actual baloting has begun, if then.
In brief, the Republican party will be heard at
! Chicago and not its bosses merely. There Is
| an end of the offensive dictatiOn which was
attempted in order to make General Grant the
candidate without regard to the wishes of the
voters. There will be an honest vote. aud the
will of the Republicans will be family rep
resented therein.
According to the admission of MI Conklmg, in
the caucus the other night there will probably
be less than 800 votes for General Grant at tie
outset Mr.. Blaine may perhaps lead on the
/ first ballot, and if not then he probably Will
soon aftrrward. But the question in which the
people and the Republican voters have the
deepest interest is settled whenever it is deter
mined that there is to lie no third term.
! And on this point there can be 10 mis-
| taking the news from Chicago. The
sentiment of the Convention is Overwhclm-
| insly at nst against the ullrd-telm,
and thedcfcat of General Grant Is practically as
sured. The probabilities are stronslyin favor of
the nomination of Blaine, but his
position is now, of course, peculiarly
pcrilous, since the combinations henceforth
necessarily treat hiV as the common
enemy. His safety lies in the fact
that this is peoples Convention,
and that the delegates cannot be con-
trolled by their leaders. Mr.. Conkling cannot
prevent the Blaine vote in Nev-York fiom
craving whichever the ballot has shown Grants
CAUSE to be hOp ,.csS. Mr. Ca;""""n coad not