, 1880-05-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Growing Indications Of n Big Conven"
tion at St. Louis.
na,eeates 10 Meet There from Nenrly
: All tho States.
r,,,,ets from a Large Number Of Losters Ad.
dressed 10 The Committee.

ssu,ton. which meets here on May 0, will bo
,orv largely attended. Assurances 10 this
.Gect are coming in to the local Antl-rhlrtl-
Tarm Committee from MI directions, anil It
!, haleycd that delegates will he present
t,om avery State In tho Union. Below will
ho folnd cxtracts from a number OF letters
receiyed by MaJ. Foster, Secretary Of tile
Committee. -.
;. One Of tho foremost men of Massachusetts
writes on April @:
If hope TINT Our State will send gooi del
srotton Of representative men TO your Con-
rentlou happen to know TINT tho question
Of cooperating with you is now under CON
sileratIon by tho Executive Committee of the
Young Republicans at Boston. Tho anti
thIrd-ierm sentiments
VERY STRONG IN THIS STATE,
and there can be little doubt tint we stall
send antt-Grant delegates to tic Chicugo
Convention"
A prominent Boston Republican writes,
Anrli1 IL: awe will send delegation of o,lr
lest men to tho st. Louis Convention. At
jeast 10 per cent OF tho Republicans of this
State would not vote for Grant If noni4-
nated."
well-known New York leader of the
party writes, April 10: ave will be with you
On aiay 9 III full force. Our known strength
Is now over 10000 In this city, autl before
the Chicago Convention meets we will rencl!
5000 in tlle State. This INCLUDES only Re-
pab!icaHs who VII not vote for Grant" t.
philadelphia writes, April O.: "Sevcn-eighths
OF The Republican party and d heavy l1inlor.
ity Of tho Union League Club arc opposed to
sthIld tGrli, and 50 u1y oil PIT one 0r two OF
;ai,a;'t o.; sadnlps j papers, Republican and indc~
Another PhiadclphIan writes, April II:
"A delegation from this State Will be ut tho
49, Louis Convention. We regart! the INIT
ter rs SO important that Wo arc willing to do
,anytling to
SAVE TIE OLD PANTY"
Sill mother writes: "Whnt will we do II
lCsant Is nominatetl? W. do not want to get
caught with another, candidate equally objcc-
nS@s Snas TIE fseE RsnSbeans sr9 naSnf ySfs Prs
Was!!bussnae;,, !, Edmunds' OF Garfield, III the or
ssrs sts!Wsrt s M9Pqbeeq M wrtes ST., from , Mew W
Mh 7Hhpste soa IN Apsf sfny e anthisr Sf Htets ~
feeling here is very strong, md thousands nf
noll!nated at Cl,tcago."
My es y Xork r,a KsHq{6liean wlo Is WS
shall l0sh several Congressional districts II
Grant Is the candidate Of cur party. Willis
lshoull vote for him, know that t!lousands
In tl!s State would not. The most bitter op-
position IL found A1,long young nlen.h
:, A. New. Lisbon, Ohio, Republican says,
April i: II nm an a,lti-thiri-terlner Of tileb
stalwart kind. I should estimate, based o,,l
hearing parties speak Of the n!ntter a1t reli-
publlcans In tiis (Center) township of about
and % per cent Of tho party In tlia iCoiam,
ot9ana, county ~. IRE nIalno men, tlis that
san ~ i"t ~ cva,v III i}nnhiica,9 .s,ars .a
In this county,
WOUND NOT VOTE For GRANT IF NOMINATED,
and the same proportion Of the counties north
u .nls i.;a, sn;aMty %oul, 90 tue snlne thng?'
know, Is for Blallle. Tic anti-tiiiri.torllt
feeling Is strong, and believe 10 nor cent
q q tle Republican vote would be lost II Grant
q e Y s. %ssl4larte qos Indiana will bo ropresentr
4 prominent Republican In Chicago
vrltes: Mot NIL tic Gern1ans here Would
yote against Grant, but nearly a1l would stay
Ss ~! aqe nt anai i e g Is te ca,aldate lnrge NUM-
would be cast for d good Democratic canii-
dNte agalnst Grant. At least O5 per cent Of
hS ste Gsan + A. yGe tr qd }aI fatl 70 support the
s iaa esaaasts ss sa,sfs s6st IT. s en4s
!fman Sefman vote would turn out for tho anti
sSery ly strong against Grnnt, and politicians
estimate . serious loss OF congressman il
X
A Republican writes from Detroit. Mich.
APRIL o.: 1--WE shall lose several Con tros-
eional districts, and pcrllnps tho State, il
Ge! 4nds.-;Washburne-any one except
ian. irams. n theto t9 are 1000 good strong 1zepub.
Asatls ~ th's CITY
WHO WILL NEVER VOTE FOR GRANT,
md many thousands more who wou1il mt
Tots at all 1t he ia tho Republican, canilidnt"'v
Another prominent Nepublicnn writes fron,
uetroit: II am c0nnectcd With n jnrrs ho,,se
ans {comlnercioI trnyeers. fi1Ica ,no1,' nnd
smp!oyes) In its employ. there pre oniv t,ya
o. three WHO Would yofo for Grant ifH II noto tMo
mated. The rest arc oulspokelt ngninst iits
nomination md election. Dir frnve1Inr man ea'
who visit MI parts OF tllo State' sav t}3at tha
saue feeling prevails ajl aver Afi:binnm 's ny
an one Of tie mnny who heiiavo. that tl,a
h'ate cannot bo carried fnr Grant !, '' t41o
;, From Petersburg. ". vn.. cn,nps tha fo,.
l9wing: "Niae-tenths Of tlle RspMi,iIca,,a p "
thi. State, an satisfje ar heortiw 4, e,,,,,
59sthy with the anti,thirti.tarn, Tmovnnsmt
Nc have great rcs1ert fnr I'm ~ GHqoutfi'f Grout i,f
% pot want hin Nominated far ; frssida5,t id, paf
believe Il is possible viii ti,o anmaa etsGrta
Ma are nut forward In sac sfnt"s t. nnrrv