The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-11

their colleagues, and by scheming for
second place have not only thrown away
their own opportunity, but have weak
cned their opposition.
THE BAYARD MEN
think their man the one to concentrate
on. Thus there Is the Blaine opposition
repeated, discordant suspicious, selfish
and unorganizcd. Further, the Cleye-
land opposition Is not handled with the
little OF ability which made that to Blaine
formidable and dangerous at every stage
Of the game. The status Of the ONO
delegation is thorn in the side OF the
Thurman boom. 1t Is asserted that sew.
eral prominent Thurman men approached
prominent IIoadly leader and maze
oyertures for his conversion. lie was
promised the fame Of
MAKING 4 PRESIDENT,
and, more than that, any position he
wanted in the campaign management or
under the administration. The leader
laughed at the proposition. Most OF
Hoadlys strength, % to q votes, Will, IL
is claimed, 90 to Cleveland at an early
hour. There is general suspicion OF In
diana among those who are trying to or
game the field Indiana resolutely re-
fuses any combination that leaves NC
Donald out OF first place. They are much
afraid of being accused Of treaChery 10
their man, but it is still noticeable that
the Mcdonald men have naught but good
to say of Cleveland. They do not join IN
THE CRY AGAINST HIM.
They are not doing much work either,
and do not seem over anxious, Melon
aid occupies the same relative position
that Logan occupied in June. He waits
and waits for big luck to turn his way,
if it will. II it fails to come he has string
on something desirable II not so great.
There is well defined understanding be-
tween the Cleveland and Mcdonald man
ayers. 1t simply means that If the Con
vcntion
ANY BREAK BEGIN9
that is not toward Mcdonald, Indiana
and other Mcdonald votes will 60 10
Cleveland, and the ticket will represent
New York and Indiana a. Of old. "What
are the Indianian's doing:" was asked oil
a prominent Cleveland worker. taking
it easy waiting, was the reply"
Is CLEVELAND CIRCLES
the claim Is made that in the field there
are two elements which cannot really be
counted against the leaders. Pennsylya-
mia, they say, has no hope OF Randall $
nomination, aud Is counted upon for fifty
votes by the Cleveland men whenever any
sort of break begins. They do not eT-
pect OHIO to stay by HoadIy more than
one ballot, when the flop will be made to
Cleveland.
"Mentor," OF the Chicago Herald, sum-
mariZes the situation thus; With the op.
position it is a question, "Can 800 votes
be kept from Cleveland until we break
him DOWN. With the leader it is a
question, "Cau we hold our lines till a
break begins in the opposition!" Cleve-
land has no such loyal, devoted following
as that which gathered around Blaine and
his standard. Here is his weakness. his
present apparent strength may be weak
ened by
SERIOUS OBJECTIONS
before balloting begins. There may be
serious losses after balloting has t-gl
In either case a collapse and stampede
would be likely to follow. On the otnel
| hand, the conditions OF the fight are such
that the first probable break in the Con-
vention is one from that part of the field
favorable to Cleveland, to the leader. 1t
may come from Ohio, Pennsylvania or
Indiana, more likely the first named.
This break should carry the leader
TO THE WINNING POST.
There is no question Of Cleveland 5
ability to get more than majority. The
logic Of the sjtuation-the practical poll
tics of the lights that the precedent,
unbroken, save to Van Buren,, will re-
main in this case. A portion of the op-
position, however, is
BITTER AND PERSISTENT.
In the lax state OF the preferences OF
most delegates surprising changes are
| possible in an hour or a moment. \
| stampede of the Convention to Thurman,
Hendricks, Hancock, Bayard or some
| other clark horse" might be expected in
three or four ballots But the chances
are more than fifty out of hundred that
i the ticket will read Cleveland and Nc
Donald. The fayorite leads largely and
will win, barring accidents
THE THIRD DAY.