Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-06
Plans OF the Edmunds SIen-BOund 10
Heat Blaine az All HaEarda,


Especial Despatch to the Boston Herald, 4th inst.l
There has been a lull among the Edmunds
men since last night. To-day they were
counting noses ut the Vermont headquarters
and getting ready for the eagerly anticipated
first ballot. The future moves of the Ed
munds leaders will largely depend on the
showing made in that ballot. Should it ap-
pear that Blaine has a decided lead and is
dangerously near the nomination, there will
be an effort made to take the men over to the
President or to some available man upon
whom the Arthur men can fix. The Ed
munds move is largely a protest against
Blaine and against what Blaine implies in our
politics. The western Blaine men affect to
ridicule the crRnkiness of the Edmunds men,
but they are willing to admit that Lodge,
Curtis and Roosevelt have made good show
ing in the preliminary debates. The Blaine
men have been industriously at work to-day
circulating the report that the Edmunds lead
ers were poorly organized, and that they
could not be held long together. Some OF
the Arthur men, not the best informed, were
telling about the secret preference of the Ed
munds men for the President, and the likeli-
hood of their coming over to the Arthur side
on the second ballot, especially il Blaine
should begin to get the enthusiasm of the
convention audience. There does not seem
to be a particle of foundation for all this
mess Of rumor.
George William Curtis says: "It is the
programme Of the Edmunds leaders to stick
it out for the Vermont statesman Just as long
as holding out does not aid the Blaine side.
The Edmunds men feel that they hold the
balance OF power, and that there is very lit
tie danger Of a nomination being made with
out their aid for several ballots. They dare
TO stand up and accept the consequences +"
Thara hos haav, n Ill - 4
munds delegates made by Col. Hooker of the
national committee, who is doing a great
deal of useful work for Edmunds. The bust
ness end Of the Vermont canvass is in Hook
ers hands, and any one that knows him will
understand that he don't take any afternoon
maps or long sleeps at night Invaluable
work on the Edmunds side is being done also
by Lodge, Curtis, Roosevelt, Haskell and
Ballard. This afternoon Gov. Smith of Yer
mont and Senator Hoar were in consultation,
as were also George William Curtis and The
odore Roosevelt
1t is the secret understanding of the Ed
munds delegation that, when ii may become
necessary to ship the vote, the vote shall be
given to Postmaster General Gresham and af-
terward TO Harrison. The Harrison men are
very anxious for the Edmunds men 10 reverse
this order and take their man first, but the
general sentiment of the Edinunds men is
that Gresham would be a stronger man be-
fore the country. Arthur is the third choice
of the Edmunds leaders, and they will come
to him II Blaine's nomination cannot DO de-
feated otherwise. One of the personal and
political friends of Senator Edmunds said to-
night "We shall stick of course we shall.
Look our men over, They are not thu sort of
men to be stampeded by howl for Blaine
from the floor and galleries. They have
thought this thing out, and they have decided
that Blaine must be whipped at any cost. He
as they believe, Blaine means Republican de-
feat the degradation of our politics and the
Decentralization of the Republican party"