Year: 1876


Jersey. Illinois pledges herself again to Blame.
Blaine of Maine, sunstruck once, seems about to
be struck by the lightning that all good Americans
covet. AS the night wears to midnight there is
cheering and cheering, and music without end. The
streets yet cogged with aimless crowds and the
hotels are all abla2e with light and alive with peo-
pie; and while hundred wires ticking the day.
tdngs to thousand presses, Blaine stock is going
up with the same speed and stcadiness that the
hands go round the clock


BLAINE AWAY AHEAD


The friends of Blame look upon the great contest
for the Centennial nomination Of the Republican
party as closed with the work done to-day. Since
the exact sentimelt of the Pennsylvania delegation
discovered in the meeting to-day they think
that nothing remains but to organize the COnven-
ton to- and 60 through the form of ballot
ing two three times. or the result of these
ballots they confident there canno longer be any
doubt to an honest, intelligent, and impartial OBJ
server. Their hopes seem to rest on very solid
foundation. Every hour there is some new evidence
of the cOmpactness with which their forces
organized, and of the almost unanimous deiermina-
ton of every delegate who casts single vote for
Blaine to cast his last one fVr the popular
didate.


The supporters of the other candidates have from
the first mad but one theory whcn they based
the slightest hope of beating Blaine. While they
conceded to him on the first ballot plurality of tic
votes cast, they accounted for this by saying that
this simply the result of pledges or Instructions
given before the late sensational events at ash
mgton, and predicted that many of his delegates
whose confidence in him available candidate
had been shaken would desert him after voting for
him once. They therefore gave him one ballot on
which to be nominated and predicted his certain de-
n. 4 ri. sla
opportunity was offered But they prove 10 have
been entirely wrong i'll their theory and therefore
equally at fault in their calculations From the
very first B.aines column, with one or two excep-
tions which have been previously mentioned, has
stood as sold as a stone wall


CoNKIING, MORTON, BRIsTow.


Conkling, the next strongest candidate, has been
unable to arouse any great enthusiasm, even IN ms
own delegation. lavish expenditure on brass
bands and Custom-house claquers has resulted In
good deal of noise but the fact could not De
concealed that in the delegation itself the dissatisfied
and the dsgruntled constituted large minority,
even if they did not outnumber the simoL pure
Conkng men. The leaders of the delegation under
Cornell have been able 10 prevent open mutiny e1-
cept in the cases Of Curtis and Low but they have
not been able to close tine mouths of delegates when
they have gone outside tue State headquarters, and



secret The splendid tactics of the few earnest
Conkling men have saved to hun the almost solid
vote of his State and have secured for him strength
winch he did not have when the delegation arrived; I;
but it has been uphill work all the time since the
Blaine forces camc and opened the for their
favorite.


The State of Indiana has from the first stood as
firm as rock for Norton but in many other por-
tons of his line there has been waverlng and defec-
ton, and the losses have not been repaired. Nor
tons field for proSelyting has been narrower than
that of any other candidate. In entire sections OF
the country he has been looked upon as an ilnpos-
sbe candidate, account of his loose currency Views
For instance, his friends knew, ought to have
known in advance, that he could not hope 10 get a
single vote in New England, New-YoIk, New-Jersey,
or Delaware no matter how much the delegations
from those States might break up. Morton delegates
from States where soft money is popular might go
over 70 Conk.ing Blaine, or Bristow, or Hayes; {;
but a delegate who believes III hard money. or who
comes from district in which sound views on the
currency are held, could not change his vote from
one of the other candidates TO Norton He therefore
fought losing battle from the start, and the only
wonder Is that his strength has not gone TO pieces
much worse than il has.


Bristow has made few gains or losses since satur-
day There is still talk of Southern delegates being
transferred to him when Mortons name Is WIN
drawn but his friends have really had very little to
encourage them 1t is probable that his vote on tho
first ballot will be larger than has generally been ac-
corded to him. but it Will not be great enough 10
inspire very lively hope in his success.


REVIEW OF TIE FIELD.


From this review il will be that the general
drift has been in Blaines favor since work in
his behalf was begun here, and it has been stronger
and stronger every day. His friends, instead OF
deserting him. have rallied around him with more
enthusiasm than those of any other candidate.
As far az is known, there has not been in CIn-
cinnati a single man from Maine, delegate
or not who has not been in favor of Blaines nJmi-
nation and earnestly SO; while there are many here
from Indiana who would be willing to see Morton
defeated and the town is full of ani-Conkling men
from New-Y0rk but the work in Blane's behalf has
not all been done by the Maine delegation. Repre-
sentatvos and entire delegations from other states
have done almost as earnest and efficient work.
Those from the Northwest especially have entered
upon the labor with much zeal and tact as though
they had been working for one of their own favor
ie sons" aud the effect of this earnest, harmonious
work has been to push Blaine's canvass forward
hour by hour and day by day with rapid strides.


This has not been so in the case OF other can
ddates. The New-York delegation has done about
all the work for Conkling except the little which
fell upon such volunteers Senator Jones and Sec
retary Gorham. of the United States Senate; and
judging from the recent indications the labors OF
these men from the Pacific Coast have not been
crowned with much success. The Indiana delega-
tion has scattered itself abroad throughout all Of
the large hotels and has been wonderfully active,
but il too to have been doing its work almost
alone. Pinelback aud Senator Bruce have done
what they could, but thew do not seem to have sue


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