Show THE CHICAGO convention the national republican convention at chicago seems to develop a good deal of the features of ath beatri cal performance with some farcical characteristics interlarded inter larded thay wilt g meet at 11 quarrel iwo hour and then adjourn to to renew the same operation it is a good deal like congressional transactions only with that dill er enco thai in the convention the poli pay their own expenses for the time killing amusement while tho people has got to pay the binn cial penalties penult ies for the of lii national nati enal legislature two days have elapsed since the republican delegates and still the veil has not been lifted we are not much wiser yet than we acro twice twenty four hours ngo tho time of four sessions of the convention was entirely consumed by attempts att filibustering and the discharging of explosive speeches at one another by the illustrious of the two sides thus far the anti grant men seem to have conkling camaron and logan have had to yield on most points in tho pre limi nary transactions the principal committees as that on credential and that on lules have been formed by a majority of anti grant members the organization of the convention itself hin opposition to the wishes and feelings of the grant managers and altogether tho prospect looks dark and gloomy for the ex president and lie seems condemned to carry along that little ex before the illustrious title one thing is decided also that there is not a whit more chance for blaine than there is for grant the blaino men may have succeeded in wresting the palm of victory from tho hands of the victor of tox court house but they have not secured it for the senator of the pine state they were strong enough in alliance with shermans Sher mans wash burnes and edmunds forces to defeat the term advocate but the latter on the other hand ac the slimness of their chances will strike hand with the edmunds washburne and sherman men to keep the from obtaining and maintaining the there is a little do in the manger principle about it still it is natural concordant with human nature shines friends have been carrying on the campaign with great eagerness and considerable bitterness and ahey are very likely to have wasted most of their ammunition in abo preliminary encounters and side fight so that the lie finds them unprepared and unequal to alio emergency it reminds us somewhat of austria when she in alie war of esgo defeated italy but had to succumb fo the superior forces of prussia the question arises now who is the coming man where looms the dark horse up evidently is not likely to profit by the discomfiture of grants friends edmunds commands a select circle of appreciative friends but this circle is narrowly limited and not likely to ex thence it follows that wash burno appears to come into the foreground as the most probable candidate for windom is altogether too windy and abady iven for a dark horse to come into any calculation it is true Wash burno has re poat odly refused all overtures of a presidential candidacy and declared his determined adherence to grant first last and all still even allowing this to have been the true and real feeling of the illustrious ex minister to france the wheel of fortune haa made some strange re alu eions when washburne protested his loyalty to grant ho may have considered the chances of the general looked like folly to run against him with no prospect than that of creating bitter and unpleasant feelings since then things haye changed the opposition against a third term has proven strong enough to frustrate the ambitious ambit ioui schemes of the conkling camaron triumvirate if the cause ef the ex president is to abandoned as hopeless there bista no reason why his best friend among the candidates should not save as much as possible Wash burnea election would to an order of things not distasteful to grant andai friends although with somo improvement on the score of honesty all the grant votes added to original strength which resides chiefly in the german voto would finally secure the nomination to washburne still pope says sn his essay on man judges and senates have been bought for gold money has played a ar jn nominations conventions vent ions and elections before this chicago la the market of the united states and is just the place to buy anything baals Bar ls are in tho poa of conkling and cameron and tha golden key may open the door to many a heart thus the wheel may take olio inore turn round and grant may come up abeal it is not but still postal post bl we should not bo sur if lie much as things look unfavorable to him whether he dodgy or not bg record will not be by a glorious leaf with till present campaign lie hiis allowed his nama to drap gad through the of cal and truckling and iffla frie iulg lecure jhc thc nomination for aliu lie owes them auy hing clie than thanks if not he would be justified in considering them M his worst enemies for having brought the etain of ridicule and the blot of disgrace dia grace upon hia relatively bright record what a falling from the wild acclamation and enthusiastic reception of grants candidacy in and then ho swept the country statesmen alike and people and now truly with popo once more daill which to hycil iuna and the what ibo licad trong fal ma ailet I ari atu fooht i w i t I |