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Show THE GltAM Chicago, 30. Tlie Times' "Wasbington says: Toe managers of the Grant prcsi-.l-.'ntial boom Lave agreed upou a plan for tho appointment of delegates to the Chicago convention, Tho alleged scheme jal s lor a meeting of the republican conventions con-ventions of New York, Po-uisylvania, In. :lii!ia and Illinois, supposed to ba sure for Grant, in February, and with solid Grant delegations from these state i so L'arly in iho season, it is expected all opposition to a thiidterm will die out. C'jnkling, Cameron and Logan are credited with origi flitting this plan. Washington, 30. Tho preienco of Gen. Grant in this cily has naturally given renewed impetus to iho current of political speculation concerning Iho next president. The latest talk among prominent promi-nent advocats of Grant's nomination is that it can bo absolutely assured before too middle of March. They say that tho republican state conventions will be held in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois Illi-nois and Indiaf.R in February, and that tbo deli gates of those states will bo instructed in-structed to voto for Grant, ia which event ho would thus early huve pledged to him more than half enough votes to give him tho nominnt;on. It is asscrtod that Sonatora Conkling and Cameron have already arranged for conventions con-ventions in Now York and FonnsvivaQia, respectively, in February; tint Indiana is being manipulated by Atsistunt fost-maelor fost-maelor General lirady and others to li.dd its convention tho same month, and that Senator Logan Imb promised t) see to it that Illinois follows suit. It is further assumed that if the plan succeeds, tho stites whioh hold their conventions suostquently, will want to go with the popuUr tide, and thai hence the in flu. nee of four great Btates declaring for Grant, in Fobruary, vi:l be felt upon all the others. An enthusiastic Enid, to-day: Why, I believe, that by tho middle of March it will bo thown so definitely that Grant is lo be the nominee, that cihorman will retire from tho contest; that Blaine will bo ruconciled to tako a second plaeo on tho ticket and that when the convention meets, in Juno, the only name before the convention will bo that of Ulystsd. Grant. Tho friondsof Blaine and Sherman content themselves, at present, with fruiting at these confident predictions, or roinark simply that the Grant l oom is a little too exaggerated in its present manifestation?, to last as long even as Fcbrurary, without a very material mate-rial abatement. |