Show THE SITUATION AT CHICAGO ordinarily at the great party conventions vent ions the delegates are in advance pledged to the support of different illustrious candidates for the chief gifts in the nations choice this to ie remarkably not the case in the present republican gathering at chicago A very considerable portion of the delegates are practically u uninstructed dinst acted by the constituencies which they represent many af t them were elected upon the sup supposition posit ion that mr drapal was not final sow now that this question is 18 almost disposed of there appears to be an enjoyable luxury indulged in by his followers in speculating upon the chances 91 t a great number of aspirants it is noticeable however chwi most of baines followers are bearing at ran I 1 toward groshams Gre shams interests indeed notwithstanding the cloudiness and general obscurity of tafe future outlook at chicago it is apparent that at the present therb there to is a louder and more general boom for gresham Gre isham than for any other candidate he is an eminent j jurist arist and was held in high estimation by grant under whose administration he was made a united states judge for the district of indiana he was made postmaster gen eral in arthurs cabinet gresham also has a war record having in the rebellion received several successive military promotions until at the light fight before atlanta he be received so severe a wound that it laid him up tor for a year and closed his military career one thing thine highly eulogistic is conceded of hita him that unlike sherman he has not been a constant seeker tor for the high omee which now naw appears looming before him |