New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-05
THINGS IN WASHINGTON.
Presidential Calculations.


WAsHiNGToN June . lSt>
Wing Delegates to the National Convention me
stin aniviue. am sorry to see more efforts made
ia favor OF men, than IN favor OF Wing success 1t
never was my vocation To prove that tins or thai
Wing could not be- elected. believe with snch a
candidate as Nj. CAss for our opponent, we can
tnumphantly elect any one we nominate.
sincerely believe that Mr. CLAY could gan
from the LocoFoco party more votes tina Ii any
man we can run. | know personally many OF TIA,
LocoFoco party who Will vote for him, If he /,
nominated. l know no other man who can take
them away from their old allegiance 10 party
Still ! am not one OF those who say that We can
not elect a Wing by clear Wins votes. .heyo
that today there are twothirds OF the PEG pie OF
tie United states in favor OF the W hic polc y, and
who viii carry us VIGOROUSLY through Tie ueX cam
pagn, "a we stand tue 20 our principles an. true
to ourselves. Before would set myself delibcr
0tciy 60 work, % prove by tables or figures. that
any candidate iJr the nomination, could a. u be-
elected / would fJst have the honesty 10 Il, lclare
that / was not a Wmg. BENG a WIN, / family
believe that any candidate we nominate ON " ed
ncslav next viii be the next President Oh the
Uuited States.
/ have been led into these remarks by the APP
pearance cd printed calculation tO-ng ht, " Inch
80 as the number OF votes which Mr. CLAY. Will
get la The Convention. 1t puts the number which
General TAYLOR Will set on the first ballot Is lJl
On the second ballot II Is estimated lac v'll get
Gsi. But why take a second ballot II lac : cts l'l
on the FIRST ms that is 8 more than malOnt On
the same slip We have also an estimate of the
vote IN the Electoral College, which civ Is CLAY
against TAYLOR only - votes to 2O2 tnd CAS-
against CLAY l63 To l25, do moi underst and how
they get In the Electoral College votes for TAY-
IOK and iOr CAss from tine State OF Name.
presume the . votes from that State. as those
from others VIII go together. 30 With Alabama.
are given 90 CAss aud To TABOR in the Elec-
t,ral Collcse. OHIO Is put down CERTAIN with
TABOR and doubtful with CLAY
IA the same slip Is also estimate oi the rela
tive strength oi the senate. March D. lSi9 pre-.
sJ.0el with TAYLOR aud CLAY. : aonld CLAY be-
run It is estimated that the Wings viii have %,
senators oly out of the 90. WI IN TAYLOR the
Wings Will have So. How tins Is figured out is
strange enough. With TAYLOR f.s our candidate
We are To have two Whis Scnat ars from Maine
W nat Is TO be done with iltNLi \ and BRtpBrRY
does not oppem-onc holds Ia ls5l the other to
hes5. Yet % Gen. TAYLOR Is run they are est
mated either A. dead or AS W hies by March next
" e are also 90 have two w hi.s from south Caro-
hGa' though JohN &. CALM, ~ is mot likely t. li,
Eor % resign before ms Ser expires ina lsli surely
he VIII Oe ltr same Whei her CLAN or TAILOR &C
Cupies the White House Ia Georgia ~, ar. o,l,
L. have J Wing senator with Mr. LAY. whereas
the Wings Oi Georgia nave elected BrRRlrN Ia
serve an 1883. aud DAWSON Ia serve Tin lS,s
Which of thesc'is 10 cliange Ia $40 and become
Locol In Florida wi'.h TAILOR We are To- have .
Senators NULEr Is ~ be one of them. When did
O. Will he become n Wing TAYIoR'> election
Is % make mg Senators from Louisiana though
DOwNs holds till 81 and SOULE till So II these
can b. made WhiSs why pass over fooTE DICK
INsoN aud ATHERroN The same process that
can make Downs Wing can transform DickiN
soN' ia looking back at the table. lind that DIcN
INsoN is 10 be a Wbie if Taylor Is elected, FOR
Ne~ York estimated at l.. : senators thoush
DlcAiNsoNs term does not expire tail ls@lD IN
Mississippi We are 10 have Senator, F0off hold
AZ TIL ~ aud DAVIS tin 81. Ia Tennessee We
are 20 have >, which forces Us % make a W ms ont
oi IuhNtf, who holds TIL 81. la Iowa We are 10
have senator with TAYLoR--why not .!
nave run over this estimate to show the absurd
snd ridiculous estimates made Ia disparagc Mr..
CLN popularity That such q paper should be
printed and circulated by Wings II viii not name
them) gricyes those who are ready to stand or fall
by the nominees Of the Convention of the author
lzed Delegates OF the Wings OF the | mon.
AvAlLABILITY.-W e hear much about this time
Of GrdtdJis candidates for the Presidency and have
heard the wish expressed that the Whie Convention
mi ght Nominate such liavmialilty j. the prin
any object there difficulty in the case Let Gen Cas-
be nominated by the Whgs and his cleo lion will BE- more
certain than that of any other they can nominate
II they nominate him, they viii risk of having
the John Tyler game played with them and thai Is