Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-18

mary lanu, NoFlH NaIohn";
Total, 10; whole number of electoral
votes, Excluding Kansas) 1903; absolute ma
jority, 1872; Douglas Is more than an absolute
majority, or 81 more than all others. He must
get POP votes to secure a nomination, and the
Tribune thinks lie will get them from Cali
forna and the southern states. But either the
Tribune reckons quite too fast, or else there is
fearful amount of cheating around the board,
The Tribune has not good warrant for class
ing all the delegates from Connecticut and New
Hampshire as Douglas men. 1t is too certain
about the vote Of New York. 1t gives him
voting friends in several of the southern dele
cations where they are not likely to be found
But, everything is confused and doubtful
Meanwhile, Toucey is talked of, and wouldn't
he make nice candidate! 1t is suggested i'll
favor of Mr.. Douglas, that much of the south
ern opposition to him isamere pretense.
The New York Herald, yesterday, had the
following by telegraph, from its correspondent
at Washington =
Monday evenings train brought the re.
mainder OF the delegates from the North in the
Charleston Convention. The Wood and Gag
ger delegates are now all here, and lively
time they are having. Both sets are mum as
to their preferences for the presidency, al
though the Douglas men say they have posi-
tive assurances that the Cagger delegation
will cast their vote for the "Little Giant The
Hunter, Breckenridge, and Guthrie men also
allege that they have the same assurances
Wood and his men are very discreet, and de-
cline expressing a preference Tor any OF the
presidential candidates. His main reliance for
admission into the Charleston convention is
upon the southern delegations. If the South
even suspects that the Cagger delegation will
cast their vote for Douglas, they will vote in a
body against their admission. Such instruc-
tons, il is said have been sent from here by
the leading southern senators and members to
the various southern delegations. This seems
to indicate that under no circumstances will
they submit to the nomination of Douglas,
and yet, in face Of this, men are betting on his
nomination against the field 1t is said the
Massachusetts delegation, who have hereto
fore been considered for Douglas, will vote
against him from the jump. This change has
been produced since they arrived Ill this city.
The excitement here among the delegates
to Charleston to-day and tonight is reaching
its height. The Douglas fever is so high that
the hectic flush appears, and death is certain.
Collector Whitney of Boston has majority Of
the New England delegation against DougiaSj
most of whom are for Secretary Toucey, while
some of the most skful of them are managing
the race for Seymour of New York. AS a
blind, the Massachusetts delegation, under the
lead of Collector Whitney and General Butler,
visited Vice President Breckenridge tonight,
and paid their respects to him. The Penn
sylvania and New Jersey delegates are largely
for Breckenridge. New York agrees to go for
any Southern man who appears to be
the voice of the convention. The Doug
las men have branch establishment
at the National Hotel, the star of which
is the Little Giant himself. Everybody is
invited in there, on the principle of Come
into my parlor,' &C. Some go in and some
don't. Tonight there was a jolly time at the
rancho, and speeches were made by senators
and representatives. Whisky was drunk, and
stories told, but nobody in particular commit
ted, unless verdant gentlemen of the press
were induced to believe that everybody who
spoke there would shout and vote tor Douglas
at Charleston. Not a bit of it. Good whisky
drinkers are not caught that way
All sorts of betting is going on, bnt the
heaviest is against Douglas, and his friends
frequently become desperate and lose their
temper, while the opponents of the Little
Giant seem 10 be happy as clans at high wa
ter. The contest between the two delegations
from Illinois is quite amusing The nation
ais so called, clearly have the inside track,
and bet their money, first, that Douglas cannot
be nominated, and secondly, if he is, that he
cannot carry Illinois"