Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-04-25
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| lIag 49, cEiRLEsrON, April %.
The city Is quiet to night. -.,...t -
There Is no public speaking at head quarters.
The votes Of the delegation to- day ere regarded
as indicating the nomination Of Douglas All the
| Douglas delegates voted iu favor OF The Soft New
York Delegation. The Committee on credentials
viii report largely In favor Of the Illinois Douglas
delegates. Il Is believed the sofls Fill vote for
The thermometer ia 81 Q in the shade.
/ Alabama will demand slave code and an effort
wlllbe made 70 ballot for a candidate before the
Committee on Platform reports
The indications a.e that the Convention viii ad.
/ jOurn BY Thursday. ar
The Tribune correspondence says the present in.
| clinatiOn iB TO nominate frat in accordance with
the usage before the CiBclnnati Convention, bat
this IS opposed BY the Douglas men snd the ex-
treme South.
New York fayors such policy as is best caicnla.
led TO harmoniEs the differences Of the New York
delegation, because some Of their absentees are
expected to night r.H
Mr.. Barr was appointed vice Mr.. Church on the
committee to all their places. Il is row decidedly
anti Douglas. a
Geo. Sanders will be refused a seat. which has a
signifcaDce Of feeling In the Delegation.
Present signs eoDspire against the domination Of
/ Mr.. Douglas and rumor says that New York will
60 for Hunter, which has dampened the hopes Of
his friends who eoncede an unexpected detection
- - HeubAl hAeAS uAA PEybADig AeSclFo heftE
votes. ....a. ~
The combination between New York aud the
| North West, Il DOW cOntradleted, and the former
is receding for fear Of uniting the South against
their admission. The South is concentrating on
Mr.. Hunter. 80
The delegates from South Carolina re considered
their purpose TO vote for Mr.. Davis this morning
and paired on Mr.. Hunter. His champions claim
Alabama, Delaware Georgia, Louisiana half Of
Maryland, Mississippi. half Of Missouri, Arkansas
Florida, North and South Carolina, Texas and Yir-
ginia. About 80 votes.
Kentucky and Tennessee stand by Guthrie and
johnson.
If Kentucky had come here uncomnhtied, Mr.
breckenridge could have been easily nominated on
the second ballot with the admitted support Of
PenRsy lvania, New Jersey and New England.
The Pennsylvania delegation did not reach the
question Of voting Is q unit this morning, but
heard professions Of eoneiliation from Messrs
Wright, Casua, and other Douglas men, who ex-
presses willingness 10 adopt the Cincinnati P Plat
form and affirm the Dred Scott decision.
There are 81 breckenridge men in the Delega.
ton.
Mr. Wood has brought only 40 delegates to be
appointed, but is attended BY large body guard
Of outsiders.
Mr.. Dickinson is industriously pressed by few
personal supporters, The only contingency in
which he can be possibly considered is case of
threatened rupture lheTe, when the South may
SbEAcL uill ~ y DumpIUWl56 CAuVlQhLt. lie mas
ten votes in the New York Delegation and the rest
are adverse until Mr.. Douglas be disposed Of.
No safe opinion as to the candidate can be
formed. Some new men may be sprung on the
Convention at a fortunate moment, like Mr.. Polk
II any is in reserve, Mr. Pearce, Of Maryland, Is
suggested by some Douglas men, who have re-
solved 70 stand by hin resoluiely, and prevent
two thirds for any other candidate but they cannot
hold the Eastern Delegation for such q purpose
as they anticipate Hence they will fail if the ex-
pertinent be tried.
The Committee on organization has chosen Mr..
Gushing President, with one Vice President and
Secretary from each Slater Some slight dissatis.
faction was expressed by few members who were
not present.
The Committee on Credentials are still sitting,
but will admit Illinois. Without doubt there will
probably be q minority on New York.
P.S-12 P, M.-The Pennsylvania delegation
have just adjourned after another stormy session,
The majority are ready to abandon Breckenridge
for Guthrie, and an animated contest may be ex-
pected in the Convention tomorrow on the ques-
ton whether majority of a delegation may cast
the vote Of the State it being considered necessary
to affirm the precedence of 1852 and 1856.
The Southern delegations have just adjourned
after most exciting meeting. Alabama, MisssS
issippi, Florida, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana,
announced enphaticslly that they would go out of
the Convention unless their platform was adopted.
South Carolina said she was not authorized to
speak yet, but would doubtless follow the lead Of
Mississippi