The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-25

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the Committee, the result unfair y WOOD wcslA
enable the vAsls Convention v hear OOshrAAs speech
,AsssA Asy A,d net hear wosd. M WEED dshgalss
became hssnssA a Nh. OseArass, however, "a -
peak, and lefs IN disgust The delegation ntinAssd
they wanted hs services iosssr nd appointed FAIR
eAnd wAs Srsks dsws. Woods mai reply Of quarter
Of An Assr was NEST elective and bad He saassasd
The Ocsyssoa v rsiess him Al their peril bsDsvsA
Ne Committee are about balanced
coslrsne tencunses hh delegation and win probably
join Wood ma wood delegates say they VII b.
sahaded with haK and hah. stated that unless IL
Weed delegates aaratsed and The whole Of The RIB
usnd delegates rejected the delegations Of savsrAi
Southern States win take tbs opportunity Of seceng and
forming separate Convention With tho Wood dehgsAer
and these Of Some osAsr sosthsrn States a,s
gwhnc write The following teIssraphic despatch ~
bseA handed 70 me BY distinguished gentleman hers:
| BATTLE GsouSp on SAN JACrro,l
1kxAs April n, 1So0
The people, assembled masse have this t1ie and
place dominated Sam houston the peoples candidate
s President November next Strong electoral ticket
PLATFORM the Constitution the Unior down oil
sectional iasues A. II. Gentry.
The Yeeult here electric assarad Il extremely
probable, u the Wood Delegates rejected and The
platform does not please tho South, the seocdsrs win
nominate the Old Hero for Presdess Fernando Wool
for Vice President The Baltimore Convention viii pro-
baby follow quit
The personal rude and unjust stack Of Mr. Rich ardsoa
On hr. Randall, . venerable gentleman, did Dspsas
great mischief Mr. Randall handed him hb os-d, and
ventson.
Douglas stock nst improved since my hast des paph
notwithstanding bs organized elappers in tho galleries
applauding everything that looks favorable ni and
host Of outsiders On the floor obsuctng the repor
the present Dickinson and Guthrie appear 70 haze
the best chance Of the nomination.
Several New Yerksrs here, including Postmaster Fow
ler sick Of dhrrhoa, probably from tho great heat
and drir king so much lad water.
There b serenade 70 Wood tonight Tremcndsrs
crowd-great sxosemena
OUR SPECIAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH.
WASHINGTON, lprii "a, $780,
friend u Judge Deoglas, writing nom Chrsstsa
the 22d rst ys-The prospects for the nomination
OF Douglas are na.ssrns Nothing but The treachery q
bis friends defeat him There was public mestins
held at the large hail. at which there was large con-
course Of men3 from all sections of The country.
most significant fact developed, that not Of tie
Douglas Bon. Butler King, ex-member Of CoogIees
from Georgia, spike in behalf Of the "Ltste Giant"
There enthusiasm manifested for Douglas that
Lot anticipated. Frmness and decision all that
requisite The friends Of other asprans are
despondug and heard TO say that they ,ht
probable that they. would have to take up
Few man, enc mot Heretofore ,houshs or The
| fac. s, tia: the oppouerts Of Judge Douglas
| are divided. Many Of them, loon ss their
first choice 10 dropped, for Douglas IS second
choice. Governor Powell, Mr. Burnett, Dr.. Green, Mr.
Caldwell, and Others in Guthrie's inferred, arc hers
They effect nothing. They the despoudins
Of all others here. There NOT even Tho shadow Of
hope OF Guthries success Twelve out Of the twenty
six delegates from Pennsyvana have declared they win
never supper. Guthrie under any circumstances and tho
other fourteen understood 10 DO for Breckenridge
There not a word of truth in the report that Judge
Douglas has written letter declaring that he win acceps
the domination upon any platform His friends state Mat
he would not wrre lover Of that description even 70
secure his nomination aud election.
The selection Of Gushing, anti DougaEls a. President
aud the adoption Of luton Charleston In favor Of
erecting platform, viewed here a evidences tina.
Douglas cannot be nominated by . whole Convention
votes enough the Convention TO nominate him, the
same power can the Cincinnati platform I. Ia
conceded all hands that In the Of such action,
the South after unedly opposing the doctrine Of squaser
sovereignty, would secede, and elect slave code plat.
form, and oninate upon II such man a. Jefferson
Davis
have heard the name Of Boteer member OF Congress-
from the Harpers Ferry district, Of Virgins, named
candidate for the Southern boilers, nasmuch he
South American, and sufficiently ultra the slavery
question to suit the extreme IRE eaters
Some Ct the Cobb, Hunter, Davis and Brecknridge
men, express Themselves bitterly against the idea Of
nominating Douglas One Of The most prominent Of them
remarked to-day that every Southern delegate who vosed
for Dousas should before returning to his constituents
put brass collar about his neck, bearing the nitialss
g. I'd.
The prevailing opinion here 10 thst the Convention Will
break up row. growing out Of disputes resuve to se
construction Of tho platform.
TIE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION
CHARLESTON, April "a, 1890