The sun., 1864-08-30
The Chicago Convention.
Especial Correspondents. Of tAs Sun. ;,

NSUfetut correspondence ~ ms Suh}
Tr,nont House, Chicago Aug. ~. 1884,
t. say that Chicago Is full crowded, overflow lng
with persons who have been drawn hither by tho
Convention, gives but partial ides Of the throns
that dlls every portion Of the city. Ia estimated
that at least hny thousand strangers here, and
sncc the hotels urc able to accommodate no. more
than oncfourth Of tha, number It is not difficult to
determine how tho balance fire. Sleeping room
on q floor IL regarded ss luxury, and those who
are not fortunate enough 70 ind such &C.
coumodntions, are obliged 10 scamp out"
OH door-scps and the eurb-sonss. Tho
Conservative Mcclellan Convention mass-mert-
,hu,in-dc political gathering ever held in Chicago.
The immense crowd addressed frcm Ave
stands around each Of which dense mass VI people
congregated, hurrshlng for Mcclellan al the ume.
All the Ind cations At the present time, point 10 the
nomination Of Little Mac" on the FIRST ballot.
With tho exception Of Maryland and Ohio, he will
receive 'wo-thirds of the vote Of most Of tho other
delegations The hostility Of those who oppose him
II solely owing to the peace proclivites Of the dele
gates. Mar! ani is particularly bellgerent In
con "lue9ce Of certain orders Issued by Mcclellan
While In command of the army, which they allege
were grossly inconiistcns with their ides of tho
pTin .pes thst ought u characterize . Democratic
candidate for President. The recognized leaders VI
! the pesce -vallaEIigham, Long Wood, etc :,
Gre less hostile and while they sre anxious for the
triumph o' their oulIar views svow ths.r determi.
nation to support whoever the convention may
nominate. lp T. this morning there WA
ss, considerable dissfection among the
| Now York delegation un the McClelsn
question. Last night they held prolonged session.
at which several able speeches were made. Gov.
Seymour reiterated his det. rIninaiion not 10 be =
candidate, and declared that Mcclellan IL the
ohoce of majority Of the party and therefore ca-
tiled to tie nomination. TIE delegation remained
In session until latc hour Of the night, and hnaly
adjOurneI over until nine o'clock tomorrow morn
! Ing. 1t snpw undcrsto, d that they will vote
unit for " Clellsn. The w!.hdrswsl Of Seymour.
| Fillmore, PIERCE Guthrie and Nelson. all oi whom
have Hirnihed their preference for Mcclellan leave,
the peace party entirely without candidate, and
has causel largo number OF the mil Ter peace
Democrats 10 change their design Of supporting
strir.ly representative man. Tie action q
seymour, particularly, has had srcat tendency
To bring them over to McClell,n's standard
IN" character OF the platform uIon when thc can
didatc shall be placed, osisos almost AZ much dls
cufson AZ tic NOMINATION Itself. II pesco meI
present deerI.incl front on this subject, and dc
clare that II the Convention will mot accept q noui
nee Of their choice they mus. he conciiiated by th
sdopton oi platform embracing their views. Il
this resp,r, il IL probable they will IL gratHed \
some extent. While tho Convention will not toler
ate an unconditional peace, 1t Is quite probsbl
that an arinistoc will b. recommended Tor tho puI
pose Of general In,erch ange OF views between III
two sections with q view u peaceful sd ustmer
oil the war question. Ia addition 70 this they wi
probably unite upon rendleton Of Ohio, Etherida
Of Tennessee, Richardson Of Illinois ~ tho cal
idsta for Vice President. by this means Il
thought that the peace mea Will acquiesce In II
nomination Of Mcclellan. Tho cauliron is sti
b1.iug, however, and Tomorrow may place d
"sltuston" IN an entirely different aspect.
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/. BY TELEGRAPH.
. Opening Of the Convention n-speech Of A.
guss belmont.
Chicago Aug. 29-l1 A. A.-Ths Wigwsm
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