Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-17
The Hntrigues at baltimore Ase-
tween the New York and Ohio
DeIegatiOus.- Bargain and SaIes

tween the New York and Ohio
DeIegations.-Hsarg and Sale
The Baltimore correspondent of the New
York Herald thus takes us behind the
scenes at the Baltimore Convention. He
Gays:
vored the nomination Of Dickinson, but
held back from agreeing on him in caucus
on account of the trouble In the New York
delegation. In fact, at eleven p. NJ, Tues
day, Dickinson had six majority Of the del
egates there, that Is, leaving out the votes
of the delegations from the States which
have been in rebellion. Thurlow Weed had
left that afternoon, some say disgusted, but
others that he knew how matters stood, and
left satisfied of a victory. But am inclln-
ed to believe that he had but little hope of
accomplishing anything if present. but that
his departure was for thepurpose of throw
ing the other side off from their guard, and
thus enabling his friends to accomplish
their task by disarming suspicion.
"After a great deal of maneuvering IN
regard to the Ohio delegation, by outside
parties well known as Seward men of your
State, they managed, through influential
friends of the New York party, to secure
an interview between the New Y ork dele
gates of the Seward school, and some of the
leaders of the Ohio delegation at very late
hour on Tuesday night. The representa-
tives of the New York delegation finally
made the Ohio leaders believe that the nom-
ination of Dickinson would defeat the tick
ct in New York; that only minority of
the delegation from New York urged him,
and that large majority strongly insisted
that he should not be nominated, and itwas
not fair for delegations from other States to
force upon them Dickinson. The vote of
thirty-two for johnson and six for Hamlin,
against twenty-eight for Dickinson, was
brought up as evidence of the position of
affairs in the New York delegation. This,
OF course, with the representation made,
settled the Ohio delegation against Dickin-
son. What then should they do?
"Tbe exact status of the Ohio delegation
had been previously ascertained by the
Seward men, and they understood how
many were ambitious to visit other lands at
the expense of the country, and the foreign
appointments were talked over to the salts
faction of the Ohio men. | do not propose
TO give names here, or exactly what was
promised have both-for the reason
that in the numerous promises a few dupli-
cate pledges were made to Ohio and Con-
necticut for the same positions, and of course
there will have to be a remodelIng of all
before the time comes. Finally, among
other things, it was given out by the Sew
ard men, that il the Ohio delegation would
stand by the majority of the New York
delegation-ineaning the Seward wing-in
preventing the nominee for Vice President
from coming from New York, the latter
could be counted on for any thing that Ohio
desired.
at was then agreed that the Ohio dele
cation should vote with the majorityof the
New York delegation for the admittance of
the Tennessee delegation, in order that An
drew johnson could with propriety be run
for Vice President. That Ohio should cast
her forty-two votes for, Andrew johnson
on the first ballot and then, if there ap-
peared to be no chance for his nomination,
the majority the Seward portion
ofthe New York delegation-should on the
next ballot vote for Ex-Governor Tod for
that position. This settled, the conference,
about midnight, broke up, and the Ohio
delegation in caucus the next morning de-
cided to pursue that course" ,iI..,,-