The Hickman courier., 1868-05-30
The Chicago nominations.

The Chicago Nominations.
HOW THE DEMOCRATS LOOK AT THE
NosiINATIoSs--Hc-s GRANT AND col.
FAX RECEIVED THE NEWS.
! The Democrats have been Indifferent
the Chicago Convention, their atten
ton being mainly concentrated on the
Aquestion Of impeachment, aud the inves
/ tigaton set on foot by the managers. the
/ style OF conducting which they utterly
den0gnes- The contest for The Vice
Presidential nomination was interesting
only to Republicans Democrats SAY
that tire ouly lnatter Of interest to then
/ Is the nomination of Grant-a,i item O
news lopx since discounted They dC
not regard tho Presidential race as be,
gun until they have made their ucmina
+ ton, which is now altogether uncertain
Secretary Stanton, General Pile, o
Missouri, Messrs. Hooper aud Ames, o
/ Massachusetts, aud several other proIni
neat gentlemen who were pressnt at al,
ssiisa e lie fsrs,ss When tLe sews ~
! soon after CLOCK. the sfifst news 'of bis
nomination, which he had received, FIRE.
quent dispatches had been received al
the War Department since IL o'clock,
and when the final announcement was
received, il was conveyed directly TO the
nominee. The gentleman found Grant
at his Office in the headquarters building,
on Seventeeth street, quietly engaged in
business. His receipt of the iuforna-
ton was characterized by the same quiet,
undemonstrative manner common to him.
He first asked for the facts regarding the
platform, being evidently more anxious
on that account than about the manner
of his nomination.
He was given telegraphic synopsis OF
the resolutions, which he read very care
fully, expressing himself perfectly salts
find with every plank.
While maniiesting the greatest inter
est in the news received regarding the
canvass for Vice President, he expressed
no opinion of the various candidates, and
gave no indication Of his personal pre-
ference.
Speaker Colfax was surrounded By
twenty or thirty Senators aud Represen-
tatives, in the Speakers room at the Csp-
itol. where dispatches were arriving eve
ry quarter Of an hour from MIR Orton,
President of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. The party had been
in waiting about FIVE hours before the
news was received. 1t arrived at about
) clock, and was in these words:
CHICAGO, May 2l.- Accept my warm
est congratulations upon your nomina-
ton for Vice President on the fifth bal
lot which was declared amid the widest
enthusiasm and evidence eff universal
satisfaction. WM. ORION.
There was the iveliest enthusiasm
manifested by those present, and the
Speaker was warmly greeted. lie imme
diatsly returned the following reply
Hon. VIM. Ortou, President Tele
graph Company, Chicago Thanks for
the many kilograms you have ssslssae
ia me 81 tie psfis i. I5ye 8 ven. y MS II
me with gratitude, which my fecb.e words
are unable te express.
SCHUYLER CobFAx.
The enthusiasm in the streets and at
the hotels was considerable Most Of
the Republican Senators and Represen-
tatives il the city called on the caudi-
dates in the evening, and also large
crowds of strangers aud citizens. The
Republicans declare that it is the strong
est ticket that could have been presen-
ted.
Senator Wade was also in receipt Of
telegrams during the day. lie takes his
defeat very philosophically, aud says that
be presumes the convention has noInina-
ted the strongest ticket, and he viii sup
port it with all his might.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Little enthusiasm was exhibited here
over the nominations of Grant aud Col
fax. Several Radicals express serious
apprehensions of the effect upon the
country of the appearance OF nineteen
of nineteen negro delegates at the Con-
vention. Senator Wilson declares that
the ticket will be beaten. Mr.. Colfax he
regarded as the weakest nomination that
could have been made.
Mr.. Wade has been consulting a me-
dinm for some days past, who has invari-
ably told him he would not be Andrew
Johuson's successor, nor could she dis
cover any chance for him at Chicago
Mr. Wade now owns up, and professe:
entire confidence in spiritual communina-
tions. Like Wilson, he ridicules the
nomination of Colfax, aud says the par
ty has gone to hell Wade refuses to b'
comforted.