The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-17
"TOO LATE."
The Proposed Democratic Change Oi

The Proposed Democratic Change OF
Base.
The Washington correspondent OF the New
York Tribune of this morning contains the fol.
lowing:-
The excitement among the politicians here
in regard to the proposed change of front of the
ISs already passing Ing away n It came % %uaexpectsdly,
1t has been fully considered, and the majority
dismiss II Nth gToSn saying eaans s IL too as
Of the party say it was 6lunder .I ,h not easily
their ines and make 1 the best show
possible under the circumstances. The posi-
lion assumed by the World and the Iateuigencer
has had its effect IL has compelled the
malcontents to throw of their masks and make
known their grievances President Johnson is
World. and directed his organ, the Ilteliigencer.
to follow suit. His friends could not let the
opportunity pass, but took every advantage
offered to express their dislike of Seymour
and Blair, and to urge the claims of their
special favorite:, In fact the Johnson men
proposal that to be consistent retreat will be
impossible with them. Now that their last hope
is gone they will give up the contest, AMI make
no secret of their feelings. Hancock Is indiffer-
ent, and says that he prophesied defeat to his
would make him take Seymours place if il
were offered to him, but he would take posi-
as the name of Chief Justice Chase has
been connected with this movement 1t has
his desires. He remarked to a friend to-day,
in alluding TO the effort to substitute his name
for that Of Mr.. Seymour on the Democratic
ticket:-"1 am only Judge, trying to attend to
my business. do not think IL proper for me
to take any part in politics, and have 40 desire
ing the Presidency. and shall never seek
II. I am satisfied with my present posi-.
attend 10 It," In reply to direct question
he said that he had never sought to conceal the
hated es ma Ia the ne NeW YerR es wth
satisfactory platform, he would have accepted
hot ha RQ VI nnnn nj pnrlo
which in any way connect his name with this
change.ot front movement. He has never
any doubt that he, in common with many
thinking men here. looks upon the whole
or Water-a movement having neither
base nor capstone-a movement without mate.
among those best Informed that II the nomIna-
tion should now be rendered to Mr. Chase by
the Democratic National Committee, with all
the enthusiasm and promises which the united
Democracy could command, he would reply in
the language of Mr.. Seymour "Gentlemen,
thank you, but your candidate cannot be-"
= The persons composing the "Cabal" which is
said to have assembled at the house of the Chief
Justice last night, with view of political in
trigue," were five in number Excluding the
ladies' OF the party. VIZ: the Secretary Of War.
the British Minister, the Austrian Minister. the
Turkish Minister, and one other. Invitations
to the party" were issued before the elections
took place. So the reports that Mr.. Chase was
"closeted, last night with party OF political
intrguers" had their origin in that circum-
stance. Instead of plotting the destruction of
6idnJ anu hepuDilCau Tue OuloI
Justice was probably talking poor French to
ladies who could not understand good English.
The friends of the change OF. front movement
claim to have received dispatches from the
prominent Democrats OF the West approving
the course of the World, and urging immediate
action, The other side deny this and say that
they have dispatches from the same source
directly to the contrary. II is we'll known that
the former telegraphed all over the South yes
terday, appealing to the Southern newspapers
to take ground with the World. The new move-
ment is looked upon as dead, however, and the
field is left clear for the Republican standard
bearers.