New-York tribune., 1872-06-22
THE CONFERENCE.
THE MEETING ON THURSDAY.

HORACE WHITE, EX-GOV. PlLLoDOhit N'
BRINKERHOFF, AND OTHERS.
The report Of the Conference at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, last Thursday, as presented in yesterdays
TRIBrryE was substantially correct but as the ses
sion was secret it was necessarily imperfect since
then. however additional details OF the proceeuinss
have been obtained from authoritative sources anu
are given in full below.
Previous TO the meeting ii was stated In con'eie"
tion by gentleman active IN the matter Una. tno
Conference would probably be composed Oh aoou.
100 persons Including 80 Greeley men and ABOUT 40
determined and violent antiGreeley men, wniie 'ne
remainder would be persons whose posiuons weio
not clearly known, but who were snpposeu '" Do
open to conviction. His estimate proved 70 Oen neay'
if not quite, correct. The malonty-pernaps wv
thirds-of those present were men upon whose
on;n;on some reliance may be placed as
Indicative of the sentiment OF the dherent
localities from which they came The resi- were
mostly vonng men of no note whatever eVldenuy
gathered from the vicinity of New York for the pul-
nose of giving support to those in whose interest,"
they came and specially distinguished throusnou'
the proceedings by demOnstratiye ana partisan ap-
plause of everything that was said preJudcai W MI
Greeley either personally or politically. Inc nlsh'
meeting was more fully attended than tne uay ees-
sion, but fewer representative men were preseh'
their places being more than supplied by the young
men brought in to applaud the sentiments e2presSeu
by the members of the Free Trade League
Another noticeable feature OF the meeting was inc
fact that il was nearly impossible to obtain from any
man concerned in calling it any declaration Oh ts
objects or purposes They all held closely 10 ,he
printed call but no one gave history OF the call OF
ts origin and it only leaked out in the course OF ds
cnssion that it originally embraced as one OF It's oD
ieets the nomination Of new ticket Ex-ooV' OoA
made a long speech, in which he utterly falieQ 10
state either the purposes Of the COMMITTEE IN Gazing
the meeting or his wishes in regard 10 the eiec
ton Failing in getting anything from the callers,
the members endeavored to ascertain the views OF
others and the first man called up was senator
TrumbuIl who gave some account OF the origin VI
the movement against the present Administration
iustIfying it, and advising the meeting 10 stapa py
il. The principal advantage he seemed to anticipate
from the movement was the breaking down VI the
rigor and tyranny of party organization
At the instance of Gen. schurz it was agreed that
the States should be called in alphabetical order,
when the gentlemen who desired to give any In
formation in regard to their localities should have
an opportunity of being heard. The first who re-
sponded was Mr.. Forsyth, leading editor OF Ala
hama who said he was absent from his state at the
time of the Cincinnati nominations, and when ne
returned there he found the people running Wild tor
Greeley and Brown. He took ground against such
action urged caution and deliberatlon, and nnaly
succeeded in quieting them somewhat de was at
first dissatisfied with the nominations; but since
then he had concluded that it was a winning ticket,
and should be upheld. lie thought that. with the
Baltimore Endorsement, it would carry Alabama.
Senator Rice for Arkansas next said there had not
yet been any regular organization against Greeiey
| in his State the Republicans had held meeting
and ratified the Cincinnati ticket and so had the
| \ ~. IN fhn
present there had been no demonstration against 1T
| He thought the negro vote of Arkansas was GER
| tainly and absolutely for Greeley.
| Gov English who spoke for Connecticut, was
very decided in his opinion that Greeley could and
would carry the State if he secured the Baltimore
nomination Senator Foster of the same State, rep
resenting the Republicans, alluded TO the fact that
he and Gov. English, who is Democrat, had never
before been in the same political gathering together
He agreed however, with him fully at this time.
David A. Wells representing the Free Traders, said
he was at Cincinnati and was dissatisfied with what
was done there; that he had not yet been able to
see what was in his own mind, except that he could
not indorse Grant either directly or indirectly. He
agreed with the two other gentlemen from Con-
necticut that Greeley would carry the State David
Clarke!Of Connecticut also cOncuued in this opinion.
At this point it was proposed to hasten matters
less after the delivery Of speech some one from
the same State desired to be heard in opposition.
Georgia being called, the Hon. H. w. Hilliard
spoke earnestly In favor Of Greeley and said there
was no doubt that Georgia would go for him by q
larger majority than she had given for any since
the war that she had given 45 900 for Seymour and
Greeley's majority would be larger than that. This
statement was indorsed by the Hon. B. H. Hill, who
was appealed to by Mr.. billiard.
Indiana was not represented, but it was under
stood that letter had been received from Mr.. Carr
stating that Indiana was in such state of enthu-
siasm for Greeley as was not often seen.
A recess was then taken from six to eight, at
which hour the Conference reassembled, and the
roll-call was resumed.
Horace White of The Chicago Tribune responded
for Illinois, and said his State would go for Greeley
He had worked for Trumbull in the Cincinnati Con-
vention, and was dissatisfied with the nominations
made there but now believedthat the true plan was
to accept the ticket and make it win.
Fitz Henry Warren and J. B. Grinnell responded |
for Iowa. The former is Free Trader, and the lat
ter Protectonist. Mr.. Warren was very decidedly |
in favor of Greeley but thought the State was
doubtful He would not be surprised If Greeley |
carried it, however He was certain Grants ma
jority would be small, If anything. Mr.. Gr1nnell |
said that whatever might be said about carrying the
State for Greeley, there was confusion upon Con-
gress tickets between Republicans and Democrats in
putting forward Free Trade men; and he, though
Protectionist would support them. Judge Stallo
interrupted. saying that was o conclusive proof of
the absurdity of Mr.. Greeleys idea of leaving that
matter to the Congress districts.
Mr. watterson of The Louisrills Courier-JourNal
spoke for Kentucky, and made an earnest speech
for Greeley from the Southern point of view. He
said the vote for Greeley in Kentucky would be
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