New-York tribune., 1872-04-26


T10NS.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THB TRIBUNKl
CINCINNATI. April 25.-The work of preparatlon' 10
far as the halls are concerned, IS perfected an" i'
for the Conventions The Reunion ana REFORM - I'm ~
vention will meet at 10 a. M, May l. III mozai' ii"
It's preliminary business Will be compieVeu pU'oI
ble in time TO permit the taking of recess go that
+bo r,obors nav he present at the Liberal Repub-
Ncan Convention which will convene at Exposition
Hall at y m. ON the same day. The general opinion
il that the work of the Conventions Will consume
the entire week up Till noon OF SATURDAY IL Is
thought by those best informed and most nteres'eu
+a+ the transformation Of the Conventions into one
delegated body cannot. under the most favorable cr
cnmstapces be effected in time for meeting Garner
than Friday. All the States will be represented
in the mass meeting of the Liberal Republicans
About half the States have notified to the Reunion
and Reform Mass Convention that delegates would De
sent to It, Preparations for the representation OF
this city and county have looked entirely 10 the
Union and Reform meeting. and the same Is true Oh
Coyingtou and Newport. and of the counties III the
vicinity If these cities and Cincinnati The STATES
of Ohio Kentucky and Indiana viii be largely rep
resented in both Conventions. Yesterday IL was as
certained that hotel accommodations Tor LOW hau
been engaged in Cincinnati and Covmgton ana Ine
more central hotels rejecting all turther aPp
cations. while Others more remote had room enough
and To spare. Private citizens are coming 10 ne"u-
quarters and Offering TO entertain delegates MANY
will be provided for in this way Steamboats, Sleep
inC-cars. and lodging-rooms improvised by hotels,
will make a large provision for surplus attehuauce'
All railroads centerug the city will run excursion
trains early and late at convenient intervals during
Conven+ion week In this way hotel accomm0ua-
tions in neighboring towns can be made aYalaDle'
Mr. John Wentworth arrived to-day from Chl-
caCo. August Belmont stopped an hour or two al
tbe 81 Nicholas early in the week. and then sud
denly departed west and has not been seen here
since. Frank Blair was here on Tuesday and left
for parts unknown after being unsuccessfuly chased
about town by two OF three reporters some of
bese adventurers take the precauion not register
at the hotels and thus keep shy Of the pubhc PRINT
The first delegations here in any considerable force
are those of Missouri and Kansas-Col VIM NJ
GrosveDor nav be said 20 head both OF them,
numbering about 20 men in about equal num-
bers from each State, and with these he Is
working with the greatest zeal Tor Oratz
Brown. Col. GTosvenor suffered himself to
De interviewed. yesterday by Gdsetfe reporter He
expressed decided preference for Trumbull, Gratz
Brown OF Palmer, over Adams. He does not think
Adams the best man. but considers Cen Jacob D.
Cox of this city preferable. Gen. Cox, by the way
hoes not contemplate any such honor and, 1t can
,afeIv be said could scarcely be induced accept H.
1l5 business ACSC-N-9 -4A''NN' N Va
tuch nature as would. in measure, forbid his en-
barking IN such an enterprise. He is not active IN
organizations for the Convention, though IN thorough
,vrpatbv with the Reunion and Reform OrganiZa-
ion of which he is q member. Ohio is unmistakably
aud unequivocally pronounced for Charles Francis
Adams. This IS true not only of Cincinnati, but OF
he interior 80 far as an opinion has been expressed,
and the sentiment of the State has been pretty
thoroughly canvassed before the arrival Of Col.
Grosveuor and ex-GOv. Crawford OF Kansas the up
permost names for President and Vice-Presdent,
we're Adams and Groesbeck. To-day the talk Is
Adams and Gratz Brown. Adams being first all the
.me. II this nomination Is made Theodore Cook
engages 70 get up a Democratic demonstration here
in support of the ticket and for the purpose of ap
oealing 10 the National Democratic Executive Com
nittee not to call a convention Tor the Democracy.
A delegation from West Virginia will be here in
day or two to operate in favor of Salmon 2. Chase
The Hon. Alexander Long and his followers IN this
city are working tor Chase. The Germans are TOR
Adams en maSse.
There was a slight disturbance at the meeting of
The German branch of the Reunion and Reform
organization. last night caused by letter from Mr.
Hassaurek. declining TO serve upon a committee
,ppointed TO look after German interests in the Re-
1nlop and Reform Convention. The letter did not
iecline the position in many words, but II was
construed into a declinatiOn by the members OF the
Association and the Rev. Thomas Yickers of the
eft wing Unitarian Church was chosen TO I'LL
ais place Mr.. HassauTek says in his letter
hat. as private citizen, he would
have accepted the appointment, asking no
questions but, being editor, the case
vas changed and that while he hoped the nominees
IF the May Convention would be such as would com
nand his support, he must be free to suspend his
Judgment until after the result. he says he would
aot support Judge Davis, because he has suffered
himself to be put up on platform which he would
1ot ndOrse and because he regards II unwlse TO en-
encourage the making Of the Supreme Court
stepping-stOne 10 the Presidential chair. He
would support Charles Francis Adams
platform that suited him, provided that IN
20 doing he would not contribute TO the
election of a Democratic President. Mr..
Iassaurek said to-day that no matter who the nom
nee or what the platform Of the party, be would not
,upport it if the Democracy should put up a candi
late for he believed that such support would tend
20 make a Democrat the next President. De thinks
the reconstruction of parties inevitable, and that if
not now 1t viii be effected within the next four
Fears.
The letter of Chas. Francis Adams has created
1utter The Missouri and Kansas delegates say it
-uns his prospects for the nomination here, while
he Republicans having sympathy with in
terest IN either Convention speak highly Of il, and
the Cincinnati Reunion and RefOrners regard
Il generally as manly, frank, and cour-
ageous. Many think it would have been
better understood had the letter which called out been
published with IT, Illinois Indiana Iowa, Kansas, Ken
tucky Minnesota, Missouri. and PenDsy lvania deega-
tons have obtained headquarters by telegraph New
York headquarters viii be No. IT, Mozart Hall.
They have also engaged $50 at the Merchants
Hotel Delegations who have not done 30 should tee-