The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-25
SpcculafiOns as 10 the Cincinnati
Convention,

4 Washington correspondent CT the New
York Herald spcculateS as follows
THE LAY OF THE LAND.
1t looks Very much 1T this writing rs ii
Trumbull would gobble up the strength OF
Adams and GratZ Brown, and lrayethe Gree
lev element to make choice between Davis
and Trumbull. The fight for the nomination,
as it stands, is very pretty match between
these two, Trumbull coming i'll rather late,
but supported by energetic and buoyant
friends.
THREE NEW ENGLAND STATES FOR DAVIS.
The managers of Judge Dayis's campaign
Hampshire, and Rhode Island, at Cincinnati
will be largely in his favor, persons having
been placed more than one month ago in each
of these States to take charge Of his interests
Senator Sprague, taking his cue from the De.
mocratic party, announces himself rs prefer
ring Davis to anybody else but Chase, and il
is mooted TINT sprague is ready to put his
name to a paper for Davis.
MASSACHUSETTS FOR ADAMS.
Massachusetts md Connecticut will pre-.
sumedly declare for Charles Francis Adams
who will probably get small portion Of the
New York delegation and the majority OF
the Ohio folks, the Cincinnati Commercial
having been footing In his interest for the
past three weeks, apparently with the object
of creating diversion and playing flst and
loose with the movement. Sam BowleS, OF
Springfield, Edward Atkinson, David \.
Wells, and two OF three more, want Adams
in case the contest between Trumbull and
Davis should become animated, when they
can throw in Adams as compromise candi.
date and bring the Trumbull strength over
to him, Connecticut folks regard Trllmbull
as Connecticut man, and he will get some
votes there. The larger part of the
NEW YORK DELEGATION WILL BE ~ FAVOR OF
HORACE GREELEY,
and the well-kuown enterprise of New
York politicians will probably he instanccd
by big train to Cincinnati, with fireworks
and guns booming for Greeley at every sta
ton on the road. If Greeley finds that he
has no chance he will probably make the
best terms he can between Trumbull and
Davis, preferring Davis as Wing and
Trumbull as & statesman.
cURTIN's PROBABILITIES. ...
PENNSYLVANIA expects the second place on
the ticket for Andrew G. Curtin, whose in.
terests in this country have been committed
to Alexander X. Mcclure ever since Curtin
retired into voluntary exile at st. Peters
burgh. Mcclure has some faint hope of trot.
ting ont Curtin's name for the first place on
the ticket, and if he cannot get it there will
hold him ready for the Vice-Presidency, fol
which at present there appears to be very
little competition. Greeley's Wing friends
who prefer Davis for the first place, will Ell
deayor to get Greeley to consent to place his
own name at the tail. AS the affair stands al
present, it looks as if Curtin would WALL
over the track for the Nice-Presdency, anG
the Democrats generally favor his nomina
ton, many of them preferring him to Parker
whom some call !" superannuated, and !
granny"
Henry D. Foster, who ran against Curtin fol
Governor Of Pennsylvania in 1860, and wa:
beaten by Curtin, now comes forward nnt
says that Andy ought to go Oh the ticket, an6
that the Pennsylvania Republicans can ge
enough Democrats to elect him easily. A:
Pennsylvania is, one of the three States hold
ing elections in October--a few weeks before
the presidential election comes otf:---it is
deemed by many Liberals advisable, to put
on Pennsylvania man who will have some
chance Of carrying his own State, and thus
creating superstition in advance of the
presidential election, q.rl s.sr
= THE STATE ELECTIONS IN OCTOBER. -
This same argument is used in DaYis's ia
yor, because an election will be held In Octo
Der In the stateapf Indiana, where Davis has
long held circuit court; and is personally
known and popular with lawyers and people
from La Porte to Evansville. None Of these
arguments woufd seem to apply to the Ohio
election In 0ctoser, unless it can be shown
that Davis has some strengthand tradition IN
that State.
THE TWO vIRGrNIAs FOR DAVIS.