The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-31


and the Cincinnati Convention.
Mr.. Belmont Chairman of the Democratic
National Executive Committee, to which be-
longs the power of naming the time and place
for the Presidential Convention of the party,
has had & little conference on the subject at
Washington with the democratic notablss Of
Congress, Of which q vigilant correspond
ent there has given us an interesting report.
1t thus appears that Mr.. Belmont, en- route
for the purchase Of some OF the fine blooded
horses of the famous Blue Grass region Of Ken
lucky for the spring races of Jerome Park,
stopped in Washington, and on Wednesday last
sent in his card to number of the democratic
magnates of Congress, with request to meet
him at WeIcker's that evening for little pow
WOW over a dish Of oysters on the important
question of the Democratic Presidential Con-
vention. To this request not fewer than
seventy men responded by joining the great
democratic banker at Welckers. And they
early call Of the party convention. Gen.
| eral Blair led off for an early meet
ing of Mr.. Belmonts committee any
how, and was supported by Messrs. Niblack,
Beck, Kerr, Bayard, Whitthorne, Eldridge and
other old liners who believe in keeping the
party flag in the foreground. But Messrs.
Casserly, Cox, Campbell, Stevenson, Harris,
of Virginia, and others, commended that demo-
cratic policy and principles and democratic
success demanded a perfect accord on the
proposition of cooperation with the Cincin-
natl Convention. This cooperation, they
thought, would not embarrass, but help that
Convention; but there must be no interfer-
ence with it by democrats, you understand.
It is understood that Mr.. Belmont yielded
to this side of the house, and, then, bidding
his guests good night, prepared for the re-
sumption Of his journey to the excellent blue
grass pastures Of Kentucky for his fast horses
for Jerome Park. Meantime he will be in no
hurry in providing the democratic four-mile
horses for the Presidential sweepstakes. Mr..
Belmonfs committee will hold back to await
the upshot of the Cincinnati Convention. The
democratic organization, meantime, will be
kept intact and well in hand for CO.
operation, If deemed expedient, but will
not be disbanded in the approaching contest,
in any event. Meantime timid republicans
are not to be frightened away from Cincinnati
by the beating Of democratic gongs or drums
or tin pans or by the blowing of democratic
trumpets. The democrats are to keep out of
sight behind the bushes, and leave the way
to Cincinnati entirely free to the republican
soreheads. Then, If an encouraging haul Of
these struggling birds is made, Mr.. Belmont
will call in his merry men from Robin Hoods
barn, and they will close the democratic net
around the liberal republican party, and the
Holy Alliance will be fixed fact.
This is the democratic programme, and it is
| o new departure which will not affect the
integrity OF the party, whether the Cincinnati
Convention closes with flourish of trumpets
| or in disagreement Of the jury. So far,
then, the coast is clear. Better still, coun-
Gil of notables of the ant-Grant republicans of
| New York, including such well-known names
as Henry r. Selden, Horace Greeley, Fred
erick A. Conkling, Sinclair Tousey, Waldo
Hutchins, Hiram Barney, f. J. Fithian,
and dozen others more or less
conspicuous among our dscontented republi-
can politicians, have issued pronunciamento
in favor of the Cincinnati Convention. They
want general amnesty they want restora-
ton of the rights of the people they want
| revenue tariff (Mr Greeley among the rests
| they want civil service reform, which is per-
| fectly fair, because they are hungering out
side, and the fellows needing reform are
feeding inside the Custom House; they want
a re-establishment Of local self-government,
| new charter for Washington-in fact, any
thing for change, you know-and they want
q check upon the encroachments of federal
power (good old democratic doctrine), and in
view Of the glorious promises held ont by the
Cincinnati Anti-G Grant Republican Convention,
they intend to be there. They have seen
enough of the elections to the regular Phila-
delphia Sanhedrim to know that the renomi-
nation of General Grant by that body is cut
and dried, and so, abandoning all hopes Of
cutting him out at Philadelphia, they will join
| Mr. Brown in the movement to head him off
at Cincinnati, as the aggravated John Minor
Bolts once upon time undertook against
Captain Tyler ''to head him or die"
Furthermore, Mr.. Greeley tells US that this
| Cincinnati consultation is to meet on the 1st
of May, that it will be mass convention,
speaking without any authority but that
which may be accorded to the merits of its
proceedings; that nobody knows whether 1t
will proclaim platform, or nominate ticket,
or adopt some other form of appeal to the
| countru Ho Java ton TINT Ono Ona Ia nv
cluded from attending that ''the invitation
is so broad that many will doubtless be pres
ent who have not been delegated )" from
which we infer that after all the warnings
| given and all the precautions suggested to