The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-14
THE ROCHESTER, CONVENTION.
The Democratic Gathering to Elect
Delegates to Baltimore.
TAMMANY AND THE REF0RMERS.
Greeley Still ead---POliticians Mad on
Our Later Franklin.
ROCHESTER,. NAV IN. 1872.

ROCHESTER,, May IL, 1872.
Bright are the omens for Greeley The old demo-
cratic line wavers, ana the Democratic State Con-
ventiOn. to he held In this city on wednes-
day, to elect delegates to the Baltimore
Democratic National Convention, July o. is
expected to be nothing more nor
less than a Greeley ratification meeting. On
the cars the talk is all Greeley. The Republican
State Elmira Grant Convention, to DO held on the
same day as the Democratic Greeley State Conven-
| ton at Rochester, is q remarkable coincidence.
Each convention Is within easy access by rail-
ROAD, ana whether there will be any "truck and
dcker in regard to instructions to delegates Is not
question for the future, but for the present. The
Elmra Convention will undoubtedly select Grant
delegates; the Rochester Convention win not he
non-committal, but without instructing their dele
gates in any way whatever, will gently intimate
that the choice OF the democracy Of the State OF
New York Is for Greeley.
THE USUAL TAMMANY ROW LOOKED FOR.
There will be the usual fight In the Convention
over contesting delegations from New York city
should Tammany or the reform democratic dele
gates be admitted. That Is the question now.
The general impression is that both delegations will
be admitted, inasmuch as each II not directly, Is
Anything to beat Grant is the talk here tonight.
The New York city reform democrats Will have
Senator O'Brien, ex-senator Mike Norton ex-
ncy, Congressman Smith Ely, Jr., and many other
prominent and representative men as Greeley
champions.
KINGS COUNTY ALL FOR GREELEY.
Kings county delegation viii be all for Greeley,
From Sy wes9ern Ne% ssss among the
cry Of ne scoo asse jessie at Den
Gngnds sr eonnecSn With nd Se :"
hear the slogan Of the ~ repeated
In this portion of the State OF New York There
will be large and enthusiastic outside delegation
present from the city OF New York to give ectdt
and Juror to
THE GREELEY DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT.
Every room In the principal hotels Is engaged by
democratic organizations, and there seems to be
settled determination on the part OF all who shall
meet :, to unite upon some plan that will insure
In the federal administration. In the
meantime there are not few democrats who de.
clare that rather than swallow Greeley they would
take General Grant without a qualm. In Albany
county they say, Put up Greeley MS the democratic
nOmes and The largely as i
for Grant, the Greeley ISSUE by 5000 democratic.
The democratic vote OF the county Of Albany Is ex-
Understanding p1tss S That the editor Of the
Albany Args.s, Mr., Cassidy, win be Mr..
Of Chappaqua be elected to the Presidency. This,
however, Is mere rumOr and should not be taken as
authentic, inasmuch as Mr.. Cassidy has not yet ue-
clared decided preference for Greeley as the DEM
0cratc standard bearer.
The national policy under the Greeley adminiStra-
| ton will be foreshadowed in the resolutions to he
adopted by the Convention; that 1t win be high,
gard to our foreign relations, is certain. Our
| Irish fellow citizens will DO remembered
Of friendly with
that section will be demanded among the perqu-
sites OF anllation.
trict, has been named for prominent position IN
the Convention perhaps President.