The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-02
the REPUBLICANS.
Preparations for the Philadelphia
Convention.
FORNEY AND THE TRIMMERS.
Effects of Buckalew's
Nomination.
The Vice Presidential Con-
troversy.
TWO WILSON'S in THE FIELD.
DECLINE OF COI.FAX STOCK.
Gossip About the Dele
cations.
The Hartranft Load to
Garry.
CURRENT OPINION.
Gossip About the Dele
cations.
CURRENT OPINIO N

PHILADELPHIA, May 81, 1872.
Little can be seen OF the Convention by a locker
OH as yet The canal-like streets OF the Quaker
City send the same sluggish currents of slow and
steady populace up and down. and the arrived
delegate, full OF his blushing honors receives
blow in his sefsunicicncy by the Philadelphia
''Why, Jones, what are you doing in our old
fashioned city 20
'I'm delegate to the Conventions
''The Convention Oh yes; it does meet here
don't It'll But thought 1t was not until July.n
heard nearly this same remark made three
times last evening at the Continental Hotel.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS.
10 see the Convention to some degree one should
ask the hotel proprietors for their lists of engaged
rooms. The chief hotels have been entirely secured.
ana anybody now stopping at the Continental,
Colonnade, Girard, Merchants, Bingham or WASH
lngton is warned that his room will be more valu-
able than his company after Sunday. The first
class hotels, of which the above are the best
samples, can accommodate about eighteen hundred
people comfortably. The American, ST. Elmo
Walnut Street and Bloodgoods will take
nearly one thousand more. The Market
street, Second street and Race street houses
can give good country folks fare to few
gross more of arrivals. There are an incredible
number or brick boarding houses within half mile
or mile OF the Convention Hall, and ofrestaurants
TO take snacks and eat fried oysters, lobster salad
ana other Philadelphia dishes there are plenty
Guys is the only first class European hotel. and
that is of limited capacity. The drinking will be
done at Greenes, the French eating at Petry's the
supporting at Augustines, and the hasty break
lasting at the Continental restaurant. The CONT
mental Hotel will be the political capital Of the city
nv nrhf
room will be the scene OF the button-hong. Alto
gether, no city in the country, New York excepted
can comfortably house and palatably feed more
strangers than this. 1t is impossible to lose ones
way here, as there are but two directions, and
everything is at right angles. The crooked streets
are curiosities and instances have been known OF
OLD Phladelphians making day OF it to go and see
the Ridge road, which takes an oblique shoot and
refuses TO 60 either into the Delaware or Schuylk
River. That street is an eye-sore and romance
here
QUAKER CITY ODDITIES.
Delegates will be well supplied with water and
among so many temperance candidates for the Vice
Presidency it is encouraging to see so many drink
Ing fountains nicely carved and capped with statu-
cites, and bearing the advertisement OF the donor
Besides, the pavements are washed three times a
day by city ordinance. The beer, however is good,
and the ale the mildest. Everything keeps open on
Sunday, even the churches and Smiths Island re-
nowned for its baths.
Colonel Brigham, the Postmaster, will not have
the reporters tickets ready till Monday and they
are not yet printed, nor the seats assigned Re-
porters will sit In the rear of the presiding officer
upon the stage of the Academy, and the Convention
will meet by gaslight. An ample telegraph Office
will be at hand within the edi1ce, and fifteen wires
will be attached leading to New York.
The simplicity Of the people here is refreshing
and encouraging. newspaper editor met a
stranger editor to-day and said,
"You don't think anybody can beat Grant here,
do your"
''Why, mol Who could beat Grant p,
swell, some think here that Charles Sumner
might be nomnated.n
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND PuILApEI
PHIA.
The difference between reporting at Philadel-
pha and at Cincinnati is that out there among the
liberals nothing was true and reliable very long at
q time. There was so much genius and independ-
ence there that everybody bolted, even from his
own convictions The Cincinnati reformers ap-
peared TO think that to be OF the same opinion for
any great length OF time was form of degrading
subserviency; so you could never rely upon the in
formation he gave. Here there is no such confusion.
virginia. want OF information distinguishes our
and finally gives you his deliberate opinion the
statement that as Pennsylvania goes SO goes the
Union; that Philadelphia decides Pennsylvania
and that all Philadelphia is for Grant. The feeling
OF reliance and confidence In the General uniform
here. He has the support OF that large and numer-
Gus class of Irish Presbytcrans who have made the
backbone Of the republican party since the war
broke out. These people I'LL the enormous suburbs
OF Philadelphia hate the democratic party, parade
In Orange professions too long and formidable to
be attacked, and stand by Grant all the time.
The President is supported, too, by the old family
and solid commercial and manufacturing class
Of Phiadclphans, who admire him for putting in
Borie and Robson and suubbng the politician
class. With these Grant is so strong that the poll
ticians who nominated Hartranft at Harrisburg
count upon accomplishing his election by man.
euvring him under the shadow Of Grants popu-
,arity.
TIE MISREPRESENTATION WING.
Hinge posters were pasted all over town to-day,
printed In blue and red, and calling grand Hart
rant ratuication meeting for the 4th of June
the night before the National Convention assem-
blcs. Grant and Hartranft were ingeniously con-
founded in this circular, II their cause was a
common one, and the Hartranft and Bill Mann mon
swear that they will revenge the defeat OF Hart
rant upon Grant, or, In other words, the two
tickets must float each other. Grant has power
enough, however, to drop these people and carry
Philadelphia Overwhelmingly without their aid, by
the support OF the respectable clements. II his
cause be confounded with theirs the municipal re-
form party will be arrayed against him The
Press, the central Grant organ, makes
the withdrawal OF the Hartranft ticket the basis Of
its support, and the old family and solid business
class aforesaid have sympathy with this city
ring which is an imitation Of Tammany and wants
TO get Its hooks into the State government for the