The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-07
THE LOUISVILLE DIS

ThE LUUlSffILE5EtGs'ttt., w
Our exchanges bring US ssIas fuftaer PAR 'p.
t,culars of the disaster which befell ta Grant
marty at Louisville. The correspondent OF
che Tribune, writing after the nomination
was made and before the final bio" OF Mf.
O,Conor's declInatlon was received, says:
:. Hardly half those present In the mora
mo wore in the. hall. II was shre'Sc.y given
o,,t that OConor was as good as pledged to.
take the nomination, and with this assurance
a considerable number of those who came
in GOOD faith, thinking the real work of the
meeting at an end. took the early evening
trains and returned to their homes. Ims
the managers Soyesaw would simplify the
work that must follow. Up to the last mo-
ment the leaders were Instrumental IN Keep
ing alive the belief that UConor would ac-
cept, and it was even reported on the ali-
thority of Duncan that dispatch had come
stating that he could not refuse the nomi-
nation as rendered by the Convention.
This gained instant credence, az the hurrledly
ilmbied platform, which was but fmper-
fectly understood by the Convention, was
said to be In substance the points elaborated
In UConor's letter. So, taking the thing FOR
granted. many Of the newspaper men leit on
the early train, Including the Associated
Press people, and when the evening session
began, between and 4, the correspondents
places. as well as those of the delegates, were
we'll emitted, and the work began Win
lifeless tbrony. More than an hour was
devoted to the tedious DISCUSSION OF thc
General Committee and the provision LOT
filling vacancies, which drew out nerce
conflict from the backwoodsmen.
MIR. o'CoxoR REFUSES THE HONOR.
"But the supreme moment finally me
when the lcng-cXpccted dispatch from
O'Conor was announced. The unruiy mob
of Iisputans subsidized into GREATNESS silence,
and the President explained that two dis
patches had been received from Mr.. O'Conor,
and that one, which implied privacy to GER
tain extent, addressed til hin'clf ht would
read first. az it seemed more conclusive than
| the other. As he read, the faces Of the few
remaining delegates changed to look OF
blankncss and chagrin. certain num-
| Der, who evidently knew from the hrst
the result of al! this sham. kept quiet
and averted their faces, but the effect IN
the main was indescribab]y ludicrous ihe
President faItered as he reached the concur
ding syllable, and the poor, cheated wretcnes,
| alter the sweltering work of the day. began
to realize the swindle played upon them.
| But new wire was already ready. and alter
| demanding reading OF OCohors second
telegram, which bud been received, and
| which was not readily comprehrndcd. no
one knowing whether it was intended rs an
acceptance or declination, much indignation
was wasted on the Geographic authorities
| - fo1 IA tpip
O forgery: but It finally settled itself on the
Convention that it was true. What should
| he done! The hopeless ones gave up ana
cried. Break up and go home. Our work
| is Intellectual. We cannot succeed WITHOUT
UConor."
| THE AMERICAN LAMART1NE ALSO DECLINES.
"But Mf. MofGau, of indiana, had too
keen an appreciation of bargain and sale, ana
knew too well that he would be held account
able to his employer (Nlartin), and while the
! zeal of the assembly was as ii daZed nc
sprung up on u bench with Il well-simllated
enthusiasm and called for the nomination or
the President of the Convention; Juusc
LYONS, to The plate vacated BY UCOnor. The
crowd, excited and confused to imbcclitv,
favored this brilliant manGurre, ana IN an
instant almost the chairman ibtind himself the
nominee of his own convention, the mover
of the resolution kindly putting the question
to the house and announcing the result. The
old gentleman was unquestionably considersl-
bly, surprised. He is very evidently in earn
est in his straightncss, and hopes for the
days of Jackson before he is gathered to his
fathers. lndesCribable confusion and pcrpleX-
itv followed this movement. The members,
not knowing whether to accept this work rs Il
Joke or not, looked about helplessly for escape
from this difficulty. The President, however,
was not wholly overcome by the unexpected
honor, and in long speech he solemnly dis
cliSsed the state Of the case and advised deiib-
Grafton before making such an important move
as the nomination of candidate. So de-
Ginning gracefully the unconsidered honor
conferred upon him he refused to consider
the action of the Convention valid us be was
not in Il position to be nominated. The en-
element having pretty well exhausted itself,
the ring seemed glad Of chance for another
deal, and finally the body was adjourned until
tomorrow, with the head Of the ticket va
cant.
FULL EXPOSITION AND CONFESSION or THE
FRAUD.
One of the delegates tells the whole truth
about how the Grant Republicans got up the
Louisville Convention. His name is Conrad,
and he comes from Philadelphia. He says
"To the True Democracy Of the United
States "
Representing the Seventeenth District OF
PENNSYLVANIA in the Convention assembled
in this city under the call of Banton Dun.
can made several attempts to-day in the
| Convention to be heard. This was denied
me, and in the most discourteous manner,
| by the President, who himself occupied at
! least two hours i'm foolish gasconade about
Dickens's Dolly Warden. My object was to
EXPOSE the treason of the Cnmeron.Har.
tranit thieves of my own State. The Penn.
sylvania delegation was composed of all Grant
men except myself, not one Of whom even
intended to vote for the nominee of this Con-
vcntion. Their transportation to this Con-
vcntion was obtained and paid for by the
Grant people. Ny own and those of five
others, each representing a district in Penn
syNana, I procured in the office Of the
| Grant State Central Committee OF Pcnnsyl-
| vania, 1T Philadelphia, corner of Eighth
| and Walnut streets, oyera wel-known tailor
ing establishment. For this transportation
had an order from Sipes, chairman of the
Bourbon State Central Committee of PENN
| sylvania. That order was obeyed by the
| State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, Bob
Mackey, who is we'll known as one of Came
| ron's subjects. The band of music that ac-
| companied us was furnished and paid for by
the same Grant people, and cur little banner
that was Carried by George Mountjoy is the
same that designated the seats in the Radical
Convention of the 9th of June of the Penn
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