The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-28
CINCINNATI
The President-Makers Work.
ing Night and Day.
P0RKOP0LIS A BABEL OF CONFUSION.
Hourly Changes in the Prospects
Of the Candidates.
The Contest Narrowing Down to Brown,
Trumbull and Palmer.
Adams Too Respectable for Re-
formers Convention.
DAVIS STOCK NEARLY BANKRUPT.
Revenue Reformers Looking
Askant at Greeley.
Exclusion of the Democrats
from the Convention.
Interviews with Judges Collins,
Stallo and Hoadley.
Various Views About the
German Vote.
Revenue Reformers Looking
Askant at Greeley.
Exclusion of the Democrats
from the Convention.
Interviews with Judges Collins,
Stallo and Hoadley.
Various Views About the
German Vote.
GRAFT BROWN IN THE ASCENDANT.

GRAFT BROWN IN THE ASCENDANT.
CINCINNATI, April %, 1872.
The position here this Thursday afternoon, with
the Convention only six days or is even more
mixed. large number of delegates have arrived,
some of them influential and well posted and we
begin to get ut the inside workings of this curious
liberal movement.
PROBABILITIES.
The following positions are believed to be the
very latest on the board
Judge Davis will come to Cincinnati with the
delegations OF Maryland, part of Iowa, part Of
Illinois, Indiana Pennsylvania and scattering votes
In the South-frOm Virginia notably.
Judge Trumbull will come with the greater part
of the delegations of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota, the whole of Nebraska and the
whole 0fNew York. He is understood to have been
pledged New York State by Fenton and his mana
gers. Trumbull will roll up a large round vote on
the first ballot.
Carl Schurz, leans toward Trumbull, and will
probably say on his appearance here that Trum-
bull is the squarest man to nominate grounds Of
principle and policy.
After the first ballot, which will not show enough
votes to make Trumbull the nominee, the Fenton
him the solid vote of New York, with the consent
as well of Greeley and his friends.
Mcclure, OF the Pennsylvanians, will then also
come into line for Palmer, and Indiana will follow
Ut once, while Illinois, Iowa and some scattering
votes will make very nearly enough to give Palmer
the nomination This coalition is believed to have
been made already between Fenton acting for
Greeley and Palmer's Western managers. There
Is a strong feud between Davis and Palmer and the
former has reason to fear some such bargain and
sale from the outstart. McClure's part Of this
transaction is to be paid for by putting Curtin on
the ticket with Palmer for the Vice Presidency.
John d. Defrees, whom Davis regards as his gen.
eralssmo, will probably find that he has no real
control over Indianas votes, and that Palmer's
agents have sold them out in advance.
II this coup de main in Pamers interest should
FAIL although 1t has strong chance of succeeding
the cat will be out of the bag, and Gratz Browns OPP
pOrtunities will commence
GRATz BROWNS CHANCES STILL GOOD.
Brown will appear with a roaring delegation,
comprising, 1t Is sad the whole of Missouri, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, part of Iowa,
and perhaps the votes of Mississippi Louisiana and
Texas These will be cast for him on the first bal
lot. After Palmer develops his grand combination
movement the Brown men will attempt to absorb
strength from either Davis or Trumbull, or BOTH
IN ANTICIPATION OF PaImer'S SCHEME, WHICH has III
ready been discovered, the Brown men and the
Trumbull men are looking about for some plan Of
union and it is not at all unlikely that the fight will
wind up with match between Palmer and Brown,
Brown coming in the winner.
ADAMS WEAK.
Mr.. Adams will come to the Convention with
nearly the solid vote of New England and Ohio
and some votes from Michigan. This Is believed to
be the extent Of his strength. The movement in
his favor has all the elements of responsibility,
without organization. His letter published to-day
in the papers is variously commented upon, and
some people censure David A.. Wells for having
published it without the context of some previous
oral or written agreement which Adams undoubt-
cdy had with either Bowles or Wells.
SCATTERING NOTES ABOUT CANDIDATES.
There is good feeling between the friends OF
Trumbu and Brown. Browns friends decry the
nomination Of Adams on the ground that he is
patronizng the movement and playing the airs of
cid arstocratic Massachusetts whggery with it,
The friends Of Brown, Adams, Palmer and Trum-
bull unequivocally denounce Davis nomination as a
job compounded between his ron-making relatives
In Pennsylvania and the corrupt Curtin Ring and
certain democratic fuglemen in Congress, like
Jim Robinson and George Morgan.
The old simon pure free traders prefer Trumbu
and next Brown, and would not be adverse to
Palmer.
It is urged in Gratz Browns favor that he would
really poll more democratic votes than either Davis
or Adams and that he would take the battle I'm his
own hands and stump the country amidst such
enthusiasm as never has been seen in any political
encounter.
George +. Pugh said to-day, as l telegraphed you
ahead, that II Adams were to be nominated, he
Pugh) would take the stump for Grant in prefer
cnce.
FINAL PROSPECTS,
On the whole the showing to-day Is that Palmer
has developed unexpected strength, provided ne
be not sold out by those old toades, Fenton and
Mcclure, and that II he fail on the first Jump the
battle will be between Trumbul and Brown, with
Brown slightly ahead.
The Convention will be presided over by either j.
d. Cox, OF Ohio, or Judge Brnkerhof, the elder, Of
Mansfield.
THE REUNION AND REFORM CONVENTIONS.
Thackeray described in "Thc Newcomes' a
typical American female at an English court seance
SHOWING the difference between the two govern
mcnts.n The difference between the two Conven-
lions to assemble at Cincinnati May Is no less a
subject OF profound inquiry and ingenious elucida.
ton.
Briefly, the Liberal Reform Convention wishes to
reform republicans only; the Reunion and Reform
Convention wants to convert both democrats and
republicans The first wants to tone up, wash and
sponge the ant-slavery and war party; the second
TO play with the same hose on both out.