The New York herald., 1872-07-10

standing In their particular districts woulq De iu-
ss1 doubt Of The
Sssssss Sslsssts SPaq beings s himself sna
S@ shs the last to in this hour
up their minds, No completer 1zzle ever took
f'"'' - f A BoITHRs' CONVENTION:
Eight persons constituted the whole force which
bers of that Convention. k1s,st that they counted
fifteen The Free Trade League was noticeaby alb
Sent and CSns Sens II tse9s
he guessed they were tired Of being ridiculous and
had permanently simmered down.
opposes the nomination Of Greeley by the demo,
sna eesd morning. Ss
Missourians were In considerable mental distress
over the apparent certainty that Mr. greeley would
half dozen OF the MissOurians, democrats and
republicans, got into confab to-day and insisted
the Blairs and that the policy which mad been sue
cessfal IN Missouri was precisely the policy FOR the
"Oh,o exclaimed an outsider, .'you fellows think
the whole country is consumed with admiration OF
your State policy. What we want to do is to nomt.
himself the regular democratic party and putting
Viii sDd pss a 70 Ss sSs1ss Ssss
are not to oe allowed 70 deApe what should be sa-
gacity II ths democ(ete party: ,o,
at sSd %oe aH one hoaT
the proceedings began all the seats We're flied and
the stage comfortably crowded. The places pro-
THE NEWSPAPER MEN
were altogether the poorest which they have had at
any Of the national Of the present year
the great number Of applicants for places involved
1Na ohnvrn half n w
as 1 es the Sei wss
appearance OF the theatre was quite Handsome and
air and nearly enough light to dispense with the
gas fixtures The gas was however 1T IN Hl the ven,
IN IN the sna @
seats were very comfortable, and there was little
confusion among the auditors. In the upper
the same who yelled for Henry Winter Davis for
years. and afterwards yelled at the Massachusetts
massacre of the soldiers were Provost Marshal's
police and cIdgelng people for & the Union Tnese
ner an and the usual Interruption from the top Of the
house came in the form Of "Three cheers for
Horace" and was kept up so long that it got to be
nuisance.
1t is generally conceded that the delegates sur
in saSd and sdS
being gray-haired and handsome old gentlemen,
among them were sandwiched many Con-
iederate officers and soldiers, all young grave
party was ssemDed every
Of its representation-the Oldest New England
Yankees who have worked for years to keep their
boned Western men, some Of whom camored for
peace, during the entire war and among wnom
Val were still alive. He is represented here by his
brotherinaw, McMahon, Marylander from
Cumberland who s more NOR earnest ne for Mr.
THE DECORATIONS OF THE HALL
were in good taste, but everybody was bothered to
said he had spent half an hour TO find out the name
Of the leading individual over private box, and
1s Remaining & % Sslf hour mas in asking who Howard might
galleries were large and white, and painted in q
to denoted
seats of different State delegations. the
as an elephant, and for peace eagle welded
enormous thunderbolts. Boys were moving up
and down the hall selling Greeley fans, which fans
his side whiskers and ears were made prominent.
THE TELEGRAPHIC FACILITIES
were, perhaps, better than-at any time during the
conventions of the present year. Industrious little
pages were circulating among the correspondents
wear Greeley badges pinned to the lappes OF their
| coats To be an anti-Grceley man was TO be i'm
medlately marked and generally avoided; Brick
and got so little consideration that he became more
irritated than ever. Mr.: Van Allen, Of 0swego,
found the way of the martyr hard indeed, very few
persons caring to hear his arguments.
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE FOLKS
as they mounted the platform. Such liberal repub-
lcans as Mcclure, Tilton Cochrane Horace White.
Grosvenor and John Defrees had seats on the plat
form they appeared to be more popular than even
the most eminent democrats, and Tilton's Golden
AGE improved the opportunity to scatter Its hand.
ished by the former editor of the Independent No
one who had mingled with the delegates for the
Of ''ie the fact t. that there was " strong,
resolute, impatient sense Of adherence to
to so%pee the OF
democratic party by some new organization, and
when Mr.. Doolittle made his speech this afternoon
he seemed desirOus to give the name to the new
party. He used three times the term
"DENOCRATIC REPUBLICANS"
We shall therefore have a party that parts Its
name in the middle, in lieu Of the Old democratic
name, to show its sense OF independence of anti
Greeley organs: The New & YORK & delegates put Mr. Mr.
Conventional gentleman who has been denounced
by the World as concerned in some way in Brook
ihe grandson of Thomas Jefferson, Mr.. Randolph, Of
Charlottesville, Va, would be made temporary pre-
siding oflcer. This
SPLENDID LOOKING OLD MAN,
appeared on the stage, amid vociferous applause
and stood as straight and tai! as one OF the OLD
Teaon Kings sur six feet six inches high
hair, and very poor voice. He was neatly attired
and made a speech which read very well after il
of which probably not two words were heard by
any man In the house. He proved to be an agree
able but not very effective presiding Oflcer, and
there was disposition manifested In q few min
utes to try no more experiments with amateur par
liamentarans, but to make some man permanent
chairman who should have lungs stature and de-
| cislon. In this way
MIR. DooLITTLE OF WISCONSIN,
had little trouble in walking over Mr.. Cass OF Pitts
! burg, and the afternoon session, which began at
! four O'Clock, presented a marked contrast to the
feeble and indecisive way OF running the morning
hour. Doolittle seized the Convention, charged II
| with his opinions, made Greeley stump speech
and put the thing In running order.
MR.. AUGUST BELMONT
| was treated very kindly and considerably by
everybody, although some injudcious person hailed
Mr.. Belmont's remark that he should 20 back into
the rank and file of the party with
an extraordinary huzza, which made q laugh;
! but the good manners of the Convention