The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-21
THE FIFTH AVENUE CONFERENCE.
Suggested Nomination Of the Sore
Headed Charles.

Headed Charles.
(From the New York SUM-
Ills currently reported among those who
know what is going on behind the curtain
that the gentlemen who have taken tne IN.
itiatiye In calling the anti-Grant conference
to meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel contem-
plate the nomination Of Charles Sumner, OF
Me- ssacbusetts, as candidate for President.
(lnr information is that Senator Schurz, OF
Missouri, although he is one OF the signers OF
the call, does not favor the nomination OF Mr..
Sumner. schurz supports Dr. Horace GIee. .
cali it was with the expectation that ot1er
Greeley men would also sign 1t, ana tnat the
conference would tend to promote the concen-
tration of the opponents OF Grant upon tne
Cincinnati ticket.
of Senator Schurz may be finally accomplish
ed. When IL appears, as 1t must upon frank
and full discussion of the subject, that the
nomination of Mr.. Sumner or or any otner
Liberal statesman, instead OF consolidating
the opposition to Grant, would only contrlDute
toward Grants re- election, we have no doubt
that the plan will be abandoned, an1 , Una. M
those who have thus far favored It Will see
= that it is necessary to adopt the platform aud
stand by the candidates Of Cincinnati.
We say this with all possible respect Tor
Senator Sumner. Had he understood year
ago that 1t was vain to struggle against the
denomination of Grant, and mac ne iranSiy
identified himself with the movement which
cnlm56ated at Cincinnati, it is quite possible
that he might have been nominated there;
and in that case we should have laDored
cordially for his election. But he did not see
ct to take such position, and up TO the iast
moment clung to the mistaken nope Una I1at
Grant might be beaten at Philadelphia. This
rendered it Impossible that he should De noml-
mated by the Liberal Republicans; and we are
confident that there is no man IN the country
who will disapprove more warmly than ne the
idea of now attempting to distract and break
down the opposition and secure the re-elec.
tion of Grant by the nomination OF tnlro
candidate.
The Views Of Oswald Ottendorfer-Sor
Greeley as Against Grant.
The New York Herald interviewed Oswald
Ottepdorfer, one of the signers OF the Call LOT
the Fifth avenue conference The result was
that in response to the first question OF the re.
norter, "What Is the primary object of your
Conference ?" Mr.. Ottendorfer answered as
follows: ,,,ro,oa i, sor
tho nurpose of mutual consultation among tne
polIticiars who are opposed TO Grant ana at e
the same time dissatisfied with tine results oi
the Cincinnati Convention. Before that con-
Tan,,.n met great hopes were entertained py
10 ali t;,at boih platform and candidates wouia
Se snf1cIently strong to unite all the elements
of onnnsltion to Grant In such way as ~ou,d
ba certein to insure his defeat. This we 40
not think has been done, and we want 10
noe n onr deliberations on Thursday may MOI
.e productive of some scheme Wnlc1 VIII
AXE the campaign more oiincuiI iOI vi a1an'
probably lose him tne November eieo
.the meeting called in opposition to Gree
~ not directly; to Mr.. Greeley personally