Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-05-10

been the New England champion and
organ of the Cincinnati convention, had
u dispatch on Friday evening from its
editor, Mr.. Samuel Bowles, explaining
now the nomination of Mr.. Greeley was
brought about. 1t would seem that
"wire working prevailed to large ex-
tent even in that virtuous Cincinnati con-
vention, and that the "wire" which made
the nomination was pulled by no less a
nersonag re than the democratic candidate
Tor vice president in 1868, AS Mr..
Bowles was on the ground, and friend
of the movement, his accouus of it may
be regarded as BY authority: ....
" The convention has come to an un.
expected and surprising result. You in
Massachusetts knew from my latest dis
patch, last NIGHT, what was likely to hap
pen even before the delegates themselves.
Frank Blair became alarmed at the grow
ing prospects of Adams nomination, in
which he and his family naturally had
no sympathy, and brought over Gratz
Brown from st. Louis, last night, to I'M
dertake its defeat. How they did it, the
record shows. Brown withdrew in favor
of Greeley, and though at first the move
'eemed likely to prove failure, the
siomness "f the friends Of Mr.. Trumbull
to appreciate the danger and act agrees.
lively against it allowed IL 10 aggregate
strength, carry the friendly heart of the
convention to Greeley and give him a
brilliant victory.
The logic and the judgment of the
convention were for Adams, not its en-
thusiasm. Had the balloting taken
place last night, he would have won the
nomination. He slowly moved up to-
ward victory, this morning, but Illinois
held out against him too long. Had
the rival factions given up on the fourth
or fifth ballot and cast the vote then
that they did at the end of the sixth,
Mr.. Adams would have been recog-
nized as the coming man, and the care
less and neutral and Indifferent would
have FASTENED to his banner. Mr.. Gree
ley's friends even gave it up in secret on
the fourth and fifth ballots, but by some
secret manipulation two or three dele
gates from outside states changed part OF
the whole of their votes to Greeley on
the next ballot and put him as much
ahead of Adams as Adams was ahead
of him on the fifth, Illinois withholding
her vote. But before she could settle
her differences and come to strengthen
Adams column, the fire was kindled, the
strong personal sympathy that Greeley
always excites among genuine and old
republicans was aroused and the out.
standing Southern states fastened to
tumble in with enthusiasm for him.
When the Illinois vote came, its power
either as numerical or moral force,
was lost, and the result, whether for good
or bad, was achieved.
Mr.. Greeley's first friends then tried tc
change the plan of the architects of thi:
result, for, in giving the vice presidency
to Gratz Brown, they saw how much this
would look like bargain and they great
ly felt the personal objections to Mr.
Brown. But in the demoralized anG
tiabby state of the convention, it was
impossible to concentrate the votes of his
opponents for any one acceptable man
Mr.. Julian would have been especially
agreeable to Mr.. Greeley, but the con-
yentlon was impatient and hungry
Many did not care what happened. Mr.
TrumbulPs and Gen. Cox's friends re.
fused to allow those gentlemen to be
pressed to the second place. Brown had
many earnest personal friends at work
for him. The thoughtless among Mr..
Greeley's friends were grateful to him
and SO the little sinful game of Frank
Blair was played out successfully to the
end.
The blow falls very heavily upon the
free traders of the West. They were
the originators of this reform movement
To them it meant, almost first of all
tariff reform, and they struggled long
and earnestly to put their ideas on this
subject in the front. But by the betray
al of a portion of their Missouri ascot
ates, partly by their over-persistence in
the verbal struggle for the platform or
the question, they have lost everything
The tariff resolution is practically and
almost in words Greeley's compromise
and the candidate is the one man in all
the country who believes most sincerely
in protection and fights its battle most
ably. Had Mr.. Atkinson of Boston and
his friends given up the contest earlier
and more gracefully on the resolution
the convention would have come to the
nomination day earlier and obtained
Mr.. Adams. No doubt of that. They
were warned of the danger they were
running, but your genuine reformer new.