Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-25
Reported Movements of Aug. Belmont.
DemOcr attic Convention at st. Louis,


DemOcr attic Convention at st. Louis,
July 4.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Referring to
the dispatch in the newspapers that August
Belmont was at Cincinnati urging the NOM
inatiOn of Charles Francis Adams as can
didate for President before the convention
to assemble there next week, giving assur-
ances that Adams would receive the Demo
cratic support, Fernando Wood, chairman
of the joint caucus of Democratic Senators
and Representatives, is authority for
saying that there are no Democrats
in Congress in favor of Adams, and that in
his opinion it is quite certain that the
Democratic National Convention would
nominate another ticket if Adams shall be
chosen at Cincinnati.
Although the time and place for holding
the Democratic National Convention are
not formally fixed, It is understood the
Fourth of July twill be the time and st.
Louis the place.
Speech of Gov. Palmer.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 23.-Gov. Pal
mer delivered speech here on the political
situation tonight to a large audience. He
announced himself as in favor of civil ser
vice reform, not through commissions, but
by giving more power to the people and
permitting them to elect postmasters, as
SCISSORS, etc. He claimed that old party
lines are now obliterated, and patriotic
men of all shades Of opinisn could and
should unite on a common platform of re-
form. He said there would be two nation
al conventions, one at Philadelphia, which
yrvO,,IJ bo hot .s ool1a1 etD
ton, the result of which is known before
hand. The other would be at Cincinnati,
and would be a convention of the people.
He criticised Gen. Grants political record,
and said he was never a Republican till
1868.
The Cincinnati Hotels.
CINCINNATI, April 24.-At joint meet
ing of the Committees of Arrangements for
the Liberal Convention, last night, it was
announced that most Of the arrangements
had been satisfactorily completed. All the
hotels in the city had agreed to entertain
all their houses would hold without any de-
Walton from their regular prices. A large
number of boarding houses had also signi-
fed their willingness to accommodate guests,
and the prospects were that that there
would be plenty of room for all who attend
the convention. Some minor arrangements
have been deferred until the committee
could confer with Gov. Grosvenor Of Mis-
souri,, who will reach Cincinnati tomorrow.
An Ole Virginny Breakdown.
NEW YORK, April PA Richmond,
Virginia, special says the Liberal Republi-
can movement has broken down. Nearly
all the leaders, upon the publ cation Of their
names, backed out.
The Missouri Movement.
ST. LOUIS, April 24.-It is asserted here
by those competent to know that the Mis-
souri, delegation to the Cincinnati Conyen-
ton will embrace at least one thousand poll
ticians, more or less prominent in different
sections of the State. They will leave via
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Tuesday
next, accompanied by band of music, and
have engaged the whole of st. James Hote
for headquarters. The Liberal State Exc
cutive has been called by its Secretary, Jo-
seph Pulitzer, to meet in Cincinnati Friday
next at the st. James, and remain in ses-
sion until after the adjournment of the
Convention.
Gov. Brown and most of the members of
the State Committed will leave this evening.
Col. GrosVenor, Chairman of the State
Committee, and Senator Schurz who heads
the Missouri delegation, will be in Cincin-
natl Saturday.
The Kansas delegation, over two hundred
strong, arrives here Friday morning and go
directly through.
John Adams Chair.
NEW YORK, April 24.-The chair in
which John Adams sat when he signed the
Declaration of independence, will be sent
to Cincinnati for the use of the presiding
officer of the Liberal Convention.
The Irish American Central Reform
League has issued an address 10 the people
favoring the nomination of Horace Greeley
for President by the Cincinnati Convention.
Maryland RAIDS.
BALTIMORE, April 24.-The Marylafid
Republican State Convention for the selec-
ton of delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention to assemble at Philadel-
phia, met to-day. A memorial and pro-O
test from certain members of the late City
Republican Convention were presented
against the right of the city delegation to
their seats on account of irregularities in
the primary ward meetings. Without ac-
ton on the protest, the convention proceed
ed to appoint a Committee on Credentials,
after which recess was taken.
Maryland Liberals.
A meeting of the Liberal Republicans of
Maryland for the pupose of appointing
delegates to the Cincinnati Convention was
held to-day at Barnum's Hotel, ex-Gov.
Bradford presiding. Sixteen delegates were
appointed, among whom were ex-Gov.
Bradford, Milton Whitney and Col. W. Ii.
WleZel from this city.
The Nutmeg State.
HARTFORD, April 21.--The EUeniRg Post,
of this city, publishes a Connecticut re-
sponse TO the Cincinnati call. 1t has not
been circulated generally in the State, and
no special effort has been made to procure