The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-26
The New York LIBERAL Meeting.

among them Carl Schurz, Jacob ID. Cox,
Wm. Cullen Bryan, and Others, the OBJ
jcct being q conference OF gentlemen Who
are "opposed to the erresen, sdminis'ration
and its continuance in office, and deem it
necessary that oil the elements Of the
opposition .hould be united for common
effort 1t the coming presidential elsc =
ton" When this call wa, first made, it
was supposed By some to be move
against Greeley and the selection Of a
free trade candidate. 1t was hoped
by the Grant men and the few Demo.
crats who ere Wild enough TO favor .
domination by the Baltimore convention,
that Schu'z was strongly opposed to
Greeley, and bis silence since the meet
ing Of the Cincinnati convention they con.
.trued into such opposition. For these
reasons the meeting has been looked for.
ward to with considerable interest by
both political elements Of the country.
Last Thursday the conference met at the
Fifth Avenue hotel in New York city,
and was organized 10 the afternoon by
the election Of Jacob D. Cox chairman,
VIM. Cullen Bryant ard Gen. Dix vice.
pre- sidents, and ienry D Lloyd secretary,
'snd then adjourned to Z o'clock D. m.
Mr.. Schurz was not present. being en-.
gagged in getting his family of on tour
to Europe
In the evening the conference met pur
suant to adjournment, and speeches
we're made by Senator Trumbuil and
others favoriug Greeley. Ed. Atkinson
Of Boston, Judge Stallo Of Cincinnati
and Park Goodwin Of the New York
Post could not support Greeley, but
would go for any free trade candidate.
Carl Schurz delivered q long and able
speech in favor Of Greeley and Brown,
which takes the starch out Of those fel.
lows who have been hoping and praying
for his estrangement. His speech wa.
received with applavses that very paiuly
indicated the feeling Of large majority
of the meeting.
Owing to this latter fact, shortly after
midnight, the opponents Of Greeley were
glad to adjourn sine de, and no sooner
was this result attained than Judge Stalo
called q meeting Of the bolters ou Friday
They met, about twenty in number
After three hours session they decided
on nominating Wm. 8. Groesbeck ol
Ohio for President and Frederick Law
Olustead Of New York for Vice Prcsi
dent.
: The New York World, which has al
along been opposed to the Greeley ticket
treats the conference as o fasco. Th,
r Herald thinks it developed the fact tha
, the Democratic party, both old ant
ysung, will go for Greeley. The Time.
says the conference amounts to nothing
The Tribune believes that nothing bu
good resulted from the movement.
THE LATEST.
). The Republicans special of the %
q says: Nearly all the delegates IF tn
recent conferences at the Fifth Avenu
hotel have left town, and for the momen
r the public has something TO laugh abou,
D A rumor prevailed this morning tha
4 Judge Stallo had bolted q third time
but finding nobody answering his call
except himself, he left the city contente,
u with having reached limit where bolt
e ing ends.
= Fred Law Olmstead, nominated 70
- vjcc-president by the select and secrc
dezen and half, is already in print wit
. card, gratefully declining to succeed Nj
d Colfa1. 1t may be we'll to explain tina
Q Mr.. Olmsteud is respectable resident 0
New York city, aged City, and dis'in
!, guished for laying out Central Park
y He doubts his ability, however. to la,
out Senator Wilson. Mr.. Bryant omit
y his name from the lst of suppleme ntar
4 boilers, which sufficiently indicates hi
,. opinion Of the tail Of tho Fifth Avcnu
consultation.
Ex. Secretary Cox attended the earl
stage Of the supplementary meeting. wit
o his travelling bag in hand. He said,
}. a short address, that he was disappointe
=. at the result of the Cincinnati convention
>. and while he was strongly opposed I
u Grant, he could not consent TO attach hi
& name to any more calls or join any NOR
70 organizations. The prominent positio
% he had taken in the past, as we'll as vari
= ous papers he had signed, ought to den
q onstrate his position unmistakably, an
9 relieve him Of any suspicion of untruthfu
!. uess or timidity. He considered that ii
editors present, as we'll US every 9th,
. individual there. should use all their il
" Auence to further the objects which oril
% mated and animated this movemen
|, He should, in public, as soon as posslbl
n announce himself opposed TO Gen. Gran
L. knt h> no,,1A t.L