New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-05
THE STRAIGHT-OUTS.
lively SESSION WITH NO RESULT.

Il
ALIvELY SESSION WITH NO RESULT
CHARLES o'CONoR REFUSES TIE NOMINATION
so DOES THE AMERICAN LAMARrlNE-IhANo-
PARENT swINDLE OF THE WHOLE AffAlh-
THE POSSIBLE NOMINEE ADAMS OF hNS'A
CHUSETTS.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TnB TRlBuNEl
LOUISVILLE. Sept. 4.-To-night the remnants
t pcoherent gang that came smash Greeley are
pretty well cowed The result OF the day. the exposure
from their dupes have taught the ooidest OF 'neu'
certain oxtcnt. caution that has not hther'o ~"
garded IL has been hoped that the wofR oi ''o "~'
would end with the acceptance Of OConor' anu ''io
promised adherence OF John @ Adams to TINS disgrace
fnl rabbIe with whom his has been bearaggieu "
the miro OF traffic and dieker From the outset ""o
Duncan and his caoal discovered that the ehorts Vi
the Grant people had succeeded IN mis,'Ai"e
some remote Democrats who had htue cn""o'
10 keen up with current events, the scheme
oo,s IN have been deliberately formed
10 nlopc this udIcrous comedy of elaboration as long
as possibe to impress the country. TO that end the
mysterious reticence Of the first two days arc 10 DC
ascred for it turns out that the rngoaders knc"
fully iOdays AGO just the men that would stanu ho
nation and who would not But the delegations were
led to believe in this last movement that MT. oConor
had been merely waiting to see how much streng,n
the movement would develop before LENDING ms
his name Upon this understanding the only element
that gives grain of weight to the gathering mas oo
held to the work for these two tedious days anu upon
this same moageT segment must rest all the lnpo'"o
that could be expected 70 come from the movement"
Even before the declnaon OF 0Conner there were SIN
lister EXPRESSIONS OF doubt the part OF the distant
delegates and Duncan was coming 10 DC ais
trusted by the many outside OF the htue
circle working with HIM in the management
of this affair OF the unswervaby true Democrats
resented the idea Of tavornG Grant, and confessed oue
frankly that they came because they had been LED 10
in IeepeCtaOe
numbers came together that Mr.. o'Conor would be
willing candidate, and that Horace Greeley would
Withdraw. This the common staple OF the
circulars addressed TO the Democrats IN re-
mote sections. and was rehgiously believed Dy
many up 10 the latest moment. Indeed, the
Chief Grant correspondents here openly boosted that
Mr. Greeley would be obliged to withdraw in the event
of nomination here and that the meeting would prove
tenfold more popular and effective than Cincinnati
II must remembered that in ali the nystincation
and failure OF today ono is 10 blame duncan hdu
prouise of the presence of Stephens, Wise, oBrien,
who has not been here at all, and some
Of the more expert Grant managers, but be
yond Mortons lowering the other side OF
the river all his allies have failed him, and damaging de-
veopmens been made in the very face OF the Con-
vention and just itl was ending IN tancied triumph
Mr. O. Adams had been promised as one OF the attrac
lions of the Convention but instead that young gentle
man forwards which implies that if he can de-
pend on the good company which he has always been
accustomed he may consent 10 flank the ticket.
But that the atmosphere is clear and the remaining
celegate for there has been large session since morn
ing are fair confess that they have wasted time and
energy 10 no purpose 1t true that the Ring has called
anew session 10 undo the work achieved in the excite
ment Of to-days bitter disappointment, but there are
little hopes OF doing anything that can redeem the thing
from the hopeless failure Of the past two days. and
the stigma Of disgrace reflected from the sup
preston Of free speech, to-day. The determined
onslaught of the Ring on the members
who demurred to packed denomination did arouse the
attention of the better Glass; and before the complete
breakdown of the enemy many withdrew, protesting
their adherence Of such unfair and cowardly action.
All in all better days work could hardly have been
done by friends OF Reform in the interests
OF Greeley and Brown when the result declared
In November, not the least among the causes tending
10 Mr.. Greeey's election will be the insane attempt
OF his enemies to-day The city rings tonight with
the end Of the buresque and the Democrats who have
been arnentins the gathering as reflection against
their good faith and party loyalty are almost disposed
10 look enently the dupes Of men who are misleading
he credulou and ricdng the rest 1t is proposed TO
morrow 10 nominate Adams for the first place, and put
LYONS or Edgerton on the second. The re-
naming delegates are too much dispirted
tonight to express much preference and
the result tomorrow rests wholly with the advices
received from Washington the outside Grant author
ties. Tonight, Duncan claims that Lyons will head the
ticket. his selection was noble impulse of honest
men, unmoved by the prejudice Of name OF reputation