Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-02
NEW YORK LIBERALS.
Their Meeting--DiseussiOn over
the Candidacy Of Horace
Greeley.
The Old Philosopher Declared the
Choice Of the Empire State
List Of Delegates.

Choice Of the Empire State
List Of Delegates.
CINCINNATI, May 2-After the close
of short session Of the Convention at
. Exposition Hall, the work of eanvassing
. for a Presidential candidate was re-
. sumed. The morning had opened with
the hopes Of the friends of Mr.. Greeley
very much exalted, and for time the
, support which before had seemed so
earnest for Judge Davis, appeared to
, have been transferred 10 Mr.. Greeley
The support of the Democrats was as
sured in a very hearty manner. In the
editorial columns of the Enquirer that
paper said: 'sThe marked favor into
which the name of Mr.. Greeley has
grown in the last twenty-four hours is
! the most pronounced Of any yet devel-
Oped in the extraordinary gathering in
this city. We find rapidly increasing
feeling in his behalf, confined TO no
State or section, but coming from all
quarters Of the Union, and what Is still
more significant, no antagonism;
while the friends of the other
candidates push their cause with
zeal and fervor, no one has an
unkind word to say against the philoso-
pher and statesman of the Tribune. His
friends are earnest and enthusiastic, and
declare that with him as the candidate
the fires Of lS40 would be rekindled and
an overwhelming victory be assured. 1t
is claimed he would poll from fifty thou
sand to one hundred thousand Republi-
cab votes in Pennsylvania and more in
/ New York; and that in Ohio and the
West generally his name would excite
great enthusiasm. Southern delegates
assert that he Is the strongest of all the
candidates suggested in that section,
and affirm that with him could be Sc
cured one hundred and twenty electoral
votes.
ACTION OF NEW YORK DELEGATES.
It is noticeable that he is the
second choice Ofthe friends of all the
candidates, and st this hour it
] looks as though Mr.. Greeley
would be nominated. The enthusiasm
for him among parts Of delegations has
| certainly been quite marked. But
would New York stand up to him, was
asked, and to determine the question q
meeting Of the delegation was held this
afternoon, and it proved TO be very ex-
citing. About one hundred and twenty
! five members were present. Waldo
/ Hutchins was called to the chair. John
| Cochrane, from the committee on the
/ subject, reported the following:
1 ResotUed, That the New York delega-
ton shall be heard upon all questions
affecting candidates, in delegate eOnven-
/ ton, through the voice Of its chairman
or some person designated by the delega-
ton for that purpose.
/ ResolUed, That the delegation from
/ New York cast its entire vote for Horace
/ Greeley for President, and until such
time as ten members Of the delegation
otherwise prefer.
! The chairman requested that the dele
I cation should retire for consultation,
after which the vote should be cast for
/ Horace Greeley, under the direction Of
I the delegation. A warm discussion en-
sued, chiefly upon the question whether
I this was to bind the delegation to cast
l its entire vote all the way through for
Greeley. Some of the delegates denied
the right Of this assemblage to bind the
votes OF the delegates, and others urged
that this assemblage was reprepresent-
alton Of the people of New York, and
had some power TO bind the delegates. !
1t should choose as the original prima-
ries or caucus committees, to instruct
their choosing.
Ex-Judge Selden, of Rochester, pre-
sentedan argument against the tying
Of hands but would submit to the order
Of the majority. LApplause.
Mr.. Brown, of the Rochester Democrat, /
would strike out of the second resolu-
ton all of two words, "retire for consul /
tation, y thus leaving the delegates free
to follow their individual preference, !
after ten shall have united in a call to
retire.
Mr.. Cochrane argued that the resolu-
ton already meant that.
A delegate-Then why not say so in !
terms.
Mr.. Brown then withdrew his amend
ment.
Mr.. Lloyd, while expressing the
kind feelings toward Mr.. Greeley, |
and his willingness to yield to |
the majority, 50 far as one or two |
complimentary votes for him was not |
in favor Of him for Presidential nonina- |
ton because if elected he would ably /
advocate and support apolicy which the |
speaker was unalterably opposed to as
unwise for the country. He was, Of |
course, understood to refer to the policy |
Of protection. For this reason, the <
speaker was opposed TO the adoption Of
the resolution, and also because its eff /
feet was to assert what was not true;
to-wit: that the delegates here are |
unanimous on this question. He raised /
a storm of dissent by claiming that
they had abandoned the regular
Republican organization because
the majority in 1t had overridden the
minority. He renewed the proposition
in still stronger terms, saying this is
rebellion, instituted because those who
control the regular Republican organi-
zatiOn have used its machinery to force
upon us their policy regardless of the
minority. [Cries Of "nO, " "never," and
Kisses. Mr.. Lloyd continued reading
from the Missouri call, and charged
that, in favoring the pending resolution,
the meeting was doing just what the
platform denounced in the old Or
ganiZatiOn, as its demand for
the surrender of political freedom
in order that the pleasure, practice
and creed af some shall be made that of
all. Applause from one side of the
room. He had been urged by those
whose fame was continental to resist
this as he would any other form of tyran-
nv, and stated that in the Ohio delega-
ton the single vote found there for Gree
ley was to be respected, and the chair
man would cast it as long as the dele
gate so desired. He had felt it his duty
thus TO protect them against what he
saw the determination Of the majority
here, though necessarily it would re-
suit in defeating the formally expressed
wsih of the people of his Congressional
districts, that he should represent them
in the delegate convention.
Mr.. Jones [of Binghamtonl wanted
Greeley nominated because he believed
his the strongest name to present to the
country. When in convention, If we
see that we cannot nominate him, the
majority viii be ready to 90 for the next |
best man.
Mr.. Sinclair lousy moved, but subse-
quently withdrew for an amendment |
providing that only after three formal
ballots are bad, the delegation retire for
consultation.
Mr.. Flower, TO clear all ambiguity,
moved the following subject for the
second resolution:
ResolUed That the delegation from New
York cast its vote IN the Convention /
as q unit for Horace Greeiey until such
time as twenty delegates shall make request
OF the chairman 10 withdraw, at which event
the vote shall be cast a majority OF the del
egation shall direct provided the Convention 4
shall not direct a different method OF pro-
ceedure.
This provlso was added at the sugges-
ton Of Judge Selden. The Chair put 1
the question 10 vote and it seemed
carried. A division was called and
majority ranging themselves in the af-
firmative, the Chair announced the res
olution adopted amid cries Of "eount!
eountp which was unheeded. A scene
Of confusion ensued, and finally on an
appeal from the deeison Of the Chair a
count was had, and showed ninety-nine
In favor of tie resolution and twenty