The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-21
Tho Free-Trade Auti.Greeley Con.
ference.

New YORK, June 20.-At the confer.
ence OF political rGfOrmers, held at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day, Jacob d.
Cox was chosen President, ". c. BRYANT
and Gen. Dix Vice Presidents. At4
o'clock the conference adjourned until
this evening at : o'clock.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel Conference
met at +. NJ, the following delegates
being present Senators SchurZ and
Irumbull, Gen. Cox, of Ohio; Gen. b.
II. Hill and j. c. Hitler, Of Georgia; ].
IL. Bromley, Of the Hartford Post. Hor-
ace White, Of the Chicago Tribune. ex.
Gov. Randolph, of New Jersey; j. b,
Grlnnell, OF Iowa; Atkinson, Of Missis.
sippi: DavtdA. Wells, VIM. Cullen Bry.
ant, WattcrsOn, OF the Louisville Courier
Journal! Hiram Barney, of New York;
Senator Rice, of Arkansas; Wm. NJ.
Gr0svcnor, Theodore TiltOn, Of the
Golden Age, an outside delegate: Gov.
Walker, OF Virginia, and Senator Stock.
ton, of New jersey.
Gen. Cox was called 10 the Chair. and
stated the object of the conference 10 be
The fusion OF the elements opposed to
Grant.
Senator Trumbull then rose. lie said
that while not fully indOrsing the nomin.
alions OF the Cincinnati Convention, thcy
The Liberal RepubliCans) had gone so far
that rc:ractiOn is impossible. If n man
oi acknowledged reputation could be
brought into the field, he CTrumbulN
would support him; but amidst the exist.
Ing state Of affairs, he saw no option but
to support Greeley.
Bret remarks were made by several
Others, and the conference adjourned to
meet again at O'Clock this evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The night session Of the Conference
rcaSsembled at s T.. NJ. About seventy
delegates were present. Oswald Often.
dcricr, VIM. Cullen Bryant, Carl Schurz
and Gen. Cox, Of Ohio, were the leading
spirits. The principal speakers were
Atkinson, OF Massachusetts; Parke, Good.
win and DOrsheimer, of Buffalo The
speeches Of the first two were strongly
against Greeley in tone, while that of lie
last named was vehGmently in his favor. |
The proceedings were very stormy and
unharmOniOus, and were continued until
long after midnight
AT the evening meeting Of the confer. |
cncc Carl Schurz proposed that there
should be n call by States to get an ex.
preston OF sentiments, and that there |
should be one representative from each
State. The first State called was Ala. |
bama, represented by Mr.. FORSYTH, who
went for Greeley Mr. Rice, OF Arkansas.
went for Greeley. The next State called
was Connecticut, represented by lion,
DaVl9 a wells, who said he was deter
mined, under any circumstances, not TO
support Grant, and whether he supported
Greeley or not depended very materially
as to whether, in his opinion, Greeley
was tue most favorable candidate pre-
sented. EX'GOv. English said that the
Democratic party OF Connecticut were all
Tor Greeley. Henry W. IIilycr, OF
Georgia. made speech strongly in
favor Of Horace Greeley. Mr.. White
said that both the Democratic and Re.
parties had served their purpose
and that Greeley had best cut into both,
Gen. Fitz Henry Warren, Of Iowa, said
he had not been in favor Of Greeley, but
il he should be nominated at Baltimore
he would carry his State Tor him. Ken.
lucky was next called, and Henry Waiter.
son, editor Of the Louisville C1urifr-
journal, being the speaker, he said that
he spoke in behalf OF the South, and in
mn earnest and hearty appeal implorcI
the union on Greeley and Brown as the
only means Tor the emancipation of the
South. lie represented Kentucky TO he
almost a unit in favor Of tho nominees Of
the Cincinnati Convention. His speech
was conceded to be one of the most cl.
iectivc and determined efforts OF
the session. Mr.. Atkinson said he
was for free trade, regardless of Greeley
or Grant. On the part of New York, Mf.
l'srke Goodwin made a speech, in which
he strongly denounced the idea of sun.
porting Greeley under Nny circumstance,
Judge Narr of New Jersey, and Judge
BrinkerhOil, OF Ohio, made strong speeches
for Greeley, and against tho boilers from
the Cincinnati nominations. Shortly after
! O'Clock this morning, the Conference
adjourned sine die. Mr.. Schurz said ho
must support Greeley from necessity,