Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-07-18
BALTIMORE CONVENTION
GREELEY AND GRATZ
BROWN

The menagerie is over, the ringnlas-
ters have put the animals through their
PAGES, the clowns have performed their
antics, the claquers have done their
work, and still everything is not love-
ly. The convention which closed its
laboTson last Wednesday was thefiattest
national convention which has been
held for many years. This is the al
most unanimous expression OF news
paper men who have been in the habit
Of attending these conventions, and the
f4el is conceded by many prominent
lDemocrats. When Greeley's name
was presented, and when Pennsylvania
moved to make the nomination unani-
nous, tsIefe ssHas great applause of
course, and the noise came chiefly from
the upper gallery where the claqnefs
were statfoned. The New York dele
CATION contributed their full share, but
there were veTy7nimy delegations in
which not cheerWa raised. AT least half
tof the. delegates sat in sullen silence,
land many did not attempt to conceal
their disgust. The Greeley men who
were present at the Philadelphia con-
vention admit that the enthusiasm
manifested there fer Grant was vastly
greater and more Spontaneous than that
displayed for Greeley to-day, though
they claim, of course, that notwith-
standing the apparent apathy of alarge
number of the delegates, they will sup
Iport Horace Greeley. The denonstra-
Ition was startlingly ike that when. the
4 philosopher was nominated at Cinein-
natl in its onesidedness. There are
many who affirm that notwithstanding
lthe action OF the convention they viii
refuse to support Greeley. Among
i these is NIn. A Wallace, chairman OF
the pennsylvania delegation, who has
been for ten or twelve years chairman
lof the State Central Committee, He
ilaeqaiesced in the action of Pennsylva-
lnia to give the convention an appear
lance of harmony, butsays he viii new
Ter vote for Greeley. His expression is
THAT Of a large number of delegates
II here. They would make no demon.
4 lstration in the convention to-day, but
lclaim. the right to exercise their indi-
j vidual judgment during the campaign,
land it is certain that the delegates from
New jersey, Georgia, North Carolina,
land other States will not support the
wood chopper Of fChappaqua. .fa.a
Z After the adoption of the Cincinnati
) lplatformin totoand some other minor
r business the vote upon candidates wa:
{ taken. On first vote Horace received
/. jail but 20, II of which was afSerWart
transferred to illuminating his tota
| vote $50. Dooiittle Of Wisconsin wa
!. chosen permanent chairman of the
Convention and upon him fell the duty
{ of acquaintingh Nj. Greeley with tn,
fact of his nomination. It is said HI
6 (Hor-ace) cried when it was done.
! In the afternoon of Wednesday tn,
Greeley Democrats met In conven
: ton with Samuel J. Bayard as perma
Z nent President. They have alread,
: prepared an address TO the Democrat
g lof the United States and recommend
: that a convention be held at Louisville
! Kentucky, on Saturday, September Sd
Ito take such steps as may be essential t.
! 1.-THE preservation of the Democrati
T party. Tanlmany, of course, hearth.
S responds to the nomination Of Greeley
6 by the firing of guns and the display
? Planners, but there are large number
n of d-fashio ned Dem who cam
lsee it in that light. Meantime the Lib
leral Republicans are becoming disgust
g ed with Greeley's evident sacrifice G
q principle for the tempting bauble hell
4out to MIN, and, with the exception Of
{ very limited number of sore heads VIII
: have gone too, far to back out, will, a
e heretofore, stand by the old flag.
D.