The New York herald., 1876-02-21
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, feO ~, 1910.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
| CITIES coNTENDnSG FOR THE HONOR OF ITS
PREsENCE-THE REVISED ROLL OF THE COM
MITTEE-ExPENsEs OF THE cHAIRdANsHIP.
The Western trains to-day brought accessions to tho
! crowd already here to influence the National Demo-
cratic Committee in making choice OF the place at
which TO hold the Presidential Convention, and the
hotel lobbies present night n thronged and ami
mated appearance. The National Committee are to
meet Tuesday next and several of the members
already in town, conspicuousy among them the
Chairman, Augustus Schell of New York. and the
Secretary Frederick Prince Of Boston. The city of
St. Louis has far been regarded most likely be
the place selected and delegation Of thirty five of her
! leading men are in Washington working vigorously to
keep this prestige Their headquarters at Wizards
Their claims stoutly contested by solid cohort
from Louisville, commanded by Mayor Jacobs, of that
| city. This latter delegation dsclaims any inten-
ton desire to favor candidate in preference to
any other They want the Convention because
Louisville is entitled to 1t, having never
had it sit there, and they promise that claquers
shall be allowed to influence the feeling any of the
| rival aspIrants for tho Presidential nomination.
third delegation is working for Cincinnati, but less
energeticay, and fourth is here to submit an app-
cation behalf of Chicago So far the friends OF
Philadelphia have made stir in behalf of the Centen-
NAL city. The following is the roll of the National
Committee revised to date:-
| Alabama, Thomas A. Walker; Arkansas, s r. Cock
Til; California William A. Piper Connecticut, William
Charles f. Dyke; Georgia, A. r. Wright illinois, c.
H Mccormick; Indiana Thomas DowIing; Iowa, NJ.
lucky, Il. d. McHenry; Louisiana, Henry
D. ogden; Maine, L. d. NJ. Sweat; Maryland,
William A. Moore Minnesota, William Lochren;
Mississippi, j H. sharp; Missouri, John G. PRIEST Ne
ams New Hampshire, NJ V. B, Edgerly; New Jersey,
| Thodore +. Randolph New York, Augustus Schell;
North Carolina, NJ. W. Ransom; Ohio John F. Thomp,
son; Oregon, James r. Kelly; Pennsylvania, James p.
| Barry; Rhode Island, Gideon Bradford; South Caro-
lima Thomas V. simmons; Tennessee, William J. Bate;
Texas, f. S. Stockdae; Vermont, b. b. Smalley; Vir-
gina, John Goode: West Virginia, John b. Hoge; Wis
consn, George H. Paul
During the gossip tonight at the hotels It was said
that August Belmont spent $780, 900 behalf of the
| party while he was Chairman of the National Com
mittee, and that Augustus Schell already spent
/ $4,000 during his briefer ncumbency. Should the
latter gentleman resign his Office his successor is
said would be Cyrus H. Mccormick of Illinois, who is
reported as having expressed his willingness to spend
500 900 forward tho interests of the democracy.
The ST. Louis delegation is headed by Charles Elerd
| and the proprietor OF the Lnde House, St Louis.
Tney o-night and among themselves divided up
the work necessary to accomplish in order to effect
decision for St Louis There is doubt that among
those who with the st. Louis delegation are some
of the best and most effective workers known to Mis-
souri, politics singular II not strange feature
in their canvass is a friendly feeling to President
Grant, on account OF his being well known In St.
Louis, and night in speaking in somewhat jocose
manner one of the principal leaders of the ST Louis
party sad-
GAS have candidate II the party does not do
the right thing in It's nominations l in favor of
Grant for third term"
This from who knew Grant we'll in the old
days The same delegate went on to say
II used pay Grants whiskey bills and admit him
to tho racecourse when l charge and we used
to always call him the old man."
This was a remarkable phase in the spirit of the
West, concIdent with what is reported here to have
recently cropped out in New York among the de-
mocrats a remarkably friendly feeling for Grant
The St Louis men say that they will give way to Gin
cinnat II by doing the democrats carry Ohio
THE AFFAIRS OF THE FREEDMAN's BANK-THE
CURRENT EXPENSES OF SETTLEMENT TO BE
MISUNDERSTANDING DISCLOSURES PROM
IsED.
| Mr. B. B. Douglass OF Virginia, chairman OF the
House committee for the investigation of the Freed
mans Bank, is pushing the work earnestly, and pro-
poses, besides having thorough examination, to in
troduce at an early day a bill to do away with the
I
and settlement of the institutions affairs. Instead
| OF the employment OF expensive Board Of Commits
sioncrs all the accounts will be formally transferred TO
! the Treasury Department, where the available funds
are and all the law business, consisting OF foreclosing
mortgages and pending suits, which is now very ex-
! tensive TO the Department OF Justice. Mr. Leopold
who was formerly OF the independent Treasury De
partment, and now the only really working Commits
sioner said concur with Mr. Douglass the con-
tempated change. J. A. j. Creswe, late Postmaster
General and DR.. Purvis the other Commissioners
appointed by the President for the closing up of the
Freedmans Bank, are regarded not in dispensable
great deal OF business is made by the Freedmans
Commissioners for lawyers, who constituted trus-
tees and the like. The bank has now six clerks at
work. and II the whole transferred tho Treas
ury Department the bank premises could be rented for
the benefit of the freedmen which would bring in at
least 81 500 per annum, thus securing amount for
tho deposltors which would apply to dividends but
now dead loss The clerical business could be done
| by the Treasury force.
Mr. Leopold thinks he can declare a dividend finally
OF sixty per Ont, but better informed persons think
he cannot pay more than nifty per the victim
lied depostors This change could be carried out at
once, and would be saving Of 500 600 to $4,000
per year Itwould work any hardship any way
interfere with the successful closing up OF the Freed
mans affairs. Mr.. Raney of South Carolina MEM
Der OF the committee is In favor Of the spcedes pos
siblc closing up OF the business in such way
| this.
The tolls closing fast about Official OF the bank,
and in connection with the startling developments
made by the Investigations OF both the committees
the District OF Columbia and Freodmans affairs. he
will present career OF singular baseness carried on
in the name Of philanthropy Mr.. Douglass is anxious
70 cause every step be which will prevent the
coIored creditors OF the bank from being eeced any
longer
CONGRESSIONAL EcoSoMY-DRAwING THE PURSE
STRINGS INSIDE THE cAPIroL-rHE APPRo.
PRATIoNs COMMITTEE STOPPING A BIG LEAE
IN A SMALL PLACE.
It's understood that the Committee Of Appropriation
have had under consideration the matter Of a reduction