Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-01
or Indiana.
DOINGS AT SIT. LOUIS.


Our readers are to understand that
the greater part of this article is writ
ten as the news from st. Louis comes
in, and before the nomination is made.
The telegraph lines do not seem to be
arranged in a manner favorable to our
getting prompt intelligence. and we
have to rely partly upon newspapers,
which have their correspondents in st.
Louis the gentleman who was to have
acted in that capacity for us did notgo
to St. Louis at all.
MONDAY.
Well, the newspaper accounts have
to he we'll sifted before we can get
at the truth, for in all of them, THE
wish is father to the thought" and
what the correspondent hopes is the
very thing he confidently predicts.
One thing is quite certain. and it man
ifests itself both in journals friendly to
Tilden and those adverse TO him, that
a vast preponderance in favor of that
gentleman exists in the convention
while on the other hand minority
very small but very determined seems
resolved to leave no stone unturned to
prevent his nomination. This minor
ity is mainly made up of the soreheads
of the Tammany aud Canal rings of
New York, and the extreme soft money
men of Ohio and Tennessee. Two
votes have been taken which, in some
degree test, the balance of opinion in
the convention. The first is the cleo
ton of Mr.. Henry Watterson of Louis
vile, as temporary chairman, by vote
of % to 8. against Mr.. S. s. Cox of
New York. Mr.. Watterson is one of
the three managers on behalf of Tilden
and one of the warmest of his sup
porters, while Mr.. Cox went to St.
Louis expressly to oppose his nomin-
alton. Some disposition seems to ex-
ist to abolish the two-thirds rule which
would be favorable to Tilden as he
would under the majority rule be un-
doubtedlynominatedo on the first ballot.
But Mr.. Tilden's friends take no part
in urging this upon the convention.
The number of votes required for a
two thirds vote is 1872, and it is con-
ceded on all hands that Tilden will
obtain largely over 400. Another test
vote is confined in its indications to
the New York delegation; in that body
resolution was offered instructing
the chairman to present the name of
Mr.. Wickham, mayor of New York,
as permanent vice-president. The
anti Tilden men put up August Schell
against him. The vote stood
WickhRm (Tilden)
Schell (anti-Tilden)
| Majority for wickham-................. %
An informal vote taken in the New
York delegation to ascertain the pre-
ference of its members, resulted as
follows: Tilden, 50; Seymour, :;
Hendricks, z; Church, l; Hoffman,
l; Hancock, /; Bayard, l or briefly,
For 1llden--
For all
Tildens majority over
TUESDAY.
The principle events of Tuesday
were the election of Gen. McClernand,
of Illinois, permanent president, and
the appointment of committees, whose
reports we shall get tomorrow.
The rules of the last Convention
were all adopted, including the two
thirds rule, after some discussion of
the latter.
The rest Of Tuesdays proceedings
seem chiefly taken up with speaking.
We have Mr.. Watterson's speech, dig
nifcd and yet enthusiastic on taking
the Chair; then the prayer of Bishop
Marvin; the speech of Mr.. Belmont,
congratulating the convention on the
prospect of a true Democratic pomi-
nation, and representing that by NOM
mating half Republicans in former
times, three Democratic votes had
been lost where one Republican one
was gained. Then Messrs. VOORHEES,
and Cox, both dubious about nominal
ting a New York man, but whose
doubts met little response in the con-
ventiOn. Nor must Miss Cozzen's
speech.be omitted, so politely was it list
ened to, on Woman rights, and that of
Gen. McClernard, on being inaugura-
ted as permanent Chairman, earnestly
deprecating personal or sectional biek-
ering and heart burning and invoking
the spirit of harmony as the ruling
spirit of the Convention.
WEDNESDAY.
TILDEN NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT.
Second
Necessary to a nomination.. ...........4s2.
The proceedings of Wednesday and
Thursday must be recorded as briefly
as possible.
The business of Wednesday was the
report and adoption of the platform,
and the ballots for Presidential nomi-
nee.
The platform will be the text for
our editorials for several months, and
must be dismissed for the present
through lack of both space and time.
We have only time to remark that
there was a warm debate upon an
amendment to the currency plank, of.
fered by Gov. Ewing, of Ohio, which
was finally voted down by vote of
5l5 against PIG.
There were only two ballots for Pre-
sident result as follows
Candidates. LIST. I'd
sam. J; =. 1851 So
W. =. Hancock 50 q,
ThoS. y. Hendricks ........... 1891 d.
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