The Republican journal., 1876-06-29
The st. Louis Convention. How Things
Appeared ON Sunday.

W liI lic mercury III the nunuIeus, political
arguments anywhere else would have been at
discount. Bat here from early morning till
!Ht" al night nothing else has been thought of.
much less talked about. Trains have arrived
from all directions during the day, bringing
large numbers of delegates, but more outsiders.
The T;mmanY crowd arrived and had no sooner
swallowed their breakfast than they began to
take their sha!c in thc general argument. They
reported at once TO John Kelly and began by
ienouncins GOV. l'lden. and declaring that he
could not carry New ! DIRK in auy event. They
were met by John Morris>tv, who WAS often
heard to offer to bet Il sum from $1,000 TO So
900 that tooY. rden would carry the State if
nominated This did Not seem to please Kelly )
strikers, and they made 10 reply 10 Morrissey's
proposition. The latter says he has ~ cause
10 love or uphold Gov. IiIden, but he is for his
nomination because the Canal Ring and the
Tamnany lhieVe, are against him.
THE SITUATION
ha, not materially changed during the day.
Coy. hendricks supporters are here in full
force, and they are the most active of any on
the ground. They have their scouts out in all
directions. and are working like beavers for
their ijtNorlte. 1t was reported that they had
made some Roadway i'll the New EnGland dele
CATION. but this is not true. ii is believed there
viii not he half dozen votes against Gov.
Iiden from New England. and perhaps not
any. Fhere are two or three men who would
like TO give Gen. Hancock their votes, but they
ii
Of the way. The arrival of the New England
men yesterday afternoon seemed to stiilen up
the back, of the l'ilden men, and us soon as the
Massachusetts and Maine men got into their
quarters at the Southern Hotel, they were be-
>Ieged TO know how they stood.
THE SOUTHERN DELEGATES
We're particularly anxious to learn the senti-
nent of New England, and they seemed salts
tied when told that New England desired the
hest man. as that suited their views and tuat Is
the true state of the ease. The Southern people
arc here by some of their best representative
lnrl. lhey present no candidates for either
place un the ticket. bet saN they are willing and
anxious To east their votes for the man best
gbl. 10 represent The true Democratic sentiment
IA the North. On The first ballot they will di-
vide their voioS between Coy. Tilden, Gen.
ilancoch, Coy. Hendricks and Senator Bayard.
ii GOV. Tildpn j. forced out of the field the
southern men would 10 doubt prefer Gen.
Hancock to any others named. although Mr..
Hendricks has some friends in Tennessee and
other States.
TIE TnDEN DELEGATES
at Lindell Hotel have been thronged all day.
and hi supporters are sanguine of success.
they >.ty Kelley and his crowd have overdone
the thing, AMI their opposition is reacting in
favor of the Governor. some Of his friends
claim nearly two hundred votes on the lirst
ballot and il that should prove 10 be the case,
he will gam enough in the next few ballots to
give MN Inc nomination. On me OlltT Hdnu,
the TanmauY crowd Ito not allow INN more
Than 100 votes at any time, and claim lie cannot
ret the united vote of New York on more than
TWO or three ballots 1t i stated that the Ohio
and P"unSliNanla meu have been tlAlh9 TO
Unite on Thurman or Hancock, and that an
effort WAS made To get Indiana into the arrange
memt, bul that the movement failed. The New
Jersey men seem 10 have faith that Coy. Parker
win be the man after all, but the Western men
Will not n2rer II that, Is the intlatOnslS are is
bitter towards him as towards Gov. Tilden.
GLANCE OVER THE FIELD
reveals nolhn. but uncertainty, and the ele-
Ment~ are Of such II character that no amount
If speculation Will aid i'll making thl' IS clearer.
II MAY be that there i Il dark horse in this race
a. in that AT Cincinnati, and it may happen that
lie Will eventually come from the same State,
and his name be Thurman. In that event the
EameS of GOV. Gaston and Coy. Ingersoll VIII
be very prominently named for the second
place. rherc is but iittle said about lhe two
thrt- rule. but there Is hardly any possibility
tGr lis repeal. Members of The MasSachu etts
delegation today visited various other State
delegations and had Il full and free interchange
of Opinions upon the ail-ahsorbln@ question OF
the day.
HOW A&OrHER REPORTER SAW If.
Additional delegates arrived late last night
and to-day. Special trains will reach here early
tomorrow morning with several hundred peo-
pie from New York. New England and other
parts of the countr}. y train with 300 Tam
nlnyite> arrived this morning, and the opp0n-
tnts Of Tiden floM New York are now very
numerous. The contest between the Tilden
and anti-Tden men has been very warm to-
day. and i'll many cases quite bitter. The OPP
pOnentS To him on the part OF the Iammany
crowd is very strong, aid aggressive; but not
withstandiug this Tilden'S friend. proclaim that
he has gained strength. This is conceded by
some OF his opponents. There Is really no
organization in favor Of any candidate, and
there l. nothing but the purcst speculation rs
10 the results.
The currency question is assuming more
definite form, and opinion upon that subject is
becoming more pronounced. Prominent ONO
ihd me adoption OF lis view 9Idon q hi.DL!aep
question VIII lose that Stale by $4,000 majority,
and the lnilanianS say that that State will give
10000 against him, white if Hendricks is nom
mated lac will carry them both by handsome
majority. Kansas delegates say that that state
VIII not support Tilden, and if he is nominated
there will !ir a third ticket i'll the field
The 'uihern delegates seem to occupy the
>;tnc position they did three days ago. They
are willing Ia accept any m:ui who promises
HE best chances of success al the polls.
The Hendricks men profess 10 be hopeful,
hu many Of them express disappointment at the
decrease of his strength during several weeks
past. They cannot account for this change
IN sentiment, but admit that in the East and
South especially his strength has very material
~ diminished. Pcnnsy lvunia say the day after
their Convention was he'd Hendricks had
tArec-tillh> majority of their delegation. Now
he ha> not onc-lith. similar reports are made
by other Eastern and southern delegations
The Hancock movement, on the other hand.
has Developed greatly the past two days, and
although he has not been regularly taken up
hr J. IN pretty general favor and is talked of
pnite extensively as the second choice. The
south seems to tie strongly in his favor. and
will probably rally to him if it i shown he can
he nominated.