Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-23

mittee held meeting to-day. Nothing except
the same routine business relating to prepare

| mittee held meeting to-day. Nothing except
the same routine business relating to prepare
| ton Tor the convention was transacted.
| Senator Thurman Yesterday received lnte!ii'
genca tia W. uure disrlct dcie-at' 10 o.
| l. mis- in his f.vor ware el:cted yesterday ID
0 Ia. Ac Thurmap's traGds state thai II Is
positively assured that lie viii have nal tritY
OF The Oalo delegates at s.. l. u 8. aud mat
tlr, viii 20 for h III It the proper lne.
Tie Lliuois Democratic convention met at
Springfield yesterday, and appointed dc'eAa'es
! 10 the st. Louis convention. The delegates at
large are generally ttr Til1en. The other dele
gates are said 20 be Is for TlldeG, II Tor u WIS,
6 for Hyud,ick, aud und, clded
A special telegram 10 the Baltimore Gazette
dated s.. l. u late LIST nigh, says: There
are, prQbabiy. representatives here from d"zen
States, but With the exception OF California
there is 20 full delegation on the ground.
New Ya,k aud diana are largely represented
aud b., To norrow The greater par, OF the dele
gates tron: these 'wo states will be here. Inc
great hulk Of the d iegaies from the other
States vii! not be here Till Saturday evening
aud Sunday morn'ng.
There was no; much excitement in political
circles 70 day, alt. uugh the Indiana men aud
the TlldsD force from New York received quite
a number Of visitors at their respective bead
ul.rtcrs. The principal interest was centered
at Springfield Illinois, where the convention
to appoint delegates to the uatlonai convention
was being held The friends of Iilden and
Hendricks were there 10 stroog force maklog
: desuerate exe1toos 10 behalf of their faVorltes
The Hendricks uen had undoubtedly an no.
lerstapdiug with the friends OF Davis aud
every man who cyu!d be secured tor either OF
th.se TWO candidates was so much gained from
the commou enemy. The result is claimed oy
both the Iildeu aud Hendricks parties to be
all they expected Of course they virtually
disagree as to the accession 10 the strength or
each hut 1t is pretty Gear that both Jared 20 ut
alike. Inc Tllden men claim that they secur-
ed nioeteeu Of the torty.Iwo delegates, and that
there are fJur others unoomm ltted and three
; who are for riideo after Davis The Hen
bricks men allow the It'd party eleven dele
gates with four doubtful. The Davis men are
{ Heodrlcks men and vice versa. Tue count OF
the friends of IiIden to-day in the work 10 the
northwest is as follows Minnesota, five; MI
) chigan, six; Iowa, SIX; Illinois, fourteen, and
Wisconsin, ten. This makes forty electoral
votes out of sixty three, the total plumber be-
lonriug to those five states. This, they say,
: d res not include auy doubtful votes and on the
second or third ballot they will count several
more from the northwest. This. II correct
estimate, certainly weaktns any western candl
date very much. Tue Pacific coast will give
Ulden twelve votes first, last aud all the time,
5 and from Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas
and Mississippi bis friends count twenty
: nine votes on thu first ballot as certain. Ihey
5 also txpect k~utucky nearly solid, aod ma
i,ri,y from Tennessee. Ii they can hold Nv
York nearly solid for ri!deu, and buy up New
EogIaud entirely, they will with the votes they
r are likely to get from VirgiDia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, a ALBANIA and Fl1rldi, have
:. mai rrity 90 the first ballot. Ii they can &C
,mplish this they pretend to have 90 fears OF
: defeat. 1t is probable that they Will attemp
to prevent the adoption OF the two thirds rule
if they feel certain of having majority OF the
convention, but thus Tar have DOT neard tnls
point even mentioned.
e The 'raumany crowd is Gathering here fast
Z and the grand sachem, Kelly, arrived this p
e u There will BE- ahou, Jour hunured OF the
e braves here befr . Saturday night, and they
? COM wi t. their war pain; co, aud are pledged
:, !" AZ. y ,cle Slnmy's scalp. They vii! have
band VI mus'c WY than. What Ii iua oce
they will have rcmaios to be seen. John Nor
! ris,cy with almost as great crowd + autl
TamDsny dam Gratis from New York city viii
s b, here Sa'urd,g also, and will make thing.
very lively FIR K ly ID mis- braves. From
t Buffalo ais, coues Oh German TiIden club
t numbarina about one hundred with band 81
mu-ic. Chicago will also seed Tlden club
: with haud Of music, and there Is talk OF &
I riiden G u. being urgaurz Il here There vii
be- muse q the alr, tor> lotn, by he hrSl or the
cau,in. week The friends OF Hendricks from
: Indiana viii come in with shouts 90 Monday
and their headquarters at the Southern bote
t vii! be very attractive. But With all this 1t
? doe>nt seem possible that Hendricks can rally
D majority CT votes III the con7eonou. He ha'
Iitt positive strength outside of bis eva state
and | do no, hear many pcrsocs taking abDu
/ him IS their sccoud choice. The man VIII
: promise. to be the most formidable aotagoois
of Ii d n is Hancock, and II the Pennsylvania
d.!ecarion should CIV: him a reasonably strong
and st"adfasi support the chances arc 10 taVo
| o. his nomination. But few delegates frou
e Ohio have put in All appearance Joho G
e rhompson and General Morgan bei0g the only
$ pi omineDt ones yet here Mr.. Thompson Ii
5 70! Thurmau, and he believes that there is 8
D good sh W for the old war horse
There is disposition on the part OF Hen
bricks friends to wage bitter war against
Tlldcn, aud this may add to the excltemen
which Tammany is bent on creating. 1t will
however, be suic dial on the part of Hendrick
l for Tiidan's friends will always have enough
5 votes to defeat him Bayard has many qnie
r friends among the delegates here, but they dc
not think him the most available candidate
H. has, however, the unqualified respect OF
2 the men from every sectiJn and his name /:
never mentiood kept with praise"
From conversation with several OF the Mary.
: land delegates it has been found that Senator
Bayard is regarded by many with great persona
favor but his owo State being such an uulm
} pprts It power 10 the great contest operates
, agaiu' him as 40 eligible candidate. Tllder
is thought to be a strong man: and Hancock
~ the wave Of enthusiasm. The delegation
goes to the convention unpiedged ADD the dele
gates stated that Maryland's vote will be &C.
ceptable to the honest sober minded business
: men of the country.
The Cincinnati Platform.
Mr.. Lamar, OF Mississippi, has been inter.
vie wn6 hv a corresnondent of the New ,lr K