, 1876-06-17
wunt 80 far ts to my thns It wuu'd DO llart1 To


thought Tint tho nomination Ut Hayes would
suit tho Hcyfnn,s much better than that af
Blaine should tho latter hare had futtunc
OF tho city, or tnthrr tho ticrnlhn Republicans
Of the city, weru for Eristdw almost to A man,
md von1ti, ~ general thing, havt been tlfs-
pleased Whit tho nomination nf james g. blaine.
The nominations, IN Mt. Dnclilcr's opinion, were
circumstances. ..
n welt-known Chicago Democrat, was Ut the
opinion whcn questioned 'aat night tlat the r.
In thu Generals opihion, tlcy tend to Unite the
t!aaffcctel portions of the Republican party and
strengthen tic whole.
7nR HON. E11ioTr ANTHONY
ons would meet III Il miles walk. did the notn-
inatfon suit hint Why, hlcss your soul, they
wcse perfection itself. Mr. Anthony thought
tfat the nomination would MD tho Republicans
In presenting line q T., BATH s,o Tint eoul,!
As strong a ticket as could have tcen nominated.
1t wutld settle the question rs to which party
was going to rarry Ohio. Tho nomination Of
Wheeler would suit the Now York Reform
who %ight have thong1t otherwise Ind Ind my ~ "nc
elscs hect! nominated, except, perhaps, Brlstow
ur Wasi1urnc.
AcrINa-MAYon coIv1n
vas met by Tn,nuNE reporter Inst evening, ns
=
asked nl"',.t tho nomination. Ho kald TINT he
was In favor Of Jim Blaine heforc tho nntntna-
ton Ind been made, fUr tlo reason that he "llkrt
his style.h and thought that ho was
9,,s,n mns tteF tt a ~, for the nomination th,
popular man. Thu rmnination OF Hayes
aonlewllnt surprised hin hy its britliancy md
1.Idicsousncsa. tInycs md Wheeler would make
stronger candidates tllan ovcn blatno and any
20 cut of Illnos with ut least %, coo to $1,000
inaiurtty; thu question uf New York or any Re-
publican In the State bolttng On account Of their
pet candidate being bcascn WAS ono that could
tic nomnrcs; tic Republican Reform Club 81
New York Mlae1 strength to the ticket, and
They. wcro ns well pleased ~ Though .Brstow
Ind been nominated, and would throw t'cir full
would vote for. Hayes and Wheeler, mud was
sure that they would be elected,
At Tu4 CITy-1ALL
the Convention was tho toptc vi tho day. Every
those sld!ng With either candidate. Every ono
asked slows It goingt' no less thai fifty
times, and the quiet of work was scveral
times times tts 1nterrnp,ed BY fa'so aarms r.
tllat Conkling hal been nominated wcre rapidly
sprcat1 from mouth to mouth, SO TINT when the
anal result WAS niatlo known, IT waa received
with tncrcdnlty. After tho nomination had
been repeatedly told over ana over agnln,
tic acnlEo1ls OF that 1nucl-dfsturbcd quarter. II
was SO late tn the aitcrnoon when tho question
WIS settled In the minds of tic city officials
that hut few Ut thohl found time to express IN
seers, propllets, unl soothsayors who m Ike the
City-I[ali n rcgu!Rr "hang-,ut were airing
their opinions. II Is ncrdlcss to rclnarls that
nonu Of f'thom hit upon tho sllcccssful candidate,
1twas generally remarked TINT Hayes was stlrc
of second place, but over tho llrst 1alnc for tic
ticket thore w1s much dispute.
CHI1F.0F-roLICE 1tIcKEY
was an out-aud-out l}rlstoW mnM trun, the stnrt,
and had hnpcd that BcnJa1ntn IL would be tho
no.ntncc; but when tho news broke that Blninc
waa nowhere. and that tl'o nano VI lInyes
headed tho ticket, he was not much dspleasc,l.
lie could and would indorsc Hayes md Whuclcr.
They Sern men of ability, Integrity, and tntlu-
nosea gf tho sty E ssn' i w. Tas s's
pleasure to him tint ho WIS defeated. There
lad been too much machinery there, aud It did
not seem 10 him that tho public wanted man
who bad to make explanations. Hayes and
Wceeler were good men,-sound men In charac-
ter nnd mind It waa woll.
ClTT-kN0INK8R CHKSBRoUGN
waB formerly for Blaine but ho tChcsbrougll)
would not set Ills mind ngaiust the conclusions
nf 20 many men who reprssented rsy 50 much pub.
and their records wcro good. It became the
duty OF gool Republicans To indorse such men.
DAN p'nAH1,
o1-City Treasurer, held decided Views upon the
nomination OF Mr. Hayes. Dan claims to be ollp
Stephen 4. Douglas was his political Ganalicl,
10 to speak, Mf. O'TIara gai1 that the only fca-
turc IN tue churpeteE Of Ms. Haycs-who WIS a
politician ana Partisan as wellMwhish
Of ffhc people a. q candidate for the Presidency
wns h(a obscuritJ. 1le would mention, "a MI
incidInt of history, the fact that In ISL, when
stephen A. Douglass Was the eloleo Of tho
Western Statcs Tor the Presidential vacancy on
VIE tAkcn up from tho btate Of New Hampshire.
Ills 1tan,e was Franklin Plerco, wlloso only
recommendation was that ha fought In the Mex
IeaM ~, Ma1 a''.l tainted On tho tle,d q battls,
who % hss ssiiaa lad ioeal % houers Ut thrust t, %.
on lin, and State honors aa wcll,-
"this ,nn,i Huyes,"-ia generally conceded to
Gn weak representative Ut the Republican par
~. Ills political Gnteeedcnts, II Wa alleged,
Blaine pr DristoH. It VIA q weak nomination In
d word. II Sam Tilslen, Of New York, ur Tom
l!GNdrlcks, ot Indiana, were nominated by the
Democrats III the Convention in St. Louis, OH
June ~, the victory Ut the Democratic party
would be undoubtedly overwhelming T1ldcn
anl llenlricks Worc men Of record a.ll patriots.
Whether thu Convention would 1lo1ninntc either
ridden or Hendricks Mr. O'lInra, OF course,
e0ulu not 6ny, ......
MAuK a1IEntDAN,
Alderman from tho Fifth Ward, says that IIaycs
Ia the strongest man thu Republican pa1ty could
THE GknAANs
snom to be divided. Very good authority, aF-
parently, on the North snlu, delnrcd last night
Lhat there were many Brstow ,nel, among them,
and tlut they were not salistcd with Til: ilunl-
rntion Ut llaycs. Very gM'1 authority apIn-
rently also leclared that thc best Grrluals were
well pleased with iAyea.
Max llonler, doing business at No, Is North
Clark street, said TINT the majority Of the best
German cltlzcns wrrc satisfied With the notni-
nation u liayes, Hayes WAS nut very we'll
knowll, II Is true, but lie was q good I,nn, 1t
was ttIu general impression. liuycs wus un-
douhtcd!y Il better man than islai,ie.
Whatever objection ts u,ado against Hayes
among thu Her1nAnnt arisus from their l1iac-
qtati,taucc with lin merely. IL lle lIMl bee.l
cAarged with n,alfeaaance IL. otlire aud larldcd
bcfUro the people, liz would undoubtedly bu
known 1lure extensively.
VA GonD SQUARE MANI
That scefnB tn b9 al,.,ut thu opInton OF tho
average ChieugDtan Oh the character vi loy.
Hayes. That thu nomination Nas an uuexpcet-
Cd one, need not ba stated to tt knnEI hui tic
rcslduits Of this burg Are not accustomed to
alluw thcJnaely9s to be carFte1 away ty any
sudden emotions, md a f9w uf tlluln murc I'M
a1Iuutive ones Mcre rc2ty to altlrln nj once that