New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-23
POLITICAL.
CONNECTICUT GREENBACK CONVENTION
A SNAIL BUT EARNEST GATHFRING-iNfLohN'h
UroN TUE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION lo-pA'
AIMED AT-scHEMING TO CATCH VoIE6s-"o''

INGERs0IL ALARMED.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIhUNE'l
NEw-HAvEN Conn. Feb. 22-IDe "reehua'hO oi
vention held in this city to-day consisted cnieny u
delegates from Hartford ana New-ha %, ~
town. IN tIe immediate neighborhood OF New-h"Nen'
th crowd of 100 or 200 spectators from the city,
+. - ILL in a small hall, which was comfortably
ell Tn mint of numbers the demonstration was
80. formidable but it's weakness In tha'
nartieuar was more than maze up III
the apparent earnostness and enthusiasm OF the pro-
ceedings The main object of the gathering il
understood TO be to affect the Democratic state 'o
,,on,ioo which meets in Music Hall tomorrow, and
compel that body to recognize tue soft-money eIe-
ment in the party if not by the adoption OF Tesoiu-
tiops openly favOring their doctrines, at least
nv a retreat from the position taken IN las'
years platform and Endorsed by Gov niger
.olI in his annual message approving the currency
hill of 1879 which fixes time for specie resump-
ton. They will be content it is said with resoiu-
,ion demanding the repeal of the act of 1879 ii
leaders of the greenback movement both IN New
Haven and Hartford are, for the most part, men
WIN have been engaged in real estate speeulanons
which have proved unfortunate; and the suspicion
is rife that their earnestness in advocating cheap
nancy is not entirely untainted with motives OF self
interest.
The Convention to-day contented itself with adopt
ing series of resolutions, long enough to cover the
whole field of finance from ITS own point OF view
and amounting an Executive Committee, when was
empowered to call another Convention Tor the holi
nation of State ticket in case the acton OF helIher
az the other parties should be satisfactory The
chief re. ance is upon the Democratic convention
tomorrow No hope is entertained of any favorable
action on the part of the Republicans. The green
back men are feeling very well tonight over ther
Convention, and express great confidence that
the Democrats will be brought TO terms
and make them some concessions. what they ue-
mand is the unconditional and immediate repeal OF
the resumption act of 1875. and the passage OF Il
law making gTeenbacks a full legal tender sas-
pect they will be satisfied with resolution favorng
the repeal of the resumption act Should the Con
yenton tomorrow refuse even this, they threaten
an independent movement and separate ticket
There will he no separate ticket.
The delegates 10 to-mOrrcw's Convention are mere
tonight in large numbers and there does not appear
among the whole of them, from the Oldest wheel
horse down to the youngest voter, the slightest dis
position to stand out against men who call Them
selves currency reformers. They do feel somewhat
hammered by the record of last year, when they
adopted series of unmistakable hard-money reso-
lutons. drawn by the Hon. David A. Wells, and
n little fettered by Gov. lngersolPs SPECIFIC
approval of the Resumption act III hls last years
message. But they will get over that by Ignoring
the past There never were such fellows for ignor-
ing their own past, and remembering everybody
elses when there is anything to be made by it, IL is
said that Senator Eato has written to bis friends
advising tue passage of resolution demanding the
repeal of the Resumption act, and that presume
will be reckOned sufficient for the OCCASION
The only delegate who Tonight talks anything
ike hard-money doctrine is Waller of New-LOndon.
and even be favors the ignoring of the whole ones
ton as one that does not concern State Conven-
ton The fact that the town of New-1aven has
sent BOft-money delegation to the Convention has
Impressed the delegates with the notion that the
movement is very strcng in the party, and that IL
will not do 10 refuse the concessions demanded. i
am told that even Gov. IngeIsoll has become
alarmed and that he will not refuse to
stand upon q platform dictated by the
reformers. The condition Of things an the
party is quite different from last year. They Will
not dare repeat last years platform. They dare do
nothing in fact but turn short about and condemn
what they approved at their last Convention, and
vet they are not demorslized. They are quite con
fdent of success whatever they may do. II is hard
to demoralize a crowd that were never demOfalized.
The statesmen who are here eanvasSDG over the
financial question tonight are not discussing the
financial question at all. They setting traps,
looking how TO catch voters and how not to lose
any That il the end and aim of all their manage
ment and all their deliberations. fear that the
same will have TO be SAID of the other Cony
which meets next week in Hartford. but it viii
have to he said in favor of the latter that its
agement will not involve 90 complete turning
itself inside out
Io-morrow's resolutions are already drawn, and
those who know about them give every assurance
that they will be entirely satisfactory to everybody
and will insure harmony in the Convention and il
the party. This means Of course that they viii
satisfy the greenback delegations from New-ilaven
and elsewhere and that they will be either so am
biguous TO be susceptible of any expla. ation or
80 loose and fabby as to mean nothing. No
convention make q platform upon
which the greenback ring and the real
friends Of honest currency can harmonic without
stut.fying Itself and deceiging one the other.
OF the two wings represented III the Convention the
soft-money faction deserves the credit at least of
being in earnest. They have the courage of their
convictions. However mistaken they may be, they
have something they believe in, and for which they
are in dead earnest. They are aggressive aud out
spoken. 1t is the other side that temporizes,
bubbles, and reeks to compromise Ask the imitation
lists what they propose to do tomorrow, and they
give you a concrete fact. They say, I'VE propose
to make the Convention demand the repeal of the
Resumption act" Ask the other people what they
propose. and they answer Garry the State" ami
that is all they care for.
The ticket of last year will be nominated with op-
position. The delegates TO the National Convention
win be left free in their choice Of candidates and
indge from the names mentioned, are likely to
be selected as hard-uoney men, hard-money
a. 10 convenient.