, 1876-02-09

I
.,s call until after The dsso for the National Con-
yentton liad boan 01pi. ..-..
Aitof ti,s shove subjects bad bsstl dtscuased
pretty, thoroughly, The Committee adjourned
sno dio.
An INFORMAL rAtK.
Tn tho afternoon abont 3 O'CLOCK. various t1otn.
hsrn Of the COMMITTEES wsrc sccclre! by TUG
Democrats Of Chicago. who assembled for that
rlrpoao at the party 1leatld1attsr6 tn Superior
l'iock. Thoro wore present of tho Chicago
branch Of t'e party the Hon: Thomas Hoyns.
Judge Miller. Col. Cau'sron, hiilss ho',oe, \. ..
aavdnor, aud various Lesser lghts. ny Them
up Tho numoroun sta,rs, diadainng the elevator.
spoechloss from lack OF broatl, and snoploctio IN
5 no
Of Aau1-shakinga and tho interchange u intro
duc.lona aud congratulations. TAoao proliml-
nAties being ovcr Tho party patfod of and pln','
they separated a. mildly A. Tiny had con1o.
Ia tile evening, fnoss Of tho Euonbera of Tho
Committee who had not departed Tor LONE
gathered IN pAslor 81 Of tho Sherman Houae, aud
Supplemented their former salK fita more of tho
same. To a TafHuxE reporter who hhppcncd III
II appeared a. II tho whole dlHcusdlon turned
npon ~.
a Tninp 1icxEr
In tho coming State olection, That matter waa
vigorously discussed, with o decided dI0eEonce
ID opinion RtnohR tho members.
Bald MIR. Dfown: "Tllero cat1not bo third
ticket next fall. it'a impossible to got mp aucl,
thang. Tit gs,, to whl'h pfos'ra's gentleman on tie
III teii you there, will DO ono 10 namc, tut u
will bs banner without an ARMY uenefat
without 4 soowlog;" hnd another member III
the big chair spoke mp: ..-..-,
"Yes, sir, jim AiIcu will hnad sou'o sort Of
ticket; but llo won't get any vOtoH.'
Then vhon tho roportor. put In word OF In
lutry, Drake HFoko up and said:
II bolIoEe tliAt represent tho oplniona Ok 3
worry large class Of lilo people when l say that
| No must have nn honest man for candidates
! mud am aurc TINT It We put up man ol rccoE'
nized integrity. Of good Democratic antccedcnta,
| nnd on a platform without cq.1iyoonstnn, We
| alull Min with him,-wo can't holp IT," Aud
| Duwdal a<ldod,
~ you ply up th.o[souehly honest man. hoa
| And then Brown remarked:
"I think good deal more Of tho man than
do Of tho platform this tmo the people will
look for and yote for tho man rather than tho
| PLATFORM" ....
Aid so tho convcsne ran OF. 1t WIS dflcnlt
| to Get mn expression Of opinion Is 10 tho meflta
1ItK RATIONAL CANDIDATES., ,..
thougl, It appcarod ~ tho lisloneI AZ II tho
tito front rather ofto1lcr tlinn any othetB In
tho company It VAS difficult to gct sn opinion at
! all, but when approached ln datatl tho OK
ptoaston Of tho monbers Nas little moro oasJ
to como ut.
| LloIt.-Goy. G1snn, when addressed on the
subject Of tho outlook for the Presidency could
not, or would mol nauo Ills fevorlto, and was
equally no,l-oomnttsl as to tho probability Of
tho disposition Of tho party in lllinota. lie re-
| gatded Bayari T!don. Davis, and Hendricks aaa
tho coming men; md considered shat each had
fair following In tho State.
Betator Brown, Chnisnlan Of tho Committee,
believed IT to DO too curly in the campaign to
muntit,n any name 81 preferred for P6oaldont:
as for Governor, tho outlook waa alm0at equallY ?
vague, mud nothing could yot bo prollescd with
any certainty. Thu names nlost FREQUENTLY
heard moro William II. hloffiaon htiu Judge
Mr, e, L. Morritt declared himaelf to bo uu
prepared to say anrthtng definite aB 10 tut
/ Presidency. Davis Ti!don, aud Houdrioks " crt
tho namea which 10 mentioned. but no means tia
wore at hand could prevail to draw out Az opi.
ion favorable to eiteer ono az opposed to III
others. For Governor hlr. Merritt though
Lteuteunnt-G Governor 01ouu aid ConEroaanh'
| Morrison tho strong mon.
llr, j, s. DrnAo was in favor Of no particula
| mau at predent. What ho wnutcd, ho said, wa
MI honest man for Prcsfdcut, any honest, cspa
bio man on an honest platform. Doyond theA
Requisites, he had now 10 choice. As for IL
Governorship, Mr. Drake appeared to have nofh
Judge 0rcou, Of Cairo, thought that ono Q
The most prominent men for
THE 0oyEnNpRsn1P
| waH Mr. Morrison, poH In Congress. II nom
nated, 1t would DO on account Of bis poputaris
| In ha own pnrt Of tho State, aud from tho foe
| that he waB Of high personal character.
Other interviews With memberH Of tho Com
mtteo woro suarcely more tetintte in reault'
Tho general feeling may bo stunned up By sey
, Ing that nearly ovoty mombor woh1d work II
Morrison for Governor II Glenu were not I
como up. nnd would help Glenn If 1t "ero not f1
Morrison. AZ 1t in, they will lseop THUR opnior
10 themselves, and tho easiest way whfoh tho re
postor haa 10 suggaHt III for Morrison to Eofuse
/ run, aud thus leavo Glenn IN easy Face,-barrtn
always thoao Iast-hous ir,ou VITO come In to spo
i tho sase In 30 many cases.
s Tho Democrats Of Illinois, Judged by the
: representatives in the city yestorday. are III
d chaotic stnto Of mtud as to the Presidential ca1
didate. It appears. however, ~ It the port
:, Supreme judge called DaylB could carry b
i State in tho Convention, provided those waa
i reasonable probability that 10 ha1 cnouE
o strength elsewhere To render tlla support OF h
r name not a,sogoshor Quixotio. That is there
strong feeling in HIS favor, which would Rre
stronger II It could he shoTn that a siinil
j, | movement was on foot in other States.
l. Barring Dayie, there 10 no doubt that q
o ourlous curtonos 9ueetto1 would split the par
y iu lltiuota into Iildcn and somethtnG-clso wing
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