, 1876-06-25

not pledged. ! think the whole delegation
however, wal vote for him.
"Doyou have any nisgiVtnga as to Tfldcn'!
success before the Convention, SO that yor
would have such a thing as SECOND con choiccI"
"We are very hoPefu! that Tilden will eome
him and vote fur him, and really second choice
has not entered my mind. doubt IL the othel
delegates have thought Of anybody but Tilden'
Are yoa ys,9 going to work for whoever +
sWo arc, and we'll work hard to elect him
President. New England, you know, is not
Democratic stronghold. The question as to who
shall be our leader must, or ought to, lie prin.
cipal1y with the West and South, and NC shall
ae9lnesce in their choice" I'D 7,,..
Prcsidcntl''
''No, can't say We hare, and therefore We
hare no particular choice in the matter. There's
| plenty Of good timber In the party, aud we
have no doubt the Convention will do what Is
| wise and safe.
"Will the Democrats receive any Independ-
| cnt strength in the East this fa}l1"
"Thc independent Republicans are not in
! very great favor with our folks. The aVcrage
independent is good bowler for reform, but
when you put up good man who has shown
that he Is actually devoted to the reform princ-
pic, as like as not he'll turn his back on you md
| vote for the regular Republican candidate. We
have had enough of those fellows. Give us real 60
| whole Democratic party will turn out and vote
for them. These half-and-half men only cause
disafTettion, mud not union. We don't want
anything Ing like 1872 again. md don't believe
ssHow do you think the Convention Will
bridge over the financial chasm which exists be-
tween the East nn1 the West, or, rather, be-
tween the Hartls and softs Of your ,partysn
Gail the Solts are not in the West. There
in Ea
The financial plank will have to recognize this
sentiment. There will be, suppose, moro or
less yielding on both Sides and, ut any rate, we
can do lis well as that half-measusc plank in the
Republican platform does. It's getting to DC
This currency question" Tie above contains
about all the views the gentleman was able to
impart. After further pleasant chat In refer
ence to various matters, including the wonder
full growth and enterprise OF Chicago, tile re-
porter resumed his journey around among the
hotels.
At the Pacific the reporter found TINT the fol-
lowing Wisconsin delegates had arrived OH the
7:3O train and posted of to St. Louis at Q
Warsaw: S. n. Dickinson, Sparta; Theodore
Rodolf, La Crosse; James Robinson, Chiffon;
II. D. Bait, Columbia
NEW YORK. ...
While the newspaper man was thus cheated
out Of seeing the Wisconsin men, he WAS not
left wholly destitute Of subject for an inter
view. The Hon. r. NJ. Skcels, Of Lockport, n.
T., WIS in the house, and him the reporter
tackled. The gentleman was in hurry aud the
interview was necessarily short.
"Arc you for or against Tldcn, Mr. skecls!"
asked the reporter.
81 am an anti Tildcn man, STR"
:" What seems TO- be the objection to Mr..
Tildcn in Western New York;"
sour county may be taken as rejecting the
average sentiment OF the rural districts. We
are removed from the prctudices which obtain
III New York City. In our region the OPP
position to Tildcn is based on the bad appoint
snents he has made. The canal people, that is
the Ring, are of course against hun, but don't
refer to their opposition at all. They are few
in number aud arc opposed to him on personal:
grounds"
g Some Of your delegates were here the other
day, and the general opinion Of the anti,Iildcn H.;
men was that the opposition was due to Ti1dcn's
having attempted to establish personal
Government
aThat's it exactly" satd Mr.. skeels. "T1den
has surrounded himself with bad men, and has
utterly ignored such prominent gentlemen as
Judge Church and others"
r. Arc YOU Hendricks man, Mr.. Skecls3n
~ can't say that am for any candidate par
tfcularly. l can tell better when get down to
suppose shall vote for Tildcn OIL the first bal
lot, but there will be some turning over and
changing around before VIC get through with
our work. OF one thing I am ss1ro: Ti1en
can't carry New York, aud We have got to have
i fali.a i9'A "N'o 'aA '''s - D'''' w. M ~" s>
"who do you think can carry New York."
"Horatio Seymour could do it, sure:''
tit seems there Is an effort to make COM
bination Of Iflden aud Hendricks"
"1t will revcr work New York will never
consent to any ticket that bears Tilden's name.
Seymour and Hendricks, or Parker and Hen
dricks, Or Bayard and Hendricks, would work
very we'll; but We gre opposed to Tilden, and
will beat him in the State, sure"
By this time the gentleman had to leave the
hotel, and the reporter also departed.
MINNESOTA.
In the evening he happeped upon the follow
Tie rest hare gone on before md these followed
last night: E. NJ. Wilson, Chairman Of the
delegation, Minneapolis; John F. Norwich, T.
e. Afaley, Monticello; James ". Castle, Still
water; Michael Doran, Le Sueur:
In answer to the reporters inquiries, Mayor
Wilson said:
ave are all for Tildcn, the whole delegation,
ten i'll all. We know no other man. We have
no second choice"
"Wcarc for Tillcn to the very last moment.
We are not on1v hopeful, but enthusiastic, and
we come from portion Of the country where
VIC push things and seldom miss it. Second
choicc2 Well, we haven't even thought Of any,
for We propose to nominate Tl1deu, and nobody
clsc.''
Mr. Castle was ercn more emphatic. Draining
glass OF Bourbon and setting it down on the
bar Of the Pacific, at the same time smacking
his lips tn grateful remembrance OF the pleasures
the drink produced, lie said:
stTcll your paper, for NE and the rest OF us.
that VIC arc for Tildcn till hell freezes oyer.'
And the others laughed and nodded approval
ssDo you hear much Thurman tulkln said the
reporter to Mayor Wilson.
''Yes, considerable, but VIC can't afford to
nominate him. He can't carry Ohio anyhow,
and there's no use wasting o1lr powder"
q How about Ucndricks!" said the reporter.
eHeniiricks won't do at MI for President L
ticket of Tildcn and Hendricks would bo a
first-ratc one, but It seems Hendricks Won't take
the second fl8ce."
"Hcndrieks could carry Indiana, though,
couldn't hea"
t' heard to-day" said Mr.. Maley, hitherto
listener, Is that Hendricks emit even carry In
diana. It seems they put through Prohibit
tion law something like tho Maine law in Indi-
ana some time ago, and the Germans and other
libcral-minded pcopcin the State looked to Hen
dricks to veto 1t. Instead Of that he put his sigma
turc to the bill and It bccamen law. Naturallythc
nti-prohibitionists don't think very favorably
Of him, and will vote ngninst him. I was told
to-day that he cannot carry his own State"
s'Rcally, DOW, Mayor Wilson, what would yon
do II you found you couldn't nominate TIL
denl'
"Wcll, probably Hancock would come rs near