, 1876-07-22

sion here yesterday may be of come interest
to the novi'iates in politics. Those who are
experience IN sach matters from contests IN
years past may rerognize 1t as the same old
story with but change OF actors, but the
/ young political men who are Just DOW enter
/ ing upon he threshold Of their usefulness
and their vexstion aud Who expect 70 be
managers Of future conventions Irsy b able
to extract few kernels Of i2:ormS,i n there
! from There may te no moral in it. nut at
! the same time it l. possible that it will not
! be altogether without instruction.
The democratic national convention, which
was in session here Tuesday, Wednesday aud
( Thursday of this week, was composed of
seven hundred and tbirty-eight delegates aud
an equal number of slterna'es. Besides this
J there were tn .usands of outsiders, who came
as claquers and fuglsmen. They came III
the interest of public sentiment. to work it
up 10 the proper pitch and The proper man,
They may have been superservieeable, and
obn xious even. but they lift great deal
/ more money than the delegates. When Il
crowd of men 20 OUT 20 hrw for a candidate
/ ih-y scatter the greenhacks like rain from
| heaven. The law of cump-nsa,ion holds
| good here as in all other cases.
| TIE PRIME FACTORS.
| As | said above there we're 73S delegates
here representing the thirty-eight States of
the UuiOn, including Colorado, which is as
| yet only sucking. but the plans were laid
and the business managed by six nnen, while
| the contest WAS between two caudiGates Ure
of whom received two votes and the other
| 534 One of these candidates was Samuel J.
Tildeu, of New York, the other Allen G.
! Thurman, of Ohio. The rest OF the business
was only flint.
Six OF the States had. or pretended to have.
candidates for the Presideuey-New York,
New jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania. Indi-
ana and Ohio The real candidate of the
latter was not announced Indiana was sin-
cere in her fight, but hopeless. Tne remain
| DIR of them were here for a cuInbnatIun- y
| combination. yon must understand, my iyro
It's politics, means 'rade by which The prlD-
| cipil loses all, while the agent gains every
| thing. Thi- should BE- remembered, for it is
the underlying principal Of all movements.
TILDEN's MANAGEMENT.
The managers Of Mr.. TIlden's interests
nad all he advantages of the contest Thy
had the State of New York with her seventy
delegates under the unit rule 10 be cast s0hd
| for him. They had the boldest and most
/ aggressive men of the party to direct the
cam paign. They had the most perfect or
gau.z ltiou. And more than al, they had
more than a majority of the whole CONVEX
| ,ioIl. 50 Tiid-a en'trti as leader aud came
out winner. When D1r-hrirner arrived hrre
d week ago last Wednesday he brought wi'h
him distinct pledges for 800 woes from 70
! Srare4. That WAS u good capital stock To
start on, hut not enough 10 e in.o the con
veution with, when game like that be had
on hand was TO be played He knew this.
| and stIaightway went about to get more.
| Missouri Was the frst State he set about to
rapture Missouri had several points OF ad-
vanIsge that occurred at once to his miBd.
1t was goin, uutrammeled into the conven-
tiun, excepting as 10 the usual compliIneut-
ary to tue f,vori'e son. Srilsor Hutcbins, of
| the Missouri vote.
! Mr. S,iIson Hu,chins, OF the St. Louis
| 7dEes, Is TIE An,chsris Cloois of ihe DEM
ocratic party. lie may wear the red cap Of
The Communists on his head, but at the same
time be will hold the lilies of the BOurboDs
in ki- hand Ia one breath be will eulogIze
1 The Pisis rarid;e and in The next Cleon-
The day arrived hrre 1 asked one Of the
| Hendricks mausyers how Missouri Vas
gong.
:. We know bow all the delegates but one
are going" was the answer, = and that Ii
for H-ndrickS
=. Who L. that one? | asked.
"Slisun Hu'chins."
Then The Mlss'uri deb CATION will vote
rs he votes. and Gid alone knows how that
will be- You can deprnd ON that"
HUlCniNs' MOVEMENT.
Gov Dyr-hvImer went 20 see Ar. Hu'ehins,
Of course. He found HIM also as we'll up in
the game that was on baud as he was him
s,lf Mr. Huichins had already been III
communication with Albany, and he knew
the advantages of his posi- ion- Personally
he favored Senator Thurman on the ground
OF hi- bvins a Western maD, but he wa ~il-
/ ling TO help TI.den on certain conditions.
! thurman had as yet 10 standing as a candl-
date, while TIIdeu had nearly half OF the
convention. So he made terms. Missouri
held the pivotal position She had thirty
vo e. thai could be turned as Mir. Hutchins
! wished Her place IN the roll-eah was II
the middle. 30 that beir vote could be mOdIh-
ed BY the drift Of those befure aud changed
before they reach the close OF the roll Those
Ihirry votes might secure The nomination To
/ T,Ia-n or turn il 10 Thurman So that Mr..
! Hurchius made an argument that II Iiiden
reached 400 votes by the second ballot he
( should have Missouri. If not, Thurman
was 10 De Pu, in nomination and the Iilden
strength turned over 10 him On the third ball
lot. This vas Mr. Hutchins agreement,
and will do him the justice 10 say that Tor
oncs be kept h:s mind.
When the frst ballot was taken the sup
port Of Missouri was divided between Bfod-
head and Hendricks. B=tore Il Was closed
Broadhead was Withdrawn aud his vote given
20 H.ncsek. Al 3 close ihs State had
given Tlld-n Just two yures. When the sec
ond ballot was called Tilden reoeiVed IS