The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-26
TuE SITUATION IN ST. LOUIS
arr UvcLE shMUEL THE STRONGEST
Am THE CANDIDATES.

| we a, ,he,r Oppo-itIon-A PennsyIva-
-. O,inion of the Tammnny Crowd
s.a,,,ug Up Littiejobn's Insinceriiy'
@. Iouts. June 25.-The day has passed |
| :. .,o,in led wranele and discussion over the
IT. of the candidates among their adhe-
~, a, the different hotels. II Is doubtful
",.,, W. an Great a number OF interested polti.
| -, over assembled at anv National Conven-
| ,en h,,etoiore and the promise of u hvely con
w, ,,hs, the WORK Of the Convention begins Va
| " a.. ucrea.e From the second Story of the
,,o1en A long horizontal nag pole reaches out
49,, the .tr,et hearing the legend, I" He. dquar-
,sr. ratpmauy Had" and IN the parlOrs which
'T.m,,anv occupies the warfare ag Inst liden
4. carried on uuceasinsly EverNbouy visits
sbese headquarters, and, once there, everybody
q, influenced a. much us possible aguinst the re-
,,,,n C,ovetnor During the day several ex-
,,,iny encounte-s be ween Tilden and Tammanv
NON nave taken place. and the party managers
"A that the Tamm invites may. by the violence
:, tbe4r course. produce scene in the Crnyen-
Nan which must injure tho party. To. day the
,,,ument Of Thmmany Ia simply that Tilden
,.nnot be elected unless he c ,rtIes New York;
| ma, he cannot carry New York because they
,,li onpo.e him; there ore II Will be foolish to
/ animate him. I he effect Of this course has
/ bsen rather to create an opposition to Tam
many - an orieinator OF trouble inside the
4 Marty and 20 hurt Tilden less than antci-
4 oned A the case stands to-day, ilden I. stll
4 by far the strongest among the candidates, and,
l but for the two-thirds rule, would be almost
! certain OF nomination on the first ballot.
sKkTcH or THE SITUATION.
1 Hendricks ana Hancock badges appear In
4 considerable numbers TO day, but the former
has gained nothing within the last twenty four
/ hours Hts adherents are not OF SO unyieldinR
class "a are the frienos OF Tilden. and that tne
L Hendrc Ks forces may go suddenly over to Han
cock or Thurman seems an admitted possibility.
Hendricks will not take the second place on the
ucket with Tilden. but might oe more plabls,
IT'S thought. with some one else at the head Of
the ticket. Thurman's chances would te better
but Tor an opposition In the delegation from his
own ate Zen. ION Ewing, II 10 whispered,
wants the nomination ior vice-Pr sident, 6ut
President. Gen. Ewing therefore opposes any
design TO II back on Thurman alter tempo
raIy support Of Allen. Some Of the Ohio men
/ are for Henry u. Payne OF that site who ran
Il against Salmon Z. Ch sc for Governor. Han.
COCKS scattering forces come In steadily from
Il lneadquarters. Better organized they would
| present quite respectable front: Meanwhile
the dark horses Of the 81, Bayard and Parker,
/ are not unhesrd Of and may become more
prominent 1t an, moment. such Is general
Jketch Of the situation rs It presents itself In
L the Gays wr ngle.
/ Eotw Outstanding all the barroolns and saloons
/ are open on this as well as every other day oi
4 the week, have not seen single drunken oI
L noisy fellow on the streets to-day. About the
middle OF the forenoon the mob OF snti-1ilder
/ politicians from New York city CT ated some
/ 6 nfusion and excitemen mt IN the Southern ant
/ Lindeil Hotels by their oOisterous donuncia
hons OF Ti'den, nut the sentiment OF the vast
1 majority Of the throng was empbsticalI,
/ against them, that the short-cropped fellows
we're either dishe rt,nei OF else they were
4 called of by their mplo,ers. Occ. sionaily, two
II would A
I OF words In the looOies OF the hotels, and 4
knot OF curious liste e. would gather sbou
tht IN, but the set To never lasted luDg, aud the
hearty mpnner IN ~hicn the Oefenoers ana ad
vocstes Of l1lden we're always ENCOURAGED by
lie sentim, nj. lhe enec, Of ,ne nemons ration,
made here by the rsmmsny crowd nas on tn'
utons OF the le ders Of the opoosltion from
4 Ne" YORK may havs produced an impresslol
y pon ab t osTe ste hs oa, ,ur 1 noe n
1 opnlun h We inv risbly L. He'd In ther en-
counters TN the inends Of alden among th'
Il urotes in the hotels, these noisy fellows hav'
pways Dee1 worsteI aud 5erei bS the specIa
Il tr.
| TIE aPrEor or TAMNANY's OPPOSITION
Delegates who come he.e IN doubt a. to tn,
L course thty sbo ID pursue auu wayerInE In tneI
/ O,inio MS as To VINO w.s the TUnEest man. al,
L vlas steu w u 'uo er"einI a"peaIahCe hhn con
due OF the fOlloMe sOi CuuIcb, ;, neil, Kelly
and LittieinhU. k.iberG AonI atan, prOu,ln, IA
hnd nnuenu d ghe from Crester couDi v
Penn,tysuia, VISIT d tae ram .u.ny he sd.
1 op rters At the Ii ueii Hot | TINS morni.g, Ano
II alter loOk.ng AT the cIU~u auu listening IT, then
n ~ few minutes he came Out Win disgusI
Il pniny expies- d N -. cnuntehance. l sheu
him what he thought Of the opposition @ nider
u hem iOik III y. ie repi ~ promptly. " II
II o bis uHnd tbs am nany ueAOq II RS. " are d
Il ftindeX uf the rest, 1 am shusheu mat Gov
InIen aust be very honest aud hi.h-toueo
Il nti-n an, those Oia'k ros would not ot
II tNlug him.. The same opinon was expire scd
suDst nlislly tno ns ".soy cal 9ozvr
n G more OF ths del leRie es Z ON Southefn a ss
II - Y.
John Kelly durius ,he ps two d vs. n,s
been 50 xraordinary ,s 1" excise the mmis.
\ eaiOn OF some Of hts oldest an w.rn st
mehds. Foar- tor the sabi ity OF his
itasln are freely. eIp.e-s-d ny those tina.
oe.oui eois ahhtr - KIN n e' n ordinary
ewre 10 "ith gentiem n long acquaintance
,'so.r ,n M =. ~ ns "n' ',eS, peo nS1 s9ey rs
axe The hand Of one vi the NJ 81 eminent
4 .ll tsns .. New Y"rA, VINO hhu .st arrly
1 NON Washington city. The gen l-nan, VITA
some surprise. uemhnu-d nrx I'm. lion of TINS
nhsul aud % min inrxpIca y 10 treatment
VT heil' curly replied, ne explanation must
Il GONE lt"m yOh, sir" Being t.e bearer of a
nls from amutuaI fnend in Warrington IL
hel'' tue senti IN u, ~in s"'n- sh"w ii
hn'ghdtlpn, offered IL as he wss I, rning away
,Hhs su.po,- YOU viii not refuse to axe
sh az nv hands vi ! your adding VII" II
soed i'0m th,, ",D % mSea d. d1.u,aseIe's, r.X Asls
anything at his hands. Otner gentlemen
Mm new YORK, wn' naVe known MIN lur many
L years, base approached MIN. aud egun to con.
MseHIh hin IN Tue pihucal situation, and
WIN but little ciyaity he has told the tnat he
niNA ueclns 70 talk with them tecause the,
n'e befe shppOrtiHy MIR. lllden. Walter
Hlurch oes not suffer his intense hostility tC
pu' li'isn 10 carry him 10 sucn an extreme
pUlhe unexpected su. port OF Mr.. Tdeu winch
~ has Encountered IRON tue Northwest, Wet
snl oputnwfst b.s greatly iIriiated hun. He is
L tNlhoorn aud i'm ylac ,ul- enemy, and ifequent-
/ ualo"s MS persOnal feelings 10 carry hi IA be
.Dnu uounus N controversy, anu tor this rea.
sOl he has not been avery formidable adversary
:" 'he irends 1 Gov. ltlden.
TILDRS's MOST DANGEROUS OPPONENT.
ihe most violent nj dangerous Of all tn,
Vlpheuis ~ lilden from New Iorx Is De
~ I. Lutei IN. He preserves his temper
~ "hue claiming TO tie tue personal friend U
~"h iAueh, Dases hls opposition to hin on IN,
n,uhl that be has aliUn,ted some pToninen
s"l 'huuehlal Democratic leaders in New York
" as Juoge Cnurcn, Erastus Corning. JOhI
MlN August u lmout. Walter Church, AuC
w"'a lhsu m me ehtOus contest as this, n,
tNv, cAuse ~ hil- tive gentlemen who OppOs,
~ uomlhaton NAV vote for hlm. they certain,
tNhpl exert themselves oT spend their none,
N'Nv his election. AXE your candidate
guy olutr state where harmony in thS
~ t4eNdll7, be alWaNs COnClud {, but doHI
Al p' ~ Nrw fNTk mere We are inharmOnioui
WW lhlo actions This line II arguule hi
aVNhg WI priY trly USED with individ,
II H. lei' galrr Who re satisfied with the SINGER
ANU honesty Of The pc. sIn seeking TO CON
i."eu, Guy When 1t IL haTped uuOn cnntin
ds,p ~ pubIr har ngues 10 a room fun ol
avs ann spectators II soon wears threA q,
II kh,r, ne h7lucrTlti u Liltl- John WAS CieaTiN
NJ 9ut Yesterday ~ sir. Edwar Cooper vi
"a Al .la..A NHaN lta