Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-25
Four Hundred and Fourteen Votes Con.
ceded TO Tilden On the First Bal
lOt-FOur Hundred and
Ninety.tWO to
Elect.
Hancock and Hendricks as Second Choice
Their Chances for Nomination
What the Leaders Think
of Them.

and few individual members from
| other States, but no full State delegation
| has yet arrived, that of California being
| still incomplete. P. 81. Smith, of Cook
| county, Illinois, district, says OF the del
egation OF that district, that six are for
pilden, and from the best :nfOrmation
that he has, he places the State delegR-
ton at twenty three for TLlden, ten for
Davis, and tWenty-seven for Hendricks.
individual meabers from the southern
states talk pretty freely, but are careful
not to commit their delegates to any
particular opinion Or lie of action. Oae
o. them, very prominent in Alabama,
is fer Tilden, and ne believes most Of the
representative men of the south
prefer that gentleman, but OBJ
seTvations since leaving home
had tended to modify some of his views
on the get eral situation, and ne thought
It likely this would be the result with
many delegates from that section. Gen
eral Hancock, be said, has gained large.
ly III the sou il lately, and next to Tilden
he is the choice Of The southern Demo-
Gratis. Although the south has a major
ity OF tue Democratic vote necessary to
elect President, yet they did not pro-
pose to dictate in the least. They wsrt
candidate who will CARY the elect o.,
one wac will lead them to victory 4; Is
place the government in the hands 0;
the Democracy. Governor HeGdEicks,
this gentleman says, has little strength
in tire sOuth; still, il it is thought he is
the strongest man Ia the north and can
carry New York aud such other states
IS will insure success, the
south will gladly accept him
aad givs it its full vote. II the
south has any demands to make, ii is
that the nOmines Of the convention
shall be man against whose l)yalty to
the Federal government during the late
war not even q shade of suspicion can
attach. As the united opinion in the
the south was somewhat with Blaine,
Morton or Conkling on the Republican
ticket, Tilden was by ODDS the man for
the nomination, but the negative quail
tics Of Hayes, and the strength resulting
lheTefrOm, have modified this view to
some extent. Although thera is no
doubt but that Tilden is the choice Of
the south, it may be thought that some
other man will be stronger and more sue
cessiul before the people. Other southern
delegations express similar opinions.
Part OF the Nevada delegation arrived
last night. The delegation is uDpledged,
but the members OF il favor TflGea in
preference to any one else. Hendricks
and Hancock, they cay, have many ad.
miTers west OF the nC CuEtaiae, but there
seems to be general preference for Til
den, he being regarded as the represent
ative Of reform, and as the one most
likely to carry the Democratic party to
victory. All the delegates from the Pa
cific slope seem anxious TO have the Chi
nefe immigration question discussed,
aud there will no cou5t be an effort
made 20 incorporate iatO the platform #
the convention g plank on this subject
The individual members desire an ac-
acknowledgement that the people Of the
Pacific s ates are right in theiT opposi-
ton to M0ngolisn immigration.
A small part OF the Ohio delegation
has also arrived. The delegation is ia.
stIueted for Allen, but the members
here ssy they would accept Thurman,
perhaps HendriCks, although they do
not consider him e strong candidate,
and could hardly carry Ohio or any
other thoroughly sound man and sterl-
ing Democrat. There seems to be very
strong objection to Tilden among the
delegatee, yet under certain creum-
stances they would 10 doubt vote for
candidate, and hardly to be thought of,
and some of them fesr the nomination
of Herdricks would the precursor of
Democratic Waterloo.
The Maine, New jersey and Georgia
delegations arrived this morning, and
numerous others will come in this after
)on. There have also arrived some
Jeventy gentlemen from Arkansas, who
will hold q meeting or sit ia the con-
vention here and elect delegates to the
national convention.
This has been very busy day at the
hotels. Delegates have poured in by ev.
ely regular irain, and several special
trains have arrived heavily laden with
delegates and friends Of the various can
dictates, but few full delegations have
yet arrived, and it is therefore difficult
to ascertain what real position tbis or
that State will take IN the convention,
and conversation with individual MEM
beIs discloses only to agree with the
opinion of the whole prominent dsle-
gates. Delegates from Michigan say
that their delegation has had no confer
ence yet, and they are without instruc-
tions and will vote as the bsst interests
of the party seam 70 indicate. It Is
claimed, however, that eighteen Of their
delegates are for TlldeD ,and it is probable
that State will vote az g unit for that
gentleman. Most of the Indiana dele
cation have arrived, aud they assert
that they are for Hendricks, fret, last
and ali the time; furthermore, that they
will listen to 10 cOmpromise, Nor will
they agree to any arrangement looking
to giving Hendricks the second place
on the ticket with TildeD. Whether
they would favor Hendricks being
place d second to any other man than
Tilden is not known, and the subject
does not seem TO have been discussed.
I1 reply to question as To whether the
Indiana Democrats would support Til
den if nominated, il was stated that the
leading Democrats would, but there
was considerable apprehension that
country press would rot. II there
should be anything ike bolt the effect
Woulj be very disastrous on the election
In that STATE. 1t is asserted Penusyl-
vauia will give Tilden cut two votes,
and hat three fifths Of the deieE gates ere
for Hancock, and thai in the event it
appears thEt Hancock cannot be nOmi-
mated they will go to Hendricks. 1t is
now claimed that Illinois, which has
heretofore been reported twenty-three
for Tilden, will give twenty-seven votes
for Htndricks, eleven for T1lden and four
for Davis. The Hendricks men claim
thst the Davis vote will go TO them Ulti-
mstely. A prominent member of this
delegation states that he intends to
make speech in the convention and
bring charges against Tilden of very
dams ging character. He ssys Ti!den does
not deserve the respect of the nation,
and is anything but s. reformer. John
Morrissey arrived to day, and has been
q center OF attraction. He is very pro-
nounced in his advocacy Of Tilden as
the best, strongest and most available
man for the time. There have been
several quite heated disputes between
the Tammauy and anti-TsmmsDy msn,
some being Of rather 2n exciting cbsr-
acter. The T.mmaEy men gre hot foc
tie defeat OF Tildtn, at all hszsrds- aud
assert that he cannot carry New York,