, 1879-03-11

be held this evening at the North SIdu Turner
Hull, and the West Town Tomorrow afternoon
ut BIiingaf Hall, corner Of Washington aud
uAlste0 streets.
THE CONTEST.
In REPUBLICAN, CiRCLks
yesterday tllcrc was the greatest activity and p-
tcrest, sncc tho primaries for tho election Of
delegates to tho Convention to-day Was TO be
held in tho afternoon. The usual talk was ,n-
dulgcd IN about tho "dark horse" for Mayor,
but no one took any stock In 1t. The greatest
interest was manifested In the Office of City
Treasurer, nul nlt manner Of wild speculation
was lndulgcd In, hut nothing transptred that
would seem to ioresbadoW any change IN the
managerial slate.
IN DEMOCRATIC CIRCLES,
Notwithstanding Mr. HaErtson'a nomination Sat-
urday night by ring Of their party, many wcrc
bttll on the outlook for candidate. yet with
the rank and filc that gentleman seemed. TO be
tho choice. Mr. Dunlap was scarcely mentioned
as 4 candidate, mud dlliGent search for the
petition calling him ont failed to bring It To
light. Aid. TuloY and hta friends wcrc busy
pushing bis name, mud he received numerous
calls and pledges from the better classes, bur
the workers were cot Inclined toward him, It
appearing that he had absolutely refused to
new the position Of Superintendent of Police In
the event Of his election. TIC name OF Clinton
Briggs was freely uscd in connection with tie
office also, and he was somewhat worked up on
the subject but the prevailing opinion was Tint
Mr. Harrison was the coming lnau, or could be
II he wanted to, The only rcal fresh item gath
cred In connection with the CANVASS wan that nn
effort wan made to coatcscc With tho Socialists,
City-Attorney, WAS mentioned. tl1e belief being
hatheeould got tho nomination from tlIatcrowd,
and thus add atrength 10 The general ticket. IhD
older hcads, however, regarded this Us so much
cl'ild's p'aY, we'll knowing, that the Socialists
with any one who vas not bound by oath to
tlictu, which Mr.. Rubons Is net, though lo is
said to be In sympathy with them aud their
cause. .. .....
4 reporter called upon several OF the more
aREENDACkERs
during the day to get at their private opinion Of
The nomination OF tile Hon. Carter II. Harrison
Saturday night for Mayor, and, to his surprise.
found that the5 all rcpud!ated hlm, and would
have nothing to do With him or those who NOM
mated him under any circumstances. 30 much
having been gained, Il became necessary to got
MI explanation, from Grcenback standpoint,
Of what bis uomiuation meant. anu n. n. {brick)
was waited upon. lie was found In bis
utllco entertaining some Fintlst who hnd not
heard Of the resumption Of apccic-paYmcnis, aud
quite willing to talk. lie went Into the history
Of tl,a Organization to ehow tho difference be-
tween tic Grcenbackcra and the Eattonalts.s
and alluded to tho frequent attempts TO un[te
the two factions, which had baep unsuccessful,
because the furmor would not conlet to affiliate
With or support the nominees OF other parties,
whi!n tho lRttar would not agree to do anything
else. Having made hlmsElf 50 clear, ho want on
to say Tint ID tho Convention Saturday night
there wcrg but tfty-four delegates WHO claimed
to bo G,ccnbackers, and that thuy had been tn-
tai ri lint
d straight 0reenback ticket was to 10 non,t-
eoi,ed, thcy did all ,they could
in very bad company. Air. Ponsroy did not say
as muclI, but in the COURSE uE the co1scrsation
which followed tile reporter was led 70 tnfor
that the Convention, utter gil, had simply been
to to capture QUO another, md that the Green
hackera had not been very successful. Mr..
Pomcroy was quito bitter In speaking Of Tho Na-
tlonallhts, and IN ndisclaimng any fellowship With
~. Harrison for Tic G5eenbaekeFs, and e sata
the old 0lobc-llall crowd which sold out 10 Llob
nnd otl,ers two ycars ngo,-the faction Of tho
once Democratic. purity which patron
lsed TIC srte;lunch counters ot =, The s!ty,
them terrible rakinE In bis peculiar way, and
said they Ind Eo higher ambition in politics
than the money they could get for their votes,
and, speaking OF thetf
NOMINATING MR. HARRISON,
said be had learned That they had gone to bin
(ilarison) rcptesenti1g. tl,at they, wyro tie
gige item Is ,ooo ia casll for a nomination by
tho party, and, In the cvent Of hiA election, one-
thlra Of tho patronage OF 1he otllce 70 De
whether anv nloue, had actually changed hands
or not but he said he did know that Ar. 11arri-
son would BE- repud'atcd BY tho Grccnbacksrs,
| and that TO would not be able to get slnRla
one 10 vote for him for love- Or money. 81
own; and 70 satisfy Air, HArrlson u.,d the public
that they were IN earncst, tho Executive Com
mittce, representing tho dltaen clubs md tl..
ySss XII. Of H. pfsy tsa ~ x eX wos
not outline tho proposed ticket, but II ia 30:
lipved that the distinction Of being nominated
for Mayof, vii IL! rS SSpo9 !. yonei "ths
would support tho ticket to man, and would
fuse With naither mnu nor party.
Air. ueattte, Chairman OF tue Executive Com.
Tua ansnsBAck PARTY,
WAS mot, spoken TO, and he also repud!ated Mr.,
1larEison's nom!uatton, aud youchsafed the 10,
formation tEut, In order to make the distinction
greater betweaa The Fiattsis aud Natonalists, a.I
to avoid tutura mistakes, Ills party would DO
| hereafter known !u the city a. the Union Labor
pnrty, or by some other attractive tttlu,
Alr. Cooper. annther lpsnber Of The vasa, Aleo
Regulated sir. HarEison, mud sailed into tie
| Natfona!lsts for attempting to forco ili1n Oh
! them. In speaking Of thu character Of dele
gates In the Convention which nominated him.
ha said that aeyen out Of ihB ten frona The
| Twelfth Ward were loud-mouthed Democrats.
who could ucithrr read nor write, and ha ex-
pccsed to SEQ many Of them In thu Democratic
| Convention.
Turning from the Gseenback- Union Labor-party
| lights the reporter nuxt sought Interviews With
Damocrats to got their opintous Of Mt. aarrl.
| sou's nomination. With 0nu accord they said
ovAr tfa at ~ "a thAy rArnurjY nri ft,I,