New-York tribune., 1880-06-22
do this they would vote for him with equal readi-
THE HENDRICKS CANVASS.

perhaps IN the number of votes he will command at
the start, stands Governor Hendricks, OF lnulan"'
There has been talk about the hotels that the
Indiana DELEGATION was not earnest in support OF
Hendricks To set all such rumors at rest the oeie
| CATION met to-day, and every member OF 1t signed
letter that had been prepared. agreeing TO stahd
bv Hendricks first, last and all the tlme anu 10
present no name TO the Convention for the second
place on the ticket. The arguments ao-
vanced in favor of Hendricks's nomination
have been rehearsed i'll dispatch sent TO LIE
TRIBUNE o day or two ago. This afternoon the
Hendricks men have been very active, ana assert
that they have made some converts, especially III
Missouri This is denied by some of the Missouri
delegation. 1t is safe to say if Indiana were not
doubtful State, Governor Hendricks would soon
follow Seymour. Tilden and Thurman OUT
OF the race Although the Indiana deiega-
ton has no candidate but Hendricks, there Is
another candidate from the State Ill the person VI
Senator Mcdonald, who, in certain contingencies
might become very formidable one senator
Mcdonald can be said to have very little orglhol
strength but 1t is said the supporters OF bayaro hre
preparing to present him 70 the Convention ns the
second choice in case, after few baliots'
it appears that their favorie cannot De
nominated The Bayard men, it Is SAID by those
who pretend to be in their secrets do not think II
will he w,se to trust all their eggs in the Ono
basket with the chances all il favor of the:r get
ting smashed Payne they believe. cannot carry
OHIO against Garfield, and with him as cnndi-
date C Indiana candidates beng slaughtered, IN
diana might possibly be carried by the
Republicans, in which case the Democrats
woud be in danger OF defeat IN NO
vember, even if they carried Ncw-lork. Heh-
bricks they say, might and probably would carry
Indiana but they do not think his financial record
is snch rs to commend him to the hard money Dem
N.u- Nor
Mcdonald seems to them to BE- the most avail |
able man. In tho first place he has no ante |
beum record 10 explain or defend, because
he had no record al all until since tie |
close of the war. Again lie is the only man. they |
Think with financial record that would hr ac-
cepiabe TO Ncw-YOIk Ncw-JcrScV and ConnCcu- |
cut ana who could also surely carry Indiana. On |
the iuances. they say, Mcdonald has been JUST "S
sound as Bayard Thor plan, therefore, Is SAID 10
be. to nominate Bayard II possible hut II, after
several ballots this cannot be done thea to star N
we'll up on tho list OF States and throw tn"
Bayard votes for Mcdonald, hoping {" gam enoneh
ns the roll is called down to nominate hiW "r I"
put him 81 far ahead "i AL comp itoiH a. 10 l,'
his nomination on the next ballot All "l thiS
of corSr is rOnttliIoual but IL has III 1t cL"nGH 70
form the bIeis OF h"Pc, and to Keep McD'i'"I"S
name before the C"nNcitIon
RANDALL. AND HANCOCK.
The position OF $Ir;lkcI Randall ana General Han
former has the ildcn vote Of his STATE, winch ms
friends prevented from beng transferred to PAYNE
There are also between twenty-five and thirty other
votes among the Pcnnsy vauIa GcIrgatt0n that can !
be transferred to hm III cIsc at any time lac hrEInS
10 loom mp as Il strong cadldae. BoIh he ana Hcl !
eral Hancock labor undcI hc disadvantage 0i never
being able to receive the Sold vote of the HcnnNl
van!a delegation. Five men IRON that state viii |
never vote for Randall and ten will never supp"It !
Hancock.
Sneaker RandallH friends are divided III opinion !
in regard TO the best and wocst course tu pa 7ur;
whether to pnt Randall in ut the start as apo>lt'vc
aggIessv i've candidate. or 10 withhold ls name Tor
a few ballots until other caudidaics BEGIN TO wear
themselves ont and their supporters begin TO liant
of transferring their votes to new men Then, MI
RandaIs friends WHO advise this latter course
saw he come i'll with ms votes III
PENNSYLVANIA as a nucleus, with possible chance !
of getting some of the 1Ilden votes trOlh other
States and thus carry Otl the nomination as r"ni-
promise candidate The latter plan viii probably
be sdoptcd; 50 that ii wOuid not BE- stiaugef Ran
dali should not receive any votes on thc trsi ballot
Mr.. Randalrs friends say tina. besides nj, !
Twenty-Five votes i'll Pennsylvania he Will
have nne in Massachusetts all OF
New HAMPSHIRE and one or two IN each of several |
Southern dclcgators thr latter being chiefly crst !
by the chairincn OF committees in the IoI1c OF
Rcprc,entativcs. Randall, as a prc:cat candidate |
is very weak ana there Is no probability that any /
combination OF circumstances can MAKE his noini /
nation possible.
General Hancock, although the first cholcc Of /
ab.ut an equal number of PENNSYLVANIA delegates /
with Randall, is not conIingentiy AZ strong in il.
I he Democratic soldiers prospects "i nomination
do iot appear tO-'naiit To- hc very iatirrinr.
The condition ol t." movement ~ favor Of JUDGE |
Frld has been described at length in another dis
II fln mt Nhp l.Ill
or She remaining contributes very lIttle can he /
said. Ex-Governor ENGLISH, of Conrccticnt, has
tO-tlay, and il j. worth mentioning only brctuSe
Connecticut is looked upon by the democrats as
doubtful State, or, at least one that may poasl-
bly, be captured by the nomination oil English.
LESSER STARS.
Among Ncw-YoIkcrs Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt is some
times mentioned a possible candidate, hut it is
hardly more than q mention. Judge Pratt, OF
Brooklyn has about ~ much chance Of being struck
by Presidential lightning MS Mr. Hewitt.
Very little demonstration has been made in favor
of New-Jerseys candidates. Joel Parker
and Senator Randolph. Mother could be candi-
date before the Convention, or at least nobody
would think Of voting for either II they were not
from doubtful State. The number OF doubt
ful States gives the Democrats great annoy
ance. The snarl which the contest ;, ~
if the Coi'vention could give the first place ON the
ticket to abOnt six different persons. II would put
on Payne to keep down the October majority III
Omo, Hendricks or Mcdonald to save Indiana,
Parker or Randolph to carry Nrw-JcrScy, English
10 redeem Connecticut, and Bayaid to capture New
York and please the political srntlmentaists.
As there is to be only one head to the ticket, and
tue second place is not much sought after tho
Democracy are embarrassed with the wealth of
material they have at hand and the lin
to put it. Illinois will cast complimentary vote
for Vim. X. MOrrison-a good fellow but about az
unfit to be President of the United States he
TO preside over the Committee of Ways and Means
in the XLlVth Congress. Ills candidacy will go no
further.
The reader has probably discovered before reach
ing this point in this dispatch that man III Gin
cinnati tonight can possibly make any guess
about what the Convention Will do this week
that Is worth a fig. There absolutely does not
exist here the material upon which to form an
tlI1I .nIa