The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-22
Has TiIden Hart bIs Caase, OF
Helped e.?
That is the Great ConundruIn
The RnIIOncns Ta-dar.

] huluiDBI D6sSiBS bStitlOn ILI the
nomination" followed by the rumor
of another missiye to come from
! him, Is asserted TO nave been
the prompting move for TO days
action by the New York dele
CATION formally accepting Tiiden's
Remuneration as definitely taking him
out the canvass. There is no doubt,
now, that the rnmor was true as tels.
graphed to you at the time Of the
New York state convention, al Syr6-I
cuse, that Ti!den had letter OF simi-
lar character 10 present to that
body. Il is said :hsi he withheld It
at the II quest of his friends, who ac-
cepted his contemplated withdrawal,
but thought that lie postpOuementI
| until to uasoting Of national con-
vention would enable them better to
hold aud consolidate their organiz8-|
ton for the mairtainence of their
power influence here. Tilden would
like Payne, of OHIO. or Speaker
Randall to be his legatee, nut the
effort to control the Tllden vote
has thus far proved failure; 60, also,
did the movement attempted, O-day,
to unite New YORK, New Jersey and
Connecticut sclidly fer Payne. Some
OF the Connecticut delegates are
strong for EOgllso, bu: have tempo
TarIly yielded Ia Payne's favor,
hoping tJE help from tue latter in re-
turn whenever the race shall be lett
to the dark horse." Still, 10 az
rangemen. fer spidiying the three
states seems IL present probable Il
the Tammany men are admitted as
part OF the New York slate de!ega-
tioD, they will vo.e for Bayard, VINO
is clearly the choice of more dele
gates tnan any other man named.
His friends can snow that he woald
have reasonable probability of
carrying New York and Indiana.
Inc strongest objections urged
against INN Is the fear tuat|
nis war record would lose his party a
dozen or more congressman; but his
financial views would make New
York solid for him. and it is suggested
that Indiana might be insured by
insisting upon Hendricks again tax
log the second place. Bayard Is
clearly The first choice in the south,
and If the southern delegates could be
made 10 see tnat he will be accountable
to the northern democracy, they
would be likely 10 go for him
en- mQSSe. He has mUre chance,
apparently. of growing in the
Oelloupg than any other OF the
prominent favorites, but It would be
hazardous. Thurman's friends are
quietly, bat earnestly at work. They
nave to contend with ,hs widespread
conviction here tlat ONO Is surely a
republican state under Garfield d
leadership ana this argument puts
out of present view all the OHIO men,
unless Groesbeck should come for
ward as q dark horse after long
ard unsuccessful ba.lotiDg. Field
eeems to have made some progress.
Samuel B. Smith is conducting bis
canvass which has, however, failed
to consolidate the Pacific deleg alons
for him. They say they look
Ior IA email vote OF early ballots,
but expects to get ThuTman's votes
when the latteT's boom breakC, and
they talk very confidently, without
showing figures. Abram S. Hewitt
Is locking up as prominent dark |
horse whenever Payne's chances be-
come CLEARLY hopeless.
Some OF the Tiiden managers, to.
night, are talking sharply OF ex-
Governor IDgerso1. of Connecticut, |
aud circulating aAttering statistics OF
his great popularity during his sew
eral successful! state canYisses. The
TACT is also significant that Spriggs, OF
Utica, to whom Gov. Seymour wrote
tue letter recently, saying ne was
thinking more of his will and
funeral than OF bis nomination, is
again hard at work In behalf of Sc
mour's election, since TIiieu has
passed out of the way. Mayor Har
rison, Of Chicago, is also lsbOring IN
dustriously 10 the same end, ana the
ILLINOIS delegation, to nlgnt, Is hot f0I
Seymour, whose chances are the best
OF any man named, II the convention
can be made 10 believe that he viii
accept a nomination again forced
upon him.
The Tammany contestants from
New York and the Butler delegates
nom Massachusetts are, by yole OF
the national committee, to be admit
ted to the floor pending final decision
on contested seats. but are not to part
clpate IN the proceedings to effect an
The presidential situs-
ton IL best described by saying that
al are 3; sea. At the meeting o! the
Ohio delegation. to day, the chairman =
was elected by the anti-Thurman 7
men. This vas p surprise to Thur I
man men, who expected the ma
OritY. II is thought that on the fire,
ballot Ohio Will cast a solid vote for =
Thurman, and alter that Payne nien s.
will have control. Whether this will !
uhuence New York 10 unite OF
Payne remains to be seen. Tam
many men are hoping for sJmathIng Z
t appears that most of the soutberBi
zen are here unCommitted, and that 8
GnIle their delegates will more largely
BAC tOk bGI nv tAnA4 any OhANAg c.
ney have indicated TO nortaern 60
tales that they will support a nan
nat New York, Connecticut, New =
ersey and Indiana can unite On, sno :
he ore woo Is most likely t. carry
aese states The three stats G;s Il
amed are in caucus tonight, tuI u, E
onclus;on has yet been reached *
Whatever the result, it eeem. prob Hs
bic that whoever receives nsi0rty N
( the votes CT these states will he the Y
ne nominee. =
The Illinois delegation held
,cret Caucus tonight. A vote taken .
n presidential preferences stood I6 +
n Seymour, Is for Morrison, and Z
lie rest scattering. a resolution to
,te as unit for Seymour on the
rs. ballot, and thereafter for Nor Is
son, until thought best to change, is
i'll being discussed.
Midn:gbt-Wisconsin will vote for
,ymour. nc