Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-06
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. The Campaign. A Conference of RepubIi-
 can Leaders.
 ASSISTANCE FOR THE SOUTH. Republican Interests There to be
 Guarded.
 Tanner Slowly Nearing Victory His Condition Generally Favorable for Success.
Tanner Slowly Nearing Victor.
NEW YORK.

the Situation-LookInS After Rcpublt-
 can Interests fin the South-Assistance For Republican Voters in That Section.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The Republican con- ference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this after noon was largely attended. By request of
 General Garfield it included not only the Ma
 tional committee and the Congressional com n1ittee, but the chairman of the State com nittee and many leading men of the party in all sections. Among those present were Gen. eral Garfield. General Arthur, Secretary
 Sherman, Senators Logan Blaine, Cameron,
 Bruce and Dawes, e1-Governor Morgan, Gen eral N F. Banks Congressman l.. F. Mor- ton, Chauncey I. Filley of St. Louis, Ben.
 Harrison of Missouri, John H. Sharon, Anson G. McCook, o. D. Conger of Michigan, Mu- rat Halstead, ex-Governor Alvord, Frank His cock, Charles E. Smith of the Philadelphia Press, John M Francis of the Troy Times, Carroll E. Smith of the Syracuse Journal, Hamilton Fish, jr., Edwards Pierrepont, ex- Governor Pinchback of Louisiana, General Merritt, General Graham, x-Collector Thon- as Murphy, George B. Loring of Boston, George Dawson of the Albany Journal Lieutenant Governor Hoskins, Frank Woodruff, Sena- tor Birdsall, ex-Secretary w. W. Belknap, A. P. Paddock of Connecticut, ex-Minister Stoughton, E. NJ. McPherson of Boston,
 Green B. Raum, John M Forbes of Massa- chusetts. w. E. Chandler of New Hampshire
 Dr. George B. Loring of Boston, J. c. Conc yer of Florida, John Cessna of Philadelphia
 J. H. Sypher of Louisiana and others.
 During the morning, previous to the meeting of the conference, General Garfield received scores of visitors in his pri- vate parlors. Hundreds who sent up their cards were not admitted, and the mob be- came so great that a detachment of police were placed at the stairway and ln the corr1- dors to keep out the crowds. General Gar field held private conference with the prin- cipal leaders, and during the morning made a short visit to the parlor of Secretary Sher- man. A well known Republican stated the object of the conference as follows: We in tend to take a thorough survey of all the States, and when our work shall have ended we will know exactly where we stand and where to place our shoulders henceforth un- til election day. It means work of the hard est kind We will make strong canvass in those Southern States where there is posis- bility that we win. We do not propose to permit the Democrats to have a majority in the next House. Senator Bruce said they expected to gain three Congressmen in Mis- I sissippi. Pinchback said he thought they could carry the close Congressional districts in Florida, West Virginia and North Carolina. ! Senator Blaine excited much comment by the attention he paid to ex-Governor Pinchback, of Louisiana who stood side by side with his colored colleague Senator Bruce Of M1ss1sslp- pi. Secretary John Sherman, Thurlow Weed and General N. P. Banks formed lit tie group by themselves. Senator Conkling, although in the hotel, was absent from the conference It is stated that he had a pro- tracted interview with Garfield in the morn ing.
 Ex-Governor Jewell, chairman of the Re ! publican National committee, called the con- | ference to order and presided. He made a 1 brief address touching it's object. No sooner 1 had the conference been opened than W. E. 1 Chandler and Senator Logan, of Illinois, pro, tested against the presence of reporters. Senator Logan created some amaZement by his vehcmence in pointing out reporter who tried to cover his identity. Dr. Loring, ot Massachusetts, said he did not object to the presence of reporters; on the contrary he 1 thought the proceedings of the conference | should be disseminated all over the country 1 He offered resolution that all the money | and speakers possible should be sent to tht l aid of the Southern States, and that no South 1 ern State should be abandoned as lost. Dr ! Lorings resolution, seconded by MT. Moore. 1 of Tennessee, was received with cheers | Messrs Hicks and Conover of Florida, saic 1 they could carry that State for the Republi l can party if they received assistance in any | event they would mortgage their property l and carry the State anyhow.
 1 J. H. Sypher, of Louisiana, created a sensa 1 tion by declaring that the party had lost thu | negro vote of the South and would not regain 1 it. The negroes were now in the hands O | the Southern Democrats, and 1t was doubtful l if the vote of single Southern State could | be gained for the Republican cause. Hi l speech brought ex-Governor Pinchback to hi | feet and he delivered the speech of the day ! gaining for the colored men of the South th' support and assistance of the conference. II | the most impassioned manner he called oI l the representatives of the party present no | to forget the sacrifices made in the interest O | the party by the colored men of the South I the wrongs and indignities which they hat l patiently endured, and he asked the meeting ! now that clouds were gathering and the flu l ture of the Southern colored people seemed likely to be darkened would the Northerl l white men whom they had faithfully adhered | to, and the party for whom they had freel.
 shed their blood, abandon them in thei l hour of peril. Be could not believe 1t to b. l so. Let the party send money and such mel | as Sherman, Conkling and Blaine South, ant
 so convince the colored men that Repubi
 canism was not sham and farce.
 Mr. Clarke, of West Virginia, said he re
 gretted disposition on the part of some o the gentlemen present to abandon and sur
 render the Southern States to kuklux, mid | night raiders and barn burners. Should the, l do so they would be unworthy the name o | Republicans.
 Secretary Sherman on rising was receives 1 with cheers. He alluded to the work of tn 1 party in the past the fulfllment of its prom
 ises the clearing away of all financial difficult. l and the prospect of future so bright ant
 glowing that he felt victory was already as ! sured. Still he had not forgotten the coloret l people of the South, or the stories of wrong | outrage suffering and murder they has | poured into his ears The remarks of ex 1 Governor Pinchback made his heart beat a l it did years ago. He for one would neve consent to abandon the colored people of tn l South to the tender mercies of Wade Hamp ] toms kuklux murderers He would not giv | money where it would be of no service | where the Democrats would surely by bas
 means and cheating secure the vote, bu | wherever there existed possibility Of VIC
 tory to be gained there he should send none,
 and men largely and hberaiiy.
 ! Senator Blaine followed, and when he ad l vanced to the chairman's desk he was receives I with rounds of applause. He sad that so ia 1 as he knew all talk about abandoning tn l South had come from Southerners- As 1 Northern man of the most pronounced typ l he wanted it distinctly understood that b 1 meant to stand by the South and Southerl Republicans who had stuck by the party g. nobly. But he would tell the conferenc l what they should do. They should carr Maine as starter of the campaign. Ohi l would take care of itself. Indiana should b l won next, and then the party could sweep tn
 South and make another march to the sea l (Cheers.)
 l Mr-Jewen then said he had great pleasur in introducing to the conference one of tn
 pioneers of the party, Hon. Thurlow Weed l The veteran journalist was received wit cheers the Southern delegates especially ten
 dering him an ovation, and ex-Governo l Pinchback and Senator Bruce shaking him b
 the hand He said the Republican party wa l never more united than now, and that coul 1 an honest count and vote be secured ip tn Southern States victory was certain. Tn 1 feebleness of his voice would not permit hir to address the conference at further length.
 After addresses by General Logan and oth CTS it was decided that the sense of the COZ
 ference favored an aggressive campaign
 namely the sending of speakers and none
 to Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Iouisd
 ana and West Virginia. The conferenc
 then adjourned amid the cheers of the mem 1 bers Senator Blaine said as he went to hi
 room sNow that we have started so well 1 we will % through and win.n