New-York tribune., 1880-06-21
STILL CALLING FOR SEYMOUR.

STILL CALLING FOR E1MOUh.
THE Ex.GOvERNoRs FRIENDS MAKING THEMSELVES
RIDICULOUs-ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIM
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEPENDENCE on
SEYMOUR.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTBuNE.l
CINCIvNATf June 20.-AmOng the incidents OF
the day has been the temperance of HOratlo Sey-
mour as a candidate. Mr.. Seymour is fast getting
to be jest and q bywOrd. IL he does not want to
he a candidate for President he should say SO in
plain terms, and then go hunting with shotgun
for some of his fool friends II he is willing to be
candidate, it would be better to allow his friends
to say So As it now, he is withdrawn and jerked
back into the field average Of twice
day, and some of his near friends
are really chagrned by tue position he
has allowed himself to be placed In.
II is an interesting fact, however. that for two
whole days at least, Mr.. Seymour was believed to
be ont of the race. While the gossip at Washing
ton and New-Yorll in his favor seems to have been
unchecked il was universally thought here that he
would not accept the nomination. He was kindly
spoken of everywhere, but no one expected to vote
for him. This feeling was increased when The Gin
cinnaG Enguire printed yesterday morning, on its
editorial page, the following extract from private
dispatch from Seymour:
cannot accept the nomination il 10 is made under
any circu arcps. am not able to do The duties OI
any ollCc HOpc NY WIN NV ~
Clio innati in any way. 1 have never said would
ace, p nomination. nor have knowingly intimatea
would. rely upon you 10 set me right WIN tue uele-
gates.
This was generally interpreted "a decisive though
one of Mr.. ScymOur's own warm friends IN the New
York delegation pointed ont the fact that it was mot
really decisive after all and still left the way open
for n nomination. This gentleman said frankly that
Ex-Governor Seymour never had written and could
not write letter positively declining nomination
Il,,t In
weakness To-day The Enquirer jerks the string the
other way. and 10! Seymour is again a candidate
and too good Democrat to dlsobey the call OF his
party"
A doublc-lcadcd announcement Is made that
letter has been received from one of his intimate
and admiring friends, who is thoroughly advised as
to the wishes of the exGovernOrs associates. This
prrsrns the fact that he is still at the command of
the Democratic party. The letter. 1t is said, shows
Srymuur's unwlingncss to run to he based upon
his fear of hostility from the Tilden interest.
The letter was to be handed 10
nI"mincnt Democrats to-day. and would re-
move all doubt "A IL SeymonrS position. his was
sufficient of course, to set all the tongues wagginR
again about him and 10 place him III thoroughly
ridrulous position. \ Boston editor sad that II
Seymour entered the race again they ought TO 1Ol-
low thc rules of the turf and demand forfeit money.
There was good deal of talk among the Illden
| men who believed that Seymour was sincere I'D nus
| declaration. of getting into communication with
him cXplaininR the StnatlOn 10 nun ana Rettilg al
explicit statement. But nothing seems 10 nave
been done IN this direction. and 1t may be ques-
| toned whether it would be OF any use. Mr.. Sey-
| mour might make of his customary responses
| md efforts and if he improved upon his previous
| efforts not every would believe hum. 50 tar,
hnwryrr ScylnuurS temperance has had no result
except to give the gOsSips employment lhere ~ no
! reason to suppose that the New-lOrk delegation
would support hlm. and only stampede oi the Wild
| and unexpected sort can make him the nominee.
THREE STATES FOR SEYMOUR.
J,tor Souc nf Mr. SrymouT's admirers are uu-
willing to give up the idea of nominating the re-
| fired statesman of Decrield, and to-day, encOur-
| AGED by the assurance of The Cincinnati Enquirer
that he will accept if the nomination is rendered to
| INN with anything like unanlmity. there has been
revival of Seymour talk ana an active canvass IN
| s,,ue directions in his behalf Mayor Carter Ill.
IIorrison of Chicago, says that the Illinois delega-
| tIon intends to vote sOlidly tor Seymour They De-
llcyo HIM to be the strongest candidate III the DEM
ocratlc party. Mr. Harrison added that lie was one
If thosc men who believed that if the Convention
! rendered the nomination to Seymour he could not
rcruso TO accept it. Ex-Governor McCrecry. OF
Kentucky, who stood in the group while the conver-
sation WAS in progress. remarked that he remem-
brrrd that in 1868 there the most positive as
| surouces that Seymour would not accept the nonil-
| uotnn and that when it offered to him by the
| Convention in Ncw-York he did not decline.
! R..des Illinois, Wisconsin is reported by the
1lgotcs from that State to be unanimously IN favor
| of seymour 4 member of the Convention from
| tbot State said this evening that Seymour would
get the vote of Wisconsin, whether he was candi-
| date or not When asked If the fact that no Scy-
mour votes would be cast by New-YOrk would not
embarrass his friends from other States this delegate
replcd that it would not in the least. The Wiscon-
SIN DELEGATION will vote for him because he is the
most available candidate, and will expect other
delegations 10 join them as the ballOting proceeds
| third Western State which has to-day joined
| the Seymour column Is Iowa, whi.hlt IL now sald
| will cast twenty-one twenty-five votes tor eey-
| ,nour ON the first ballot. There are scattering
| dle,ntos among the representatives from
many other States who would be very glad
70 vote for Seymour, and it is safe to say that IN
.,itc of his repeated assurances that he does not
went the place aud would not take 1t II offered to
| him Seymour would receive on the nrst Dai0t rs
| many votes az almost any other TWO canudates
oSo friends are ut work here Tor them, II the dele
| ",t.S nnlv bplieyed that after his nomination he
cnnld be induced stand. 1t is hardly TOO much 10
snv that Seymour would be almost sure 10 pc nOml-
mated If any one was authorized 10 present MS iiS
| fo thc Convention rs candidate. The absence oi
| seymour talk for the past two or three days untl
This afternoon aud evening, has been entirey que 70
! tL1 belief that il the Sage OF Deerheiu shOulu De
unu,iuated the Democratic party w0uld nnd ltseli
| v,itLuut n candidate before all the delegates would
| have time to reach their homes.
| SEYMOUR DECLINES EMPHATICALLY.
| Still another incident in this matter Is letter
| which Dr. George L. Miller, of Nebraska. has re-
c,iycd from Ex-Governor Seymour. This is more
positive in its tone than anything Mr.. Seymour has
| written for publication. Ii such q letter had been
printed IN the newspapers some weeks ago no one
would bring his name forward in this Convention.
| (COnt.nuea on kIjLh DGaO