The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-23

ryhA situation Ut Cincinnati Yesterday
q the weather at Cincinnati yesterday
vtAs a. swel,ering ss 1t was IN Richmond we
MY he boomcrs, for pssm-iesf fans, linen
dusters, and lec-cooi lager did not sufhce 70
alleviate their sufserin2s. Our readers nave
only TO imagine fifty or more nominating
conventions such as we had here WIEN hoI'
xIrAY was nominated all brought tcsetneri
then that this immense political mass Is
twenty times as excited as that, because IL
has to determine who viii Distribute al 'ne
reacraI Offices during the next four year,
Moreover, they must remember 'hat II Is
composed not Of ncighborhcod OF court
,,onse polItlcians, but Of political managers
~ st,,e and national prominence ana ss-
vscitv. II h not to be wondered, 'nep, tnat
thew drink and brag on big scale. and re-
sort to devices TO advance their presidential
sayorites which are notonIy strange 10 de'e-
gates from rural districts. but which are
calculated to surprise even POLITICIANS VI
long experienced the management OF ma
fsoaal conventions.
close study of the kilograms tna' came
las, night failed to give us anything ps
which we could determine as 10 the ea"u'-
date who will be probably nominated. we
,esrncd that there Is more sympathy Tor Mr..
TupKs and more kindly feeling towards
him than there was before his Withdrawal
Ofcourse there is, and nothing could DC more
natural. We ascerta,ned, too, that one nan
Of the Virginia delegation is for BAYARD'
and that Mary land, under the lead OF Seha-
for GoRuAY, is standing as firm fr inc ois-
s,p.u,sbed Delaware Senator as CAhERoN's
pennsyIvanisns did for GRANT at Chicago.
And yet coupled with this came inc an
pouncement that Judge ABBOTT, OF Massa-
cbusetts, and others OF his leading sup
norters were expressing fears that his nomi'
nation would be impo'itic. Oh course we
found that Colonel ALEC THOMPSON ana
other friends OF Judge FIELD were
Dragging high on him, and assuring
outsiders that his nomination Is
fixed fact. Again came the news that
PAYNE is 10 heir portion OF Mr.. TILDEN's
strength, but that, being an Ohio man, ne
cannot be nominated. We were not at all
astonished OF the declaration that came over
the wires that an effort was being MADE 10
ore. New York, New Jersey, and Connecti-
cut 10 agree upon candidate, because such
a movement, If successful, would greatly
simplify things to-day, as these states carry
more weight with southern delegates than
a score OF northern States that cannot give
n Democratic electoral vote in November.
It did not surprise MS to find that there were
still those at Cincinnati who bad strong
hopes that SEYMOUR would ultimately accept,
and others who believed that il the contest
is protracted TILDEY may eventually
win. Conspicuous among the latter OF
course was MONTGOMERY BLAIR, who
is rated as an antediluyian statesman
by new.scbool politicians. We heard
more Of RANDOLPH, RANDALL, ENGLISH,
and PARKER, and were Informed that
JOHN THOMPSON was as confident as
usual OF pushing THURMAN through. The
trouble is, however, that the gamblers who
attend conventions say it is safe to
"copper" JoHN's judgment, as be has not
guessed right one single time since he
came TO the front as an Ohio politician. We
will not forget for long time how con-
fidently he predicted that TILDEN would
carry Ohio and that EWING would be elected
Governor last full. In another column we
give the latest diagnosis OF the situation at
Cincinnati from "W. +. d." who knows as
we'll how TO separate the wheat from the
chat, when there is any wheat In it, as the
next one. The session to-day will be more
important, and our telegraphic columns to-
morrow will doubtless contain important
news from Cincinnati.