New-York tribune., 1880-06-24
LATEST PHASES OF THE CONTEST
PAYNE wINHpRAwN-BAYARD AND FIELD PRAC1F
CALLY BRATES-HANCoCK IN THE LEAD-TIL-


PAYNE wINHpRAwN-BAYARD AND FIELD PRAC1I-
CALLY BRATEN-HANCoCK IN THE LEAD-TIL-
DEN's UNCERTAIN POSITION.
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CIScINNAT1 June 23.-The first effect of the ex-
raordnary ballot taken to day has been to increase
rather than diminish the chaos that has reigned
since tire Convent, Degan. Tho number OF
candidates, reaching close on 20, the strange
way in which the votes even of great States were
split up and wasted upon six or eight candidates,
and the difficulty of ascertaining just what the
vote was for those and hundred different versions
of it floating about in common talk, have oil had
an effect in this direction. Then the friends Of
nearly all the leading candidates were wrong i'll
their calculations.
The supporters Of Payne had counted on getting
more than 81 votes. though until Mr. Payne is
placed in the field by his own State his course
| necessarily could not be made aggressive. The
friends of Judge Field were mortified and
chagrined of his beggarly array OF G5 votes. On
the other hand the friends of Senator Bayard did
| better than they expected, and those of General
Hancock were actually astonshed by the size Of
his vote. He led the list with III votes which
is probably more than the most enthusiastic
veteran in his corps of workers had DRAINED of
getting for him.
Some of che strong Southern delegates explain
the strong vote for Hancock by directing attention
to the Convention He had the hest orators and
the greatest personal enthusiasm. The SOutherncrs
rushed in to vote for him. as Southern man said,
from a feeling Of gratitude to man who was kind
to the South when she was down. It was
emotional and will not last long. The people of
the South, he said. do not want military
President they will not have one, and General
Hancock will not be ,minated.
STAMPEDE FOR HANCOCK.
1t was good illustration Of tho emotional md
excitable character of this lcaderlcss crowd that
this demonstration of strength, little depressing
it is true but still not gpat In itself at started
a species of stampede among the delegates. After
the manner of Democrats. there did not seem 10
be any disposition to stop and consider whether
General Hancock would be strong candidate.
The usual Democratic plan is to nominate the
man first and think: of that afterward. Some of
the Southern delegations who were led to suspect
that the Payne movement was not In earnest
and that It was sham 10 cover mp flank move
mcnt for TfIden, got tfustered. and proposed to
consolidate on Hancock. He was a Northern man
and would suit the Northern people.
Among the Northern delegates there were other
movements of the same kind The Massachusetts,
delegation, who divided their vote up in the Con-
venton among eight or nine candidates, met IN the
evening and took ballot The resul5 was Han
D u i
A number Of the New-YOrk delegation, 1t Is said.
we're seized with the Hancock fever, aud we're the
instfgators of the meeting which hastily called
this evening.
Another feeling which tended to increase the
drift toward Hancock was tile impression that
Senator Bayarl's nomination was hopeless. and
that his votes wOuld come by natural
aflhation to General Hancock. AS the night wore
OIL it became more and moro evident that there was
Hancock boom in progresS 1t WIS stated that he
would have the vote OF Arkansas sOlidly; that
Maryland, though it voted at an evening
meeting to cas-. its IL votes for BayaTd,
would vote for Hancock when the time
camel that there were signs of the same
tendency in Mississippi. and OF all increase in Ten
nessee. The Hancock men claiming Wisconsin
and Michigan also, though with what truth it is
mpt ssible to say. Then it is also understOO'il
and this 10 be fact, that
the Indiana delegation, while they intend to stand
Hancock to any other candidate after Hondrcks,
ana If the time coaies when by casting their vote
for him they can nominate HIM, they will do 50.
ILLINOIS HELPING HANCOCK.
An interesting movement made its appearance
this evening which is said to he AN auxiliary move
ment for Hancock in disguise This the sudden
development and stiflening of the Morrison move
ment. Morrison badges appeared, formal Morrison
headquarters were opened, and determination was
reached by the Illinois delegation to stand by Nor
risOn. The secret understanding was that they
should stand by him until they could snominate
some one else by casting their votes for him. This
would make Mr. Morrison possible Cabinet officer,
future President But there is still another fea-
ture of the story. This u that the combinations
have already been formed by which Hancock and
Morrison are to be the nominees. Both mon, it is
noticed. belong to hopeless Republican States.
IT. will he hard a exaQQerata the GisQust with
which the sudden and hot-headed movement for
Hancock is received By some Intelligent Democrats,
especially those Of the Eastern or Payne stripe. One
of them said:
"Well I've been Democrat ever since was q
voter, and have never known the party to fail,tO
commit internal idiocy at critical points in its
history. 1t has done sensible thing In its
career when 1t nominated Tilden, and it is
my opinion that there never has been time when
it might not have succeeded by doing something
equally sensible, but it would be just. like the
Democratic party to nominate General Hancock,
iust when the soldier is played out, when the
country has grown sick of military Presidents as
such, and when the whole thing has been spewed
Out of its stomach and for the Democratic party to
up fifteen years behind time and try to set up
in business as q soldiers party"
The look of mingled amusement aud disgust on
the face Of the speaker irresistblY ludicrOus
"Well." said he. L" there are no issuea nowadays
but those Of finance and political economy. and on
every of these the democratic party has been
banked unsOupd that am ready to see the country
in Republican hands for four years MORE"
HANCocK's NOMINATION NOT PREDICTED.
From all this il is not TO be understood that Gen.
eral Hancock's nomination Is predicted in these
dispatches though many predicting it tonight
General Haneock's vote to-day is 900 votes away
from u nomination. aud 500 votes are good many
to gBt.
BIELD AND PAYNE OUT OF THE RACE.
Que resalt clear from the ballot OF to-day.
the failure Of Judge Field. His vote was unex-
peetedly small, and was made up In o way