New-York tribune., 1880-06-21
CONVENTION NOTES.
nY TELEGRAPH 70 TIE TEIBrNH.l

fHY TELEGRAPH TO IHE IKlB MI
C1xCINNAII June 2O.-SrEator Call. of Florida. a
member of the National Democratic Committee
arrived this morning He says he can make
morning. OF u nS set, and dOnt even know now
his own delegation will yotn not In, ing seen thcIn.
He has no preference between the prominent r;Ihdl-
dates, but says that any g0ou Democrat VIII sun
his section.
Senator Wallace says the Pennsylvania drlcGa-
ton is mnlrh split up He is himself Hancock
man, Hancock brnG the strongest nomination for
lruns, lyana that can be- made. l'ayard has Il good
following IN Pennsylvania. anu next 10 uencIal
Hancock will receive Senator W NaIlacrS support
MI Payne has also friends III the pennsylvania
delegation.
General Warner member Of Congress from Oho'
savs that if any Ohio man gets the nomination
that man will BE- Senator Thurman and not Mr..
Payne. Mr.. 1Ildcn cannot he says, deliver the
goods: and the Ildcn men here are already begin
utuv to manifest an unwillmgncSI tO hc turned
over tn anybolv. " This is contest between men.
sald GcucIai Warner, land not between principles.
and We must weight Our ticket with our HEAVIEST
men at both ends. There has been no Sllch "pp"T-
tnnity tor ls for twenty-five years, and We must nor
think of small men III c0IInrrb"h WIN Tue ho'hila-
tInns The Payne movement has nothing oi hraril-
rrss ar npontanIciv in lt." continued General
Warner. II haA been worked up by pad agents.
and cannot last III the C0nYrntlOn.'
"Dont allow yourself to be given away about
that Tldcn letter." sad Colonel Finley to-nght,
NV belief is that while it may be in terms II
withdrawal from the race, it ~ an actual bd Tor the
Presidency" Colonel Finley ougnt T." know.
Ex-Doorkccpcr Ftzhugh has no decided preter-
cnrr for anybody, bnt has n decided aversion to
SPEAKER Randall. He will be about equally dlSsat-
jstrd with any ono of the other candldntcs
Joseph Pulltlor, of Missouri, don't know whom
he will vote for. The whole thing IS mixed up, and
hc finds II impossible to express an opinion. though
anxious to do So reg riding the outcome. His dele
cation is equally IN doubt The Withdrawals of Sey-
mnur and fIdcn have upset all their calcnlatOn%
If n Western man in taken he thinks McDOnnid
would make the best run In Ncw- York. lie Is IN
clinrd 10 think hat the young boom Tor Judge Cal
YIN f.. Pratt IL by no means so contemplate as
those Who now laugh may think.
Some OF the Illinois delegates say that II morrison
shonld not he nominated for the Presidency, their
Statc will present candidate for tho second place
ON tho ticket IN tho person OF tho Hon. cyrus
II. Mccormick.
Some of tho Jersey men are trying to start o
Fayoritc son BOOM" They sny that If the entiro
delegation wonld unite in presenting the name Oh
either Joel Parker or Senator Randolph one OF
them might possibly be nominated but seven OF
tho New-Jerscy delegates arr opposed 70 thfker,
and the vote OF the State could not prOoAoy Do cheI
ns n unit for any candidate from that State.
The war of the telegraph companies Is becoming
fierce and to-day an unprecedented departure has
heen initiated IN regard 10 rates. The American
Union Company reduced its rates to the remarkably
| low figure of % cents for ten words from
| Cincinnati to any parts Of the United States OF
| Canada the reduction to continue only during the
! -. ~"ntion. few hours latter tho Atlantic and
Pacific Company iS-'o"eu WIN 9iinii"r [0uu''iOn'