Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-22
SACRAMENTO, TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE

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gates. Missouri is even more divided.
Minnesota reached here this morning in a
special car.
The following of Judge Field does not APP
pear formidable at this time. At any rate it
is more quiet than that of other prominently
mentioned candidates.
One of the most conspicuous of the politi-
cal leaders here expressed an opinion that the
contest would finally be narrowed down to
Bayara from the East and Mcdonald from
the West, but it is difficult to see how this is
to be brought about while Senator Mcdonald
is among the nearest supporters of Hen
dricks.
Speaker Randall has many warm friends,
and contingency may arise which will give
to him part of the Tiden vote.
Western men regard the support of Han.
cock by part of Pennsylvania as fatal to
Randalls chances.
/ AS to contested seats, the opinion is ex-
| pressed that none of the contestants will be
admitted.
The National Committee unanimously
agreed to name George Hoadey of Cincin.
natl for the temporary Chairman, and Mayor
Prince of Boston for temporary Secretary.
In the matter of the contests in Massachu.
sets and New York, it was decided to allow
representatives on each side to present their
case in speech of half an hour.
The Times announces that another letter
will be forthcoming from Tilden.
TAMMANY HALL AT THE CONVENTION.
CHICAGO, June 21st.-The Journals Gin
cinnati special says: 1t is stated that a let
ter of declination from Hendricks is on hand
ready to be used, if deemed advisable. Tie
fact is that John Kelly holds the key to the
situation, has compelled Seymour and Tilden
to withdraw, and with a Democratic admins
tration Tammany Hall would be more power
| full at Washington than any Democratic
leader or set of leaders. This Convention is
simply called to ratify the choice of Kelly
and Tammany.
| ANOTHER LETTER FROM TILDEN THREATENED.
CINCINNATI, June 21st.-Although much
interested canvassing is progressing tonight,
there is little excitement, and no bitterness
manifested.
The Cincinnati Times is considered good
authority for the statement that Tilden has
prepared another letter, intimating the cir
cumstances under which he would accept a
nomination. While the statement has a
strong element of probability, it is thought
that this second letter will never see the light.
/ Il oh X ell of /
letter of the 18Th as a whining, begging pc
tition for the nomination" followed by the
rumor of another missive to come from
him, is asserted to have been the
prompting move for to-days action by the
New York delegation, formally accepting
Tilden's remuneration as definitely taking him
out of the canvass. There is no doubt now
that the ruInor was true, as telegraphed to
you at the time of the New York State Con-
vention at Syracuse, that Tilden had letter
of similar character to present to that body.
1t is said that he withheld it at the request of
his friends, who accepted his contemplated
Withdrawal, but thought that its postpone
ment until the meeting of the National Con.
vention would enable them the better to hold
and consolidate their organization for the
TILDEN's CHOICE.
Tilden would like Payne of Ohio or
Speaker Randall to be his legatee. The eff
| fort to control the Ti]den vote on either has
thus far proved failure So also did the
movement attempted to-day to unite New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut solidly
for Payne. Some of the Connecticut dele
gates are strong for English, but have tenn
porarily yielded in Payne's favor, hoping for
help from the latter in return whenever the
race shall be lost to the clark horses" Still
no arrangement for solidifying the three
States seems at present probable.
BAYARD's CHANCES.
If the Tammany men are admitted as part
of New York State, they will vote for Bay
ard, who is clearly the choice of more dele
gates than any other candidate named. His
friends can show that there is reasonable
probability of carrying New York and Indi-
ana. The strongest objection urged against
him is his war record, but his financial views
would make him strong in New York, and it |
is suggested that Indiana might be secured
by insisting upon Hendricks taking the sec
ond place. Bayard is clearly the first choice |
in the South, and if the Southern delegates
could be made to see that he viii be accept
able to the Northern Democracy they would |
be likely to go for him en- masse He has
more chance, apparently, of growing in the
balloting than any other of the prominent
fayorites. It would be hazardous, however,
to say that his success is probable.
THUR1IAN's CANVASS.
Thurmau's friends are quietly but earn
estly at work. They have to contend with
the widespread conviction here that Ohio is
surely a Republican State under Garfeld's
leadership, and this argument puts out of
present view all the Ohio men, unless Groes-
back should come forward as the dark horse
FIELDS FRIENDS CONFIDENT.
After long ard unsuccessful balloting
Field seems tc have made some progress.
Sam. B. Smith is conducting his canvass,
which has, however, failed to consolidate the
Pacific delegations for him. They say they
look for small vote on the early ballots, but
expect to get Thurman's votes when the lat
| ter's boom breaks, and they talk very conf
IDENTIFY, without showing the figures.
DARK HORSE sPECULATIoNs.
Abram S. Hewitt is looked upon as a
prominent dark horse, whenever Paynes
chances become clearly hopeless.
| Some of the Tilden managers tonight are
talking sharply of Ex-Governor Ingersoll, of
Connecticut, and are circulating fattering
statistics of his great popularity during his
several State canvasses.
| The fact is also significant that Spriggs of
| Utica, n Y, to whom Governor Seymour
wrote the letter recently saying that he was
thinking more OF bis will and funeral than his
nomination. is again hard at work in behalf
of Seymour since Tilden has passed out of the
way. Mayor Harrison of Chicago is also
laboring industriously to the same end, and
the Illinois delegation tonight is hot for Sey-
mour, whose chances are the best of any man
named, if the Convention can be made to be-
lieve that he viii accept the nomination if
again forced upon him.