The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-18
On the Battle Gl0Qld|
The Political Cauldron Beginning to
Boil. .Skirmishing Along the Picket
Lines..ASummary Of The Situa.
ti0n To-Day. Interviews
With Prominent
Democrats.
A Boom for Henry B. Payne that
Seems to have SOlidity.

The political cauldron is beginning to boil.
Delegates to the Democratic Convention are now
arriving here from all points.
Many of the big guns came last night. Among
them were VIM. B. Bates, of Nashville. Tenn;
Vim. H. Wickham. of New York; R. B. smalley,
Of Vermont; ]. G. Meuser, of Gallon, O.; Lester
B. Faulkner, of Danville, N. Y: J. b. Metcalf
and O. R. Hendricks, delegates from California;
Judge John A. Holman, OF Indianapolis; General
Duncan s. Walker, Secretary of the National Con-
gressi0nal Committee, Washington, D. c., and
others.
The only Convention boom which up to yester-
day had taken shape with headquarters. an Or
ganized bureau and all the paraphernalia Of q
regular contest, was that for Field, whose banner
has fioated from the Gibson House for two or
three days There has been no boisterous demon
stration thus far, and no speech making, because
as yet the number of delegates present have been
too limited TO warrant such effort
The work. however. has been progressing qui.
etly and with good results a. cording to the man
ayers. The headquarters are in charge of Hon.
Samuel B. Smith. Of New York. formerly Judge
Fields law partner in San Francisco, and who has
had charge of the Field movement from its incep-
ton months ago, and who has been constant In
his attention to the details ever since.
He Is assisted by Delegate Ellis. of Colorado.
one OF the strongest of Judge Fields friends, and
who declares that with him for a candidate the
Democracy can sweep the Pacific States against
Garfield. They will be supplemented by most of
the California delegates, and they now expect Ito
make formidable showing upon the first ballot
They clsim strength of lao ballots to start
with, and believe this will give them a stronger
footing than that of any other cand date. They
claim to have, after the most careful canvas, at
least ~ OF the "a OF the Pacific delegates all from
Colorado, a msjority from Kansas and Missouri,
a very decided majority from, Arkan-
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia, six
from Maine, portion OF the Massachusetts, votes
many from New York and scattering votes from
other States. II Senator Thurman should be
Withdrawn from the onvention, or If there
Il should 0s seeaea break ay u judge that pss sSs
supporters that most of those votes would gravi-
tate TO him, especially all of those from West Vir
ginia. They reckon up n the assumption that the
Ohio delegation are more determined this time 70
cas-. their thsa influence 70, the strongest
OF one Of her own sons under
the belief that Ohio Democrats will work and
vote for any man as heartily as for an Ohio man,
and that therefore they will only vote for Thur
man OH two or three ballots, and that when they
get ready to change Judge Field will be SO strong
that the Ohio votes will be given tor him iather
than for Payne or Jeweu.
Then, too, they gain cou age from the fact that
Mr. Tilden can not probably be nominated His
influence is still powerful and that while the Til
den interest will be autagonistic to Seymour and
while Mr.. Tllden himself is known to have spoken
in opposition to Bayard, Thurman, Hendricks
and oLners in private conversations, he has only
Kind words for Judge Field, who, in the Electoral
Commission, fohght almost bitterly for the rights
It s claimed BY Fields friends that the reports
in regard to the California and Oregon Conven-
tions have been unfair and untruthful In Ore
gOn the Convention was largely in favor of Field
during its deliberations. A member moved to
instruct the delegates TO vote for him, whereupon
another member moved to instruct for Tildeu.
Then, In order to preserve entire harmony, a
motion was carried TO lay both the previous mo-
tions upon the table. l@ ~ '7'w
Immediately after this the Convention chose
almost unanimously Field delegate -at-large.
Thus the 'onvention was cont oiled by Field
men in his interest, and in response to the wishes
of the party in the State. In Cal.fornia MAJOR
ity of the Convention as well as majority
Of the people were in favor of Field, but as
matter of policy 1t was determined beforehand
not to instruct the delegates
bunder in The proceedings of the Cunven-
ton made 1t pear Ia opposition to HIM, but still
nine and perhaps ten, OF the twelve delegates are
known to be for Field, and were elected because
of that fact. Ofcourse the Ohio delegates will ct
first vote according to their instructions for Mr.
Thurman, unless he should decline 10 be q candi-
date, winch he wi not do unless he is sure the
chances are hopeiesaly against him, Where her
% votes will 60 in the event OF its appearing use
less to continue the contest for him, can hardly
be predicted. h, ...ei.f ,,..,... :
One thing, however, was very notable last night
not only among q few of the Ohio delegates but
also around the hotel corridors in the streets, at
the clubs and among newspaper men; that is the
expression in favor of a ticket which shall read
Seymour ana Hendricks, and hegepea!ed inquiry
as to what one thinks Of it for strength. So con-
stantly is 1t heard that 1t seems more like
the result OF a pre-arranged pan, or the echoing
and re-echoing of another's ideas, than OF the
spontaneous and earnest feeling of the speaker
There are those Of Mr.. Tilden's friends, however,
who a sert thatsu ticket is impossible, be-
cause both names are, under the present circum-
stances, Objectionable to him. ~ II9
The movement in favor OF the nomination of
ex.Congressman H, B. Payne, Of this State, re-
ceived quite an impetus yesterday from the ar
rival here of Mr.. Payne's sorl-in-law, Mr. Whit
Tns Lgsnsn gentleman m has been accounted I'll
said very recently that he was for
Tilden, first, last and all the time
Now. however. he is actually at work to secure
the nomination Of Pavne. whose forces seem al
ready to be better organised than those of any
other candidate, save Mr.. Field. Some infer from
Whitney's sudden change Of position that he
knows that Tilden Is not to be candidate, and 30
has left the Tildeh ranks, and 10 now working for
Payne with T!lden's full knowledge and consent,
The boom for Senator David Davis does not ap-
pear to have resohed Cine nnati in time. It may
be different after the Illinois delegates arrive, but
a. yet none are talking OF the distinguished In.
dependent Senator from Illinois ssls
Eayard's name is not ofIen heard in the con-
versation of the politicians. t
He will doubtless have plenty Of advocates %
soon as the Southern delegates arrive. but he has
not authorized anybody to organize q boom for
him, and will not have any headquarters here If
II depends on him 10 open them. Nevertheless
1ayard is nsidered bv some OF the astutest poll
ticians here as the very probable nominee Of the
Convention. His chance Is In part that he would
be ACCEPTABLE to nearly all delegates, and 10 the
second choice Of very many.
The only element which is accounted positively
hC s.ile to him Is Tden, who Is reported to be de-
cidedly opposed 10 him. Bayard's friends will
doubtless be at the private Qua ters of August Bel
mont, who has rented for tho Convention week
large, handsomely Furnished house opposite the
Gland Hotel, at u reported cost to him OF 81 ,UO0
for the week. Belmont 10 a warm personal friend
and admirer OF Baya d, and 1t is generally under
stood that he intends TO do volunteer service for
Bayard and secure his nomination II possible.
henry Wattersn, Of the Louisville Courier
Journal, is to be here to-day to work early and
late Tor Tilden as long as he is candidate.
There is strong under-current Of feeling that
Tilden will finally be Withdrawn. The New York
men who have arrived are unusually reticent
This is construed tD mean that the effort to secure
TIden's wlthdawal has not succeeded, but has
not been given up.
Only one or two Tammany men have appeared.
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