The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-07
.yuore Field at Home.

few DAYS since the Commonwealth caileu
our attention to letter OF General BRADLEY
T. JoexsoS's correcting a report OF what
he bad SAID about Judge FIELD. Wedio not
think that the correction was much OF acor'
rection after all; yet We made It.
We now ak our ncighbor 10 let its read
era know what Is said Of Judge FIELD at
home. We have before us the Stan's'aas
Ters Of May 18th. 1t says:
WALLACE FOR FIELD.-The Common
rsaiih. a Field paper, published at k'cn.
mond. Va, is authority for the statement
that Judge Wallace, OF California, now al
Washington, bad declared for Field Inc
reported declaration OF Wallace pears oa'e
of MAY 14tb, In which he Is maze 10 say
/" Field can carry that State win whoop'
We are all for him. California VIII send
solid Field delegation TO Cincinna;', nut MS
friends do not desire formal Instructions.
We publish the above Tor what IL Is
worth. We realize the fact that aricies or
items OF character tending to strengthen
or weaken candidates are not always reiia.
bic; yet we also recognize the iact tnat
Judge Wallace aud many other prominent
Democrats have an unfortunate nap't OF
misinterpreting the sentiments OF the peo-
pie of California. They miEgle ana NIX 80
little with the people, save OF their own So
cial circle, that they are forever makihg
lust such plumbers as Judge wallace
IL reported to have made. True, the
rank and file of the old Democratic
Guard of California will vote for
the nominee as against the Republicans;
out that Held has any following or popu-
loritu among the masses Of California IS
denied bu everv man on This coast uho
kno,rs anuthing at all Of the sentiments OF
the people. That Field may be strong In
New York Is possible, but that lbe Is weak
i'm California as a presidential candidate Is
plain 10 every one, as the vote in the late
State Convention will attest. II there are
anu ovo,ced Field delegates to Cincinnati IN
the California delegation they haze no bASa-
ness there. They should, as representatives
of the party in this State, first consider the
claims OF Thurman, Tildeu, and Seymour.
When they are out OF the fight, or not con-
sidered available, then, and not till then,
should the California delegation consider
any other persons claims.
RecoIect that the NeuS is dated May IS
only ten days ago. 1t adds after giving the
names Of the delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention:
"Tbey 60 unpledged farther than the
mere expression of the sentiments OF the
Convention that elected them. 1t is be-
lieved that tie first individual preferences
OF the delegation at the time they were
elected stood as follows: Thurman, b; Til
den, 8; Field, 2; Seymour l; Hendricks, l.
They are instructed to vote as unit"
The NeuS also tells how the Convention
stood that elected the delegates to Cincin'
natl. II says:
"The vote showed 1873 OF the delegates
favored Allen G. Thurman for President,
Sc for Samuel j. Tilden. 95 for Seymour, 2
for Field, for Hancock, and for Hen
bricks. There were some few Of the dele
gates absent, and a still lesser number who
lodged.
1.-THE small vote given for Judge Field is
accounted for on the hypothesis that his
friends screened themselves behind the
negative vote given for Seymour. Still his
full vote would not have reached in the
Convention over fifty, the remainder being
originally Seymour men,"
Now, il this California paper may he
credited, Judge FIELD can get not vote
from his own State unless some OF the
delegates misrepresent their constituents.
The NeuS distinctly denies that he has
- any following or popularity among the
masses OF California"