Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-28
The Presidential Campaign.

Some OF the alleged secrets Of the Cincinnati
convention leak out in Washington. One is that
On the night preceding the nomination Hon
Carter Harrison of the Illinois delegation tele-
graphed Hon. William r. Morrison that the
Illinois delegation had decided to give Hancock
a solid vote for the presidency, and that II Han
cock was nominated the same influences which
were expected to bring his nomination about
would work to have Morrison second on the
ticket. 1t is said Morrison replied to the tele-
nomination, and suggested that English OF
Indiana be the vice presidential candidate.
JOHN KELLY'S VICTORY.
One of the representatives OF THE STAR trav-
elled on Saturday from Cincinnati TO Harrisburg
with Mayor cooper. OF New York, Controller
Green, OF the same city, Editor HurIourt. Of the
many lights. The opinion Of these gentlemen
was that John Kelly was honest IN his dram
atic peace &C ovsrtgres 1 In the convention out
lit himself. There were to have been three
tickets In the field for the county offices In New
Iolk county-Tammany anti.Tammany and
the republican ticket The anti Tamnany men
felt confident that under the circumstances
they could have elected their entire ticket
shorn Kelly OF patronage and left him out In
the cold. Under reconciliation OF the
factions, they fear that Kelly will now place no
ticket in the field, but will demand that some
OF his followers be placed on the regular ttcke..
1t Is In this sense that some of the regulars
speak OF kellyS victory. Mr.. Henry Hurlbert,
the editor of the WOrfd, is enthusiastically Of
the opinion that the democratic national ticket
would be elected.
SOME WASHINGTON SECRETS
leaked out in Cincinnati. 1t Is known that the
craftsmanship of the national republican COM
mittee was offered to Don Cameron and by him
refused; to VIM. E. Chandler next, and by him
refused; to Platt of New York, and by him re-
fused, and Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, to
whom it was next offered, now holds its ac-
ceptdnce under adviSement.
THERE IS A SECRET OF THE HANCOCK BOOM
In Cincinnati worth letting out. About five
days before the nomination was made q score
OF HancockS friends held consultation at No.
III Elm street, Cincinnati, which was the Han
cock headquarters. At this gathering it was
urged that some money was needed for legiti-
mate expenses; whereupon Senator Wallace,
Banton Duncan, f. John Ellis, Col. Joe NJ.
kibDen and others, Clipped in and raised s751.
After Hancock was nominated they again met
10 settle their bills. There was ten days rent
OF a room to be paid for at $50 per day. making
$50. One hundred dollars was spent in print
Ing, and another hundred for StreaIner and
Tansparencies. This was the sum total of the
expenditures. In settling up there was S57 LETT
to be returned pro rata to subscribers Colonel
Mckibben made motion that In view OF the
glorious sequel OF the convention, the S5T be-
burned as a Hancock bonfire. His motion did
not prevail, and the S5I was returned to those
who gave 1t. This 800 was the sum total of
money expended in Hancock's behalf, and the
entire amount was raised after bis friends
reached Cincinnati.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
Gen. Garfeld'S ONO friends who were In Gin
clnnatl say tnau tne SeneraiS letter or accept
ance has been written and will be made public
about the 18th OF july, the date set for the
meeting Of the national committee in New York
city.
1t was matter Of some indignation In Gin
clnnat1 among republicans that Senator COnk-
ling had Iailed to call on Gen. GARFIELD while in
this city, but that Gen. Garfield had called On
Senator CODkling
Congressman Ellis, of Louisiana told repre-
sentative OF THE STAR in Cincinnati that had
Grant been the republican nominee, While the
electoral vote of Louisiana might have been Sc
cured by hard work for the democracy yet four
congressional districts would certainly have
been lost.
The democracy feel so confidant of SUCCESS
that they have already cabinet slate fixed up
which includes Mcclellan as Secretary of War,
Thurman as Attorney General, Morrison, Sec
retary OF the Interior and Bayard Secretary OF
State.
Col. r. C. Ingerson says of the Hancock ticket:
1T Is indigo and copperas-jusJ enough indigo
TO catch the boys In blue and the rest rebel but
ternut." Somebody told hun that Hancock's
father was Baptist and his mother an Episco-
palian. 'Well, j" he asked, ':what kind OF re-
l1glouS mule does that make?
There was to have been a plank in the demo
cratic platform re-affirming the Monroe doc
tr1ne, but some how or other Henry Watterson
the chairman OF the platform committee, lost it,