The daily gazette., 1880-07-15
THIRD EDITION
Mr. Wallace and the Commit
tee.

HOW THE SELF-INFLATED BOOM
FOR THE CHAIRMANsHuP COL
LAPsED.
The Democratic National Com
mittee met in the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel yesterday, and organized for the
Presidential campaign. The corri-
ridors of the hotel were crowded for
an hour before the morning ses-
sion Of the committee, BY members
of the committee, conspicuous DEM
ocrats from all parts of the country,
and regular Democrats and Tam
mauy men from this city. The one
thing talked of by the groups who
stood in the corridors was the
Craftsmanship of the committee
The Tammany men talked loudly
against the policy of the selection of
ex-senator William A. Barnum, of
Connecticut, and urged the necessity
of the election of Senator William
A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania. In
pressing Senator Wallace they said
that he was the choice of General
Hancock and his immediate friends.
Some of them said that the anti-Til-
den Democrats would raise $3.50, 900
for the campaign if Senator Wallace
was made the committees Chair
man. The regular Democrats OF
New York said that Mr.. Tilden' S
friends feared that the selection OF
Senator Wallace might be construed
as a concession to Tammany intlu-
ences. They urged the election OF
Senator Barnum because he is Mr..
Tilden's friend. General William
F. Smith was active in his advocacy
of the election of Senator Barnum.
A prominent Democrat from the
South said, just before the commit
tee met, that Senator Barnum would
be elected Chairman. "Senatol
Wallace's friends have made hare
fight to secure that position for him,
he said, "from the adjournment o
the National Convention until thi:
morning. Members of the NaLiona
Committee have been urged to vote
for him. The main difficulty in the
Way of the success of their efforts
has been the fact that Senator Wal.
lace was not a member of the com.
mittee, the delegation from Penns-
ylvania having selected William l..
Scott for their representative
Mr.. Scott declined to resign in
favor of Senator Wallace, although
repeatedly asked to do so Yester
day General William b. Franklin
told several members of the com
mittee that General Hancock woulC
like to have Senator Wallace made
the committees chairman. This in.
formation was impaired to William
l.. Scott. Mr.. Scott intimated to
those who told him what General
Franklin had said, that the General
might have spoken to him per.
sonally. General Franklin calleC
upon Mr.. Scott and told him what
he had said to other members of the
committee. Mr.. Scott replied thai
Senator Wallace could not get tel
votes for the Chairmanship, even i
he should be made member of tn,
committee, and that if the Pennsyl
Vania delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention were called together t,
select a new representative on tn
committee, Senator Wallace woul,
ACt ASNSA'S 'pbSos 40 Bipp
of his assertions, Mr.. Scott shove,
General Franklin letters from forty
seven promnent Pennsylvania Dem
ocrats lone OF them being A. II
Dill, Chairman of the Democrat
State Comnittee), urging him not t
resign in Senator Wallace's favor
General Franklin expressed grea
surprise at this exhibit. Mr.. Scott
seeing the Generals embarrassment
and desirous of relieving him from
the disagreeable predicament int,
which he had been placed, told hin
to tell General Hancock that h,
would not resign to make Senate
Wallace Chairman Of the commit
tee." The gentleman added that h
subsequently learned that Genera
Franklin's statements were the eS
preston of his own belief as t
General Hancock's wishes, and nC
an authorized message or reques
from General Hancock