The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-13
NEW YORK POLITICS.
The Republican Convention, and How
Judge Davies came to be Nominated.
tn THE EDITOR or THE HER Arm

The Republican Convention, and How
Judge Davies came 70 be Nominated.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
NEW York, Sept. IL, 1850.
is not generally known by what agencies Judge
Davies came to be nominated by the Republican Conven-
on at Syracuse for the Judgeshp the Court Appeals
IN preference to Senator Owen, who, with much more
political influence on his side, working for the nom
nation Let me suggest two facts bearing on this
somewhat remarkable circumstance leaving your readers
70 form their conclusions.
In the first place. the nomination Of Judge Davies was
effected by General Nye who appears to have been
the Mephisophiles Of the black republicans Nyc is
deemed of much account rs well by reason
Of his peculiar talents at wirepullng as by reason
Of his powers the stump. 1t was through
his management that the Convention ignored Seward and
Morgan Nye has spite against the latter growing out
Of the Police Commissonershp and took il out in that
way. The plan of Governor Morgan TO have the
delegates the National Convention pledged rrevocaby
10 Seward, with side arrangement by which he was to
step into Stewards shoes for the Senatorshp But Nye
would not stand it, and Nye carried his point.
But re,snos nous noons As to Davies and the Judge
ship of the Court of Appeals, what could have been
Nyes motive in wishing to get him there2 Davies
70 be sure, was the first to endorse the con
sttutlonality of the Metropolitan Police act ; but
he has also shown himself favorable to the
claim of the members of the old police force for their
pay. Nye while in the Board was not in favor of paw
ing them but since he has left the Board his views nav
have changed considerably You know that Talmadge,
The exSuperntendent now one Of the counsel agents
for pressing this claim. may be also with Nyc.
Large commissions spoken of-as high as forty and
nifty per cent-and the claim about a mil
non OF dollars the thing is worth being interested Il
would therefore, be good stroke of policy to have
the bench of the Court of Appeals Judge known
favorable TO these claims. Whether that will strike the
electors OF the State recommendation TO the cand
date is a matter for themselves.
But that is not Judge Davies only ndation in
the same line His supposed interest in the West Wash
mgton market business was also swimming card in his
hand far regarded the game of the nomination. and
il rs well known that the two who are principally in.
teresied in the matter managed, by some egerdeman
TO be returned delegates aternates the Conven
ton and worked hard, in cooperation with Nye, for
Judge Davies
Without meaning to impute improper motives to the
candidate or his friends, these suggestions may
dspel the cloud whcih rests that nomination
will be for the people at large to say whether the
same influences that operate conventions are to have
BEHIND THE SCENES.
The Republican State Convention-Why
the Presidential Question was Ignored
Bolts versus Seward.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
II was not accidental that the republicans of New York
nj their State Convention Wednesday wholly ignored
Mr. Seward and omitted any reference the Presidential
question More than anything else that appeared on
the surface of things this omission has significance as
evncng the actual state of feeling the present moment
among the leaders of the party touching Mr. Stewards
pretensions No mention made of Mr.. Seward, sim
ply because ii would damage the prospects of the ticket
was confession that ticket however strong could
carry Mr. Seward on its back; that declaration for him
would engender weakness; that all enanglng alliances
with Sewardism were above all things, TO be avoided
Hence the omission altogether marked and sig.
nicant than anything that said could have been
Said.
This not the only most significant circumstance 60
Is a contingency already contemplated by the repubH
leaders Everybody knows that Mr. Bolts
was lately in our city, and where he was
infected with the Presidential itch that the infinite
amusement of the public and TO his apparent felicity
he spent whole week in scratching himself the
Asor House steps During his stay here the Brooklyn
Ashlanders and Mr. ketchums matrony committee of old
line wings were not the only who called Mr. Bolts
Not less than seventeen gentlemen of quite another Sort
including Fhurlow Weed and General Nye, surrounded
Mr.. Bolts in one room at time. The meeng-for it
was nothing less than a meeng-was not accidental 1t
had meaning and purpose. Its chief business far
the republican leaders concerned was to ascer-
tain from Mr. Bolts himself whether he would accept
nomination from the Republican Presidential Convention
The question put square to Mr.. Bolts by Mr. Weed;
and TO the credit of the gentleman from Virginia be said
he promptly and unequivocaly declared that he would
accept no nomination from the republicans any other
sectional party The republican leaders who had waited
n Mr.. Bolts with this inquiry were treated to some
pretty plain talk 1t Mr. Bolts opinion that no man
they could nominate their platform could hope for
election was only by hearty combination of all the
opposition strength that the federal government could be
cscued from the hands OF the democracy In reply TO
he catechetca inquiry of the chief nqusor Of the inter
Jews what could he give to republicans for sup
oring him, Southerner, Mr. Bolts retorted by saying:
sTel them that though living all my lifetime in a slave
State, have ceased to be national man. omit
ted single occasion 10 denounce the and ex
tremss not only my State but in the slave States
generally" Much more of the sort passed. The
chief and perhaps the only significance of the circum
stance is that such interview should have been held
for without other evidence il Of itself establishes
fact that the peculiar supporters Of Mr. Seward have
taken the alarm and have begun cast about another
candidate. Unless he hurres home and sets things right