The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-03


the frauds in the, city accounts nave become
| thoroughly aroused.r
| should appear submissive for the sake OF policy"
/ 0N0thng OF the kind. Something more than APP
| pearances IL imperatveIy demanded and Tammany
win md IL out II she attempts rule and dictate.
II she comes into the Convention suDmisslve, con-
delegation TO take in the proceedings, simply to act
as one delegation not the dictator s.t o. OIL inc
stands her position, all viii be well. II not, not.
That's the situation exactly"
'what II there should be two delegations rom
1.-THE country members OF the party, at least IN
this part OF the State, as far as know, care nothing
Whatever about any clique or faction In New YORK.
they viii have no adhliaIion with any one. The
Convention win treat New YORK as II will treat every
from New YORK that not sent BY and That does not
represent the democratc voters. When say i VIII
believe will do. or what avail are elections II the
people are not represented In years past they nave
YORK. ana Il is high time il was stopped. the CON
vention should admit no delegation that represents
only clique
or three or four individuals solely. II will admit
delegation that gives the proper evidence that 1t
sTnen Your idea is take it, that the country
members OF the party In the state care no more for
the outside factions Sac, calling themselves democrats
"As far as their squabbes and STRUGGLING for
They take interest In them, and they Will let them
| fight out their own battles by themselves"
carry the State next elect0nT
the success Of the party depends upon the way
have SAID before. know that any man who is
pected OF being friend OF Iammany, or who would
w s E No w Would s
might be, or what he may run for, the case would
to be elected to ether Branch Of the Legislature
must be
FREE FROM ALL SUSPICION !
| OF having any leaning towards 1animary. IL Will
not do simply TO talk against fraud and corruption;
| the country democrats want no man who Will, even
Ring. Any man whom the electors believe would
| go with Iammany In any OF ner schemes wll, feel
"ol course the Convention 10 be held ut Rochester
will have 10 make their platform accordingly ~
! latlon to all these matters only my Individual
opinion. Now, as to the platform, my opinion Is
ton TO these frauds in New York-that Is, among
their resolutions have an Enthusiastically strong one
against corruption that nobody can mIslnerpret.'
EDO you suppose Tammany win try to defeat
II have no idea what she may do It would be
very foolish Tor her 70 try ANYTHING Of the KIND. I
think the best thing Tammanv can do is TO send to
tine Gopyenon aeegatlon Of IN
pie for their good , Gua'ities "a, and whom the
a mafus Tas s S@a 60 @
Convention anu DC an evidence TO the Convention
that her DELEGATION came there In their capacity
solely OF representatives OF the people and not VI
II have heard lt said that the country democrats
In some parts OF the state regard the fuss III New
York merely as local affair, which they ought to
"Tnat's ali nonsense. Where can you ind any
such men There Is no use begging the question;
administration. and when Tammany Han Is men
toned win many It. is the same as the the dsmocrstic
! everybody knows II, and either
SHE MUST BE SHAKEN OFF
| or the party Is gone TO the dogs And yet people
| talk about the democrats winning the Presiden-
tal election In 1872 have never been very nopclut
IN nm.
| many business have come to the conclusion that
the party won't have the ghost OF cuance If Tam
many Is longer allowed tue voice she mas had so far
Ia its councils. The people oil over the country un-
derstana what power Talnmany has been. In
| fact, thousands speak OF her aud the democratic
party In the one breath, as II they and the
same thing, the face OF these exposures. with
nammany KEEP In power what chance could the
'.5he certainly has been very powerful In years
why, sir, there never was such a powerful Or
ganization IN the world II IS not yet totally dead
"Tanlmany was often great nelp 70 the country
districts In election times, wasn't snesi'
.She was. She has spent money freely In dis
trcts where
MEN OF HER CHOICE
or liking were nominated, and will concede that to
those pig majortes that she rolled up in New YORK
city Is uue the securing OF powsr by the party in
this State But all that cannot compensate Tor the
vlanies that have been brought home 10 her. The
fact is the people the country districts far as
can learn, are not only tnunderstruck at the reye-
lat0ns made about those gigantic frauds, but what
| Is more, they believe them 10 he true.
| "You speak about Tammany sending good re-
spectacle men to the Convention. DO you not think
| II would be well for the party send nign toned
men OF respectability to the Senate and House as
| wellr'
II certainly do but you see. unfortunately, It Is
no longer considered compliment or an honor for
| idea upnernost in the minds OF most men VINO want
| to get U nominal. on for lice Is TO
| MAKE MoYsY.
| Most men, nowadays, calculate how much they
can make II elected TO such aud sucn position. 1t
| Is degrading, IL Is shameful Hence, the class Of
men nowadays elected TO Office are not Of the best
| material, and respectable men shrink from contact
with them. Why, was in Albany last winter lew
days during the session, an WIS shocked ut the
sight OF the brntal-looking set Of men l saw In the
scheme before the legislature"
New York city Is not the only place that sends
| Inferior men 10 the legislature i here ventured
to remark; EAST winter the members IRON the coun-
| try In the lower house were not mucn TO speak VI
| on either side, taken as wn0e.n
'.Tne cause works the l,Ae eject every where
The reason OF ~ IS SIMPLY TINS, that that class OF
| the nomination they seek, ana their man idea III
going to the Legislature Is 10 make money. Why,
ting electedY Supposlng, Or ance, I'VE six
THE BEST MEN IN THE STATE
were to be sent TO tue Senate what could they do?
what would be the resutY Why, they'd be called old
| fogles and Laughed ut aud sold QUIZ
'.Yes the scnemers could 90 to work with money
aud buy enough votes to make those OF the good
mentioned men OF no avail. Indeed nowadays, q
man that gets into pubic position aud doesn't
make money is considered ratner stupid and
Tnl5 view oil public life Is
A PERyERsION OF POLITICS
to the last degree degrading, and 1t the cry.
Ing evil OF the iay. While SUCH o state OF things
exists how can 1t be expected that good men be
seectedr'
al say you have heard OF the talk about send
Ing United states troops into New YORK next cleo
| ton day. on the plea that there cannot be fair
election unless the federal government ~
81 hardly think the federal government would do
such thing.n
"Republicans In New York city claim that the
country districts would applaud the federal govern-
ment II II in,erlered. What dOyou thlnkT
"My opinion Is that sncn proceeding on the part
OF the United states government would be diSas-
| trous TO the dominant party am sure, IN this part
OF tile state, the effect would be 10 turn many votes
! III favor OF the democracy. Hundreds OF repuDl
| cans would vote the democratic ticket to