The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-06

might not be made Chief Justice at all, and thus he
sOad Sc msas chief sSe tSe
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tenure OF ONCE, will become an easy prey to
A. b. Cornell, who Is amer it on all tours. But
this is the very term Pruyn also has his eyes set
upon, and Weed and Hopkins and all the rest on
that side OF the house will do their best to capture
tion Still the democrats, who hope for all this
night TO take place, may rest assured, II all the re-
PORTS p,,sa from rom the country districts can be
"smooth' one. after all, and that
the enginery Of the Custom House, the
Post ONCE and the revenue departments through:
out the State Is so strong and Is run 30 well
tnat the administration people have the election
Of se delegates almost entirely at their disposal
faction fights here in this city and what the
leaders think about the prospects ahead are
publicans just now than the prospective growls
among the State politicians. Under the crcum-
action OF the Democratic State COMMITTEES ana Its
probable eject upon Apollo Hall and Tammany
Will be found good reading:-
JOHN CoCHRANE'S (LIBERAL) VIEWS.
HERALD commissioner yesterday paid q visit
to General Cochrane, and alter q little chit-chat
with hun about matters and things generally, re-
'You see, General. that the HERALD this morn
ing wants an answer rom you to the Significant
Where are the liberals to 90 ?"
Eyes, 1t seems that the HERALD asks that ques-
to premise that the question, applying to a body
OF men who stood $4,000 enrolled men last
considerable Importance, and especially when
IL ID to be presumed that they have not greatly,
II at all, numerically diminished in the interval In
my opinion 1t Ia not necessary to theorlze as to
what direction the liberals intend to take. They
have already decided. Maintaining the principles
aware that circumstances have deprived them Of
the method OF asserting them which they pursued
last year. Their obligation to those principles
aud-Wlether a
Independent party or IN alliance with other par
ties or simply as citizens without the lines OF any
parJy-they intend to sustain them ut the polls.
THE LIBERALS DON'T LIKE DEMOCRATS POLITICALLY.
"They uniformly object to fusion in the demo-
close atnity and deslrous OF acting with the rank
and file OF the democratic party comparatively.
Liberal State Committee to the Democratic State
Committee. The rejection OF that proposal will
probably compel the liberal republican organiza-
ton 10 call State Convention 1Or the nomination OF
State ticket whether that ticket Will be composed
OF independent candidates or OF candidates Sc
lected from the tickets OF either or both OF the
great political parties that shall previously have
placed their tickets IN the field, will depend upon
the fact whether such names Will have been placed
upon the democratic or republican State ticket
as can consistently with the professions OF the
liberals be supported by them.
WHAT THEY WILL DO AS PATRIOTs
and Republican Conventions shall have met, and
be 81 assembled. In any event the determine.
ton OF the liberal republicans is to
throw their votes, whether many or few, in layor
and without any. reference to their previous po-
litcal afrnities. They do not anticipate any vote
cate; but they are confident of producing such an
impression upon the bailot-box as viii Indicate to
IN hp
"You have spoken, General, OF the probabilities
appertaining to the state ticket What have you
to say about the Legislature ?"
LOCAL LIBERAL AFFILIATIONS GOOD FOR SOMETHING.
II think that this question requires different
answer. 1t Is noted TACT that in very many local.
tiles ofthe State IN quite number OF counties and
towns, and In some cities and villages oil those
protesting reform principles without reference to
political antecedents whether democrats or repub-
licans have practically united In organization,
and should both the democratic and liberal repub-
ican State tickets be deieated the probabilities are
that this local fusion In so many OF the Assembly
and senatorial districts will enable this combina-
ton to throw the administrative republicans into
minority in the legislature"
"FrOm the tenor or your last answer am ], then,
to infer that the democrats and liberal republicans
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY's USEFULNESS AT AN END.
"You are for. by my observation, the rank and
e s 6H ss
is at an end, and like plain men with plain OBJECT
before them, they see that to attain their object
they should unite st me polls with as many as pos
Democratic state Oorni,tee, ID rejecting the PROB
0sitiOn to fuse 0f the Liberal Republican Commit
tee, did not truly represent their constituency ?"
stituenCy In the decision they came In the first
place, very large and respectable minority OF the
committee opposed their decision. Secondly the
result even now discloses great and growing dis
satisfaction among the rank and file in the
country.
THE NAME OF TAMMANY ABHoRRENT TO TIE PEOPLE
"Again 1t was obvious from the newspaper re-
ports that the interests OF Tammany Hall largely
preponderated among those which produced their
decision. This Is peculiarly unfortunate Tor the vote
in committee will not fail to be charged to the
Tammany clique; and whether Tammany now is
In TACT changed from the Tammany OF Tweed rule
viii not so closely be scrutinized as to prevent
the acceptance without scrutiny OF the general
at last succumbed to the vicious city influences
OF Tammany Hall In other words, occasion
upon line OF defensive explanations, and this in
my judgment, Ia q msstep which the democrats
win be unable to retrieve during the progress Of
APOLLO HALL AND TAMMANY CAN'T UNITE.
"In tins connection what say you about Apollo
81 was about to instance Apollo Hall as an Illus
tration. Their amnesty to Tammany evidently
committee, and which has since mani
tested Itself IN last nights Apollo Han
OF the committee, to constitute the Convention OF
but one delegate from each Assembly district, to
the Of the Tammany interest lest by enlargtng
Apollo Hall interest Of thrusting their men among
the delegates. Such an Impression will render I'M
possible any cooperation between Tammany and
Apollo halls upon any ticket in the falls can
vass.n
LAS you evidently think that the liberal repub
cans and Tammany Hall viii not unite upon the
local city tickets, do you suppose that there
Is any probability OF their uniting with Apollo
Hall ~
APOLLO AND THE LIBERALS TO EMBRACE-IF?
circumstances to occur must determine. II
Apollo Hall will consent to the nomination of men
Tor ONCE OF character, good repute. capacity and
htness-Apollo Hail being understood TO entertain
political opinions Identical with those OF the lib
erals Il see no reason why the liberal republicans
should not give such nominees their full and
hearty support But IN no event OF contrivance o r
EFFORT to reconcile opposite opinions by equilibrat-
ing interests can the liberals be induced to support
ticket created by such influences. It seems to
me now, however that events VIII 30 shape them
selves that the liberal republicans and the Apollo
Hall democrats viii be obliged to frame and sup.
port one ticket, and that OF an unexceptionable
character"
NJ. T. BRENNAN's VIEWS.
Mr.. Brennan, the genial Sherin, was also called
upon by the HERALD Commissioner, but as he was
in hurry to get away to the pure air Of his OF
town home, the Commissioner was not able to hold
any lengthy conversation with him. He remarked,
h.tAE