New-York tribune., 1873-02-04


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ORGANIZING THE OPPOSITION
NV plan of the campaign was In single idea. IL was
10 take away from the Rng" the Senators and Assem-
hIvon from this city That was 10 tho central
on which their lines rested while they we're
extending their operations the whole state Ther
allies throughout the State in both parties would be rem
dered poweress or be dispersed. feared mcst .hS
allies m the Republican party As IL was the Assembly
was largely made up OF men who had got themselves
nominated by Republicans, In the expectation tnat
Tweed would come back and again scatter such goden
rather greenback, showers as ne ha1 rond uuring
the two previous sessions SI and In tSs
state organization continually made IN every
form and weghty pressure was brougns On ~ s and so
Rsays the psrty uniformly asked who have
the i've Senators and q Assem6lymenp IN said
that the object OF the Ring In endeav0ring 70 20.
reeGgnon oT sne i dpec ep11aton was to
90 back and nominate members Of Assembly and nye
s0d sn 70 say worh 20 le OF s
do not this ticket you are out OF the democratic
In use in the city had any moral right be considered
regular or 20 bind the Democratic masSeS L afOWeo
OF its nominees as Assemblymen or Senators. In my
speech at Cooper Institute said:
d 4" ss1p b Senate and Assembly Of he Stat, Of swO
said that eyetHs es was Of no as for S them % e Pa %,5e 10 S
espec, 70 The CITY Government whatever compromise that
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'or Stat sI ss q R @ Rd SS %S 5
who would no. 60 for making the government s % VA @
deem regular would resign Chsirmsn Of the state Com
miitse and take place the ranI. Of ny pUndersd
on tins issue staked my political existence and all
my party relations througn09t tme Sts'e .urGn IN te
Democratic masses or the city TO break away from tne
prestige OF pretended but sham regularity" There
was Democratic majority In the city OF at least 10000
600OO IL all the honest, and only the honest votes
should be poed The party organization IN tne ciy. ~
years. preference 10 the other organizations tnat hau
competed with it, mad fallen into the complete posses
ton, within which no contest could be waged against @
them 80 long as they held so vast oea PoWer ang p
lronage All rival organizations, and nearly al sPlrIe %
opposition had been crushed out under the 0i
theenOrnous centralized dominion derived FROM ADany
The despOndency and disbelief IN the possply on
the election in the ctyaBalnst the wou
yersa and hopeless II is seldom that per cent Of
party scratch the regular ticket 10 the DemooraIic
were innocent but that even II they guilty great
organization ought not to be destroyed Or Tue WIOuS
few individuals; that the party was not responslOie
Tor them; and that the particular nominees were good
How we're tho votes or twenty or lhlrty vi iOI3
Nothing short of an organized revolt of the Democratic
masses, under the best Democratic ead WIN the moss
effective measures aud with some good fortune eoud
accomplish difficult a work against such e1IaOr-
binary powers combined TO uphold the existing
system.
THE DEMOCRATIC REVOLT.
The first necessary was TO break the prestge
of the organization which the Ring controlled as the
representative Of the party in the eyes OF its Masses 10
do this by the act of the State Convention That was no
easy matter. To able who sympathised with me 1t
seemed impossible 1t proved even more difficult than
expected. party In power IL naturally disposed 70
risk the continuance OF abuses rather than 10 hazard he
The sxecutiye bower of the State and its recently
larged official patronage were exerted against such
policy. And since the contest or 1862 the KING had
studied TO extend its influence the rural districts and
had showered legislative avors as II they were ordinary
patr8nagc without having or having had Tor years,
the power to give an Office in city State stood
the traditions OF the older leaders, ana the moral sense
The publication by Tie Times OF what IS called the
Secret Accounts" was completed on July 49, They
book kept in the office the Controller They showed
tho dates and amounts of certain payments made by the
the OF the persons to whom the payments were
made. The enormous amounts, compared with the
names created a moral conviction of gross
frauds though, Of course, not amounting to Judicial
civil action would lie, or disclosing the real prin
epas in the fra9dnSnt soon 80 toas ee
statements by the futlity Of the in behalf OF
the city officers and by cross-examning o financial
gentleman who came to me with a letter from dis
tinguished citizen, and the form OF call for public
made me- believe that municipal frauds had been com
United immeasuTaby transcending anything had ever
bie Of acting strongly upon the popular mind be-
lever I'm the potency of definite facts in making i'm
have ono fact than column of rhetoric The publica
ti0n was made just as was going into the country In
two or three days there formed my programme.
CONFERENCES WITH DEMOCRATS.
For so dinicult movement in the State Convention.
cooperation was necessary. The first sought was
Francis KernaR His freedom from all entanglements-
whether personal political with corrupt interests or
corrupt men-his high standard of public duty his dis
lnteresedness and Independence his tact and eoquence
lrfty ha nf
his district to send him as a delegate-made him my
necessary ally in the State Convention After much tel
egraphng found he was ia Albany professional busi
went there and passed a day with him.
IL was, believe, Aug. 4, 1911 That was within SIX
Accounts completed. 1t was month before Sept
when ne neetnR was neiu @ az ts mu % ee .s u
had moved in 1862 when own fortunes were involved
potca campaign in reference to the November election
usually opens IL was more than three months before
over, it was scarcely begun So far from the
"Ring" being "down," as The Times alleges, IL Yves
confident of holding It's own for months afterward.
The programme then submitted to Mr.. Herman em-
braced everything which has been done since, except
to the sea-shore with sick relative, and. while hs
concurrence was given, particular measures were left
ward Joined HIM at Abany-went with him to Utica.
received the of his cooperation and had con-
situations with Gov. Seymour, who was also in full
sympathy with Mr.. Herman Will recall the fact that
at the first interview, contemplating the difficulty OF
make the contest, even if we should fall in it.
On my way home stopped a few days at Saratoga
There met Mr. George Jones Of The Times. had known
him twenty. years. He spoke freely to me. Isawno
indication that he thought the battle was over: He
seemed, rather. TO feel Its stress told him should
appear in the field at the proper time OFTEN afterward
when met him, he referred TO that casual interview
with apparently satisfaction. Some five six weeks
laerafter Mr. Green was in substitute foz Mr. Con-
nollyI went into the Controllers ofce There sat Mr..
Jennings and Mr. Jones' The former said, We want an
interview with you" Mr.. Green kindly gave us room in
the basement When we arrived there and seated,
Mr.. Jennings said: DO you any daylight I" and
went to say in words which ay not be able liter
ally repeat that the contest too exhausting TO
be continued very long. stretched out my hand m
him. and said, Be OF good cheerl We shall win ths
fas.ed 20 rsS,ss5 NIr %n1 nro
TO see him as soon as arrived at New York. He had