The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-06
IT'S BITTERNESS THREATENING TO REVIVE
The Liberals, in Mourning, Delivering Them
selves Of Plants and Threats.
WILL THE BEST MAN WIN?
What tho Country Democrats Are Going
To Do About 1t.
The Tammany Big Injun vs.. the
Gentle Apollo.

The action OF the Democratic State Central Com
mtttee the other day, by which the liberals and all
outside democratic organizations were alike given
the cold shoulder, has created no small amount of
talk among the politicians, and something akin to
CONSERVATION already prevails among the would
be city and county candidates whose hopes OF
success depend in large part upon
united opposition front to the administration
party next fall. In fact the committee has
come in Tor great deal OF vituperatiOn and quite
as much praise; but both the vtuperatiOn and the
praise have sprung from motives that cannot be
considered as entirely prompted by patriotism.
One OF the real secrets Of the committees action
has 80 far been known but to the few, and Tor the
benefit OF the many it may be of general interest
just now to give the considers"
PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES.
At the bottom of the wire pulling, which preceded
the meeting Of the committee weeks before it met
at all or had even formally conferred together, the
strivings OF the so-called leaders outside OF New
York city, who have an eye on the gubernatorial
chair Of rs, were in their full strength. Their
friends looked upon TOmmany Hail as the tower
that was again to rule the roast in the democratic
reform days that are to come, and SO Tammany's
influence had to be courted and her leaders fiat
tered These were the friends Of Allen G. Beach
on the one side and Jarvis Lord on
the other and 1t is o noticeable TACT
that Of those members who did not put in an ap-
pearance at the meeting three out OF five were
partisans OF neither one party nor OF the other.
The gentlemen from Monroe and he from Jefferson
had, therefore, to ply their arts less skiullv than
otherwise they might have had to ply them, and
yet they played their points SO well that even some
OF their friends were found sincerely,
against them on the vote to have
three instead OF one delegate from
each Assembly district at the Convention. It was
the part Of Mr.. Beach and Mr.. Lord to give way to
Tammany's demands in order to secure Tammany's
influence In the future that lies before them and
thus 1t was that the outside factions were given
no show and the liberals were shut out entirely.
But in all Justice to the Tammany men of the
committee who nail IRON this city, 1t
must be said that thsy were not
actuated exclusively by the same motives
which prompted the non-city members to take
the stand they did. John Kelly meant well, and,
% Tammany reformer does not believe In half
way measures. The proposition to send three
delegates from each district was to him
DEVICE OF THE ENEMY
to entrap Tammany Hall; for, mind you, argue his
friends, If the proposition had been accepted the
result would have been coalition between
liberals and Apollo Hall s0reheads and q
terrible overcoming by numerical force
Of Tsmmany herself in the Convention. Kelly and
his friends, while willing that the liberals should
unite and do all they can with the democrats
towards defeating the administration republican
candidates. do not believe that they had any right
70 expect representation in the Convention and
that they can just as well give evidence by their
work at the polls next 1all In support
ing democratic reform candidates that
fhafr taft oil
brass as by sending delegates to demo-
cratic convention. All the prominent Tammany
men, however, are not Of the same opinion, and
not few OF them whisper suo-rosa that Kelly is
ambitious only to make reform name for himself
no matter what happens to the party itself, and
yet others call him an impracticable, whose very
stubbornness will keep Tammany in the back.
ground 80 long as he has anything to
do with 1t. or course, Mr.. Kely's
friends have quite different opinion OF
him, and assert that, in working to retrieve
the name OF Tammany, self is lost sight OF with
him. and the good Of the party alone is the aim
and object OF his every exertion. 1t win thus be
seen that even in Tammany, among her counsel
Tors, is house divided against ITSELF and that If
care is not taken between now and the day OF cleo
ton inertness among some OF the local leaders
will go as lar to defeat the party as
The wRANGLING OF THE CITY FACTIONS
themselves. AS to the continued split that Is
threatened (1rst, as the result OF the state and
Committees action, made more positive Dy the
Apollo Hall OF last Thursday night there is
. wide difference among the local politicians. The
country democrats concede that II the democrats
are not united here the state will 60 republican
by 25,0 900. But this is not all. They threaten that
Nthey do not unite, they themselves will not work
Sderns tne labor unaer the as
thrown away In useless cause. They demand
that individuals shall stand aside and allow
ticket. They say they care nothing for any Kelly
or O'Bren or the leaders OF this that faction, for
vidual ambitions between the party and success
NO HOPE FOR APOLLO AT UTICA.
40 However, from now until the Convention meets
ponder over the situation and possibly come to
some understanding before 1t Is too late, for Tam
the trouble Is not ended before the Convention
meets at Utica on the LIST OF next month there VIII
Of Gn The II the eec
u0n-going outside OF the democratic lines and
voting with the enemies OF the party to elect re:
stand no show whatever Of getting recog
nized by the Convention. In this con-
Se n ws o NJ state ,a ns s csy
put tnrouRhout the state, have considerable hope
~ Usv SUCCESS t IN november on grand row they be-
thts month.
PROBABLE ROW IN THE REPUBLICAN, CAMP.
peyonn dispute that there already exists be-
tween the Thurlow Weed republicans and the Gus
TOM House or administration party the most cor
dtal hatred. They mean war to the knife in their
respective EFFORTS TO get control OF the Convent
and 1t ID the belief that the row viii create a
'spltv and IL Ii this the sanguine democrats above
alluded to are already coming over prospectyely.
The struggle for the control of the Conyention
VIII be between Thuriow Weed, Nelson K Hop
ktns. the present Comptroller, and Robert d.
Pruyn and their friends on the one side. and
Senator Conklin and A. b. Cornell, and the Cuhtom
house and administration on the other. lt il sssd
that the struggle depends upon the assurance -
be beforehand given that the lordly Roscoe VIII be
made Chief Justice. This nomination would leave
two vacancies In the United States Senate to be
nlled BY the state Senate, to be elected In Novem
Der next, and hence the expected struggle for pos
session OF the C0nventon--t0 give prestige to the
administration nominations In the Senatorial dis
tflcta
RATHER UNCERTAIN CONTINGENCY.
In order to prevent all squabbing at the Conven-
ton It Ia said that an cfort hes already been made
(all the time providing that C0nking IL made Chief
yusucel to induce Pruyn TO accept the vacancy