The New York herald., 1873-08-23

the organization OF our political parties Tor
1876.
The State Conventions appointed for Au-
gust still to come of, and for September and
| October,' are as follows:-
National Temperance Convention at Saratoga
Springs, N. Y. August 20.
Wisconsin Republican State Convention, at Madi-
Mississippi Republican State Convention at Jack.
Pennsyivania Democratic State Convention, at
Wllkesbarre August ~.
Texas Democratic State Convention, at Austin,
Massachusetts Democratic State Convention, at
Worcester, September 8.
Massachusetts Republican State Convention, at
Worcester, September 10.
Maryland Republican State Convention, at Fred.
erick, September IL.
Mississippi Democratic State Convention, at Mer-
iden, September II.
New York Republican State Convention, at Utica,
New York Colored Republican State Convention,
at Utica, september "A.
Minnesota Liberal Democratic State Convention,
at st. Paul, September "a.
! New York Coiored state Convention, without dis
junction Of party, at New York city, October 2,
adjourned over from recent meeting at Saratoga
Springs.
1t will be remarked that in this schedule there
are no liberal republican State conventions, and
from the recent movement of the third party
in Ohio, to abolish both the regular republi-
can and democratic parties and to establish
in lieu thereof peoples party" on liberal
ideas and democratic principles, and favor the
return Of the Ohio democracy to their old
party altar, we infer that the democrats
throughout the country will 60 back to their
venerable church and leave the liberals to
shift for themselves. We know what the re-
publicans will do in their approaching State
conventions. They will endorse the admin
istration of General Grant; they will glorify
the achievements of their party; they will cast
tub to the whale Of cheap transportation;
they will reafirm their Philadelphia platform,
barring womens rights; they will
ignore Casarism, mildly repudiate the ''back-
pay grab" and whistle the democracy and
liberals down the wind. But while we believe
that the democratic party will generally follow
the example Of their brethren of Ohio and
dismiss the liberals as an unknown quantity,
we shall await with some degree of interest
the proceedings upon the question Of the
coming democratic conventions.
The first to speak upon the subject will be
that of Pennsylvania which meets on the 9th
inst at Wilkesbarre. From the promises
and cooperation of the Curtins, the Forneys,
the McClures and other leading liberals in
behalf of Buckalew for Governor and from
the active exertions of Mr. Greeley, great ex-
pectations of success in their last October
election were entertained by the democrats
but from the disheartening general October
result they simply threw up the sponge in No
vember. It is hardly probable, therefore,
that the democrats of Pennsylvania will be
nor is it likely that the liberals will venture to
disclose the poverty of their battalions in
third party movement Their manifest des-
tiny appears to be the abandonment of their
feeble organization as balance of power
and the merging of their forces into the two
great parties of the country. We expect from
the democrats of Pennsylvania such action as
will leave the liberals no alternative, and we
anticipate from the New York democracy an
equally decisive dropping of the Cincinnati
and Baltimore experimental fusion of protec-
ton and free trade.
The republicans of this State meet in coun-
Gil at Utica on the Oath of September The
selection of Utica as the place for this Conven-
ton involves compliment to Senator Conk-
ling at the expense of Senator Fenton, who, if a
candidate for another Senatorial term, will evi-
IDENTIFY have no party to back him except the
small party of General John Cochrane. The
administration republicans have unquestion-
ably resolved upon sending Fenton TO the
political limbo of Trumbull, Cowan, Doolittle
and Dixon, while the New York democrats
have too many choice pieces of timber of their
own for the Senate to listen for moment to
any overtures from or in behalf Of Mr.. Fen
ton. Outside of any hopeful organization.
and cast high and dry by the "tidal wave" of
| 1872, his political career is ended, we appre-
bend, and graceful sbdication or retirement
to the shades Of private life at this time would
at least save him from any further mortifying
rebufs and disappointments
Our State officers to be chosen in the cleo
ton of November next are:-
A Secretary OF State, In place OF G.. Hilton Scrib
A Comptroller, in place Of Nelson K Hopkins, re.
Treasurer, in place of Thomas Raines, liberal
republican,
An Attorney General, in place of Francis c. Barlow,
state Engineer and Surveyor, in place Of william
B. Taylor republican.
canal Commissioner, In place OF John D. Fay
democrat, and
A State Prison inspector, In place OF Solomon
Scheu, democrat.
This list of State officers will give consider
able activity to the canvass and, in proportion
to the popular strength or weakness of the
ticket, republican or democratic, the party
will gain or lose in the election II is under
have had enough of the small honors, the
poor pay and the cares Of State in their re-
spective Offices; that Mr. Raines, as bolter
will be thrown out by the republicans a
Utica, but that Messrs Hopkins and Taylor