The New York herald., 1874-12-28

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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ON hs 4it isnce Is
THE CHANCES AS SEEN BY AN ALBANY coRRE-
sPoNDENT.
ALBANY. Dec. &c, 1874.
AS the day for the assembling OF the Legislature
draws nigh the important question OF VINO Will be
the next United States Senator from New York;
becomes the absorbing topic with the master
spirits OF the democracy. The movements or the
political leaders during the past Jew days have
been attended with so much mystery, they betray
much painful anxiety when the subject Is
broached. their replies TO your correspondents
queries are so evaslye and guarded, tIeir want OF
confidence in their iavorite candidate is so mani
fest, that the attentive observer OF the situation
cannot but conclude that an angry and exciting
contest may still take place before the mat
ter is disposed Of And the air is full OF all
OF rumors and not day passes
without altering the position OF the several
candidates, ana the favorlte Of yesterday is
not AT all OF selling first choice in TO-
morrow's pools. Strong hints thrown out
that the inevitable though great and terrible
-Unknown'-the lrrepressble Sleeper" who Is
ever inse paraoy identified with political contests
OF this nature, and VIII spring upon the prize with
the irresistible 1erocty OF Bengal tlger-tnat
this awiul being is being held back oy his friends
untl the eleventh hour when he VIII appear upon
the scene only to see and to win, and to exclaim
with Julus Cesar Vent, uidt. rcii
JOHN KELLY AND COMPANY AND THE CANAL RING
IT must be remembered that the democracy Is
far from being united. positive 'unpleasantness'
harw Ee nd nd
branch OF the party whose headquarters are at
Rochester and whose leaaers are Senators Jarvis
Lord, Delos De Vol, Joseph Warren and Sanford
L. Church. The estrangemen. between these
two powerful factions OF the party Is re-
ported to have originated with some In
discreet utterances by MIR. Kelly last fall
whlca found their way into the public journals,
and which were lar from complimentary to Sena-
tor LORD and his friends. Mr.. Iilden, too, was
understood to have expressed himself IN afec-
tlonate terms wnen speaking Of the canal coterie.
4 But after the sweeping democratic triumph the
victors in the ecstacy OF their delight pre-
sumed TO have forgotten the past, to have EN-.
braced, TO have drank each otner's health In
democratic bumper OF the best Kentucky Bourbon,
and to have enected a reconciliation complete and
lasting. And the victorious democratic phalanx
thus united, although perhaps little hungry after
their exile OF Two years from Albany, we're TO fall
the Of orders But the prospects Tor this har-
mony and unity the party do not
materially improve. The country lead.
/ ers positively assert that they do not pro-
pose submit TO Tammany dictation any
longer; that they had enough OF it under the
Sweeny and Tweed regime; tnat, as they carried
the State without the aid OF New York city, the
reason for oeing handicapped and collared by
Tammany no longer exists. During the coming
session 0 the Legislature they have determined
TO assert their independence and to maintain 1t.
SHOULD the county leaders ana their following
adhere 10 THIS determination TO ignore Tammany,
which means John Kelly and MIR. 1llden, then the
Senatorial night VIII certainly De OF the hottest
KIND indeed. sucn being the present relation oil
the city country factions of the party 10 eacn
otner VIII now proceed TO the discussion OF the
chances vi the several candidates Tor
NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
Mr.. Tlldea's first choice ior this any other
position is Horatio seymour. At Saratoga last
/ summer, wnen LIE Democratic State Centlal Com
mittee met 10 select the day and place the
assembling OF the state Convention, the subject
\ Oh the next candidate OF the party ior Governor
was the absorbing topic OF discussion among the
politicians there gathered. The name oI SANFORD
Z Il. Church, OF coarse, received prominent entlon,
and it vas supposed tnat DIR. lllden would readily
and gracefully sdccnmo before the Chef Justice OF
+ the Court OF Appeals But Judge Cnurcns friends
were not little shocked when Mr.. fIdep boldly
declared 10 them:-"inere Is but one man In tnls
state wnom | VIII play second fiddle to- and his
name Is horato Seymour" THAT was sufficient.
1t was evident that Mr. Tllden meant busi-
ness. they also knew that Mr.. Tiiden
the shrewdest political manipulation in the State,
anu That wnen he announced himself candl-
I date 1t was because ne already neld the winning
hand. Throughout the canvass tuat followed Mr..
Seymour was the stancn adherent ana sepporter
0. Mr. Ilden, ana spared 10 effort TO reconcile
those elements IN the party which were antago-
Uatte, tue returns showed tnat for the first time
! IN quarter OF century the United states Sena-
torship nad iailen INTO the nanos OF the demo-
Gratis, MI. flldeH and his friends, and. IN iact the
entire party pointed 10 the Utica statesman as
their emphatic selection. Mr.. seymour
"A W Int.n pItfttn
candidate Tor puDlic positions, ootn before ana
after nominations are rendered to MIN. And II
nominations alter positive aud emphatic refusal
has led those VINO are strangers 10 his private
character 20 doubt the sincerity OF MS course
/ ! met a prominent democratic politician at the
Delayan TINS morning, VINO proessed 10 believe
that Mr. seymour wished the senatorship and ex-
pected 10 receive IT, despite DIS letter refusing 1t.
told him did not tnink he dd. He replied
''On, yes. You don't know ann as vel as | do.
have no doubt but that ne is sorry now tnat he
wrote that letter declining the Senatorship IL
has oeen the Goyernor's NE dream. de has got
caught at MS own game this time"
But ,his s the opinion Q: very few, and in Jus-
tice 20 Mr. seymour II must be stated tnat these
However, tney support their views by CIT.
ing Mr. seymour's action before the State
Jonn a. Green, Of Syracuse, had been
slated by the Albany Reeency lor the Governor.
ship, Mr.. seymour having positively declined 10
permit the use OF mis- name. rne Convention met,
and II was suggested ny Mr. seymours friends
phmentary nomination 10 THIS there oD.
/ lection, and he was nominated, committee was
/ appoln led 10 MORN Mr.. seymour OF the honor
! bestowed upon aim. Mr.. seymour Anew minutes
/ later, appeared, ana 70 the wonder OF the Con-
venuoa, bowed ms acknowledgements and ac.
/ cepted the complimentary nomlnaton. Tne grug
Dean Richmond, VINO always expressed himself IN
language that everybody understood, turned
! away disgusted, saying, NO more compliments
for me- Four years lates at the Democratic
National Convention heid N Tammany
'cut the GOrdian knott as ne termed IL,
/ hs nominating MI. seymour as the partys cholce
I for President and the Convention approved the
selection. Mr. seymour VINO was President ol the
Convention, immedtately after Mr.. Nailandlgham
/ concluded the nomination sDeech, cmDnatcdly