The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-05
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
Preparations in the City and State for
the Coming Campaign.
THE DIVIDED DEMOCRACY.
What Tammany May Elk
poet at Syracuse.
THE LOCAL CANDIDATES.

The approach of the time nxed for the assem-
bling OF the State conventions OF the two parties in this
State is having enlivenng effect upon the politicians
and In the various Assembly districts the question as
70 who will be the probable nominee for this that and
the other local Office has become paramount to the
labor question and the patronage rule of Tammany Hail.
As always the just previous to election where
there considerable power Mt stake local issues the
outside factions have been the first TO organize and the
FIRST claim that they, and they alone. the only
Simon patriots in the land who do for the
flesh pots, but only have eye to the
public good. The anti-Tammanyites this year have
out much earlier than is their won't and 1t must
be said that they have organized this time with such
keen regard for all the little details which
Bary convince State Convention that they have at
least the right to be heard democrats that there
longer any for doubt but that they
WAR TO THE KNIFE
at Syracuse. There Is Of course good deal that is
nonsense about their pretensons to regularity" and
no one who has kept the run of the way they have
managed the prclminaries to their primaries
honestly contend that there any less humbug
about the manner of deciding who to be members
of the district conventions than Is shown every year
by Tammany Hall and the Custom House republicans.
In fact, the great claim that the anti-Tammany demo-
Gratis will make Syracuse will be that at all events
by the Convention of 1871 which provides that cen
trail organization should have anything to do with the
election of delegates; that each Assembly district in
convention shall select its delegates irrespective of
what the others may do or when or where they con
vene On this score, however, the Tammany demo
apparently on the level as their demo
cratic antagonists, they have also thus far complied
with the rule of II; but the weak point in the
Tammany armor, the oppositionists say, is that
and If formally at least informally, issued call
under the guse OF n recommendation that the demo
Gratis in the various Assembly districts should meet at
given day to elect delegates the district
tons, which was, they contend, inexcusabe viola
ton Of the rule of III or coursc the Tammany leaders
protest that the meeting was not meeting OF the Com
mtee Organization and that the secretary of that
committee issued the call under a misapprchension,
which, when discovered after the members of
the committee had come together. was at once
rccthed by their resolving themselves into
Informal assemblagc. without organization
chairman, so that all could confer as to what
particular day should be selected for the holding of the
district conventions. AS much be made out of
this feature of the will be made by the anti
Tammany people, but those who pretend to know all
the ms and of the atters mode of organization in
the different districts assert that if the question is raised
at Syracuse to whether Tammany's delegates were
indirectly elected under informal call by the
central body, documents and circulars of the other
party will be dragged light that will only show up
OPERATIONS ''RISG''
who controlled the action of every district convention
but provo beyond doubt that the delegates all de-
cidcd upon by FIVE exoce holders, long before the
conventions There another point that the anti
Tammany folks will try to make the most Of too under
the II rule and that is the coincidence that nearly all
Tammany District Conventions elect delegates
the State Convention held tho same
night Looking at the whole situation dis
passionatcly, it is not to be denied that Tam
many feels that she has got a big fight her
hands and that the Convention will doubtless inves
gae the claims of the rival delegations from this city,
not as a whole but by Assembly districts there great
danger that her enemies may, If not defeat her out
rghr, at least obtain the admission of sufficient
Der of antiTammany delegates to make her almost pow
erless in the Convention a distinct organization.
or course it is conceded all sides that everything
depends upon the State Central Committees election of
the chairman of the Convention The indications thus
far in the rural districts go to show that Governor
Tldens friends have been hard at work securing doc
gates pledged to the support not only of his policy but
of Governor Tdcn's determination to have tho
State ticket only such Governor Tden approves
Of Even the Tioga county delegation have been in
struccd to virtually act at Syracuse the Governor
may want them to- and the overwhelming defeat in
Elmira Friday OF the Mcclure party by Tildcn's
friends at the primaries shows clearly that the Governor
commands in the Convention. What will be made
known through his chosen trumpetcrs will be law
most of the rural delegates. This being so, it will be
readily perceived that far the delegates from this city
concerned the outlook is not very pleasant and
that in order to favorable consideration, Tam
many must not, of old, boldly attempt to take the
lead that others may follow but quietly go to work.
cure at the hands of the State Committee
THE TERMS POSSIBLE,
in order get the upper hand of her rivals and in
vcnton do the Governors party and the backwoods
leaders will insist upon her doing in the Convention for
in order to have majority Of the delegates from the
city classcd as Tammany men, she will have it must be
remembered, only to fight the anti Tammany dele
gates, but delegates from Morrisscy's, Hayes Led
whs and the Twentieth Assembly districts, who will
claim to be Tammany delegates, but opposed to John
Kelly Indeed this particular feature OF the strug-
gle may have more weight with the countrymen
than any other Now, to tho probable effect of the
divisions in tho democratic camp upon local issues
There arc be elected in November in this city five
Senators, twentyonc Asscmblymen twenty two Alder
men, a District Attorney, Surrogate, Judge of the
Superior Court Judge OF tho Court of Common Pleas
two Judges of the Marine Court, Recorder Judge of
the Court of General Sessions and Coroner With such
formidable number Of offices to be filed it needs no
argument to show that there will be very time
of 1t on election day, particularly when it is taken into
consideration that the anti-Tammany democrats
already bargaining with the republicans to
certain candidates which the one will nominate
and the other indorse and rice versa; and that
the anti-Custom House republicans, whose delegates
mean to join hands with the nt-Conknng delegates
from the rural districts and1nake fight in the Conven
ton at Saratoga next Wednesday, and the knowledge
that they will be handled without gloves as Moses II.
Grinnel and his delegates were handled IN 1871 at syria
cusc by Tom Murphy's followers are willing IN certain
districts TO help the Tammany ticket in order to get
even with the men who put them out Of Office. Although
this ogrolling business may have its advantages in
some respects, II pretty certain that the moment The
democrats IN general understand that the anti Tam
many democratic leaders willing TO make n COM
binaton with the republicans in this city to gain VIC
tory over Iammany, hundreds of them who have very
little love Tor the sachcms' rule will vote