The New York herald., 1876-08-20
The New York State Canvass-Candi-
dates for Governor.


| great political activity in this State. The
Republican State Convention is to meet at
Saratoga next Wednesday, and the Demo-
cratic State Convention Mt the same place on
the Wednesday following. 1t is hardly too
much to shy that the result Of the Presi-
Dental election may be decided by the
action of these two bodies 1t is pretty gen.
orally conceded that the party which carries
New York will elect the next President and
the State is so evenly balanced when n full
republican vote is brought out that slight
detection on either side might turn the scale.
There is no sufficient basis for forming
an intelligent opinion or even reasonable
conjecture as to the result of the Presidential
election until after the party conventions
shall have been held in the Empire State,
whose thirty-fve electoral votes are expected
! to insure the success Of the candidate for
whom they are given.
The reason why so much hangs on the ac-
tlon OF the two Saratoga conventions is that
there are elements Of discord in both parties,
and if either fails to satisfy it's dissentionts
it incurs the almost certain danger of losing
'ic 'ob'ito uut Will IL tHc AISoiueh''"A
election. The republicans of New York
are divided into Conkling and an
anti-Conkling faction, who look upon
each other with jealous and malig-
nant eyes, and each is bent on foiling the
other. There is also feud in the DEM
ocratic organization, partly smothered since
the nomination Of Governor Tilden at st.
Louis, but with fire enough left in the dying
embers to be again kindled into flame I'M
less the defeated faction is courted and
soothed by the friends of Mr.. Tilden. The
chief knot of difficulty in both parties is tho
selection of q candidate for Governor, and it
does not yet appear that either party will be
ablo to unite this knot without alternating
large section of its adherents. The first
choice OF the most powerful man in each
party is well understood. Governor Til
den prefers Mr.. Dorsheimer rs the
democratic candidate, Senator Conkling
prefers Mr.. Cornell us the republican
candidate ; but either Of these nominations
would cause great dissatisfaction among
large portion Of those whose votes are needed
for this election. Neither party can be
harmonzed unless it's chief relinquishes his
personal favorite, and it would be wiser both
for Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Conkling to do this
10y voluntary concession than ut the end OF
struggle. There is this difference, however,
that it Mr.. Conkling insists on his candi-
date he will probably be beaten in the Con-
vention, whereas if Mr.. Tilden insists on
his he is doubtless strong enough to nomi-
nate him, though at the hazard Of losing the
State. We do not expect either the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Cornell by the republicans or of
Mr.. Dorsheimer by the democrats; but if
either party should make this mistake md
the other avoid it the one that blunders Will
pay heavy penalty.
The republican delegates to Saratoga have
oil been chosen, and Mr.. Cornell will enter
the Convention with considerable strength,
though not majority. His most formidable
rival is, perhaps, Governor Morgan, an old
and tried republican, whose wealth and lib
crality would give him on advantage in the
canvass But he is leader of tho anti
Conkling faction, and Mr.. Morgan's contri-
button to election expenses would not over
balance the coldness of Mr.. Conkling's
friends. If there is to be cordial harmony
some candidate must be taken whose
nomination would not humiliate Senator
Conkling. Mr.. Conkling's friends would
readily accept Andrew d. White if they can
not have MIR. Cornell, but Mr.. White is
president of the Cornell University,
and is under too great load of
obligations in that direction to be satisfac-
tory to Mr.. Conkling's and Mr.. Cornell's
republican opponents. Mr.. Evarts would
perhaps make q stronger candidate than any
other gentleman who has been named. lie
has not, indeed, for the last few years been
in full sympathy with the republican party;
but the same thing is true of large number
of the prominent supporters of Mr. Hayes
The success of the republican party depends
on its ability to bring back members who
have been estranged, and the nomination Of
Mr.. Evarts would dc more in this direction
than that of any other candidate. If he has
been of late lukewarm republican he has
at least the advantage of having been in
no way mixed up with the struggle
of rival factions, and his nomination could
not wound the pride of either. He is one
of the very ablest men in the country, and
the universal respect which is felt for his
character would bring him more outside
support than any other candidate would be
likely to command Among the minor cam
didates are Mr.. Robertson. Mr.. Pomeroy and
Mr.. Woodford, none of whom seems to have
much chance, according to present appear
ances.
On the democratic side number Of can
didatcs have been talked of besides Mr..
Dorsheimer, and several who would be much
moro acceptable to the great body of the
partv. Among the objections to Mr..