New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-30
YESTERDAYS MUTATIONS.
WHY HEWITT, POTTER, AND CHURCH ARE OUT OF
THE RACE-DoRsHEIMER's SUDDEN PROMINENCE
MARBLES POWERFUL oPPosITIoN-Gov. sEY-
MOTIF NOW TunrcuT or

THE RACE-DoRsHEIMER's SUDDEN PROMINENCE
MARBLES POWERFUL oPPosITIoN--Gov. sEY-
MoUR NOW THOUGHT OF. %.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
SARATOGA, Aug. 29.-The contest for the nomina-
ton for GoyenoIship has undergone to-day
prising transformation. The candidate who last
night was thought the coming is to-day entirely
removed from the contest, and the whole face OF the
canvass is changed In brief, Mr.. Hewitt, who there
excellent reason for believing yesterday was the
Governors choice, and whom it is freely said now
on all sides would have been the candidate
is found to be ineligible to the Office. The
State Constitution requires among various
other things residence in the State during
the five years next preceding the election Mr..
Hewitt has had a town-house in New-York, but his
legal residence has been in New-Jersey within the
past five years. and he has voted there during that
time. Singularly enough no one seems to have
thought of this restriction, or to have remembered
that Mr.. Hewitt was barred out by it. 1t has been
understood since his name was first mentioned that
he by no means sought the Office and that for vari-
Gus reasons he would prefer to ont his term III
Congress- where he could no doubt be of great ser
vice to the party, and could be employed
IN work more congenial 20 him than the humdrum
duties of an Executive. 1t was only few days ago
that he finally consented to be a candidate and his
that they had solved the problem of the campaign
getting a strong man not only in the party
but with the people. This was still the impress
sion here yesterday, and Mr.. Hewitts nomination
was considered highly probable. 1t was not until
yesterday afternoon that either Gov Iilden and his
friends or Cir. Hewitt himself remembered this
legal impediment which is complete bar to his
election as if Mr.. Hewitt were not citizen, or
still under 80 years Of age. If it had not been for
this there can be no question thai the ticket would
have been as it given in to-day's dispatches
Hewitt and Dorsheimer Gov. Tildens representa-
tives admit this to-day.
Mr.. Hewitt is not the only candidate who seems
to be counted out. Clarkson N. Potter who WAS
the first choice of number of delegates, and the
second choice of many is thought TO have been
made ineligible from party point Of view by
speech delivered in 1873 in Congress, IN which he
gave il as his opinion that If the Constitution were
to be made again the right OF certain sets OF
States to secede should be incorporated into 1t. The
expression was once dropped in response to a
question put to him during long speech !;
but whether it was premeditated or not
it is thought that the Democrats could not afford TO
take the risk of naming a candidate who could be
attacked az recent advocate Of the right OF seces-
sion, especially at time when the Democratic
policy is to keep the war issue out Of the campaign
as far as possible. This is urged publicly as one
reason aud has an undoubted influence. But back
of this lies the fact that Mr. Potter has been iden-
tilted with the ant-Tilden rather than with
the Tilden element of the party that he has been 80
little III accord with Gov. Tildens views and policy,
and that his main strength has come from the men
who have always opposed the Governor, in season
and out of season. These things are thought suli-
Gent to prevent Mr.. Potter's nomination. Never
theless his friends seem to be still hopeful and at
one time during the evening were claiming 40 votes
for him.
In the shifting of delegates that these changes
haye brought about Lieut.-Gov Dorsheimer came
to the front early in the day IN the most conspicuous
place. While all Gov Tuden's friends refused to
admit that he has expressed any preference as be-
tween tho candidates all the signs seemed to point
to Mr. Dorsheimer as Gov. Tilden's choice. Some
Of these were significant and had been wholly lack
ing before in Mr. Dorsheimer'S canvass. The con-
ference of yesterday at Albany adjourned itself to
Saratoga to-day. Senator Herman Mr. Magone,
chairman of the State Committee Col. Pelton, Gov.
Tildens nephew and confidential representative, all
appeared here this morning aud then under
stood to favor Mr.. Dorsheimers nomination None
of them are known To have taken this position be-
fore yesterdays conference and the discovery Of Mr.
Hewitts ineligibility Prior to that both Mr. Ker-
nan and Mr.. Magone were believed to favor
Mr., Hewitt A similar change took place
In Others likely to reflect the Gov
ernors views, and Mr.. Dorshemer became
their candidate. There were many things said in
his favor as well as many against him. The chief
point urged was that there scarcely anybody left
to nominate who was acceptable. Judge Church was
an impossibility Mr.. Hewitt was ineligible Mr..
Potter too invulnerabe for the reasons given above
Mr. Green too Objectionable TO the New-York poll
ticians and most of the swarm Of other candidates
like Starbuck West Beach, and Others had too little
strength apparently to be taken up at this time.
Mr. Dorsheimer then was the strongest they urged
in the convention as a candidate.
Ex-Gov. Seymour, who is not here. but who has
been talking freely for Mr.. Dorsheier to his party
friends met the current objection that Mr. Dorshci-
mer had been 30 short time in the party the other
day by saving, "Its true he hasn't been in q long
time, but he has got in great way.D This is the
view that Mr. Dorsheimers friends urge. They say
that though he has been q short time within the
party his services have been too conspicuous
to allow him 10 be treated as new recruit.
Then too the fact OF his recent connection with the
Republican party prevents any attack upon him
the war issues These points, and the likelihood of
his being acceptable TO the Independent element
principally urged in his behalf One argument used
as showing Mr.. Dorsheiuers loyalty was a letter
written By him in August, 1872, in which he said
that whatever the result of that election might be
he should in the future act with the Democratic.
party.
1t soon seen; however, that the first Ance-