New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-12


in the convention, and can do with it pretty much
as they win. This is result that has not been
reached without a good deal of hard work. The
opposition have been busy fora long time and would
have made a marked impression on the politicians
here IL they had not been so bOastful Usually the
faction that makes the biggest predictions gets the
smallest vote Some of the spokesman OF TINS loud
minority declared that Gov I1den would not nave
more than 80 or ut the most 40 Assembly
Districts in the Convention out OF Us.
In fact it will probably be found that from
Is to 20 districts outside of New-Hork VIII
be all that his opponents muster and that ieaV
ing New-York City ont of the question Altogether
he will have a large majority. So far conventions
have been held in 81 Assembly Districts outside OF
New-York and of those IS for Gov. Tilden, four
have pronounced against a pledged delegation, and
one for Church. The districts which are for him
are the second and third of Albany, the first OF
Rensselaer, Broome, Chenango both OF Delaware
the first Of Niagara, Cortland, Tom9klns ana Chh-
ton the first and second of st. Lawrence the sec
Ond of Orange Chemung. Yates, 1ioga, and Queens
The fonr which have substantially declared against
him are the two districts Of the CITY OF syracuse
the very bull's-eye of the Canal Ring-and the Two
districts of Jefferson County, controlled Dy
ex-Lieut.-Gov. Allen c. Beach, VINO seems 10
be the real leader of the anti-Iiden movement One
of the Svracuse districts sends two of its dele
gates William c. Ringer, one of the standing counsel
Of Den;son and Belden, and J. W. Barker, OF whom
eorge Geddes is reported TO have once SAID that the
State might have saved money by giving him
million dollars outright TO get III OF hih
and who. when he failed, recently, made an
assignment TO Belden SO far, then, Gov. Illden
Gas 81 votes to Is for his opponents and IN DOUBT
each district sending three delegates The primaries
m Cayuga County have gone against mm, adding
a. 10 linn ne IL
mond sends Erastus Brooks, anti-Illdcn man,
IS one of its delegates but it is not definitely known
what attitude the delegation will take. 1t should
% said. however that in these seven districts
most of the anti-Tiden stTonghOldS are Included
In Cayuga County both Conventions have been
held and carried by the friends of Treasurer Ross,
but it is said that they asserted themselves to De as
good friends of Gov Tllden as their opponents; in
Orleans. the friends of Cmel-Justice Church; IN
Onondaga DcnisOn and Beiden; In Jefferson, eX-
Lieut. Gov. Beach-these most OF the controlling
powers of the movement and the districts in which
they are potent. But, besides these, there are only
txo COMMITTEES where the anti den feeling seems to
be uppermost-Monroe and Oswego-and even III
these the Tilden men are hopeful and VIII
make a sharp fight. prominent Democratic
Assemblyman, who has been until recently counted
among the Governors opponents. declared the osher
day. after saving that his county would send luden
delegates and pass Tden resolutions-a prophecy
which be can make good-that there would not be
fifteen antTilden districts i'll the ConVen-
ton. 1t has already become a question whether
the ant-Tiden delegates-the name grows monot-
onous but it is the only principle they represent
will not see that they are defeated in advance, and
whether the Convention viii not be repetition OF
that at Syracuse last Fall, where there was good
deal of discomfort but no open protest
The result of the Convention III the Niagara DIS
trict named above was proof either OF the Gov
errors skillful generalship of hearty sentiment
in his behalf among the masses of the party IN
places where ou would not look for 1t. The Lock-
port district has been considered one of the strong
est Canal Ring districts in the State, and was con-
coded on all sides to be good for three anti-In-
den delegates 1t was thought sure that the
Convention was called early in order that its action
might influence other localtiea Instead Of iul-
filing these expectations the Convention elected
three strong Tiden delegates at the head of them
Mortimer NJ. SouthwOrth lately nominated for Su-
preme Court Judge. and adopted strong prO-Inden
resolutions This was another OF the Governors
effective political surprises. He knows that to cap
ture q stronghold brings more Generalization to
the enemy than dozen easy victories. Those
who watched the OF legislation last
Winter will remember that the three most bitter
opponents of the Governors isures in the Assem-
and ex Lieut-Gov. Alvord Republican. Mr.. Nc
Guire went home TO his constituents candidate
for delegate to the State Convention, and fonnd TO
his amazement that though few weeks before he mad
been Speaker of the House, now he could not carry
his own ward and was ANONYMOUSLY beaten. lie
could not have been completely crushed, polir-
cay, if a trip-hammer had fallen on him. MI
Waemer found that there was inst as little lett OF
him among his German constituents III New-i0rk
L 10 had, col, 40
nothing 10 do but people thought, as they saw all
these people going unde that the hand of somebody
was in IT, The Niagara district is just snch another
case.
The most perplexing problem for Gov. Tilden in
connection with the Utica Convention IS the diyis-
ion in the party in NewYork, and it is this that
his opponents have built many Of their hopes, be-
cause il is very evident that the workers OF neither
faction are really friendly to him. Both, however,
are gaining ali the strength they can in the hopc Of
being able to dictate terms to him, and while both
might be secretly glad to see him defeated neither
will oppose him because neither can be admitted
without his consent Various solutions of the
difficulty have been suggested. One is to
admit both the Tammany aud anti Tammany dele
cations, each with half the votes, and with this
rapgement il is SAID that anti rammany would be
entirely satisfied; Taannany certainly would not.
Another has been TO divide the delegation between
the two, giving anti-Tammany share proportion
ate 10 its share of the Democratic votes II neither
of these adjustments is possible nothing remains APP
pareBtly except to choose between the two hostile
factions To admit Taumany and exclude It's rival
would render the latter more bitter and vengcfui
than over; and to admit anti Tammany would be to
exclude the organization which represents the
mass of Democratic voters in New-f0Tk and to