The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-24

squabble between the supporters and oppo-
nents of Senator Conkling for the mastery
of the Convention the formal proceedings
have been marked by singular good feeling
candidate for Governor has been nominated
on the first ballot, and all factions and divi-
sions cordially accept the result. 'The
wave has passed under the ship" without
straining its timbers, and the democratic
party Of the State has no longer anything to
hope from republican quarrels or dissen-
sons. Whether the ticket be deemed
strong or weak it is ut least certain
that it will thoroughly unite and har-
monte the party and be received with
professions of satisfaction as unanimous
as those which greeted the nomination of
Governor Hayes at Cincinnati. The dstinc-
ton between Conkling men and anti-Conk-
ling men has been practically obliterated,
or, ut least, adjourned until after the cleo
ton, and the democratic party has no longer
anything to hope from divisions and per-
sonal animosities in the republican ranks.
Observers whose judgment was not
waved by partisan bias have felt that it
was not safe to form any opinion as to the
result of the Presidential contest until after
the New York State conventions The Presi-
dental election will probably be decided by
the vote of New York, and there were COM
bustible elements in both parties here
which might lead to great row and ex-
plosion. The republican party has escaped
this danger, and it remains to be seen
whether the democratic party will be equally
fortunate in its State Convention next week
Whatever chances the republicans may have
had for carrying the Empire State and elect
ing the next President, they have not
impaired them by anything they have done
at Saratoga.
The easy triumph of Governor Morgan
was assured from the moment that MIR.
Cornell was persuaded to. withdraw from
the contest, and this certainty weakened
the effect Of Mr.. Curtis glowing tribute
to the merits and claims of Mr. Evarts
Had Mr.. Cornell remained in the field
Mr.. Curtis would have delivered his speech
without consciousness on his own part
and a perception on the part of his
hearers that he was leading forlorn hope;
but he had engaged to perform the task be-
fore the new contingency arose, and had to
go through with it amid feeling that he
was paying mere compliment which could
lead to no practical result. But even with
this wet blanket resting upon him he made
a good speech, and the applause it elected
was generous and sincere tribute to the
character and ability of Mr.. Evarts. But
had it been known at the outset that
Senator Conkling would not make fight
and that Mr. Cornell would withdraw Mr.
Evarts would not have been pressed upon
the Convention as candidate. In recent
years he has had but cold and distant
Identification with the republican party, and
it is n signal proof of personal respect that
he received a larger number of votes than
any other candidate except the one who
carried off the prize. On the first ballot
Governor Morgan received more than
enough votes to nominate him, and
Mr.. Evarts stood next. Mr.. Curtis
thereupon Immediately moved that Governor
Morgan's nomination should be unanimous,
and made an excellent point in pleading Mr..
Evarts' example at Chicago in 1860, when,
although he had been foremost advocate of
Seward, he moved to make the nomination of
Lincoln unanimous as soon as it had been
secured. A citizen so eminent as Mr. Evarts
loses nothing by political defeat, his titles
to public confidence resting on a more solid
foundation than the caprices or expediencies
of political parties.
The nomination of Governor Morgan is
strong one in itself, but she real strength of
any republican nomination in this conjunc-
ture lies in its fitness to secure party unity,
and from this point Of view even if from no
other, Mr.. Morgan is we'll selected leader
of the State canvass. The Convention has
met and adjourned without quarrel,
and this is great DEAL con-
sidering the infammable and mutually
repulsive elements with which it had to
deal. But Mr.. Morgan is strong candi-
date aside from the fact that his nomination
restores harmony in distracted party. He is
an able and experienced party tactician, and if
he be not quite match for Governor Tilden
in this respect he may be relied on to give
close attention to the details Of the canvass.
He is well known to the business men of
this city and enjoys their confidence to as
great degree as Governor Tilden him
self. He has the prestige of great
war Governor which will aid him
considerably in canvass in which his party
is trying to make the old issue Of loyalty
prominent. He is among the hardest of
hard money men, and nobody doubts his
straightforward sincerity on this great ques-
fiou He has in former veapn heep honorad
with the highest positions in the gift of
his party in this State, having been twice
elected Governor and once United States
Senator. He possesses great wealth, and no
man in the State has been more liberal in