The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-22

or all the array of basclcss charges
against Mr. TirDEN the most bascless is
The allegation that ut the famous Roches-
ter Convention of October, 1871, he was so
sloscly associated with the TWEED Ring.
and that the Democratic party of New York
wis So dependent upon the support of
TWEED and his followers that Mr.. TTLDEN.
then Chairman of the Democratic state
Committee did not dare to protest against
The admission to that Convention Of the
TWEED Tammauy dclcgat on from this
city. This charge is SO constantly hatped
upon 10y Republican newspapers in this
S'ntc, That 1t Is possible somebody outside
pt New York may believe it; and yet, 10
those who know how utterly false IT IS, it
seems prepostcrOus aud even ridiculous.
The writer of tins article was at the
Rochester Convention. For the purpose
Of forwarding to The Sun impartial re-
ports of its doing-, we not only care.
fully watched its proceedings, but
repeatedly conferred with the lead
ers OF nll the factions represented
there. From the beginning to the end OF
the struggle we from time 10 time gath
cred our facts from Gov. SEYMOUR. Chief
Justice CHURCH, MIR. HERMAN, Mr. CASSIDY,
then of the Argus. and especially from
MIR. TILDEN, Chairman of the Committee
who spoke for the rural Democrats; ana
from Mr.. CHARLES e.. CORNELL Tom
FIELDS Tom CONAN, and TWEED himself
who spoke for the Tammany delegates;
aud from Mr. OrrENDohFER, Mr.. WICK
HAM, now Mayor and Mr.. A. II. Law
.. =.
who spoke for the delegates OF the Reform
pr Apollo Hall Democracy.
There was no dispute about the two
propositions, that when viewed from
party standpoint, the Tamnany dele
gates were the regular representatives of
the party in this city, while on the other
hand the Apollo Hall delegates had not
the slightest claims TO regularity. Aud 1t
should be borne in mind that, because Of
the then recent EXPOSURE in the city,
TWEED, SwEESY, CoNNoLLy. and others of
their class, were left on the Tammany dele
CATION, and that there was no man upon it
who was then known to be involved in the
frauds of the Tammany Ring.
Measured by the standards that control
political organizations the refusal TO adj
NIT the Tammuny Hall delegates to the
State Convention would be q highhanded
nct. while the admission OF the Apollo
Hall delegates would be a revolutionary
proceeding. Nevertheless, because of the
corrupt taiut upon the garments of the
fammany organization, and of the purity
Of purpose and reformatory spirit which
then controlled Apollo Hall, IT is Within
LODI no hot fnr w.,
days previous to the meeting OF the
Rochester Convention and all through its
proceedings until the questions were
pttled. ii was the fixed intention OF Mr.
fILDEN to exclude the Tammany Hall
delegation from the Convention aud
bring the Apollo Hall delegation into
II, IL he could. And we also know
that ii was the opinion OF the chiefs OF tho
factions then ut Rochester-a-, for exam
pie, Gov. SEYMOUR Mayor WIcKHAM, and
WILLIAM NJ. TwEED-ihat Mr. TILDEN did
more Imam any other twenty men to keep
the Tammauy delegate, out. Ia CONVERSE
ton with TWEED at Rochester after tho
battle was over, le stated that his defeat
was mainly due TO the exertions Of Mr.
TiLDEN, and particularly to his influence
with SEYMOUR, CuCRcH, KEENAN,, and
CASSIDY.
As 10 the failure to carry in the Reform
delegates, about which good deal of nou-
sense has been shed abroad, IL is within
our own knowledge that Mr.. TILpEN did
his best for Apollo Hall But there being
no show Of regularity in their case, he
could not carry with him some of the pow
trful names who followed his lead in the
struggle against Tammany; and therefore
be- failed in thi. part Of tue contest-a re-
Iult at which he, on the spot, expressed
both disappointment aud chagrin.
We advise the New York Republicans
TO stop traducing Gov. TILDEN in re-
gard to tho Rochester Convention. His
spirited and elevated conduct in that
emergency is too well known in this State
for any profit TO come to HAYES from that
line of attack.
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