The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-25


Democratic Convention should stink twice.
before crossing his wishes. Governor Til
den is altogether the shrewdest politician
among the New York democrats there is no
better judge of the public sentiment of the
State; no other man has so deep an interest
in democratic victory, and if q politician
of his consummate skill should regard Mr..
Dorsheimer as the strongest candidate to be
run against Governor Morgan the Demo-
cratic Convention ought to weigh his judg-
ment carefully before everything it. 1t may
be that tho republican nomination will
change Governor Tilden's choice but if he
adheres to it his party will run some risk in
crossing his wishes, for no other democrat
in the State understands its public senti-
ment so well as Governor Tilden. We
recognize the force of the considerations
which led Mr.. Tilden to prefer Dorsheimer
when he supposed that Cornell would be
the republican candidate. Dorsheimer and
and Dorsheimer has great advantage on all
the reform questions His bcldness on the
money question in the ST. Louis Conven-
ton is great feather in his cap, but it will
avail him little against such a candidate as
Morgan. whose hard money record is unim-
peachable. But yet, if Governor Tilden ad-
heres to his original preference, and thinks
that Dorsheimer is as strong candidate
against Morgan as he would have been
against Cornell, it is very possible that his
judgment may be correct, although others
fail TO see it. Certain it is that Mr.. Tilden
is under heavier bonds to guard against
mistakes in the democratic ticket than any
other citizen of the State. If, on full re-
view of the situation since the republican
nominations, he continues to think Mr..
Dorsheimer the strongest candidate, his
judgment should be well considered by the
Democratic State Convention before it is re-
versed No democrat disputes that Mr..
Dorsheimer is right and sound on oil the
greater public questions; but n large por-
ton of the party doubt whether a new re-
cruit like Mr.. Dorsheimer is the safest leader
in critical canvass.
Next to Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer
Mr.. GARRISON N. Potter is most talked of in
uSuIOCIsitlC ClIClcS uS VIC ChAOluutc lOI OON-
ernor, and he has some advantages to which
Mr. Dorsheimer can make no claim. Mr..
Potter has been steady and consistent dem
ocrat but Mr.. Dorsheimer acted with the re-
publican party from the Fremont campaign
in 1856 up to the Greeley movement in 1872.
Mr. Potter IS known and respected in the
same business circles at this end Of the State
by which Governor Morgan is held in high
esteem, whereas they know little or nothing
of MIR. Dorsheimer. Mr.. Potter has won
bright and enviable reputation in Congress-,
but Mr. Dorsheimer is not known outside of
the State
If Governor Tilden should pursue the
course adopted by Senator Conkling, and
leave the selection Of candidates to the free
action of the State Convention, he would do
n wise thing both for himself and his politi-
cal party. In that event Mr.. Potter would
have excellent chances for the nomination,
and no democratic candidate could make
stronger canvass. According to present APP
pearances the choice of the Convention lies
between Dorsheimer and Potter, and, with
out intending to disparage the claims of Mr.
Dorsheimer, we think Mr.. Potter would be
the stronger candidate