The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-09
rBEsARAroeA CONTENTION.
The Nsp,inee for Governor-CeDhiinsi IN the
Thtck Of she Piaht-Tbe Liberal Rump.


BARATooA, Aug. s.-This being the Presi-
dentiol year, there lie an unusually large 81 rink
ling Of prominent politician among TIE crowd
conRreRSted here TO dunk Congress water I'd
fire water, dance and firt, play poker. and pull
wires. The meeting OF the Re uplic n State
Convention. and Its tender, the Liberal Rump.
will take place two weeks hence. They come to
nominate o State ticket, and as the PresideD
tial election may turn upon the result In New
York, and as this result NAV be Influenced by
the character Of the two candidates for Cover
nor, Of course the Republicans are taking deep
Interest in that subjer
From what l gather by talking with all classes
OF RerublicaDs, ] am certain that a deep plot
has been laid, and is now being worked out In
all sections Of the State, to so manage the ap-
preaching Conventions NJ to overthrow the
Hon. Roscoe Conkline as the leader OF the party
In New York. CIV. Fenton 10 cooperating TO
this end, and the slaughter Of Mr.. Conkli q will
be made one Of the conditions Of receiving the
aid OF the Ii oera Rump In the elections this fall.
Tue pivot whereupon the obstruction OF Mr..
Conklins's leadership Ia supposed to turn will
be the nomination for Governor. Under the
plausible pretext that HAYES will lose the State
unless such uns able politicians a. George will
liam Curtis are rratiaed, war TO the knife will
be made upon the Hon. Aloi 70 II. Cornell, who
Ia undoubtedly the first choice OF our bic Sena-
tor. BIT those who must know claim that Cor
nell will have every DELEGATE from New YORK
CITY, and at least thre, -quariers Of those from
Brooklyn, and perhaps the whole. This will
give Cornell nearly one-fourth Of the Conven-
ton In that siDRle locality. Then, all through
the State, the active, pronounced Administr,-
ton politicians, who look to the selection Of
delegates IN the rural districts, favor ole to
tctively nj work In the interest Of our distin-
Ruished Senator and will see to It that the dele
ties thlt come here two weeks hence will
eagerly follow his standard into the thickest Of
the 1Rht. Unless, therefore, these IT sty lieu
tenants are wholly mistaken, Inc One i'd chief
will have decided n ajority in the Convention
But, even n this should prove to be so, some OF
MIR. ConkIine's sbrewdest managers say II will
not necessarily follow that Mir. Cornell will get
the nomination. The Senator may think II best
to bestow Il upon another.
And right here MIR. Conkline's embarrassment
ises. He doesn't wish to pick quarrel over a
mere name. He only demands that friend Of
his shall he placed at the head OF the ticket.
Unless he II gro ely misunderstood, he Is much
annoyed at the course OF woodford. This
spriRhtly vet tedious little spouter Is irving to
control IN his own interest that Transparent
humb, g the Boys In Blue. 1t was through tnis
OF a stu. ~ organization that woodford got the
nomination for Governor instead OF Horace
Or elev six years ago. Woodford Ia now aiming
1.-THE same emo by the same means; whereat
Conkling, who sees how transparent this bit Of
chsrlatsnism IL, Ia much disgusted. Neverthe-
lees, n reI TO be credited, oooford will
h We quite a little show Of delegates IN the Con-
vention.
MIR. Copkline will encounter a more formida-
hmm nrd a dot of
Galore, II he sets himself to work In earnest. /
refer TO Gov. Morgan. The friends OF Mr.. Nor
gan complain that the overthrow he met with
| In his encounter with ConkliDg for delegates to
Cincinnati last spring has taken the courage II
out OF him. Nevertheless, / hear vague rumor
| that Conkilne has made a compromise whereby
| Morean Is to be nominated for Governor. and
Cornell for Lieutenant-G GOVERNOR. don't credit
| II, for Roscoe Conkling Ia not likely to enter
into any arrangement that will tarnish his pres
tiRe OF lbs dilute leadership In New York. In
| certain contingencies that may arise he might
| be content with Andrew ID. White OF Cornell
University, who Is his arm friend. or with Pome-
roy Of Cayuga, or, II hard pressed, even with
| Robertson OF West chester.
| Mr.. Bvarts is now and then spoken OF, but he
has no following among those who control the
| machinery Of the Republican party. As op-
popent OF Conkling, he has no claims at all In
mparison with those of George william Cur
tbs. and Curtis has not the ghost OF a chance for
| the nomination.
| The Liberal Rump that will show itself here
| on the e3d inst. is spoken Of with derisiop. We'll
accredited reports from all parts OF the State
| prove that three-fourths OF those Republicans
| who voted for Greeley IN 1879 support
| ina Iilden. The rest are merely In the market
but though the regular Republicans will Gel
them. they will pay very little for them, for they
don't reg ard them rs worth much. Possibly on,
Of them may be placed on the ticket for Prisor
Inspector, while two OF three viii be nominated
| for Presidential Electors.