The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-10
TauuAsy SUCCESSFUL AT THE Az
nANY CONVECTION AND CONTROLS
ING THE PeEITggs OF TINE STATE.


presently. This convention OWNS the mastery
Of John Kelly as completely Us the one at
Rochester the other day bent to the sway of
Roscoe Conkliug Tho exceptions 10 which
referred rest In tho fact that there are
holder and stronger men opposed 10
Kelly than there we're to Conkling:
men bold and strong enough to compel Kelly
TO respect thsm and their claims no matter
how ptiful their minority may be- speak
more particularly OF
JOHN MoaR1ssEY,
who may be called the executive right hand
of the anti-T.mmany combination. Two
years ago Kelly thought hs had crushed Nor.
rissey by crowdng him out Of the Tammany
general COMMITTEES. But Morrissey bolted,
and, with Republican assistance, beat Kelly's
ticket In New York county from top to bot
tom. including his own election 10 the State
Senate over John Fox, the Tammany eandi-
date. That fight cost Morrssey mint of
money, but II was life or death with him. and
he battled as he used to In the prize ring-s
'the ganest man that ever stripped
Johns victory two years ago stands him Id
good stead now. It bespeaks for him d re-
spect and consideration in this overwheln,inr
1ammany convention which is not accorded
to the direct representatives OF Mr. TiIden,
and which, / believe, would not be accorded
to Tilden himself If he were hero. But this
Kelly -Morrissey phase Of the situation be-
| longs to the internal State politics OF New
York, has little or no bearing upon the pres@
ent or future Of the National Democracy, and
Is hence not Of interest to the DEMOCRAT.
The point Of interest to you which is involved
In the proceedings here rests in the inuuiry
| whether or not
MIR. TfLDEH's HOLD UPON THE NEW YORK
| DEMOCRACY
| has survived the di8astsrs OF last winter:
whether he will ever again be able to conn
| rnand the unbroken support Of New York ir
| any national convention. To this inquiry
can reply that, so far as this convention is an
index, Mr.. Tiden's asesndenCy in the DEM
ocratic party in New York Is utterly gone.
He has power and following still. but his
power is vastly short of aseendency and bis
| following is in an almost pitiful minority. All
that he can possibly get out Of this conveTi-
ton will be strong indorsement Of Gov.
Robinson's administration; but that win be
due to the party pride Of the Tammany CO..
horts and not to any eoereive power still In
/
up the situation better In Mr.. Kelly's words
| than In my own
| "Mr. Tflden Is and aiwavs will be reapeetad
and honored by ns as having been the stand
ard bearer OF our party in an honorable
though unfortunate canvass. But he ean
never again be "a ruling power In the councils
| OF the party.
| "We yielded to him ut st. Louis not be-
cause he was stronger than we were In the
State delegation, but because Of the earnest
pressure brought TO bear upon us by his
friends from other States. Had
THE CHOICE OF A CANDIDATE AT sT. LOUIS
depended upon the action Of the New York
delegation Mr.. 1iidGn never would have been
the nominee But other Sttlts the South
and West principally nominated Mr.. Tilden.
and all New York could have done In the
premises would have been to create anarchy
| in the party and dissensicn in the convention.
| Thus New York went with the party--not
with Mr.. Tilden. New York will always 20
with the Democratic party Tanmany will
| always say her say in conventions, but she
| will always bend gracefully 10 the timerhofl-
| ored rule q the purity and acquiesee loyalty
| in the verdict Of the majority.
"Mr. Tilden was never the real choice Of the
| bone and sinew Of
THE NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
| He was thrust upon as by an outside pres5-
friends and New York accepted him 81 4
lesser evil than discord in the national coun-
ellis Of the party-which was the only alter
native would have been.
after Tilden was nominated TammaTiy
could easily have beaten him at the polls. 4
change Of 1900 votes In New York city and
Brooklyn would have given the State to
Hayes and then there would have been no
| controversy about the result. 1t would not
have required the active hostility Of Tamma-
ny to produce such result. Simple fnaetion,
mere apathy in the campaign, would have
accomplished it.
| faith and
LOYALTY OF TAMMASY
that saved Mr.. Tilden from defeat aft the polls
and gave him popular and electoral victory,
the fruits OF which he and his friends squaff-
dered IN their own way, as you know.
80 much for the past, to which Mr., Tilden
and his aseendency in the Democratic party
Of New York exclusively belong. / can say
nothing Of the future except that, whatever
may be- It's developments, the resurrection Of
Mr.. Tilden will not DC one Of them"
] do not pretend that the above Is the re-
suit Of regular
INTERVIEW WITH MB. KELLY.
| 1t is simply representation Of his views as
uttered by him in ordinary conversation I'M
the presence Of q few personal friends. Nor
do / pretend that the abo7e Is a verb0t5a re-
port. But it is fair abstract; and it onnits
great many things q q personal nature which
/ do not feel at liberty to print.
| Mr.. Kelly's positions seem TO me tobe we'll
| taken. At all events they are all borne out to
| the fullest extent by the logic Of the character
of this convention. The chief victim of the
| much exploited Ref. rm crusade which was
Mr.. Tilden's sole basis Of claim TO the ecnsfd-
GRAFTON Of his party two years ago, having
| been iudiciaIly exoneTated, now sits as one Of
the majority delegates In Twe1dIe Hail.
Surely Time brings it's Revenges. lido rot
assume any championship Of Jarvis Lord, Or
| OF
THE OLD CANAL ETSG,
! whereof he WAS the rrrYssed EStas Txy1t tgaf
Cynsmsaea On ksEiath R-ser