The New York herald., 1879-10-08
GOVERNOR ROBINSON ARRAlGNED.
Charged with Peryerting His Office To Crafty
Personal AnimOSitieS.
Meeting of the Wgwam Committee
on Organization.
ALL THE FACTIONS AT WORK.

State Committee of the Shakespeare Hall Conven-
tom
To THE DEMOCRATS OF THE STATE NEW YORK.
The Democratic Convention which met in shake
speare Hall. Syracuse the 11th ult, resulted III
the selection OF John Kelly. OF New York. as the
nominee Of the demo cratic party for the high office
OF Governor of the State. This nomination Mr.
Kelly has accepted. The present Governor Lucius
Robinson, is candidate tor reelection Two
nominees are thus III the held FOR the othce OF
Governor. each soliciting and claiming the support
OF the democracy.
That there should at this time be such division in
the democratic party il the State. as is indicated by
these nominations. is deeply to be regretted 1t is
by more so than by those who laced Mr..
Kelly in nomination. Before taking this decisive
step they exhausted every honorable means to
cure in the coming contest harmony and unity in
the party Unfortunately in this they failed aud
upo. their failure the nomination q democrat
who believed in and acted up to the principles OF the
democratic party became inevitable. Mr.. Kelly was
the unanimous choice OF the Convention.
1t is the misfortune of the democracy OF this State
that circumstances necesstate the declaration by
them now. III advance of the campaign of 1850. and
in contest over the election a Governor of the
State. that there is a candidate thus early in the field
for the Presidency to whom they are opposed. This
candidate Is Mr.. Samuel j. Iiden. Governor Robin
is ot Importance i'll the present contest only in
far he is the representative and exponent Of
system which the democracy must overthrow and
destroy or it in turn VIII overthrow and destroy the
democracy. This system has become known as It'll
dcnism." Its principal features are the INSCRIPTIONS
OF mopey corruptly influence the action or pub
lilo officers; to purchase the votes and Influence of
delegates to political conventions and to induce be-
traya of political trust the use of governmental
power to secure political personal advantages, and
the prescription of all within the party who do
not worship the personal power which the system
has created. Our within our party is only with
this system and Its pcrsonifcation. 1t is not sui
cdal 1t is not destructive warfare. will lead to
publication. to increased party strength. Public
confession of the truth will ever purify and
strengthen and it is to this publication and
strength that the present contest has been entered
upon and will be maintained.
ROBINSON AND TILpEN.
Developments have shown that there exists be-
tween Governor Robinson and h1r. Tildcn peculiar
relationship. The Governor has proved himself to
be Mr.. Tilden's most subservient agent tue Chief
Executive Of the State has become mere appendage
or instrument to aid the purposes and designs Of
Mr. Tilden in his residential claims and as piratons
All the power and patronage of his Office Governor
Robinson has subordinated to Mr.. Tilden's pur-
poses Almost his first official act was to nominate
the Chairman of the Republican State Committee
to ihe Office of Superintendent OF Insurance
the Principal department. in the State govern
ment. When this nomination made tlye presi-
DENTAL question was before Congress. and Mr..
smyth was made superintendent OF Insurance in
furtherance OF Mr.. Tiden's plans, and in expccta-
tion OF republican Influence and support OF his
claims. In this ho disappointed. In conse-
qucnce the Governors subsequent appointces were
those only who conspicuously identified themselves
with Mr.. Tilden Us the democratic power in the
State. Whatever Mr.. Tden demanded the Governor
granted. and the response was prompt. II the de-
slre was to secure State Committee in Mr. Tiden s
interest, the Governor was on hand removing faith
fni ohcinls and appointing political tools II it was
To secure delegates to pack u convention. the
Governor could be relied upon to prostitute to the
the most subservient OF political purposes every
officer employc over whom he had any control in
the government. No democrat. whatever his stand
ing in the party. was allowed to demonstrate. II he
did the stamp OF the Tiden condemnation aoucc at
a.hed to him. and he had either to retire the
party councils or fight for his standing i'll the face OF
gross misrepresentation. The purpose and design
OF all this was 10 centre in Mr. Tiden for his per-
sonsl ends the power and influence OF the demo-
cratic party OF the State and in furthcrance or this
design all the trusted leaders OF the party the
have been pushed aside aud their places filled By the
mere personal followers of Mr.. Tilden.
To be thus classcd aud ranked is u degradation to
which all the democracy of the State have not yet
sands-ayc. hundreds of thousands-who will not
have Tilteu aad his Political creed Against these
the Tilden thunderbolts have been hurled Fore
most in their ranks the democracy OF the city OF
New York. The independence ot the local democracy
In that city has specially raised the wrath of the
great manipulator and all that money malign nity
could do he has attempted to make their
exemplary. Their local organization he has boasted
he would cxtingui and in his efforts to accomplish
this. he lias had faithful ally in Governor Robin
son. Both have once and again aided to defeat the
regular democratic nominations III the city. They
and their followers have bned with the rcpubli-
cans to defeat not only the regular nominees of the
party for local offices, but also the nominees for
Congress and the nominees to the Legislature. by
which United States senator to be elected.
Finding they could not rule the democracy III New
ties. determined to ruin them. Nominees OF
the party. whose election they could not de-
feat they determined, when elected. to remove
from Office, and for this purpose the powers of
the Governor OF tho State and of the Mayor OF the
city have been outrageously abused. Submission
to Iidens power adhesion to his political standard
secured exoneration continued Independence re-
suited III official decapation. Faithful and honorable
officers whose only offence was fidelity TO their
political convictions adhesion to their party organ
ization, and n refusal to administer their Office i'll
promoting the Tildcn schemes were removed, under
the stigma OF naladininistration and III thersplaces
subscryicnt tools of the 1ildcn power ap-
pointed-the distinguishing qualification Of those 80
appointed being their conspicuous hostility to the
regular democracy IN the city.
THE GovERNoEs vEIoEs.
But this abuse OF power lot confined to tho
making and unmaking of officers. 1t extended to
legislative measures designed and calculated to pro-
ures was one known AS the Bonded Indebtedness
bll-a bill vetoed by the Governor after IL had been
unanimously passed by both houses OF tho Lcgisla-
turc SO hostile was the feeling which this veto
gendered that the leading OF the city united in
apetition 20 pass the bill the veto. and this
becoming known to tho Governor. he sgnitiod
his Willingness 10 sign IL the bill was again passed
with sono unmportant amendments. This was
accordingly done and the bill became law. Under
the provisions of this law the annual charge of in
erest on the bonded and funded debt OF the city has
been reduced by our nominee :or Governor tho
present Comptroller of tho city upward of $500 600
and the debt itself has been reduced upward Of
Ss.OOOO00 Another bill vetoed by the Governor was
ono known as the Public Burdens biil-a measure
which, but for the Veto would have secured to the
city annual saving In its oppressive tax Icvy OF
f2OOJOOO. Governor Robnsons veto OF this bill has
already cost the city OF New York $1,000 OC0,
and his reelection would increase the loss to
sl0.0O0o00. still another measure vetoed by the
Govcrnor was one known as the Finance bill. By
the provisions ot this bill the unbalanced bid sys-
sem-which led To such abuses in canal manage
mont and which IL in full operation in the city of
New lork-would be abolished and n faithful exc
sutton OF the public works OF the city would have
oecn secured. The expenditures of the city pro-
Fidcd for from assessments would also by this bill
have been reduced, and those expenditures regulated
and controlled by the local authorities.
u these two latter bills HAD become laws which
they would but for the vctoes OF Governor Robin
son, local government would have bccn substan-
Tally restored to tho city OF New York. Tho gov
ernincnt OF the city from Albany would have prac-
,ieaily terminated; Governor Robinson has re-
pchcdly profosscd himself ia favor of the demo-
cratic doctrine of local sefgovernment. but this
profession, as Is shown 10y his action the bills
Referred TO, appears to be but hollow pretonsion.
whcn there Is no certainty that tho self
government. when obtained, could be used
In promoting the Ttldcn interest, and In
strengthening tho Iidon power The real objection
to all these bills the part of Governor Robinson
was his knowledge that by their provisions, the
government of the city III ali its branches would DO
vastly improved, and his dcts rmlnaton that the