New-York tribune., 1879-01-15

come In ana make INC nomipahohr, INV
kindly consented to give the leading Western
candidate for President the second place on
the ticket The West and South can outnum-
Der New-York and the East in Democratic
conventions, but the latter, especially the
New-York Democrats brought up In Tam
many Hall, can out-manage and out-trck
those other fellows two to one. An instance
of this kind which now occurs to lis, nap
pened in tho National Convention III
this city in 1868. That was year
in which the West and South were
going to nominate the ticket over the
heads of New-York and the East. And
they came very near doing 1t; would
have done it had not a foxy old gen
tleman at the head of the New-York delega-
ton tricked them out of it, The Western
Democrats were divided for the most part
between PendletOn and Hendricks, VINO
were the leading candidates; the South
scattered upon half dozen different
names, as dd the Middle and Eastern
States, and New-York cast seventy votes
right along for Sanford L. Church. 1t was
the first appearance of Southern delegates III
a National Convention after the war, and they
mOdeStly declined to put themselves forward
there being n tacit understanding that when
ever any candidate should receive a majority
they would go over to him il body and
make him the nominee by the necessary two
thirds vote.
The baloting was long and tedious. Every
time the vote was called the old gentleman
at the head of the New York delegation
stepped out and said as seriously as though
il was all in earnest, "New- York casts seventy
"votes for Sanford L. Church" At length
Pcndcton ran up to within three or four votes
ofamaiolitv, which would have brought him the
Southern vote in a lump and nominated him.
Things looked squaIly Bat on the next call
of Safes, when New-York was reached, the
foxy old gentleman startled everybody with
the response, "Ncw-YoIk gives sew
"cnty votes for Thomas y. Hendricks"
Seventy was plumper. The Pendle-
ton men, whose second choice was lien
d.icks, thought they saw in this change
an indication that New-York had decided to
make Il break and nominate Hendricks.
Consequently they dropped off from PendIe-
ton to saddle the winning horse. Result ::
PcnGcton fell bclind Hendricks, and
the danger was passed. Then at the
next call, when everybody not in the Sc
crct looked for the nomination OF Hendricks
upon the cast of Ncw-YOrk, the bland
and foxy old gentleman. without
smile on his cOuntcnancc, stepped out
and SAID: NcwYOrk casts seventy
"yotes f0r-Santord f. Church." For a
moment every body stared vacantly at every
body else; then everybody, except Samuel j.
Tildcn, broke iuto gufiaw. Mr.. Tilden
never smiled But in the language Of the
average delegate "the Western goose was
"cookedu New-York did name the candl-
date, after all, and the Western Democracy
went home limpmg.
Now IT is al very well for Mr.. Hendricks
to talk about the West and South uniting
in the next National Convention and nOmi-
natiny the ticket without regard to
New-York and the East, but it is
quite possible that he and his friends
NAV be over sanguinc. These Eastern Demo
cratic managers have very plausible ways
and insinuating manners, and what they lack
in numbers they more than make mp In
experience and familiarity with Tammany
methods. In setting up for themselves our
Western friends had better not be too conf
dent. For our own part we believe Mr.. Til
den is buried under too great weight
of cipher dispatches ever to rise again /;
but knowing his versatility and cunning,
and the blind fatuity of his party,
we should not be willing to lay very large
odds that the next National Convention will
not renominate hin. And If Mr. Hendricks
does not want to drop out of sight perma-
nently, he will do well TO preserve discreet
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