Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-17
4 Family Quarrel.

The New York democrats held their
state convention at Syracuse last Wednes-
day and Thursday. The Tilden democrats
supported Gov. Lucius Robinson for re-
nomination while Tammany Hall under
John Kelly's leadership was for anybody
TO beat Robinson.
Gov. Robinson was elected three years
ago and has made a toleraby good gov
ernor though he evidently thinks he is a
much "biger man than old Grant" or
in fact than any other man unless it be his
master, Samuel J. Tilden. lie has done
Just what Mr.. Tilden has desired him to
do about the local politics Of New York
city and Mr.. Tilden has desired him to
compress the throat Of John Kelly and
all his followers.
So it came about that John Kelly and
his friends announced that they would
never support Mr.. Robinson if he should
receive the nomination. Tilden thought
this meant only hardly ever while Horatio
Seymour, Senator Herman and others
thought it meant business and tried 10 still
the waters by oil and persuasion Of an in
direct nature toward the nomination of
Gen. Slocum or some man on whom the
party could be united.
The convention was Il boisterous one
and was presided over by John c. Jacobs
q RrDoE1,-p ,,ol;ti,ion ,,-bo lasorroe nradit
fJr keeping cool head in trying mo-
ment. At one time the convention was
stampeded by Il motion 10 nominate Mr..
Jacobs which was put by secretary and
carried almost unanimously and he was
declare tn. nominee. Bat Mr.. Jacobs
stood >quarely to his work, declared the
proceeding irregular and put away the
prize within his grasp.
1t is very 90 Intful whether Mr.. Jacobs
sense of honor and knowledge of parlia.
mentary law did not do his party a great
injury for the convention proceeded CHS
was on Thurs lty) to vote FIR a candidate
AMI it being app trent that Gov. Rpbinson
would be nominated the New York dele
g. ion wi thdrew acromp lned by few
members from the country districts. The
.gullr convention nominated Robinson
while the Tammany Hall people hired Il
hull and Nominated John Kelly as Il
boiling candidate.
The Tammauy voters will probably sup
port the rest oil the demo ratio state tick t
blt ii is likely that the contest on governor
Will be fought to the bitter end. 1t is
political death to John Kelly or Mr. Til
den ior The one o. the other 10 yield and
i. is therefore not likely that even the
meeting of the executive committee Of the
democratic national committee, which is
called at Washington to morrow, will be
able to devise any scheme from which
harmony will result.
OF course this quarrel threatens the dem
ocrats with disaster in 1880. The truth
at the bottom Of it all is that party has on
its back the worst old man Of the sea y
ever known Mr.. Tilden Is bound to rule
Of ruin; he is the embodiment Of selfish
ness and it is combined with so much
power that the party must seek doubtful
success with him or with anybody else at
the head 60 to certain destruction by his
reyengeful spirit. He has been exalted rs
areformer but the greatest reformation he
ever made was to change the structure o.
the democratic party TO machine which
runs at his dictation and for his benefit.
Mr.. Kelly who is also boss reyolts
The result we shall see in due time.