New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-12


The organization Of the Republican State
aud Executive Committees. effected yesterday,
gives assurance of vigorous campaign work.
1t il gratifying to learn that Mr.. Cornell viii
give the Executive Committee the benefit OF
the experience and tact he has 20 conspcuou9iy
G,sn'av.d I'm his management Of canvasses III
previous years.
When the Hard Shell Democrats ran Bgon-
son against Seymour the candidate OF the
Sof,.. in 1851. they drew OH nearly $4,000
votes and brought about the election OF CiaIk
the Republican nominee. il looks as If his
tory would repeat itself and Tammany would
keep about the same number of votes away
from Governor Robinson.
In the miGsi OF the Uproar at Syracusc. the
feeble and f4r-oH wall Of the Nebraska Dem
oclats will scarcely be noticed They say In
their platform that the Constitution is "the
"fouada,ion and mitigation OF all the powers
"or government" Mitigation is good. At
the late session Of Congress, the Democrats
tried 20 mitigate the General Government out
OF exi stenoc 10y refusing 1t supplies. Ii was
reserved for Nebraska. however TO supply an
appropriate word for their performance.
are about 10 start new American and West
Indian steamship line should awaken our
merchants to the backward condition Of our
commercial marine, which seems 20 lie the
ONLY interest that has not shared fully in the
Industrial revival of the current year. While
our railroad facilities have in great measure
enabled us to Outstrip the whest-producing
nations of Europe in the British market, il is
unfortunate that this enterprise in conveying
food products should find its limit at the sea-
board.
Secretary EvaIts's faculty of saying felici-
tous things in Ofl-band speeches does not
desert him now that he Is in foreign coun-
try. The way in which he turned over TO the
legal fraternity in general the compliments
maid him personally al the Toronto Unlver-
sity Yesterday, was admirable. His second
speech, made to the American residents, was
in equally happy vein, and bore testimony to
the high appreciation Of the people Of the
United States for the Marquis of Lorne and
the Princess Louise, and their kindly feeling
toward Canada.
After two days of uproar unparalleled even
in New York Democratic Conventions. Gov
ernor Robinson was ren0miuatod at Syracuse
yesterday The most extraordinary feature
Of the pIoceedings-which by the way, were
all extraordinary, If the Convention be regarded
rs a deliberAtive body and not as a bowling
mOb-was the ease with which venerable
old gentleman from Saratoga stampeded the
whole assembly for Jacobs, by simply moving
that the president of the Convention be
nominated for Governor. This occurred
ut the crisis of the conflict between the
Tammany men and the Robinson men.
The Tammanyites, who had been bawling
for General SlOcum, yociferated quite as loudly
for Jacobs, aud the Robinson faction actually
made no opposition when the secretary de-
elared Jacobs nominated. If the Brooklyn
Senator had accepted this irregular nomlna-
ton, Governor Robinson would probably have
been defeated, for number of bis supporters
were swept away by the Jacobs "boom."