The New York herald., 1879-09-04
Senator ConkIing's Victory.

| Mr.. Cornell was nominated at Saratoga
yesterday on the first ballot receiving 23i
votes, seven more than majority. curious
evidence of the precision with which Sena-
tor Conkling attains such results when he
goes to work is seen in the fact that his
candidate for Lieutenant Governor was car
red by precisely the same vote.
OF course it remains still to elect the
ticket thus nominated and it is a case in
which the old adage, ''all baggage at the
risk of the owner" applies with good
deal of force.
1t is clearly Mr.. Conkling's victory not
Mr.. CornelPs. The Convention made
from the first marked and painful
1t was the only liberty which it
allowed itself but it exercised that
| freely It's applause was for the Senator
when poor Mr.. Cornell appeared it was
silent. But this little piece of impotent
spite was kindly overlooked by Mr.. Conk-
ling, who. like the able general he is, looks
to results; and who sat on the platform
with grim look which said plainly to the
people below, ''Growl you may, but 60 you
| must.
| 1t would be unjust as we'll as ungenerous
not to express admiration for the manner
in which Mr.. Conkling carried the Conven-
ton. He spoke as master of the occasion.
He did not pretend to conciliate; did not
conceal his likes or dislikes did not omit
any sentiment because it would jar upon
any part Of the body. He gave the credit
of resumption and the attendant prosperity
entirely TO the last administration, leaving
the present one to figure only as its hum
BILE agent. He knew that a large body
of the Convention was anti-Grant and op-
posed to third term, but this did not in
duce him to shirk the mention of that
"quiet man" nor his praise. And he did
not fear to show his contemptuous in
difference to his opponents by bluntly
telling them that they would have to sup
port his candidate whether they liked him
or not. There is no more division in the
party, he told them you will all
work together to elect the ticket,
and let bygones bo bygones. eff I
have done anything in the past which Of
Tended any of you," he said in effect, II
freely forgive you. If l have said any thing
that am sorry for, am glad of it. Let US
now proceed to tho nomination OF Mr..
Cornell" In fact ho substantially told the
Convention, as our correspondent writes,
Il am going to nominate man most of you
dislike, and whom know to be unpopular;
but you will have to vote for him, my
| friends"
Thus courage once more wins the day !;
the reports from Saratoga assert that it was
Mr.. Consling's bold speech which secured
Mr.. Cornelrs nomination, and that the sue
cess on the first ballot was surprise to the
Cornell men themselves. Thus the
opponents Of the Senator, after another
term Of private scolding and backbiting and
timid public protest, once more go to the
| ground, and not even with the dignity Of
the Roman gladiators crying, "Hail, Caesar,
we who go to die salute thee," but with
silly and ungentlemanly Kisses at the del
egates who voted for Mr.. Conkling's man.
The public surely cares to hear no more Of
these anti-Conkling people.
The platform is merely a formal repeti-
tion of Mr.. Conkling's speech like that it
'.hoists the bloody shirt" and asserts the
propriety of using troops at the polls. 1t
could scarcely do less, for both the friends
and the opponents of Mr.. Conkling have
committed't themselves to this ground; and it
is because tho administration men and the
anti-Conkling men generally have no con-
victions of their own, because they do not
believe in any different policy, but wage
merely personal war on Mr.. Conkling, that
he is not only able to defy and defeat them,
but fearlessly counts upon their support Of
his nominees. He, ut least, believes in some
thing and has the courage of his convictions.
| Well, it remains to be seen what the
| democratic brethren will do. Some of
them, we notice with pain, resent the sound
advice which the HERALD has given them,
and think it good time to quarrel with
this journal. 1t is fact that the HERALD
has somewhat frequently advised the
democrats, and good many of them have
been sorry from time to time that they did
not act upon our counsel. But the HERALD
has no resentments; it has no party bonds;
and when it urges tho republicans or the
democrats, rs the case may be, 10 nominate
their best men on the best platforms it
looks mainly, or indeed altogether, to the
good OF the country. The people are safest
when both parties put forward unexcep-
tionable candidates, and when it does not
much matter tho is elected.
In the present case, unpleasant as it may
be to some of the iraseible democrats, We
are constrained to urge them once more to
make no blundcr next Wednesday. They
cannot afford to divide their party by
nomination hateful to q considerable part
of it. The republicans mean to carry the
State if they can. They know that
they have taken considerable risk
by nominating an unpopular candidate !;