New-York tribune., 1879-10-31


He who votes FOR Lucius Robinson for Gov
crnor casts much more than one vote for Sam
ucl j. Tilden for President. 1t may not be
his intention. Men are deceived so often by
;he arts of stoalthy politicians that II Is not
strange if many are caught 10y the Governors
professions of honesty to vote for the slyest
and most tricky dcmagoguc of the age. In =
recent interview, Governor Robinson makes an
earnest effort TO satisfy the people that
he is not Mr.. Til TENS tool. and that his
election viii not necessarily lclp Mr. liicn
toward the Presidency. he was right in think
iig that th.s The one fatally weak point OF
~ position, needed guarding mOie than amy
other. lie WAS wrong m thc notion that few
empty words fOm him would overcome a be-
lief winch rests on solid foundation. It's not
because Governor Robinson wants TO help Mr..
TlJcn, aud does help lim, even al the cost of
pro,ututug ais high trust 10 execute thc most
unworthy schemes OF "a shameless politician,
that men look anon q vote for him as vlrtu-
ally vote for Mr. Tildcn. II i, because, in
spite of himself, lbs election would insure the
nomination and would greatly promote the
election OF the &it.u sciCmer whose tool hc
=.
\ "sti'l-hunt" is Mr.. Idcn's fayortc mode
of working lie always wears mask when
he can. aud hides his purposes and methods,
we'll aware that they viii not bear the day
hight Even now he sits in his parlor, INTO
which cipher dispatches by the bushel were
cmpucd. and whispers the Instructions IN re-
gard 10 the conduct of the campaign which
Mr.. Robinson aud his friends half uncOn-
scioUsly obey From the beginning of the
movement for Governor RJbm>0n's nominal
ton 90 tins hour every important step has
been directed 10y the same crafty man who
sent Weed to South Carolina and Marble TO
Florida. Mr. Tilden knows, If Governor Rob-
mson does not, that the election of the can
dldate who was originally nominated as Nj.
Iid,n's friend, and who has constantly acted
as hls instrument, and who is known through
out the country as his representative III the
contest m tins State. would render the nom
nation OF Samuel J. Tiden both easy and
certain.
The Democratic party had two chances of
success one year ago, Ohio and NewYOrk.
Olo and SOFT Money was the plan favored
by many Ncw-Yora and Fraud WAS the plan
of Mr. TIlden. 1t had two chances then, but
has only one to-day. Beyond peradycnturc,
Ohio Will give IFS electoral vote to a Rcpubli-
can candidate Tor the Presidency. There Is
left one chance. If Democracy can hope to
carry New-Yoik, with Mr.. Tildcn as ts can
dida.o, and the cry of Fraud rs its chief
issue, it will make the tIial. All over the
country, the party waits To see whether the
Democratic opposition to Nj Tilden IA New
York will insure the defeat of the party with
him as its candidate. II Governor Robinson
succeeds, a thousand Democratic papers IN
other States viii instantly claim Mr.. Illdcn's
notice in the distribution of his funds. They
will hail the result as Il proof that Mr.. Tldcn's
faction, and therefore that Mr.. Tildcn him
sell. can carry this State. They viii quickly
render his nomination inevitable, and the
result of the election, III that case, will make
his defeat exceedingly difficult. He will open
the campaign with the electoral votes of the
Solid South assured and with the best possi-
bic evidence that he can add the electoral
votes of New York.
II is not well to deceive ourselves about the
situation. Mr.. Tildcu will be beaten. we be-
h,ye. because New-York will TcpudIate INN
and his party at the coming election. There
is every reason to believe that Mr. COrnel
will hc elected by 4 handsome majority over
both Democratic candidates But If the re-
suit should be different; if the indifference of
Republicans. or the small egotism of the
Scratchers, OF the stubborn adherence OF Dem
Ocrats To party regularity, or the secret power
Of an adroitly handled "barrel of money.r
should by any chance cause the election of
Governor Robinson. II would then be excee =
ingly difficult to resist the tide of events in
favor of Mr.. 1llden. No word that Mr. Rob
inson has power to utter can change these
facts. Consciously OF uncOnsciously. he is a
tool of crafty politician. and his success
means the nomination of Mr.. Tilden, and will
intellectually and his election.