New-York tribune., 1879-09-03

OTHER MEN AGAINST MR.. CORNTLI-No COM
B1NAuoN CANDIDATE YET NAMfD-THE ARGU-
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SARATOGA, Sept 2.-The special character
istic of the convention which assemblies tomorrow,
but is actually present here by nearly all its dele
gates to-day. the prevailing confidence that the
ticket II will nominate. however IL be composed is
absolutely sure of election. or course there are
some earnest and enthusiastic souls, as there are
always IN every convention when there is any III
valry or competition. who have worked themselves
up to the belief that the nomination OF their
own favorte is essential success at the polls, or
that the nomination of other who Is their pet
aversion will put all things in peril and lose the
State. There are not many. perhaps not any, hefc'
who are so strenuous for particular candidate as
10 assert that unless he Is nominated there is dan
GER of defeats but there several VINO assert with
great earnestness that the nomination of paricu-
lar candidate will make Republican success IN No
vember both difficult and doubtful. Naturally
enough 1t is the leading candidate-it would
ALWAYS be he-who eSctcs this extreme hostility.
The interests of all the other candidates unite in
pling upon him the damaging force OF the argument
that while almost anybody else could carry the
State, ne wouldweaken The ticket and imperil the
success Of the party.
1t was very evident last night and this morning.
from the talk Of the delegates well rs from the
the various candidates, that MIR. Cornell
was far in the lead of the other candidates,
if not already secure of majority on
the first ballot. The necessary thing to do IN this
state of affairs to prevent his nomination was easy
to see The tactics of the opposition TO Cornell-and
that name includes, of course all the friends of all
other candidates. very formidable array-sug-
gested themselves. The thing TO do for the
friends of each candidate to break down Cor
p.ll In this they had "A common interest. and cOul
make common cause The confidence of the Cornell
men la night and the apparent grounds for their
confidence drove the opposition toeether-not TO
unite upon a single candidate against him things
had not yet, do think they have since come TO
that pass-but drove them together in mbined at
tack upon Cornelps availability as candidate So
to-day the canvassng has been not much Tor indi-
ydua candidates as of the whole field against Cor
nell All day long there has been dead set against
him by the friends of the other candidates. At
: first flush and upon this cool statement OF
the fact IL seems brutal thing 10 40
but it is not so at all. 1t Is the way
not only in politics but In pretty much
everything else. When any one man gets ahead II
Is the most natural thing In the world for all his
competitors to unite in breaking him down. lt is
not because they have anything against him, but
because like the missionary. who. seeing his con-
gregation of wreckers breaking up at sight Of
vessel in the surf. begged them TO wait for the
! benediction. They want "a fair start"
THE ATTACK ON CORNELL.
The thing TO be said about Cornell suggested
Itself His ability. party service, personal .popu-
larity and qualifications for the office were frankly
Considered but, they said, he is the machine"
candidate and the "machine" is very unpopular,
aud he is really the only prominent candidate
whose nomination would endanger the State. This
lead has been ndustriously worked all day. Very
little has been said OF done in the way of advanc-
ing the interest of any other candidate. but all
have united In the endeavor to impress upon
the delegates favorable to Cornell the fact
that he would be weak candidate before
the people. Then, too. there are Cornell delegates
who have candidates for the subordinate places on
the ticket to whom the argument has been applied
that their favoritos would have 10 chance In the
the event of Cornelps nomination, as the Cornell
slate was all made up and would all go through
with his nomination. They have been told that
the only chance for their favOrites for the minor
offices is in the defeat of Cornell and breaking the
Cornell slate.
All this effort has not been without some visible
effect. So long as the boom" for each candidate
was being worked up, Cornell, with his decided
lead. was at positive advantage. 1t wasa Cornell
atmosphere and the indications all pointed TO his
Nomination on the first second ballot. The dead
set against him Of the combined opposition has
somewhat changed the aspect of affairs. and. though
his friends tonight confident that he will win,
lido not think they quite so "cocky" about 1t as
they were last night and this morning.
The game OF bis opponents is to impress the dele
gates with the conviction that he cannot carry tho
State, for the ,hing that these men are bent
upon AT any sacrifice of personal feeling anything
else is to put New-York in the list of sure Repub
caG States III November, and have her position de-
fined for 1880. II the ant-Cornell men
can make the majority of tine convention believe
that his nomination will lose the State,
OF make il doubtful even, they will defeat him. To
this they are bending all their energies, with what
success we shall Zee later. II they fail 1t will not
be for lack Of persistent assertion. Should they
succeed in breaking up CornelPs strength they Will
have then to Agroe upon some one of the other op-
posing candidates. and Of these Judge Robertson is
ccnfessedly In the lead.
THE ACTIVITY HASTINGS.
wouldn't for the world question the sincerity Of
aky of the gentlemen who ndustriously cir
culatIng the notion that Cornell cannot be elected
but l do think that some of them have worked
themselves up unconsciously to pitch of unneces-
sary anxiety. Here for instance is Mr. Hugh Hast
ings, "a plump and pleasing Derson," whose mood
j. always genial, but who sometimes suffers himself
20 be earned away on the wings Of his high
enthusiasm for noble enterprisesj and ho
has threshed himself into the belief that 1t
matter Of great moment TO beat
Cornell in order TO tho State He has been
very active infusing that idea into the minds of
delegates all day. and has perspired away several
blue Deckties In the endeavoI. lie is creature OF
impulse aud he believes to-day what he says to-day
But he Is q statesman Of wondrous adaptablity to
circumstances. and If Mr. Cornell should be noIni-
w.ns.