The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-17
How Tammany and Her Anti Can
Be Made One.
A SCHEME OF BLISSFUL PEACE

sAnAroaA SPRINGS, August Is. 1879

they left behind them rich legacy of speculation.
Before the great lumbermen departed for the West 4
they organized boom in perfecting which many
minds now busy. The uninitiated while away
the time In specializing on the chances
Of the various gentlemen already put in
nomination by tho HERALD. and the 'insiders'
speak OF the action of tho Convention as things
already known. A Retrospective glance at the his
tory Of democratic conventions will suffce to show
what great hazard there in forecastng what will be
done. That the "best laid schemes of mice and men
gang aft sgley politicians appreciate more keenly
than even stockholders, yet notwithstanding they
60 on. year In aud year out. making prophe-
cies Of Delphian spurousness. Arguing from
such facts As at hand two months
ago many of the prophets pronounced
that Governor Robinson would be the democratic
nominee and that Chester A. Arthur would bear tho
republican banner. Then. little later it con-
fidently announced that Mr.. Potter would be the
nominee Of the "unterriAed," and that Mr.. Cornell
would leave this place the candidate OF the repub-
lcan party. 1t would be wearsome to trace out the
various changes both states have suffered through
Beach, Starin Olcott pomeroy &c. These arrange
ments Of the past, and. as faithful chronicler OF
political ephemera, have only to do with affairs as
they stand.
Having no particular gubernstorial "boom' OF
its own. Mr.. Tilden excepted. the HERALD. in its
character of adviser has been kind enough to take
its readers into confidence and explain all the vari-
"booms'' Of all the various candidates. The
last ''boom," better. the latest 'booms"-they
seem to 60 In pairs-have been organized here On
the democratic side the boom is for Chief Justice
Church, OF the Court OF Appeals; the republican
side 1t is for Senator Robertson, of Westchestcr
county. The Robertson movement has developed
strength quite unexpected. and the managers of the
campaign of the painstaking chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee first on hand here where
the Convention meets so shortly. They are working
quietly. and. they claim. with telling effect.
IMPERrURBABLE PARTY.
A party with many strong candidates the
HERALD republican list contains cannot, just pre-
vious to the allotment of such big plum as the
nomination for Governor. be as harmonious as could
be wished. All these gentlemen. like the French
pretenders, anxious to save the State and pro-
tect the people, and believing that they alone
perform the work of salvation, much ''at-
triton Of opinion" it is called, has resulted
The republicans have happy faculty of giving
hint to the public Of intestine troubles. and
Just that much ahead Of the democrats in political
science This happy retcence Of the party of great
moral ideas induced celebrated Kentucky colonel
not disassociated with centennials and worlds
fairs to remark THE republican party puts me
in mind Of Bob Harden, who was subject
to cramps and very fond of apples. He'd
eat apples until his vest would move
ike bag of snakes with the cramps. but oil tho
while he'd smile like an infant" Being fond Of
agures predicated on alimentary basis. he
further likened the democracy to Niger who ate
little too much corn and VINO howled through the
woods like an elephant trumpeting "Now, that
niger could stand twice AS much Bob
has the democratic party" The republican
party has had cramps very bad for the
may move and palpitate II preserves
smile becoming its paternal relationship to great
been parcgoricked" ont Of the party and Robertson
s'the coming man. The Cornell men die hard and
men hercely admit however that if Cornell is not
nominated on the first ballot he will be dropped i'm
Cornell cannot get the first ballot, they insist
that te is as good as out of the race.
The starin boom which has its managers in
every town from New York to Buffalo, seems to con-
fine itself to "posters and gutter snipes." All
along the line of the railroad in the company of
eloquent quack medicine signs announcements Of
new stories of the nitro-gycerine school. and
sionally across the great woodcuts OF Talmage are
to be seen such legends as ''Starn for Governor"
"Montgomcrys Favorite Son." .'Starin Coterie''
and 'starin Guard" He Is not spoken much of
here. and those who do speak of him to regard
him only remote contingency. The Pomeroy
boom shows very little life. but it is said that the
little Senator will have much do in shaping tho
action of the Convention His relations to Robert.
son no one seems able to speak of with authority.
So much for the champions of great moral ideas.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHURCH.
Democratic affairs as detailed here of peculiar
interest and it would seem US though a union of
Tamnany and her anti among tho possibilities
of the near future 1t is known that division OF
the democracy of New York city has always
democrats. Returns are quoted to show that
when tho city democracy has been . unit the demo-
cratic vote polled throughout the State has been
much greater than when dssensions rife. As
the issues which have divided tho New York county
democracy have been purely local 1t is reasoned,
with much fairness. that those issues could not OF
themselves influence democrats in remote counties.
This being the claim 1t is maintained that the moral
effect OF the division is alone responsible for the fall
ing of Of democratic votes in the State. solid"
at east nine NE" .nsy a ,
for the party throughout the State and
10 lost to the ticket TINS vote wSaa
Workers. that Mayor Coopcr's administration has
been anything but satisfactory to tho men who
were Instrumental in organizing the campaign
against Tammany and sche and in favor OF Tilden
aud Cooper. The failure of tho Mayor TO provide tor
these men has caused falling of OF those who
were powerful and expert workers in his cause.
poverty makes strange bcdfcllows," and the
who were displaced by tho Mayor and ' aoS
srnor have found kind Of sympathy
cause against common enemy. and in n certain
contingencyth the nomination of Chief Justice Church
Tor Governor-there every reason believe that
the democratic breach IN New York city Will DO
healed. There are many facts In support OF the
reasonablcness Of this hope. Senator OBrens state
ment Mt the New York custom House concerning
Mr. Tiden, and his opinion of Mr. Cooper's course,
Senator Bxbys present attitude ana number Der, Of
IL IN easy task. This much being generally known
sought out among the politicians here the
who since the death of that arch opponent of Tam
many has been the guiding star Of the opposition.
Learning that OK Senator Bixby. the gentleman
ferred TO, was stopping Mt the states. went there
to get from him some definite Information concern
ing the sayings aud doings OF Chief Justice Church
during his sojourn here. Like all public men the |
Judge convcrsed with everybody whom nc knew, |
republicans and democrats OF all stripes. and on the
subject OF politics he was outspoken. A handle has
been ndde OF the fact that himself and |
John Kelly were in conversation and 1t has |
been sought to make II appear that no had identified
himself with one wing Of his party The interview
had with ex- senator Dixby will efcctually dispose
OF this IMPRESSION and make IL clear to all that the
Chief Justice is the OF all others who eau con-
solidate the party In New York city. cannot learn
that any union has yet been effected between Tam