New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-15
nr1Nrn BY TILE EornrH or July.

should. more still az though he couid hot w
elected. Being gentleman for whose ADM
ties we entertain high respect, we THINK none
the less of him for his ambition to hnd a
place in which to give them scope. Not ieei-
ING called upon TO 90 so far as TO say we
would like to see him elected Governor, we
are free TO say we would I've picaseu " S''
the measure OF his ambition hllcd 10 'h'
extent OF his nomination for that once
For having been next door, as
were. to the GOvenorship, 10y two terms ser
wee as Iicuten1ni-Goyem0r there Woulu DC
the ioy Of promotion. and the satisfaction o.
having come within one of il, in simply beng
nominated for Governor by his party. But
somehow he has hard luck. Two years ago
he came very near capturing the nomnation'
but John Kelly headed BIN of Win some
untin,elv remarks about the necessity Tor
nominating a man who was either a born OF
importca Democrat. The supple and saga
cIous Spliggs fooled the convention tehPoIa-
rilv with IloratiO Seymour. ana eNehlu'h5
Mr. Ti,den, whom DOrsheimer had server WIN
self-sacrifcing zeal at st. l. MS, succeeded ID
pgvmc him off by nominating Lucius koOn-
son. MIR. Tilden, it may be here remarked is
great, but not grateful, statesman.
Subsequently Mr.. Dorsheimer removed from
Buflalo to this city. He continued, OF course
70 be q Reformer. But he found here TWO
kinds of Reform raging. One was the Ilidch
Reform, which was directed toward oastlhE
MIR. John Kelly from the control OF Iammany
Hall and city politics the other was The hely
Reform. the aim of which was TO prevent III
den from controlling the State Convention ana
directing State politics. The Tiden Reform
ers said Kelly was Il despOt, and the Kelly
Reformers said Tilden was a fraud. Far be
it from us TO take sides in this controversy, or
DENY the truth Of either allegation. MIR. Dor
sheimer, with his intimate knowledge OF the
TiIden Reform, Immediately took the Kelly
side, and arraycd himself in hostility to BIS
former associates. Thcrcupon Mr.. John Kelly
made up his mind that it was not essential that
q man should have been born Democrat
IN oder to be q Democratic candidate for
Governor. He is quite willing that Nj.
Dorshcimer should receive the nomination.
So is Mr.. Aorsheimer. Whether the lattcr's
visit to the saloon Of Mr.. Justus Schwab last
Summer. ostensibly to learn what were the
grievances OF That active phllanthrOpiat
against existing institutions, had any conDcc-
ton with Mr.. Dorshcimcfs political asIira-
ti0us, we cannot say. SchWab cyitcntly
Thought it had. He gave il large publicity,
thereby extending his reputation as q leader,
and promolng the sale OF his beer. Mr..
Dorsheimer, it will be remembered dismayed
at the fame of the Schwab interview, fed
into the Businesses OF Europe leaving Schwab
TO detail his own version oil the negotiations
as he retailcd his beer.
A movement a few months ago to nominate
Horatio Seymour for GOycrnor-the Belmont
gathering sO-called-Was generally under
stood to be, in fact, the first step toward Sc
curing the nomination for Mr.. DOrsheimer.
Mr.. Seymour Is now used by the Democratic
party mostly for such purposes. Another
step III the same direction was the appoint
ment of Mr.. DOrsheimer to give what they
call the Long Talk " at the Fourth of July
celebration at Tammany Hall, II was here
that his bad luck seems TO have eliminated.
For instead of talking about the extra session
as 1.-THE second greatest epoch in the
struggles for human liberty as Mr..
Ben Hill did, OF giving them tally" of the
Samuel Cox order he talked about popular
education and things of that sort IN way
that exaspe1ated the thirsty, discouraged the
impulsive, and put the Sachems TO sleep. In
fine course of this essay he remarked of the
danger of people being educated beyond their
station. that "the differences of condition
"every day becoming wider and deeper give
"ample security against 1t. Probably not
one Democrat in a Thousand has the remotest
idea what it means-we doubt If Mr.. DORIS
beimer does-but his Anti-Tammany Oppo-
nents Immediately slashed 1t out OF the adj
dress and began saying, "What sort of Dem
ocracy do YOU call this ~ and the crowd tool,
il for granted that as they couldn't under
stand it, it must mean something dreadful.
II frightened poor Mir. DOrsheimer so that he
made Il break for newspaper Office at once.
and denied saying any such thing. But that
WAS too thin, for the newspapers had it under
his own hand and proved il. The impetuosity
of his denial only deepcned the conviction in
the minds of Democrats who had spelt it out
laboriously without understanding it. that it
was some sort of treason; and the consequence
is that since the Fourth of July Mr.. DOrshcimer
has so far lost favor with the party that his
chances for the nomination have almost dis
appeared. This is a sad fate for one so
Young. But he might have known what
would come OF indulging i'll that sort Of talk
in Tammany Hall. Mr. Benjamin Hill knew
better. He howled to them about struggles"
and "epochs." and such, and they rose up
at him with vociferous applause. 1t doesn't
nav TO fire over the heads of al audience
particularly TammaDy audience.
We are really sorry Mr.. DOrsheimer has
killed his chances. But we hope that some
time. after he has recovered from the blow Of