The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-16
The state ommittee-What Does 1t
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should meet at Rochester or Syracuse.
The Tilden men-so the HEaALD's CORE
spondent reports-held caucus just be-
fore the State Committee assembled and
determined that the Convention should
meet at Syracuse, and, making this motion
in the committee, it was natural that 1t
should be unanimously adopted. One OF
the surest ways to agree with your oppo-
nent is to do what he wants to do. Thus
everything is harmonious, SO far.
The HERALD's correspondent at Niagara
is evidently little puzzled at the result
He shows that Mr. Tilden has managed to
secure a majority of the State Committee
eighteen to fifteen, and yet he sees that the
anti-Tilden men have the choice of the place
of meeting OF the Convention. If he had
known the curious history which our WASH
ington correspondence recites elsewhere he
would have understood the reason for
conclusion which now seems to him un-
accountable.
The HERALD's Washington correspondent
reports, on the authority of prominent
Western democrat, that Mr.. Tilden was re-
Gently visited by deputation of Western
men friendly to his Presidential views, who
admonished him frankly that unless he
could manage to harmonize his party in
this State, SO as to carry the State election
this fall, and by decisive majority, they
would feel compelled to abandon him and
take upa Western candidate The demo-
cratic party. they told him according to
this report, cannot afford to place its
chances Of success next year on an uncer-
tain State, and if New York were lost, or
were even carried only by small majority,
they would be compelled to hold it
an uncertain State. In that case they
would think it their duty to drop
Mr.. Tilden and take up some West
ern man, like General Ewing, or Senator
Davis of Illinois. Hence, being his
friends, they urged him to run no risks
with New York, but to do all in his power
to harmonize his party and carry the State
by large majority. The report further
says that this Western delegation took the
precaution to relate their conversation with
Mr.. Tilden to several of his prominent
friends and supporters in New York; and
tidence, that some days ago a general re-
port of this movement came to our knowl-
edge; so that we have little doubt that our
Washington correspondent is correctly in
formed.
The truth is, we suppose, that Mr..
Tilden's idea-which he developed to a
prominent Southern democrat some months
ago-that it was possible to lose New York
this fall and regain it next year, seems to
these Western democrats 'playing too fine
game" They probably do not pretend to
understand New York democratic politics;
izing the party, and they fear that there are
not enough democrats in this State to sue
cesstully divide into two parties. No doubt
they are willing to admit that Governor
Robinson is good man; but the question
they ask is, Can he be elected? If there is
any doubt about that they would prefer to
see Mr.. Tilden drop the Governor
and consent to the nomination of
some other man who could unite
the party. We suppose that, whatever
may be Mr.. Tilden's views. his followers
see the force of this reasoning; and it is not
difficult to see in the action OF the Tilden
part OF the State Committee yesterday the
first step to a surrender OF Governor Rob-
inson. They would not openly surrender
at Niagara, but they went where the anti
Tilden men wanted to go to Syracuse. So
they may not openly and brutality fling
Governor Robinson overheard, but it is
highly probable that they will, when
the Convention meets, produce another
candidate, and by coincidence as strange
as that which has puzzled our Niagara cor
respondent this candidate will be accept
able to the anti-Tilden men and to Mr..
Kelly.
That is, We suppose, the real meaning of
the unexpected harmony in the State Com
mittee 1t was believed that the Tilden
members of the committee would intro
duce and, as they have the majority.
would pass resolution binding
all who enter the Convention to
accept its conclusions. This would have
been embarrassing to Mr.. Kelly and the
Tammany men who have publicly declared
that in the event of Governor Robinson's
denomination they would bolt. But no such
resolution was brought forward, and we
have little doubt that when the Convention
meets Tammany will find it's way into that
body unobstructed. Whatever Mr.. Tilden
and Governor Robinson may wish, their
adherents are evidently determined on har-
mony and success.
Will it be some one from the HERALp's list
which we observe attracts the attention of the
politicians Or will dark horse be trotted
out at the last moment? Mr.. Kelly is be-
lieved to prefer Judge Church, and the