Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-18
NEW YORK POLITICS.
The Plan Adopted by the Robinson
Democrats TO Carry the State
They are Confident of
Success.
n. Y. Sun.

They are Confident of
Success.
N. Y Sun.
ALBANY, October 81 met a
| Robinson Democrat yesterday who
is confident his party will carry the
State. Looked at from one point
of vieW," said he, sit is very sim
| pie matter. We want a certain
number of votes, and the only ques-
tion is how to get them. We know
in advance what the Republicans
can do, and those who are wise may
guess pretty accurately at what
they will do. They cast in round
numbers 490, 900 votes for Hayes in
1876, 440, 900 for Grant in 1872, and
366, 900 for Dix in 1874. Their vote
in 1877 was 100000, and in 1878 it
800, 900. We concede to them this
year 450, 900 votes, which is libe-
raj estimate, and more than some
of Mr.. Cornell's most active work
ers are inclined to claims To Offset
this, and to provide against contin-
gencies, we propose to get out 49,,
900 votes for Robinson. We know
they are to be had, for RObinson's
vote in 1876 was $4,000, and the
aggregating voting population does
not diminish, but steadily in
creases."
"But that was a Presidential elec-
tion, and it is impossible now to
arouse the interest which existed
then"
"NO, it is not impossible, though
| admit it is difficult, owing to the
shortneSS of time. l am not sure
but what the people are more inter
ested in the canvass than they were
in that of 1876. You will see that
my estimate reduces RObinson's
vote $4,000 below what it was three
years ago"
but how, in the face OF party di-
visions, are you going to work to
develop this immense strength ?'
"The divisions will help us. A
revolt, if it does not get beyond
control, always helps a party in
power. You know how it was in
1872. The Republicans in this State
who declared for Greeley appeared
to constitute balance of power.
They seemed to be strong in num-
bers, and the record showed that
they Were-or had been-infuential.
For time the Democrats were
cheerful and hopeful as could be
desired over the accession of their
new converts, and the regular Re-
publicans were doubtless frightened.
But this state of things did not last
long, Every man who remained
in the Grant party felt it incum-
bent on him to double work, while
those who had entered the alliance
were so confident of success that
they did comparatively nothing.
The result was that the Liberals
were beaten, and the divided Re
publicans proved stronger than
they had ever been when they were
united. Take another illustration
of the election of 1874. When Gen. |
Dix was renominated perfect har-
mony prevailed, and the delegates
went home from the Convention |
congratulating themselves on the |
certainty of success. But when Mr.. !
Tilden was nominated at Syracuse, |
a third of the delegates voted |
against him and foretold his defeat, |
while the other two-thirds were
gloomy at the prospect of a divided |
party. But Tilden was elected by |
80, 900 majority. In the present in
stance every true Democrat is par
incensed against the Kelly
bolt, for it is utterly inexcusable.
Here is a Democrat-John Kelly
who owes much to the Democratic |
party, but who seeks, for the mere |
of his personal spite, to i
make A. b. Cornell Governor of /
the State. In the old divisions be-
tween the Hunkers and Barnburn-
ers there was question of principal
involved; but here there is none.
In those divisions, also, there was
an equality of strength in the con-
tending factions. The Barnburners,
though they were irregular in 184S,
cast six thousand more votes for
Governor than the Hunkers, who
were regular. Kelly's bolt does not
even profess to embrace more than
one voter in ten. 1t can have no
purpose other than to promote Re-
publican success. This knowledge
is appreciated by Democrats, and it
them to the most earnest
efforts. But spontaneous enthusi-
asm is not our sole dependence. We
shall have the best organization
that was ever seen in the State"
| ventured to remark: 81 see by
the Republican newspapers that
Mr.. Tilden has contributed $500, 900
toward the expenses of the cam
paign."
"Yes; you see a great many fool
ish falsehoods in the Republican
papers. The State Committees of
the two parties combined have not
spent $500, 900 between them during
the whole of the past six years. If
the Democratic Committee can raise
s50, 900 for the expenses of the can
vass, they will do well. That will
be four times as much as they had
in 1875, when they did considerable
work. Money is always needed to
a political victory, but the
sum required is much smaller than
Is generally supposed. New York
IS too big to be a venal State, The
vote does not constitute
i balance of power, We ooncede ii
to our opponents, and still have
enough left to win with. We want
llOHCy OilIy luI itSltlululc puE EpOSco,
which is equivalent to saying that
we do not want great deal of it
and we shall have what we need.
But what we depend on is cur
"But Mr.. Cornell is also good
isn't he ?p
livery good In. his way, but ne
never reaches beyond the lines of
his party. He contents himself
with counting the noses of those
who are already enlisted, while we
are working all the time for re-
cruits. He assumes that the Re-
publicans will vote for him, and he
appeals only to their partisanship
and not to their reason, He assumea
further that the4e are a great Iaany
dissatisfied Democrats who will J