New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-24
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SENATOR JACOBS ON TrLDEN.


THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION
RISES TO ExPLAN-TILDEy NOT HIS MAN.
IFRoM THE REGULAR coRREsPoNDES- or THE TRIBUNE
ALBANY, April 23.-The speech of Senator
Jacobs late chairman OF the Syracuse Convention III
opposition to tho nomination Of SAMUEL j. 1iden Tor
President was still the subject OF general conversation
in tho Legislature to-day. Senator Sessions, comment
ing upon It before the Senate, said: The Senator is
IKE Ay ia molasses the moro he squtrms aud tries to
explain that speech The less freedom he will have to get
out Of tue position he has placed himself
inn Although Senator JacObs's remarks yes
terday in part were not very frank ne
did not take advantage OF this fact to-day,
but in reply to remarks Of Senator Woodns re-
terated his opposition TO Mr.. Tiden HIS expression OF
opinion to-day was far more unmistakable regarding
it's meaning than yesterday This was due chiefly To an
editorial in The Argus OF to-day declaring that Senator
Jacobss speech yesterday was not meant to be taken
in q serious sense; that 1t only part OF iocuar de-
bate Mr. Manning publisher Of The Argus Is Mr. III
denis right hand man In the interior Of tho State,
and 1t was therefore natural that he should try to
exoain away Senator Jacobss declaration. l. is an
open secret that an arrangement was made between
Senator WOOdin and Senator Jacobs that tho latter
should be given opportunity to reply TO me Argus
editorial and also to show to Democrats throughout the
Union precisely where the Chairman Of the Syracuse
Convention stood regarding the nomination OF Mr..
Tilden.
The opportunity was secured by Senator Jacobs Offer
ing Of all things in tie world resolution that the bils
reducing the pilotaRe fees in NewYOrk Harbor should
DO made q special order Senator Noodin blandly op-
posed the resolution, and then 10 circutOus manner
charged Senator jacobs with political ckleneSS and in
proof of read The Argus editorial to the Senate SEN
ator Jacobs with seeming indignation then replied as
follows:
Mr. President: presume there is no GLASS OF men in
SSn t w Of be slate Of NwYorR For the last
forty years they have been an Incorporated BODY act
delay m this matter. II they are to be abso-
6or tr SssOy tSS xXvt G0 Mr. WoOdn in an
swer TO my proposition that t. the ne, ,pi, ,,t
an editorial In relation matter entirely foreign 70
this subject He speaks OF some remarks that passed
here Yesterday and he speaks OF them as II they were
Of consequence Why cannot lmag ne and
am simply an ipdydpai sTnG epe az a sSface %
matter OF consequence to the gntlemnn or the party
sequence to him or to mas political friends; here or
In that Convention, II may be permitted to say IT,
ga tnat rights Of all parties were protected AS IT'S
chairman represented no interest, and tue Senator
dayHof reading my speech taking the char as chair
man Of the Syracuse Convention ne win see tnat ave
to the Preedengy for acted fairly as so- fha
%G and se an t example, to future
Conventions which they would do wei 10 follow.
deberative body aud &c enlirey impartial. Il was
very difficult, for my own associations IN ls Uody nave
sOnbWDuL JuuhhNHN ANNNH - '''S
Now The speech that made yesterday seems to hav
attracted some attention why do not exactly know;
why, cannot understand. read II over very care
fully. 10 the sterOgTapher for his notes ana
saw nothing in thcm which ought to excite the feengO
curiosity of gentlemen. II man OF more promin.
ence, I could understand why speech OF that Kind
might attract attention, Tut l am not ruL
10 party. / cootrOl no caucus, l govern no
Great set OF men, Take that speech
/ said certain things. stand by every word said.
IApplausP1 rs delegate. aud great many who are
assOciated with me, 10 the Cincinnati Convention
pIedced TO no man. And Will say more than that IL
WAS the unanimous OF the gentlemen who had
control OF tho Syracuse Convention, have control
OF any convention those delegates should all
pledged and tree would not have gone there as o
delegate pledged Mr. Tilden or 70 Mr. Anyone
ese, Now can you find In my speech one single word
aQaippt Mr. Tldenf 1 say this, that II when We reach
Cincinnati We find that Mr.. Tilden Is the most available
and the strongest man. will support him and II We
are satisfied when meet the Democracy OF the eoun
tyy there That he s not the strongest man, We VIII
MEX ont some man who think the strongest man.
Myipdyidual opinion amounts to nothing My individual
opinion is that r. nomination to DO made to-day
do moi believe him TO be the strongest man. But when
reach the Democracy at Cincinnati, and when hear
them talk and find their opinions are different from my
at present opinion s my own property In the mean
time my friend the right suggests the poor pilots
arc suffering.
Ho then withdrew his motion, and the matter was
dropped.