The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-22
RESULTS or THE BATTLE
In the Syracuse Conventions.
Opinions Of the Press on the Situation
How II Lo1kS fram Different Points
OF View to Some Able Political
Editors OF New York City.

NEw YoRK, April 2l.-Commenting up
on the proceedings yesterday Of the rival
Syracuse Conventions, the Herald says the
result is substantial victory for Tildeu.
The Tammany Convention may be re-
garded as fiasco. Tilden has shown even
more than his usual ability as dexterous
political strategist, shrewdly attempting
no more than he was able to accomplish.
He has won a decided victory in such
way as to give no handle to his adYersa-
ries. He has skillfully mansged his own
Convention, and Is as much master Of the
New York delegation as il it had been in
structed to vote for his nomination. Al
though the delegates were not pledged to
Tilden, a large majority Of his friends and
the unit rule will enable them to control the
delegation in his interest. It is improb-
able that any delegate will 20 10 Cincin-
but 1.-THE game Is well played, Tilden will
be able 10 select the candidate II he should
despair Of getting the nomination himself.
II the Convention can be kept In pro-
tracted deadlock through twenty or thirty
ballotings, the possibility Of Tilden, by
some artiul stroke, resuscitatlng his own
claims and concentrating the Convention
on himself, but this seems unlikely. |
While he may not be strong enough to
carry New York State for himself he has |
power enough TO prevent the election oil
any candidate whose nomination he |
might regard as slur upon himself.
The World calls the regular Convention |
farce aud says il bad become perfectly |
well known before the Faulkner Conyen-
ton met that the State Committee would |
represent nothing in the world but the
personal views and personal aspirations
Of Tilden. Probably not dozen intelli.
gent Democrats in the State accept it as
representing the Democratic party Of the
State OF New York. 1t was, however, |
quite as well known that Tilden had be-
come morally and physically incapacitated
for the position oil Democratic candidate |
for the Presidency and quite as well
known also that great majority OF the
Democratic party is irrevocably opposed |
TO the nomination Of Tilden. without and
in consideration OF his moral and physical
condition, and finally, 1t was well known
that an active minority was not only op.
posed 10 his nomination, but pledged at all
hazards to defeat his election should he be |
nominated. This minority last year
showed its ability to defeat his election by
defeating the reelection OF Governor
Robinson, upon the sole ayowed ground
that Robinson was In some sort repre- |
sentative Of Tilden.
The Times says the net result by the two |
conventions leaves the Democratic party |
OF New York little further from harmony
than It was before. The Kelly delegates
returned from Syracuse a broken and
dispiriled failure. Tilden's supporters de-
moustrated their power to do as they
pleased, and very adroitly accomplished
all that was necessary TO secure the sup
port OF their candidate at Cincinnati, with
out provoking contest over instructions
or a serious protest sgainst dictRtion.
New York is indispensable TO Democratic
success, and IL New York cannot be car
ried with Tilden, 1t certainly cannot with
out him.
The Sun says: The Democracy Of New
York adhere to Mr.. Tilden solidly and eI-
clusiyely, because he was elected Presi-
dent OF the United States in 1876. and be-
cause he and they were cheated utof that
election, and they are for his nomination
now, mot because they love him personally, |
but because they believein the rights oiself
government aud wish TO vindicate that
right in 1850 in the most empAlhic manner
possible.
The Star, John Kelly's paper, says the
fight Is forced upon us, and to the bitter |
end will It be fought. The Democracy
has two objective points in view, the sal |
vation OF the nation and the vindicalion |
OF its own honor, aud neither can be
achieved but by vigorous, active and con-
tinuous work against the insOlent faction
that would endanger both. 1t cannot be
too often repeated that the nomination OF
Tilden would involve the election Of
Grant. Better a thousand times than the
elevation Of Tilden, the undisguised tyr
amy Of a military despot. That might
come to be respected for It's boldness.
The sneaking seldshness Of q coward
traitor could never win respect or COM
maud approval. Under military despotic
rule the Democracy could at least preserve
its dignity, and in disapproval assume an
attitude oil pride. With Tilden (aye, or
a Tildenite) in power, the Democracy
would have the humiliation OF being q
party to the seridom and factor in its
own dishonor.