The Portland daily press., 1880-04-22
The Syracuse Convention,

Mr.. Tild en- has secured the seventy votes
of New York in the Cincinnati Convention,
and that is all the Syracuse gathering has
yielded him. The adoption of the unit
rule gives him the entire delegation, for it
is altogether improbable that the contesting
Tammany delegation will be recognized.
But it is doubtful if the Syracuse triumph
will materially aid Mr.. Tilden's aspirations.
The seventy thousand voters who follow
Mr.. Kelly have through their representa-
tives reaffirmed in positive language their
determination to bolt the Tilden nomina-
ton if made, and without their aid New
York cannot be carried for the Democracy.
Recognizing this unpleasant fact the Gin
cinnati Convention will hardly dare to put
the candidate of 1876 again before the pople,
especially as the history of the cipher des-
patches and the Maine conspiracy has spoilt
the "fraud'' cry, the only real issue that
the New York politician can contribute to
the campaign.
No one will be quicker to learn the lesson
of the Syracuse Convention than Mr.. Tilden.
That sagacious politician will not care to
court disaster, and his part will be to
assume the magnanimous and sacrifice his
personal ambition to the welfare of the
party. In that case he will name the NOM
inee, and the interest attaching to the
Cincinnati Convention will be centered and
will take the form of speculation as to his
favorite.
THE death of Dr. Kenealy announced by
cable on Friday, recalls the history of the
TichbOrne conspiracy-the most remarkable
case of imposture in the annals of the Eng
lish courts. The Claimant" protesting to
be Roger Charles Tichborne, and legal heir
to estates in England worth e24, 200 year,
brought suit to recover in May, 1871; but
after trial lasting 103 days he was non
suited. His trial for perjury began on the
23d of April, 1878, and continued until Feb
ruary %, 1874, when he was convicted and
sentenced to fourteen years penal service.
Through all the exciting and varying phases
of the prolonged trial, DR.. Kenealy fought
for him with consummate skill and energy,
and got himself into all sorts of trouble by
bullying the Court, making bitter speeches,
and writing abusive letters. But the noto-
riety he obtained brought the distinguished
counsel so prominently before the public
that DIR. Kenealy was subsequently enabled
to write NJ P. after his name.
THE strength of the Liberal majority
shows that the party will be safe in taking
the most radical measures. The Irish Land
act of 1879 will probably be made operative.
The Ulster tenant right may be extended to
Ireland as fully as Mr.. Gladstone first pro-
posed, and the substitution of peasant for
absentee landholders may be gradually
brought about. The extension to Ireland of
the English franchise, the reformation of
the Irish poor laws. and a better Irish edn-
| catTunai system VIII demand the attention
of the Liberal Administration. Local gov
ernment in the counties, the creation OF
new classes of rural voters, and laws to
facilitate the sale of real estate are de-
manded in each of the Kingdoms Hard
blows against the law of primogeniture and
the entail system may be expected.