Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
Tilden Still on Top,

The Democrats of New York have
held their State Conventions. There
were not three, as some expected, but
there were two, which was really Just
as bad. The Democracy of the Empire
State is now put together on the bicycle
plan, only the wheels persist in running
in opposite directions. They did shat
at Syracuse yesterday, and will at the
polls in November unless something
extraordinary should occur to preventit,
The net result of yesterday may be
very briefly stated The regular Con-
ventiOn, the only one which can have
any formal recognition at Cincinnati,
was run entirely in the Tilden interest.
The seventy delegates designated 20 at
tend the National Convention were in
structed to vote rs unit, and to insist
upon the twO-thirds rule. This is not
all. The Convention clinched the nail
beyond all chance by declaring that if
any delegate refused to vote with the
majority, his seat should be thereby
vacated and given to some one else
chosen by the delegation The effect
will be that the Chairman of the dele
cation will, upon every roll-call, an
nOunce that New York casts her seven
ty votes for Samuel j. Tilden, or what
ever motion may be made in his inter-
est. Unless death orparalysis comes TO
its rescue, the Democracy cannot shake
off "the old man of the sea-" He is
sure of at least q little more than one
third of the National Convention at the
outset, and his strength is so very posi-
tive and personal that it will be abso-
lutte in its mastery of the situation. Be-
tween the unit rule made final, and the
maintenance of the customary two
thirds rule, Gramercy Park has the
necessary upper and neither mill-stones
for grinding out the desired Tilden
grist
Mr.. Kelly, the boss of Tammany Hall
and Tilden's enemy, was member of
the st. Louis Convention of 1876. He
made a speech to the delegates, in
which he insisted that Tilden could not
carry New York. He proved a false
prophet. He will not be a member OF
the Cincinnati Convention, and TO his
prediction that Tilden cannot carry
New York in 1880, the friends of the
latter will reply, "That was your
prophecy four years ago You were
mistaken then, and your opinion now is
entitled to no weight. '" The Re-
publicans did not expect TO carry
that State in 1876. Tilden had
its entire patronage in his hands,
was generally popular, and Mr.. Conk-
ling was lukewarm in the support of
Mr.. Hayes. Now the State Govern.
ment is Republican, and Mr.. Conklino-
will cordially support.whoever is nomi-.
mated even though it be Blaine or
Sherman. Kelly is still the supreme
power in New York city politics, and
can at least prevent the usual wholesale
frauds of the Democracy in that city,
and, under the circumstances, will do
so. In effect, that viii be a very seri-
GUS bolt.
The State Convention of the Kellyites
yesterday not only appointed delegates
to Cincinnati, but nominated Electors
at-Large. They also pronounced very
strongly in favor of Horntio Seymour
for President. That disposes of him.
tie cannot be taken up now. The Ma
tlonal Convention will not dare to NOM
mate the pet OF the bOlters That would
be too palpable and gross an insult
to the regulars of the party to be
thought OF.
On the whole, then, while the Re-
publican nomination is still in doubt
the Democracy might as well surrender
now without reservation to Samuel J.
Iilden, with English, of Indiana, Palm
er, OF Illinois, or some other Western
man, as candidate for Vice. President.
-Chlcago Journal.