New-York tribune., 1880-06-26
THE JUS77WC1TI0N or TAuMiNY.

THE JUS1IIICJIION OF I1NNINl.
Tammany comes back from Cincinnati with
it's policy yindicatcd and it, action justified. 1t
is Mr. Kelly who has trumphcd in the result of
the Convention it is the Tammany delegation
that comes back glecGul with victory and rosy
with success a bOllng minority III the City
and the State without the forms OF regularity;
faction that not only had incurred the Odium
of Il bolt which had already once divided and
defeated the party, but which provoked hos
tiliy by continued defiance and persistent
thlcats Of boiling unless thcIr demands were cJn-
piled with; with tine National Committee opposed
TO them from the start, ami Il Convention 80
hostile that they were received only with Kisses
and their leader WAS refused hcaring-thcy
lived to see the Convention and the party come
to their terms and acccdc to their ultmatum,
while they were chcclcd to the echo, and their
leader amid the wild applause of the assembly,
had the satisfaction of Offering, with sccl:lc ac-
compartment and dramatic effect, his forgive
ness to the men whom he had defeated.
Months ago the Tammdmy Democracy drew
its lines and drove its stakes. 1t has never
wavcrcd an Iota from the position it ,lcn took
Mr.. Kelly and his followers did not mincc words
in the least in their statement OF the issue
They said to the party in the Nation: Nj. Til
I" den must not be- nominated. If you nominate
him we shall bolt tha ticket, and you will lose
ANew-York and all your chances of Success"
1t was as plain md straightforward defiance
as could be uttered. And TO attest their sin
ccIity III it and their fixed determination to
carry out the threat they had only to point to their
action i'll 1879, when, upon the party's refusal
TO submit to their dictatiOn, they went ont and
C., Il I
whclming Democratic defeat of that year. II
could not be doubted that they meant business.
True, they insisted constantly that their onlv
desire was for harmony and unity; they kept
pleading for peace, but they always put an in.
possible condition before It. I heir olive branch
was thick stick with hard knobs on il. and
they offered it from the shoulder butt end first.
1t was this attitude OF the Iammany faction.
offensive rs it was by reason of its arrogance
and defiance, that defeated the sole represruta-
tive of the party's sole issue, and drove the
patty to the selection of some other candidatc
than Mr. Tildcn. But for this, there can be no
doubt that 1'ilden and probably IIcndIicks-the
old ticket-would have been nominated at Gin
cinnati. We can now see, moreover, that tho
Iammany position was greatly strengthened
and fortified by the fact that they had already
shown their eIrnestness in the bolt Of 1879,
which resulted in Governor RObinsOn's defeat.
Had this record not been made, the 'Iildcn men
might well have said to the Democrats of other
States that these threats were empty and that
as soon as Mr. Tilden should be nominated Mr..
Kelly and lis followers would fall in and support
the ticket Just as they did in 1876, when the
same sort of talk was INDUCED in before the
nomination was made. But now Tammqny rad
given proof of its stubbornnes, of purpose, AID
there could be no question or tie execution Of