Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-21
BOSS KELLY.
That John thinks of the Situation.
Cincinnati Special to Chicago Tribune.]

|
At $3.50 O'Clock this evening Grand Sachem
John Kelly and party arrived from New York.
| He was met at the depot by your correspondent,
and in company with Augustus Schell and Gen.
| Spinola escorted to his rooms at the Burnett
House. The Grand Sachem never looked bet-
| ter nor felt in a more confident and amiable
mood. After half hours friendly converse
| he yielded to the reportorial sense OF duty:
Oor.-'Mr. Kelly, you must be aware that
the success of the approaching Democratic
convention depends, SO far as the public is con-
cerned, upon the attitude you and your TRENDS
shall assume. Come you for peace, or come
you for WARP"
Kelly-"For peace, sir-peace ana pros
perity to the great Democratic party"
Cor.-"Which answer implies support OF
Samuel J. Tilden should the convention re-
nominate him?"
Kelly-'No; speak not only for myself but
for hundreds-nay, thousands-of the truest
and best Democrats in the State Of New York.
We will never support Mr.. TIlden at the polls.
We come here representing vital question,
and shall contest it before the committee on
credentials If defeated there, we shall con-
test it in the convention; if defeated there by
the machinations of Tilden's friends, l say,
again. we will contest it at the polls. There
were two conventions at Syracuse, one or
which we claim was regular, honest, and IN
accordance with the customs of the Democratic
party The other was controlled by Illden ana
his machine. Yet we made overtures to that
convention which were rejected. We intend to
and feel justified in appealing to the national
convention. We are sustained by the DEM
ocracy of every assembly district In the county
of New York and in many of the rural dis
tricts, Such lifelong and distinguished DEM
ocrats as Amasa J. Parker, Dewitt @. West,
Judge Comstock, William w. Wright, Erastus
Brooks, Judge Ruger, and scores OF ike names
familiar in State and national politics, sustain
our delegation in its contest against tne TOOLS
of Samuel J. Tilden."
Cor.-"But has not Mr.. Tilden an equally
long list of distinguished Democrats IN MS
following?"
KellyP"No; Mr.. Tilden is old man,
nearly 70 years of age. he has no political fu-
ture. He has few or no political friends"
Cor.-s'Yet his workers here claim that he
can carry New York notwithstanding your and
Tammany's opposition. Is that true!'
Kelly-'It is not hlr.STilden cannot carry
New York without the vote of New York county
ty. He did not do SO in 1876, when we all gave
him an earnest support. Then he came into
New York county $4,000 behind, but we gave
him 81 600 majority, and that is how ne came
to carry New York State by 10000 or ~, OOU ma
jority."
Cor.-eSuppose then, Mr.. Kelly that Tilden
is defeated here, will he give the nominee his
support?"
Kelly-"In view of our past experiences
| with him it matters little whether he supports
or Opposes the nominee of this convention. i
saw. again, he is an old man without any poitl-
cal future, whose followers are attached by nc
ties of friendship, and who will Leave him nj
once if this convention refuse 10 put h1m al
the head of the ticket. >"
Cor-''In the event of the convention recog-
nizing your delegation, what action Will you
take?"
Kelly-'sWe stand ready to pledge ourselves
| to support any man whom the convention may
| name, save and except Samuel j. Tilden."
Cor-''It is said that you and your friends
are pledged to support Mr.. SEYMOUR"
Kelly9''No; we are pledged to no man. We
have no candidate, shall present no candidate.
We believe this is the grand opportunity pre-
sented the Democratic party to recover the
Presidency from the Republicans. We are FOL
union, and harmony, and success The nom
ination of Tilden means dissenslon and defeat.
The nomination Of aDy true DemGcrot means
SUCCESS"
Cor.-"Do you believe Mr. Seymour viii ac-
cept nomination if it is given him?'
KelIy-"In view of the letter to Mayor
Sprigg, 1 hardly know whether he would OF
not But the convention should make no mis-
take. If it should nominate Mr.. Seymour and
he should decline, l believe it would be dlsas'
trous. l may say just here, however, that IL If
hardly possible for the delegates to go unin-
formed as to the situation in New York State.
By Monday there will be five or six hundred OF
the wealthy and respectable and active Demo
Gratis of the State here. Every one of them
will confirm what say: that the nomination of
Tilden forshadows the loss to the party OF
New York, without which electoral vote it is
conceded no Democrat can be elected. New
York is essentially Democratic State, and
nothing but the nomination of Tilden can
ieopardize her certain majority"