, 1880-02-24
r., pamifcations of the Conkling
~ Machino-Will There Bo q
RoW3
,ho Administration Has frightened
wv Conkllng's Grip OIL the En-
pirc State.
10. Cornell Distributing State Patronage
wv 10 SECURE Grant Delegates to
Utica.
uLa E{roct Of tho, smythe Row at
Albany.
Finn, Our Dpn Correspondtnt.

..otc Convention, which 1ncetS al O'sch o1l
1wsdncsday of next week, rs ah event al |
,e.t Importance In tic forthcoming prcsi-
i"n,;oi "di campaign. A good many of the New
".' '.a1,: Conrrrss!nen will be there. From MI
,nx,amdrd ink will, tho New York Nepnl'-
u..ns hero who know tho mist nbDnt tic
'sII o1,,ics Of their Stntc, have obtained many
i,.ts md conclusions. which have here Ut
tsnpted to summarize.
VIII. T1IE1E 1T: A 1loW3
r,na Of tic must interesting questions Ill
.,uneetlon with the Convention is, whether
n wifi be harmonious or not. That Is
"ucstlou nil New York Republicans have
seeu discussing with great deal Of interest
!, L. admitted on nll llnnds Tint the Conkllng
nsehino has large majority of the Con-
rcntIop,- probably as largo rs two-thirtlS,
and. pcrhaps, even greater tlian TINT: The |
machine Is III moro complete working order |
M ,Is year thai, 1t ever wns before. For two
rran mast tho Republican purity Of
Nav York-Ilepublican of afl shades !
n opinlol-llnyo felt TINT 1t wns
NJ Tho utmost Importance for them
n ho)d that portion Of tho State Adminlstrn-
lion Which they already had, and to cnptnro
what t|,o Democrats llal. They have felt for
iho lust two years TINT National questions
entered into their elections; md That their
eIectIons would have Il very marked influence
m the fortunes of tho National Republican
marty, For that reason, there has been al-
most 10 opposition to the Conkllng machine;
and tho most enthusiastic and Jealous work.
ers In behalf of tho SUCCESS Of tho Republican
marty lave been these antt-Conk!lng, nntl-
machine, old Liberal Republicans. This
class Of Republicans Inns In many Instances,
in some OF the strongest Republican coot1-
tIes,-some OF tho counties which give tho
LARGEST Republican lnajorittcs,-not only
worked with great zeal, but has even MAN.
AGED the "macllEpc." They have been Chair
men OF Committees and working men IN tho
party. These men
DO NOT LIKE coEKL1NG
any better now than they ever did, but they
we're So much impressed With tho importance
and gravity Of tic situation that they wcro
willing to sink their opposition to CoMkling
rather than make split In the party, which
would certainly give tho Democrats control
IN tho State, 1t Inns been this feeling that Inns
prevented my real effective rebellion against
ihe tyranny Of the Conkllng 1,achine III Now
York, The "scratchers'" movement last
fall was not political movement. That Is,
It had ut It's head nobody OF my importance
except George William Curtis, WHO Is nun
very lille poiltlca! inMGhfe ~ s 2tMre
mat moyem9nt WIS slMNe ~ ,, sUE AZ tn{
Msli, mno naM 10 o. u,gm1in'1s g,.ai, 1,ns,nd hta iieot
d. G0[neii 1n ~ 'S is,kes 0o HAVE nm thnre
Tas auo 10 t rtnta rnthes tjen "t ~ umv
osf,aa movement On uo lart. mo " L1, III "''tl ~
macnlNn pfu.pie'-aU. ,,.,'s,or .,o r,ai N,r,,oii
tae anttmnGhlno ien sul.pohLn"i ha i,oI Tpt,, hne,,
Wn Us inucM zsat ~ ttvbn bt,a ~ ,,.,ii,,,,a.u u
uler oMn en!laov. M - ~, i.n s|,t %,
TcakGn tno a5ty. " .'nn @ I,s+ un sns ,t.og ~
mc ConkAng nMcnns l1t LIZ ,'Ss H.. W. yHMs, ynr,
niat nAs stIenftlttheo II ,,i,i!,,n ,,onrIo
Mas c0ntEst, tno tiltfSuitth4Gas ,ratnn nsvn1vI
Muaer tlan let tnG Ds!h9fln's uttNct5uuiii
Iaete was my spIlt ~ sne III ps4tS1 w, Wotta ~
eno!'er uelr grievances, ",Gt Mi,n" ,rn., H.
Conk!lng People 70 carry tne clect!1n, !1o amo
result Is, tho machine Is stronger 1han ever
Deiofe. -...--..-
CURIOUS EFFECT OF C1vHrsENV1CE ORDER
NO. l.
In addition To that, the Administration hss
drcctIr Strcnefhened the mnclino IN won
derfui mani,er by its Clvii-Servica policy,
Willie. ASA general thing, Federal officers
are Dot Chatrn!en of Committees or of polit-
ral orenniaatinis. and do not nppear them
selves In tha caycuscs, rs they lid before,
still It IL true tEat tiey-tho minor officers III
Fsleraf Fli'!5icosH oliccs n IN" Nav YorkNwcro never