, 1880-05-30
NEW YORK ANTI-GRANT.

NEW YORK ANTI-GRANT.
TIE ADVANCE GUARD OF THE NEW YORK
PK0TEsTERs
against the rule of Conkllng, which has
hitherto been represented by the Brooklyn
delegation, was reinforced last night by the
arrival at the Palmer Of a delegation from
the central and northern part of the State.
The party consists of State Senator Web
ster Wagner, Senator William B. Wbodfn, OF
Auburn; Senator John B. butcher, Of
Ducthess County; Senator L. B. Sessions,
of Panama; the Hon. James w.
Hustled, of Peekskill; the Hon. J. J.
Belden, Of Syracuse; aud the Hon.
David Mccarthy, Of Syracuse. This COM
prises the delegates Of the party, who are
anti-Grant strongly, except Re]den, who is
strongly Grant, but is understood to be OPP
posed to the unit rule. Accompanying the
delegation are ". q. Robertson, of katonah,
w. W. Rockwell, of Glens Falls, B. F. Baker,
Of Ballston, G. W. Allen, Of Auburn, ]. Y.
Baker, Jr, of Constock, and ". ". Braman,
Of Albany. The party left Albany at 3:lo
D. III. Friday, and arrived at the Palmer
House at O'Clock last evening.
They travelled from New York in SEN
ator Wagner's private drawlng-room and
sleeping-car. Last night, before they had
been here an hour, they entered on vigor-
Gus campaign, and propose to make their
voice heard from now until Gen. Grant and
the third-term idea is defeated. They-with
the one exception-are unanimous III favor OF
the abolition Of the unit rule, and propose to
sustain the Illinois delegation, characterize
ing the outrage here as one wholly unparal-
leled in political history. Most OF the party
were too tired to be captured by the report
ers, and two stayed out too. late for the re-
porters' patience, but their views can be eX-
pressed in the following Interviews:
SENATOR SESSIONS,
tall, stately, and withal good looking, was
found after supper in Par1Or q, the head
quarters Of the New York anti Grant men,
and willingly gave his views OIL the New
York detection and things.
How many anti Grant men are there IN
the New York delegatlon?" asked the re-
'At heart, there are about thirty. OF
those who will refuse to obey the Instructions
there are fully sixteen. Yes, ,you may safely
Grant if there vert: such thing as q secret
ballot, of which there has been some talk
Are not Convention ballots necessarily
ope4w' pea;, - ,no,n, . .o,;,;o., oonron+;on
makes its own rules and this one may make
such rule as will give these men a chance
to O. express , the honest sentiments of the peo-
'Aow will the delegation vote on the unit
"Twenty-two or twenty-three will vote
openly to abrogate it entirely. Several dele
gates who are for Grant won't vote to sus-
tain any such proposition as that"
sena'dr Mno j; i your own choice for President
~ am opposed to Grants nomination, be-
cause, i'll the first place, do not believe lie
can be elected, and, III the second place, be-
cause, Of the, methods which have been re-
shall vote for Blaine because my district
the Thirty-t}iru, one Of the extreme western
ones-instructed me by every vote i'll it
but one to vote for him.
sonal, is it?''
mo, sir. We are not opposed to him
personally. We know it is impossible for
| him to carry New York. The feeling Of op-
position to him in the rural districts is per-
"a town which polls a large Republican
yote-riley called a meeting to elect dele
gates. 1t was held between and i in the
| afternoon, and there was scarcely any
| electioneering resorted to to bring out vote.
Blaine, 742; Grant, e.
| II your opinion, how would it stand all
u I nave no doubt but two-tl,irds of the
I'll UQl CLttLE hO4lu Qt UppuSEQ
| to Grants nomination, il tile proposition
| could be submitted to them at the polls. You
may ride right through the country in West
er1l New York, and you will hardly find a
| Grant man. 1t is the same way III the east
ern part Of the State, along the uudson."
| Does this feeling that he could not be
elected come from the known opposition to
the third ter1n?''
Not so much. A good many are opposed
to that, but the third term doesn't trouble me
at all. 1t is the manner III which these Con-
| yelltlons have been held, the bulldozing
that that has been carried On. and tile lie
Ct the. the party, ;,. and the people know
fairly represented. Take Conkling's own
district, for instance. It went against him,
but they got fellow who Ind been elected
by the anti-Conkllng people to vote the other
way after he was elected. BY that vote lie
got into the Convention
| We have had a good sample Of Senatorial
bulldozfng i'll Illinois, SenatOr.'
's 1ou have, decidedly. It seems to me as
if the people would be On the point OF reyo-
lutinn."
"They can probably look to yon New York
anti1;rant, anti-lnaclline men to sustain their
twenty contesting delegates?''
"Yes, sir; you can enlphahcally, and to
a good many from New York who are moi
| anti-GIant"
| SENATOR Hustled
was not feeling we'll, and retired early,
| htat mot before lie had visited parfor 0 and