New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-05

not onc Of his decisions has ever been reversed.
determined effort will bo made to nominate him III
pl ce OF Mr. Ward.
For State Treasurer several names were men
toned. Senator Rockwell was talked OF as caHdi-
date although there seemed he little OF an organ
lied effort to nominate him. General Husted was
also spoken Of but stated positively that he was not
a candidate It was said, however, by some OF his
friends that he would accept the nomination If 1t
came 70 him. Rumors also crept about that MI
Wendell was less reluctant than before 10 he renom
mated: and il was thought by some that
if General Carr should be placed upon
| the ticket again, there would DC
strong tendency to add Mr.. Wendell Also
For State Engineer and Surveyor only one or two
names were discussed. William Van Rensselaer,, OF
Seneca, the Deputy Superintendent OF fuphc
Works was spoken of most frequently Dut the
antl-machiue delegates did not e'm to take kindly
to the idea of putting in that office Superintendent
butchers present deputy, and so concentrating in
the hands of the Stawars all the p1tronage OF the
canals. Slas Seymour was so talked Of The sentl-
ment of many with regard to this office, and the
whole ticket was expressed Ey one prominent dele
gate who said Let Us divide the first four places
| evenly between the two sides, and put man
| IN for State Engineer and Surveyor who has no
politics at ALL
There is no longer any expectation that Mr.. Conk-
ling will be here even the part of those of his
friends who nave been anxious that he should
come. IN speaking this subject yesterday
gentleman who knows as much of Mr.
Conkliug's purposes as anybody except Mr..
Conkliug himself made an announcement
of some significance Mr.. CoDknC,'
said he, will never take place in the Cabinet
never-ncver; that you may depend upon. He has
one political ambition, and, believe only one lie
will try to regain hls seat in th Senate in 1850. He
does not want to he President and those who know
what persistent he is will ind 1t easy TO guess
whom he viii favor in 1SSi.'
But Mir. Conllmgs friends say that it will he just
rs much of blow at him, and will he equally re-
seutcd by him. if his alternate is turned out of the
Convention. "a if he were here himself. They are
willing TO compromise upon half the Oneida del
egati0n-both dele cations TO have seats upon the
floor and the vote to be divided between them.
They say that the fact Is that neither
Convention in Oneida County was LEGALLY
| organized, and that the two factions stand
in this respect about on a par. But there was no
comprom-e IN the talk of the anti-Conkliup lead
crs from Oneida County who were ON the ground
Yesterday. Ellis II. Roberts Editor of The Ultra
| Herald Judge Samuel Campbell, venerable, white
haIcd man, who presided at the anti Conkling side
of the famous WhteStown caucus, and eX-Srna-
tor samuel >. LoweTy. who claims Mr.. Conlllnr>
seat in the Convention, the most proWi-
cnt of these. All denounced the idea of any such
| arrangement as grossly unjust TO them. Mr.. Rob
| crts said that Mr.. Conllinc could not have been
| fairly elected to any position in the First District
of Oneida County these seven years and has
not been. Ex-senator Lowerv said that the question
| for the Committee on COntes,e Seats and the
| Convention to decide would he simply whether six
men could override thirteen. The Conhlng men
| did not have nine delegates as they claimed but
only SIX They increased it to nine by admitting
three delegates who were not elected. Mr.. Lowery
the object OF good deal of popular inter Il be-
cause he is regarded the politician who has met
Mr.. COnking in his own home and worsted him.
Some of the published accounts OF him. usually un-
friendly, have represented hun a willy and oily
politician. The fact is that he is a practical
business man; manufacturer who takes
citizens interest in politics. He is of middle
age, short in stature. erect with
square and rather massive head, thinly covered
with steel-gray hair, a frank and straightforward
expression. lie is of Protestant IRISH par"ntage.
When nc was in the State Senate be was universally
esteemed for his force of character and strict pro
bity. He is a plain busiues--like tal;er. aud
has, in short, none of the character
istcs of the professional politician. The
fact that the Conkling leaders made such al
earnest struggle for the practical control Of the Com
feeling at the possibility that Mr.. Conlding or his
alternate will be deprived Of his seat.
The question of the reorgan cation of the party i'll
this city is difficult The need of some action
| Is generally conceded among the fair-nInded
delegates on all sides, bet the unwingness
of the machine managers to grant it is
notorious No safe aud adequate machinery for the
work exists az present 1t must be entrusted either
TO the State Committee, 20 committee especially
appointed for that purpose. Here the com
position of the next State Committee
again becomes of vital importance The Stalwart
managers seem fully TO expect To regain control of
the State Committee fthey should lose it at first.
Their quiet efforts to save it by sacrificing other
things have been steadily continued, they feel
that this is for them the key Of the future.
Fears were expressed late last night,
growing out Of refusal by Mr. Platt
TO agree to entertain motion for the
election of temporary chairman other than the one
likely to be named by the State Committee. that
there might be an ATTEMPT deprive the Convention
of the right to choose its chairman. 1t does not
seem possible that this could bo attempted in spite
not only of parliamentary night but Republican
precedent. To 60 back five years Will
furnish five precedcnts. In the Republican Conven-
ton of 1876, Mr.. MCGOWAN, a delegate from
IIorkimer moved that Warner Miller be made
temporary chairman, and it was done In the Con-
vcniion of 1877, Thomas C. Platt was elected
| temporary chairman the motion of Mr.
| Williams, delegate. In that OF 1873,
| Roscoe CoHkling chosen on the mo ion
of Henry II. Pierson, a delegate from Albany;
and in 1879, Mr. Conkli9g was again chosen on
| Orange. In $50. Charles f. Smith was chosen on
| motion of Stephen Il. French delegate from New
York Tie Convention OF 1881 VIII most assuredly
follow this usage.
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