New-York tribune., 1881-10-04

SAID last neht WIN cnuo0' .on' ,nen than
two hundred" But, being astnte polltcIahs,
they realize that bird in TIE band Is red wOr,n
tree They are believed to be quietly bending an
their efforts to the object Of saving as mGn ~ T Tf
State Committee as possible and OF no,in 1orL in
they can. They have already done some woIS IN IN
this direction and will do more There seems @ W uo
little question that they have succeeded III s%ius %
the pretense that they were good Garfield o asen
licans The number is small, but single yo.c ii
decides the choice toP of state Committee
men. Something has also been accompII shed enoi
by trading and by appeals to local and personal I nf
ings. Ex-senator Platt for example, e. onenG GonI
whose county delegation is strongly againSSi oolA
ling has .ucceedcd in getting all ms coleagno'
from III ga committed o him for ate oouintt'ot 49,
man. The work of this kind VIII he steaaly + htpS
up Votes for candidates viii be traded ior V1'es
for State Committeeman and every effort uSed 10
retain the control of the party machinery Ill the
hands where ii has rested now for so many wears.
The majority of the Garfield Republic cans is
so clear that ii ought to secure them, WITHOUT tns
question, a majority in the comm tee, ana so g,no
them sure basis from which TO prolect parIY to
forms. They Will need, however, to exercise gIea'
watchfuneSs and all the political skl AT tneir COM
mlnd. Ii Is this part OF the WORK tDat the AM,
machine men are often beaten by the 1oHoWerS vi
the machine, in spite of superior numbers some
amusing examples of this are SAID u nave occu'i0
in the local conventions throughout the state
wel-nformed Republican good-hu'norely en-
planned it hy saying hat the Garueld kepnohchn5
had three rourths OF the voters of the party, ana
the Coulling Republicans three-tOurthS Oh 'no
'Tbere vii be- plenty of ghosts in the corridors
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. and in the spaces re-
rved for spectators in the Academy OF MuSc our.
ing these next two days. The slaughter OF machine
leaders has been something without parallel lh'y
will doubtless all be Ire, but not as. IN times past
to marshal their delegations for the machine. Ivy
will hang Oh the fringe of the Convention nke pOll-
cal spiIlts disemhodied but not Departed; Inc com
plete roll would BE- long one, but the list OF those
who can be called up with mo marnenus duS
,l,,, 10 Intnr
foremost is Mr.. Conkliug himself VINO,
beng contested de egate, can hardly
be said 10 have his IolitcaI legs on, as Mt; Mlcaw
Der would say. There is General John \; Knapp,
of Auburn who could neither carry his district nor
prevent the passage Of resolution expressing Ut Ut
ter condemnation" of the legislative course OF the
m,sgnidcd and insignificant and pitiable Tuthill.
There is Attorney-Gcneral Hamilton ward, VINO
laho ed hard Oh the floor of his County Convention
hIm There is Edward NJ. Johnson, clerk of
the Assembly and secretary of the State Committee,
one of the best natured and ost industrious ghosts
in existence and porily and rosy one at that.
Roth districts of Otscgo County against his side
of the Convention. senator Halbert, who Voicd
through ffty-ive ballots at Albany for Roscoe
senator Winslow. who likewis" faithful,
has also seen his rebuked IN the election
of delegates. jeremiah Drew, liarbor Master OF
the Port of New York could only muster corpoTaIs
guard of men IN his home convention. Assembly
man E. A. Carpenter was one of the hrSt To go
down before The tide OF popular feeling. The line
Congressman Crowley, Congressman Dwight, ex-
Senator Cole and ex-Assembl vman Gdden, of Or
leans. Canal-Appraser Bos wick, Captain Of the
Port Chester S. Cole etc" etc. There
| outside oil New-YOrk and Erir-that of Columbia
| County Ex-Marsnal Lewis Payn proposed to
make II Enthusiastically clear where his delegation
stood lie stuffed it so full of machine" that
Columbia County will not as a delega ION SO mnch
! the machine wishes it,, There arc five
delegates. They are ex-MarshaI Payu him
| self, Senator Wendover, who ted tifty-iye tunes
| for Roscoe Conkng. Assemblvnan Gillc t.. who
| did the same, General Hoysredt who al led aud
| aberted all these proceedings and one other less
known to fame. IL there were political museum
at Albany, this delegation ought 10 be emDalIned
and preserved.
Tothe casual observer 1t might seem that the
case of George William Curtis, whose seat Is
! contested, somewhat like those of the
InachIne leaders referred But the circumstances
ol I L bolt from which the contest arises were such
as to leave no doubt that II ma ie tor the sole
| PURPOSE of putting Mr. Curtis IN position who h
| would seem be no better than that OF Mr.. Conk-
| ling. The bOl was made by twenty wO men out OF
sixIy-sI1, who did not wait for pfctext, but III
| vented one and then withdrew