Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-04

saurnal allS Gonrier.
Tuesday Morning, Oct. 4, 1881.
To-aroRRow,s CONVENTION.

Tomorrow the New York Republican State convention will be held in the Academy of
 Music, New York city. The contest between
 the adherents of Conkling and those opposed
 to him has been 8 hot one, and in many
 places it has been, on the part of the Conk-
 ingites, 8 disgraceful one. These men, who have not hitherto been able to find words to
 express their detestation of any display of
 independence by other Republicans, have, without any reasonable, or even plausible
 excuse, boIted from conventions where dele gates to suit them were not chosen and elect ed delegates to suit themselves. A notable
 specimen of their performances was the at-
 tempt to prevent the election of George Will
 liam Curtis as delegate to the State conven-
 ton. The Richmond county convention
 took place Saturday evening, and it is related
 that on Friday an emissary of the machine
 paid visit to all of the delegates to the
 convention who were in favor of Conking
 or were doubtful, and told them that Mr.
 Curtis must be kept out of the convention at
 all hazards. If there was decided element
 in his favor in the convention then the adhe-
 rents of Conkling must make separate nom
 nations. This would make necessary con-
 test, and by throwing it into. the State con-
 vention the result of defeating MT. Curtis
 would be attained. The Conkling organ of
 Richmond county went so far as to leave out
 the names of the delegates chosen from
 the Fifth district of Castleton, one of whom
 was MT. Curtis, from its list of delegates to
 the county convention, inserting instead
 of the names the words ''no delega-
 tion.'' When the convention came together
 an anti -ConHing man was chosen chairman
 by majority of nine votes. A protest was
 made against admitting the delegates from
 MT. Curtis district. The protestants went
 before the committee and stated, as their
 reasons for objecting to the delegation from
 Mir. Curtis district, that only one out of
 three inspectors required by the by
 laws was present at the primary, and that that inspector, instead of filling the vacan-
 cies, had canvassed the vote with the chair man and secretary of the meeting. This statement was disproved, and it was further shown that neither of the persons making
 the protest had been present. The commit tee reported the facts, and recommended that the delegation be admitted to seats in the convention. The decision was ratified by a majority vote of the convention. A Conk1fng delegate then arose and said, ''We will not abide by the ruling of this convention" and p of the delegates walked out of the hall Those who remained elected delegates, of whom Mr. Curtis was one The bolters also went through the form of choosing delegates.
 But notwithstanding the use of such tao tics MT. Conkling's friends have not, it ap pears, been successful in securing majority in the State convention. Making allowances for all contingencies the New York Times figures out clear majority of at least 60 for the anti -Conkling men. The Tribune yester- day said: s1f there should be conceded to Mir. Conkling the delegates who are uncom- mitted, those who are yet unchosen, and those elected from contested districts, he would still be in a minority of about seventy votes. If the contests in the seven disputed districts should be decided in accordance with the facts that are known to every intel igent Republican in the State, there will be a majority against him of over 120 votes, even conceding to him all the uncommitted and unchosen delegates and the indications are that, with the gains to be expected from those delegates, the majority against him will exceed that figure" There are indica- tions that the fight tomorrow will be very interesting one It is devoutly to be hoped that its result will be such as to impress on the minds of MT. Conkling and his support CTS the peoples real opinion of them.