Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-25
The New York Democratic Ticket.

The Democrats of New York, in con-
vention at Syracuse, acted wisely from
first to last. Their proceedings were
marked by degree of harmony I'M.
known in their councils in recent years.
The several formidable city factions,
whose discussions over local matters
have so often harassed and seriously in
jured the Democracy of the State at
large, were, it seems, each duly placated,
and are now prepared to work together
for the general good of the party.
In their nominee for Governor-Hop.
Grover Cleveland, the popular reform
Mayor of Buffalo-the Democrats have
a leader whose record is a tower of
strength. Young, able, honest and
fearless, he is Just the man for the crisis.
The wave of enthusiasm that arose at
his'home when the tidings of his nomi-
nation was received bids fair to roll
over the State, and his election may be
regarded as assured.
His opponent, Judge Folger, Arthur's
Secretary of the Treasury. is emphatical-
lY "Arthur's man." The foremost Re
publican newspapers of New York city
brand him as such, and the brand will
not commend him to popular favor. He
was nominated by trick Of the ina
chine" A bogus telegram was produced
before the Republican State Committee,
purporting to contain Collector Robert
sons power of attorney to Steve"
French, henchman of Arthur's, to act
for him. Upon the strength of this, half
breeds were bamboozled, and Folger was
forced upon the convention by slender
majority.
Folger, then, stands for the machine"
for Arthur's control of the New York del,
egation in 1884; for Jay Gould, and for
jobbery pure and simple. His character
and ability are fair, but he is too heavily
handicapped fol-. the race. His candi-
dacy will provoke no more enthusiasm
than that which Cameron's man, Beaver,
excites in Pennsylvania. On the contrary,
his support will be purely mechanical,
and whatever he derives from the dis
gusted Cornellites will be half-hearted at
best, while his main reliance will be upon
the power of Federal patronage and
Wall street. But, though Jay Gould
has bought Legislatures, he cannot
purchase the people of New York,
and the protests of the press against
the manner of FOlger's candidacy
are manly and largely sincere. They
cannot be retracted, either, though
their tone may be modified ere
the contest is closed. The passions
reused 10y the changes made by Garfield
in the New York custom house were
reused anew by the war on Cornell,
whose defeat has rendered his followers
sullen, and with the exception of the
politicians who have much at stake, the
mass are Indifferent as to Folger's sue
cess.
Thus stand the two great parties in
the pivotal State of the Union. The
united and hopeful Democracy, mar
shaled under leader of tried worth,
looks forward to the issue of the contest
with assurances of triumph such as it
has never felt since Samuel J. Tilden
entered the memorable contest of 1874
On the other hand, we find the Republi-
cans rent apart. One half of them are
conscious that they are regarded as mere
instruments to register the decree of the
administration machine, and the great
mass of Garfield Republicans will hest
tate long ere they yield assent to the
election afa aseapdidate forced upon them
{. iiuis laSe Interpretations Of boasism. q
I /. es 1s'II5az zion of the New York Democ-
ra aas promises 20 be permanent
aJohn Kelly and his followers are now
recognized as equals, and Kelly not only
has place on the State Committee, but
carried an important amendment to the
platform. He has therefore no occasion,
and perhaps no desire, to beget discord
He could not do Sc now if he tried, for
having taken part in the convention his
followers would probably refuse to aid
him, and without their loyalty he is
powerless. Tammany has been literally
disarmed by the generosity it received at
the hands of the entire Democracy Of
the State.
To unite the Republicans will be a
difficult and, from the present outlook,
hopeless task. The "spoils" and
money will be the factors employed, but
there is not enough of the former to go
around, and the chair of Silas Wright
and Dewitt Clinton we hope it will
be found, cannot be bought
The Democrats have not ''blundered, d"
as their opponents hoped, but have ex-
hibited the highest wisdom. Their
brethren throughout the Republic send
them greeting with the cry: "Well
done" New courage and new resolu-
ton will pervade the ranks everywhere
and in the work at Syracuse the patri-
otto see the promise of a speedy return
of old-fashioned, honest, constitutional
government-of the people, for the peo-