The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-10-14
New York Politics.

been identified with the StalWart
element of the Republican party in
New York, and who has just returned
to Washington from a months So
jOurn in that State, in conversation,
on political matters, with your cor.
respondent to-day, expressed himself
hopefully as to the result of the New
York campaign.
He said: "OfcOurse do not think
the situation at present as gratifying
as it has been in former years, but
there is no need to give up the ship.
| look confidently for the election of
the entire Republican ticket"
"Have you no fear of the present dis
sensions in the Republican ranks ?"
he was asked.
"None whatever" was the reply,
and he continued "There may be
good deal of talk Just now, but when
it comes to voting it's pretty hard to
get man who has been a lifelong
Republican to vote the Democratic
ticket! You see it is not as in Penn
sylYania, where there has been a bolt,
and where is an Independent Repub-
lican ticket in the field. In New
York there are two tiCkets-a Repub-
lican ticket and a Democratic ticket.
1t is a question which you will vote
unless you elect to stay at home. l
think the Republicans of the State
will be in such frame of mind by
the time election day comes that they
will have no hesitation in choosing
between the two tickets"
at is a question:" he added, "of
staying in the party or leaving it.
Those who vote the Democratic ticket
this time, or who refrain from voting,
will be read out Of the party. Only
those who have been wanting an eX-
cuse to join the Democratic party,
like the editor Of the Buffalo Express
and Others of that kidney, will OPP
pose Judge Folger. The Others will
wheel into line and vote as they have
always been voting"
us not Democratic harmony to be
feared ~ was next asked.
"There is no such thing in New
York State, " replied this gentleman ::
'in fact" he continued, "the appar-
ent union at Syracuse will injure the
party prospects, In the rural dis
trlcts, among Democrats, Kelly is
cordially hated, and the fact that he
has been allowed to come back again
into the party will keep many of
them at home on election day. An
other thing, Kelly will not harmo-
nize long with the Tilden faction.
He is lying his wires now for the
county Offices, and he will be defeat
ed, and that will make him mad
again and cause him to work to de-
feat the ticket, Tilden and his crowd
are too shreWd to make an open fight
now against Kelly, but they hate him
as much as ever and will wait until
this opportunity comes so that they
can put him in the attitude of dis
turber of Democratic peace.
"There is besides," continued the
gentleman, "a good deal of dssatis-
faction among Democrats with Cleve-
lands nomination. He is a new man
and as such is Objectionable. The
Democratic party in New York is
party of traditions. 1t cannot look
up to man as leader unless he is
connected with these traditions. AS
long as Tilden and Seymour live this
feeling will be strong with the Dem,
ocrats of the State, and this year it
will operate to disgust large numbers
of them with this new man Cleve-
land"
Then, said the correspondent,
"you count largely on Democratic
dissensions for the success Of the Re-
publican ticket ?"
"Not largely" was the reply, "but
to some extent, of course. We count
principally on Republican union,
which will come as surely as cleo
ton day. OF course we will lose
many Republican votes, but they are
of men who would have been better
out of the Republican party years
ago."