Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-18

Aancaster frtelligeilrel
FRI oAY EVENING. AUG. ls, lssa
The Republican Quarrel 3 New York.
The political situation in the state of
New York promises soon to be quite as
interesting rs in Pennsylvania, and the
there will not be exclusively
owing to Democratic embarrassments
arising out Of fsctional disputes. Since
Governor Cornell, who was nominated
and elected as Stalwart, failed to sup.
port the aspirations of Conkling and
P;att for reelection there has been an
alienation of the governor from his
former Stalwart friends. 1t has been
assumed, however, that the administra-
tion either did not feel enough confidence
in its own political strength, or enough
hostility to Cornell for Arthur and Conk-
ling to unite to defeat him. But almost
simultaneously with Arthur's arrival in
New York a fierce fight breaks out. For
some days the Herald, now a recognized
Arthur organ, has been assailing Cornell,
and now in turn the governor boldly &C.
cuses Conkling of having tried, as coun-
sci for Jay Gould corporations, to bribe
him to sign certain bills relieving the
corporations from taxation. He insists
that Conkling, being employed as coun-
for Cn,,1A ..nH coaro1, IF l,io fo6,
offered him his political aid for renomi.
nation and shares OF valuable railroad
stock il lie would give the executive sig
nature to the measures that the corpor.
ations wanted. In turn Conkling threat
ems not only to sue Cornell for libel, but
to crush out of existence his political
prospects, even il lie has to favor the
nomination of an extreme Half Breed
for governor to do it and Cornell is
charged with having entered into con-
spiracy with Blaine TO steal the state of
New York from the Stalwarts.
1t is we'll known that Conkling went
out of politics to 60 into mOney-making
He felt his disadvantage against the large
fortunes which Blaine and Sherman
have unscrupulOusly amassed and which
they unscrupulously use to promote their
political schemes. In view of this pur-
pose on his part, it is not strange that
Conkling, who SO lately posed rs an
anti-monopolist, should now be the hire
ling of Gould but he has enjoyed char
acter for personal integrity that will
make it hard to he believed that he
sought TO buy Cornell's executive ap.
proval of legislation with the promise of
a cash or stock consideration. Governor
Cornell's unsupported statement to this
effect will not I've accepted against
Conkling's denial Of bribery on his part.
But enough is developed of the quarrel
to show that there is as much bad blood
in New York Republicanism as in Penn
sylvania, and that in both states the fine
hand of Blaine may be recognized in the
opposition to TIE Stalwarts. And it is
little wonder. In both states they have
crucified him. In neither has he any
future and therefore none in the cOun-
try except i'm the overthrow Of Stalwart
domination. Most likely he does not
EXPECT TO be crushed in the ruins, but il
is not ut all strange that he should
object to any longer being made sub
ject for the sport of his enemies.
THE Perry county Democrat, Of New
Bloomfield, wisely advises against
changes in the craftsmanship of tn :
county committee in the midst Of cam
paign and maintains that the chairman
should enter upon the duties Of his Office
on the 1st day of January aud continue
in Office for the whole year. I" 1t is nc
time to swap horses when crossing a
stream" The Democrat is exactly right
about this. For the same reasons that
the last state convention was successfully
urged to adopt this rule for the DemOc
racy of the whole state it should be Ell
acted in every county. The OrganiZa
tion ought to begin with the year and
not wait for nor he dependent upon local
nominations. The men entrusted with
the organization of the party should gel
it into fighting trim before tickets are
made. This would not only admit Of
later nominations and shorter cam
paigns, but the organization would moi
be made in narrow interests nor 90 tC
pieces when those interests had been
served. Most of the preliminary work
of organization is to get together data
that an early and permanent Organiza
tion would have on hand. If the De
mocracy of Pennsylvania will make
their chairman in January, pro
vide permanent secretary, and
the local organizations will be ef
fected at the beginning of the year, the
new plan will he worth thousands o:
votes IN a state campaign. The four
weeks in which the present state organi
zation has been necessarily at work
have had to he employed in collecting
information and making canvasses which
1t is hoped every future committee will
have furnished to it before state nomina
tions are made. The best help that county
committees could render in this work
would he to elect their cliairmen early
in the year and make them subject tt
no change during a campaign.