New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-23
ClPTT4L SUGGESTION.


Lucius Robinson of Elm;ra, has been sug-
eestcd in some quarters rs the man whom the
Democracy of this State would do well to run
for Governor next fall. 1t is a little early yet
for nominations to this exalted Office. So far
as we are aware, no one Of the man. Democrats
ambitious for official distinction In which our
Commonwealth abounds has yet placed HIM
self In the hands of his friends, or SO much as
whispered, under the rose, that he was wiling
TO be regarded as dark horse who would fam
prancc into the Executive Chamber next Janu-
ory. And now that Mr.. Robinsons name has
been hOisted we look TO see all other members
of the party who may have cherished Tho hope
of capturing the nomination rising IN their
places at thu proper time and moving to make
tin. choice of Mr. Robinson unanimous For 1T
must he evident to everyone who reflects upon
the last chapter in Mr.. RObinsons public
career that his would bC the ideal, the ne plus
ultra Democratic nomination for Governor
Consider a moment. la 1879 the Democracy
met at Utica to make State ticket. john
Kelly was thereto some extent. The Con-
vention was torn by dssenSion, but the
friends Of Lucius Robinson vert in the ma
iority and had things their own way. Their
own way did not happen to be Mr.. Kclly's way,
and he told them so with the terseness OF Il
telegram and the force of "a ste. II pile-driver.
He boldly asserted, among other things, that
Ta,nmany would not support Lucids Robinson
for Governor even if he received the nomna
tlon of that Convention. The "fegUlars
promptly accented the challenge and placed the
name of "Lucus Robinson of Chcnung at the
head Of their ticket. Kelly was as good as his
word Indeed, hc was rather better than his
word. He and his followers walked ont OF the
Convention, carefully shook the dust of it Oft
their feet and, reassembling in another hall in
fine same city, antagonized the nomination of
Lucius Robii.. on with the nomination OF John
Kelly. The CIRCULARS" greeted the outcome
Of the bolt with derisive laughter and the can
vass began. No use to tell the rest of the tale.
Mr.. Robinson, for one, will never forget how
il ended. He has been putting arnlca and court
plaster on himself ever since lie found that
John Kelly WAS a very bad man TO spar with.
At Utica the "regilars" characterized the
Tammany detection IA all inconsequential bolt;
when they looked at the election returns they
we're forced to confess that 1t was considerable
of q thunderbolt.
Next fall is going to find the Democracy di-
yided into the same factions which came to the
grapple at Utica in 1879. Has Tammany gone
on from strength to strength or from weakness
to weakness since the defeat OF Robinson
The regulars claim that John Kelly, whatever
he may have been four years ago, is now what
the younQ Iuan named Guppy would have
STYLED " of no consequence whatever" On the
other hand, Tammany declares that what was
true in 1879 il more emphatically true to-day
that no Democratic State ticket stands
ghost of & chance of being elected that fails
to command her hearty support.
so, then, Mr.. Daniel Manning, chairman of
the Democratic State Committee, here Is your
chance Your newspaper, The Albany Argus,
and all the other organs of the regulars" in this
State have repeatedly asserted during the past
month that your party minus Tammany was