New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-03
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MIR. CLEVELAND'S CANDIDACY.
HIS AMBITION TO BE PRESIDENT.

albany sept. l. Governor Cleveland Is said to
% AMBITIONS to be President and to have dictated
.no course OF the Democratic State Comm tt-e al
'ara'oga Win this end IN view In the opinion of
poht'cians mere however, he only disclosed his own
weakness as candidate. 1t was the plan of bis
supporters to capture the committee and use IL to so
mould the State Convention as to insure the elec-
tion OF Cleveland delegates to the Democratic Ma
tionsl Convention next year. The committee has
indeed been gained and Tammany Hall made an
outcast Democratic Organization, bnt during the
struggle to effect this the fact has been made ar
parent that the Governor has ged from him
self large portion Of the Democratic party in the
State If he should 20 to tho National Convention
now with the New-YpIk delegates pledged to his
support 1t would be said that he could not command
the fervent support for President of over half Of
| tho New-York Democrats
| DisAFFf CTION IN TIE PARTY.
1t will be of interest to review the meeting of thu
State Committee as foreshadowing tho action Of
'he state Convention. year ago at Syracuse the
committee was named practically by the Governors
friends It so happened that uost of tueso com.
mitteemen so named were former sur porters of Mr..
Iiiden. Jchn Kelly was member and ono of his
henchmen. but hs had no allies; the Kelly faction
In che interior of the State seemed to have been an-
nihilatcd year has passed and there is an
amazing chaneo In the committee. From being tho
| leader OF contemplate minority Mr. Kelly has
become the leader of almost majority In the COM
| mittee he has apparently broken into two nearly
| equal factions the Tilden majority aud joining to
himself the members Of one of these factions ho
disputes with the Governor the possession of tho
committee This however, was not all Mr.. Kelly's
| WORK. The Governor by his wretched appoint
mens his disregard of the advice of leaders of the
Democratic party, his obstinate refusal to comply
with fair requests of members of the Democratic
Legislature, had as it were cultivated dlsafecton.
1t should be added that he mado enemies in way
he could not avoid, namely, by disappointing men
who sought Office and as there were four score Of
these IN every one the sixty counties of the Stats
the amount of dsafection was great. When. there's
fore, the Governor made attack on tho Tammany
Hall Senators at tho close of the session of the
Legislature, and through The Albany Argus called
upon Democrats everywhere to read the Tammany
Democrats out of the party, there WAS not that
| sDonse t. tho suggestion which he had expected
In fact the Democratic newspapers singularly
cold in their response TO the hint It was to be sus.
pected indeed from their comments that they sym,
pathIzed with John Kelly rather than with Grover
Cleveland.
THE STATE COMMITTEE DIVIDED.
1t remained for the State Committee meeting to
chow into what great disfavor the Governor had
fallen with the Democratic voters of the State.
Robert B. Roosevelt in behalf of tho Governors
offered resolution recognizing the County Dcmoc-
racy rs the regular" Democratic organization in
NewYork. This was to punish Tammany for at
tackng the Governor. But Lester B. Faulkner. ths
former Tilden chairman of the committee instantly
offered substitute providing for the admission Of
Tammany to the State Convention with the sama
! representation last year. That substitute re-
ceived the support Of such faithful Tilden men az
Merritt, OF Queens; Creed. Of Franklin Scrani-
bling. OF Otsego Mowry of Syracuse LoOdwick Of
Rensselaer,; OBrIen vf Jefferson; Henning, OF Ms
asara and McCune. of Erie. The vote stood 16 to
19: and would have been seventeen votes in favor
of the substitute to sixteen against it if Mr. Brown
of Monroe County, Kelly Democrat, had not been
mysterlously absent. What was most significant
ABOUT this vote WAS that Mr. McCune. proprietor Of
he Buffalo Courier which so earnestly advocated
Mr.. Clevelands nomination for Governor, voted
against him. The subsequent action of the COM
mlttee in passing Mr.. Roosevelts resolution was
only secured by change of votes by two of the
Tiljen who had voted for the substitute
THE BUFFALO CONVENTION.
The struggle thus begun will be continued in the
State Convention when it meets at Buffalo, on
Sertember27. The Governor and his friends are in
strong position. If they can hold the State Conn
mittee the County Democracy will be given cre-
dentials as the SOLO delegates from New-York and
will take part in those early proceedings of the
vention which frequently decisive of its char
acter In the meantime the Tammanv Hall and Irv-
ing Hall delegates will nothing than specta.
tors Perhaps the temporary exclusion Of 1am-
many all that the Governor and his allies aimed
ut by obtaining the adoption of the Ro ,sevel
luton. 1t is the opinion OF politicians that some.
thing OF Importance is sought. Either 1t is sald
the Governor desires to exclude Tammany
altogether from the convention or to exact such
terms fol admission from its leaders will
strengthen his chances of obtaining the National
Convention delegates. It is favorte argument
with the Governors supporters Just now that
Tammany's vote is unneceysary as shown bv tns
fact that the party had nearly 100000 majority
last year and therefore could have dispensed with
Tammany's 10000 votes. Tammany's depravIty in
defeating the Governors appointment of some good
Democrats to Offices hello by Republicans is also
frequently described in heated terms. But il may
be expected that arguments will have little nau-
ence IN the convention. The wire puers of both
the Cleveland and the anti-Cevslaud factions arc
nc ranging the State seeking for the votes of dele
gates. The close vote in the State Committee shows
how evenly the Democratic party is divided on the
question of whether Mr.. Kelly or Mr. Cleveland
should be sustained. A similar narrow division
may be expected in the convention itself after the
wire-pullers have done their work. Great az 10
the advantage of the Governor In possessing tho
be suspected. will nevertheless have a majority Of
votes in the convention. IL IS favored by the keen
desire of every Democrat to carry the State, no
matter at hat cost whose pride is hurt. Tam
many's 40. 900 votes may be necessary. Then what
influence would Cleveland or anti-Cleveand men
ha We in the Natloual Convention il New York State
should be carried this year by the RepOblicansf
DIsUNIoN OF TILDEN MEN.
The first conflict of the convention will be in the
rooms of the State Committee. The vote was 50
close at Saratoga upon the adinissloi of Tsmmany
that every politician that another ballot Will
be demanded upon tho committee reassembling at
Buffalo That will be upon the day before the con-
' ention meets. Perhaps the committee will reverse