The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
Tilden and Kelley.
Their Determination to have Harmony
at any Cost.

[saratoga Correspondence of the N. Y. Times.l
"will John Kelley support Tilden for the
Presidency" asked the Times correspondent
today Of Mr. Mooney, the publisher and part
owner OF the Kelley organ in New York.
"Of course he WILL" was the reply. "The
Star intimated as much the morning after the
Times's interview was published. Tilden is
not Mr.. Kelleys choice for the Presidency,
but he cannot afford to bolt the national nomi-
nee of the Democratic Party; at any rate,
Tammany Hail. of which Mr.. Kelley is the
head, cannot afford it. Individuals eau vot
as hey choose, but the organization will heart
lily support.tho nominee, whoever he may be +,
and, between you and me, Tilden is most
likely, from the way things look now, to be
the man."
Democrats are doing most of the political
talk in Saratoga just now. They appear to be
here in larger force than the Rep ublicans,
which is probably owing to the near approach
of the State Committee meeting. Harmony"
is the watchword with both facti ons of tho
party when discussing State politics. None of
them will admit the possibility of split or
bolt at the State Convention this Fall. Gov.
Cevelann, they say, is for harmony, and so is
Dan Manning, the Chairman of the State
Committee, and all the rest of the leaders.
John Kelley is also reported to be for harmony
in case he can have his own way, which he
thinks he can, because all of his oppo-
nents are so anxious TO harmonize. A great
change has come over the spirit of the domi-
nant faction of the New York Democracy on
this subject of harmony within the last four
or five weeks Ii Gov. Cleveland had that
angry message to write over again, which he
sent to the Senate on the last day of the ses-
sion, and which Grady, the Tammany spokes-
man, characterized as the most audacious, i'm
pertinent, and insulting document ever trans
mitted from an Executive to Legislature, he
would probably tone it down very materially.
This suddenly inspired anxiety for Harmony
on the part OF the Governor and the leaders
of the Anti-Tammanv faction is attributed,
like all the important movements OF the ruling
faction of the party in this State, to the power
full but unseen influence of Samuel j. Tilden.
lie is the man, above all others, who appreciates
the necessity of 'sharmony" in the party this
Fall, and he is the man who has wrought the
change in sentiment among the leaders. III
there should be a division in the party this
Fall, or If Tammany should be refused admis-
sion to the State Convention, as all Anti-T am
many Democrats, when the Legislature ad-
journed, declared with an oath she would be,
then Tammany would be on the outside of the
party again, and would send separate dole
CATION to the National Convention next Spring
backed by claim of 45, 900 votes to mar the
harmony of that gathering This would never
do, for the convention would then be very
likely to take the ground that, has the party
was divided in New York, the candidate had
better be taken from some other State, and
thus the nomination of Mr.. Tilden would be
imperiled. Therefore Mr.. Tilden sees, and has
brought his henchmen to see, that Harmony"
must be secured to the party this Fall at all
hazards.
John Kelly also sees the point, and is pre-
pared to take advantage of the vital necessity
of harmony to the Anti-Tammany branch Of
the party. He will not back down an inch;
he has no need TO-. Mr.. Kellys lientenont,
Edward Kearney, who represents Tammany
here during the temporary absence of the
"Boss," was asked by the The Times corre-
spondent yesterday If Tammany would hold
her primaries in New York in connection with
the County Democracy. 81 don't think we
will" he REPLIED 1--WE shall pay no attention
to any call for primaries issued by the County
Democracy as the case now stands. 1t may be
that the State Committee will take some ac-
tion, as it was authorized to do by the last con-
vention, which will enable the two factions in
New York to hold their primary elections to-
gether. but 1t is more probable that Tsmmany
will hold her own primaries independent OF
any other organization.
"Then there will be two sets of delegates q, to
the State Convention, the same as last year.
mo, 1 think not; there sa general ues,Ie
for harmony in the party TINS tall' especlally
among the leaders of the faction opposed TO
Tammany. aud / think that some arrange
ment will be made for division of the dele
yates. in case two sets are elected, so that We
will 20 to the convention with single delega-
tion."
II is evident from this and similar conversa-
tions held with the politicians of both factions
that split in the Democracy is to be avoided
this Fall at any sacrifice ON the part OF the
dominant faction, and the public may be pre-
pared to witness any amount of humiliation,
cowardly concession, and officiating on the
part of the great Democratic party OF the State
to secure the favor of the Tammany "Boss."
He has the "whip row." as the farmers say,
this time, and he is bound to make the most OF
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