Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-18
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.
TILDEN THE FAVORITE AND
CONKLING NOT A CORPSE.

Mcdonald for Second Place-Arthur
Losing Ground and COnkling Leaping
to the FOre-CrematiOn as a Sanitary
Benefit to Mankind-COreans and the
Chinese Bill.
WASHINGTON, August IA New
York Democrat of prominence said to-day
that the Tammany sachems are prepared
to accept the nomination of Ex-Governor
IIlden, If his health is as good as it is re-
ported. sit is simply question of the
old Governors health now,' said he. Sand
we hear the most favorable report from
Greystone. His age cuts ne figure. Older
men than he have played important parts
In the politics of the world. and so long as
there is reasonable chance of Governor
11lden's holding out for the Presidential
term, the New York Democrats will stand
by him In preference to any other candi-
date. He is about the best candidate
we could have. Indeed, he is the only one
mentioned thus far who would inspire the
confidence of the conservative classes of
the country. With ex-Goy. Tilden for our
leader New York is safe for the De-
mocracy. The talk of Republican har-
lnony is all nonsense. There is no more
harmony In the grand old party than
there was twelve months ago. President
Arthur's course has not been conducive
of harmony. The stalwarts do not like
MS hesltatlng conduct. His policy has
been one of mastery inactivity. His adj
ministcation has distinguished itself i'm
nothing save in creating rich subjects
for investigation by the next Con
gress. do not think President Ar
thur can get the delegation of his
IN !. AI-
any degree of sincerity, if l judge the
signs correctly. | think COnkling will be
10 the fore again before long. He is by no
means so inactive as people think. Anv
one who takes him for a political corpse
is wOefully mistaken. Roscoe is biding his
time, and believe will be candidate with
all that term implies within a very short
time. The more Garfield's conduct is ex-
posed the better does COnkling stand be-
fore the people as an abused man. With
such men as COnkling and Gresham on
the Republican ticket we would have Il
hard fight in New York, but with Tilden
and Mcdonald we could win. That is the
way things look to me and it is the way
New I 1Ork Democrats generally are talk
ing about the next campaign"
MAJOR ALTMAN To BE CREMATED.
The remains of Major Charles Altman.
the well known German of this city, were
removed to Washington, Pa, this even
ing for cremation. This disposition of
the body is in accordance with the eX-
press wish of the deceased, who held
rather uncommon and liberal views on
the subject. He believed that the placing
OF bodies in the ground breeds disease.
and is the cause Ofmuch suffering TO the
living. In speaking of this subject he al
ways said that he wanted to be cremated
for the reason that it drew attention to
q M n for nt,1 .x,l,,
about 1t. In this way he thought that by
degrees the system would become general
and the public health be benefited
THE WALL FROM COREA.
The complaint of our Minister to Corea
IN regard to his surroundings has called
attention to another branch of the Chi
nese question. 1t has been pointed out
that there is no law to prevent Coreans
invading this country in sWarms. The
ChlneSe immigration act is not IegisIa-
tive measure against the Asiatic yellow
races as mass, but specific enactment
designed to execute the stipulations of a
particular treaty with China. This is the
view Secretary Frelinghuysen takes of
the subject. He says by concluding a
treaty with COrea the United States re-
cOgniZes the fact that our exist
ing international compacts touch
ing Chinese subjects do not extend
10 Une COreanS. IL 1t were allowable to
contemplate the contingency Of such an
assertion or enforcement of Chinese SOW
ereignty over Corea as would destroy its
independence, that of itself would
annul the COrean treaties and extend the
existing foreign treaties of China over the
Corean Peninsula. l do not, therefore,
regard the treaty as granting to Chinese
subjects privileges in violation of the eX-
listing statutes of the United States.
On the other hand, / would be unwilling
to admit as hypothesis counter to the
treaty, and the advantages gained by it,
that the immigration of Coreans will
necessarily be an evil.