National Republican., 1883-09-25
A nIanenyer Agalnst Tammany.


The telegraph quietly announces the rumor
that Daniel Manning, chairman of the demo.
cratic state committee of New York, will
resign from the chairmanship Immediately
on the assembling of tho committee at Buffalo
this week. Tho statement is made as though
it were an unimportant matter, and quite a
matter of course But moments reflection
will see that within it may be hidden conso-
quences of great moment to the politics of
New York and Of tho nation. 1t
should be observed that the COM
mitteo of which Mr. Manning is
chairman will be fuac rs ogicio on the assem-
bling of the state convention. Prior to that
time it has but one duty to perform, which is
to decide which credentials in cases of con-
tests are to be treated rs making primd facic
case for tho holders. The Tammany, the
Irving Hall, and tho county democracy will
all appear from the city of New York with
full sets Of delegates, and each will apply to
the democratic state committee for recogni-
tion as regulars. That committee having
been directed by tho last state conventi on
to control the New York city primaries, un-
less the contending factions should previously
compose their differences, and having dis
obeyed that direction aud voted that one Of
the factions should dominate the others, is
now committed to the recognition of tho dele
CATION of tho county democracy. The Tam
many democracy, which is in tho majority in
this. They will demand admission or else
that the city shall not be represented at all un-
til tho county delegates shall decide between
its contesting delegations The state com
mittoe must admit the whole of one of he
delegations or rule them all out The chair
man of the state committee calls the conven-
veution to order, and will have absolute power
in the premises-that is, for the purpose of
temporary organization, he can recognize
either set Of delegates or neither. The course
he selects may, and probably will, determine
the complexion of the convention as between
Tammany and its foes. If the county democ-
racy of New York is to vote the whole power of
the city on the question of its own right to
be in the convention at all, it could probably
defeat Tammany and ofIer fow seats to its
humbled foe. With the seats all left vacant
until the rest of the convention speaks per-
haps Tammany would win. perhaps Tam
many itself needs its own votes in the con-
vention to maintain its right to be there. Of
one thing we may be sure, and that is that
John Kelly will "brook the eternal devil to
keep his state in Rome as easily as q king"
The meeting of the state committee, at which,
it is rumored, Mr.. Manning will resign the
craftsmanship is the one that is held just as
tho state convention is to mcet From that
meeting its chairman, whoever he may be,
will 60 to call tho state convention to- order,
and to refuse all New York city votes at the
organization or to select which of the delega-
tions shall cast the vote. The delegations
may have compromised and thus disgusts
Mr.. Manning Or, what is more likely, the
state committee may want something done
by its chairman which he either declines to
do or which he thinks is too str ong meas
ure to stand when fathered by him. The sap
plement to the rumor of the resignation is that
the private secretary of Gov. Cleveland, Mr..
Lamont, is to be chosen to fill the vacancy.
1t is probable that the governor has deter
mined to seize the party organization by a
coup detat, and that he thinks the act will be
sanctifed in tho public mind and sustained
in the reform press if he performs it through
so near an agent as his private secretary. In
short, it seems likely that Tammany is to be
arbitrarily snubbed for the benefit of Cleye.
| land in 1854.