St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-18
MIXED NEW YORK.
Its AnybodY's Race in the Empire
State With the Stalwarts, Work
ingmen and ProhibitiOnists
Uncertain Qualities.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE stalwarts Re-
publicans are beginning te show their hands,
and the old fogies at the Republican
national committee rooms are astonished at
the exhibition. Conkling has kept himself
very quiet, and until within few days has
hardly spoken on the political situation. de
went to Albany last week and saw several OF
his old friends. Since his return stories OF
disaffection among stalwarts have poured n
from every side. The Blaine men say that
the stalwarts are doing this in order to
extort promises from the candidate, and
have a hand in the offices in the event of
Blaine's election, but the stalwarts simply
reply: Remember that Blaine was the cause
of all the trouble between Garfield and Conk-
ling, which drove Conkling from public life,
and remember that the Blaine Republicans
knitted Folger when he ran for governor. The
stalwarts are very angry, and in New York,
Utica and Albany, some of them are talking
openly for Cleveland. Conkling tells all
newspaper reporters that he is out of public
life and has no interest in politics and has
nothing to say. To his friends and acquaint-
ances, however, he talks with the utmost
freedom.
To one of these he said yesterday, that in
his Judgment both parties had nominated
bad and unworthy men. He could not con-
sistantly vote for either. He gave his friend
to understand that he would vote for Butler
if he voted at all. If he takes any part in
politics he will use his influence to direct
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there would be more men in both of the
great parties who would vote against their
leaders than has ever been known in the
history of our politics. He said that there
was no way of estimating the extent
of the disaffection in the ranks of the
Republican and Democratic parties. He
| thought that this discomfort with party lead
ers was greater in this state than in any
other in the union. It was on this account
that no sound prediction could now be made
as to the political outcome in New York
state.
II this dissatisfaction should continue to
! grow, Butler may receive more votes here
! than either Blaine or Cleveland Mr. Conk-
ling has no desire to return to public life at
| present. He says that it Is q good time to
be out OF politics. He thinks the general
| tendency is in the direction of breaking up
the two leading party organizations. He
has never given any of his old Republican
| associates the slightest ground for leading
them to suppose that he would vote this year
| for the Republican candidate for president
The political situation shifts here from day
to day, Butler seems to have gained strength
lately. Last nights demonstration in Union
square was really great, and it impressed all
| who saw it. The politicians acknowledge
that among the workingmen the general will
get good vote. The temperance movement
in western New York bothers the Republi-
cans very much. Altogether things are very
much mixed in New York state. No wonder
that the Republicans have summoned Blaine
in hot haste TO come on and straighten things
out,