New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-03
Nv JNUIR PARTY.

The Democratic leaders and the Dem"rd'i0
journals of this State are naturally endeayorng
TO produce the impression that all the elements
of which their party is made up are working TO-
eether in harmony for the election OF floWer
and Sheehan. 1t is natural that they shouiu
do So since. let it come to lie generally under
stood that there is dssenson IN the ranks, ana
the result is likely to be Encouragement ali
along the line. But what are the facts nc
County Democracy of this metropolis was klckeu
out of the State Convention in fiagrant VOCATION
of long established party usage, and TO make
its humiliation complete was denied representa-
tion on the State Committee. Tammany, WIN
her characteristic greed, insisted upon monopo-
Iizing all within her reach Does any sane man
suppose that in the circumstances ." the CG'lh-
ties'' are taking any particular affirmative IN
torost IN the Saratoga ticket? Is the great
division of the Democracy across the big bridge
giving the Flower-Sheehan ticket more thah
perfunctlry support? The Kings County Dem
ocratic leaders made resOlute tight to prevent
the nomination of the man who was stlgma'lzeu
bv one of them on the floor of the convention
&C the "boode" candidate. For so doing they
encountered the hostility of Tammany, ana
Tammany chief did not hesitate roundly to de-
nounce them in the same arena. The members
of the BroolSlvn contingent bearing on their
shields the remains of Chapins little boom 1or
| Governor returned to their homes in the worst
sort of humOr. Are they going to take oil their
coats for triumphant and arrogant Tammany
In the river at Albany the Democratic sltua'
ton to-day is anything but cheerful. There Is
fight on between Governor Hill and ID. Cady
Uerrick. who succeeded Daniel Manning in the
leadership of the Albany Democracy. Mr..
Uerrick is candidate for the Supreme Court
Judgeship of his district. The Governor who
controls good many delegates to the judicial
convention, declines to allow Mr.. Herlck to re-
ceive the nomination unless as condition
precedent he will make certain political bar
cain with him. Mr.. Herricl absolutely refuses
to make any bargain, and if as a result he loses
the nomination Albany County, ordinarily
Democratic stronghold, is likely to go Repub-
lican. In regard to the state and condition OF
the Democracy in the western part OF the State
letter which we print this morning throws
considerable light The old contest between the
Hiites and the Clevelandites has broken out
with great vrulence. The story which our
correspondent tells of the means which the
HltcS used to carry conventions in the lSt
and Hid districts of Monroe is instructive.
It demonstrates that the Democratic party of
New-Yorll to-day is in spirit and in tendency
as worthless as it was in the days of Tweed, Is
still in the hands of bosses of the worst school
who accomplish their purposes by fraud and
trickery. II is to be added that the same fac
lions. the CleYelandteS and the Hillites, are
arrayed against each other in several other
counties, notably in Erie where Mr.. Sheehan, in
spite of the fact that he is a Buffalo man, is
encountering bitter opposition within the party
lines.
Nevertheless, the public is assured that Mr..
Flower has a united party at his back lie
has a united Tammany at his back-nO doubt
about that. Tammany-which nominated him
and in the event of his election would stand
behind bis chair and run all New-York as cor
ruptly and as incfiicenty as she now runs the
metropclis-Tammany is solid for him. But
when we come to consider the rest Of the De-
mocracy of the State we find many proofs OF
the prevalence of harmony with a club" Per-
haps before Election Day the Democratic Com
mittee will have succeeded in pouring enough
oil upon all the troubled waters to calm them.
But the contract is a large one. 1t calls for
such an enormous quantity of oil that it would
not be surprising if the supply proved unequal
to the demand