Year: 1877

il spite Of these disadvantages superior
is the man to his accidents-he in triumph


advances" his brow crowned with ever


green shamrock. Whether he is ''moored


in the risted rock, proof to the tempest's


shock" roofing himself more firmly IN


proportion to the violence Of assailing


winds, or Is only ''sapling sown by the


fountain to be stripped Of his foliage by


autumn blasts, remains TO be seen. Mean


while his devoted vassais are faithful


though tr;Ae turbulent; but they will


need to put forth all their strength to sup


port him in the trium phant role in which he


newly appears. In the position where Mr..


Kelly now is there is strong current


Of public sentiment which tends &c bear
him down stream, and there will be


perpetual need Of the cry, "Row. vas
sails. rowi" until the chief who il
triumph advances gets into smoother
water.


1t Is the nature Of new dynasties to be
more or less insecure for while after their
accession, inasmuch as the elements over
which they triumph are apt to nurse their
smothered wrath and await favorable OPP
portunity to strike Apparently Mr.. Kelly's
great triumph at Albany made him master of
the democratic organization Of the State
and the city but many of the foes left
PROSTATE on the field Of battle will recover
from their wounds and collect their scat
tered followers. After the election is over
there will come o reckoning. Mr.. Tilden,
on whom this great affront was put in his
absence. will return and when his skilful
hand is again put upon the helm the drift
ing ship may recover her course. Mr.. Kelly
Is as yet an apprentice as compared with
that veteran strategist. Mr.. Tilden out
maneuvred Mr. Kelly in all the contests.
undertook to prevent the great reformer's
nomination, and triumph over his friends
when they lacked his guidance proves moth
ing as to Mr.. Kelly's power when he re-
turns. Mr.. Kelly is an infant in manip-
ulating the rural democracy in comparison
with the experienced leader who knows
them so we'll, and who did not expect that
his own State would turn against him DUR
ing his absence from the country When


s'his foot is on his native heath" and he has
surveyed the situation he will not be mac
tive, and Mr.. Kelly may again find that he
is overmatched, as he found he was last
year, both in the State Convention and at
ST. Louis Governor Robinson also, who
has more than two years to serve and is
greatly respected by the State democracy,
will lend his assistance in clipping the
wings Of the new party chief Governor
Robinson and the Tilden party fell
into an ambush, but though defeated
for the moment they will mot give it up
So" With Tilden back State convention
cannot again be taken by surprise, that
wary old political fox not being easily en-
trapped by the 'still hunt" method, whose
secrets he understands SO we'll. Even in
this city, where Mr.. Kelly is great deal
more at home, he may find himself in very
hot water before the end Of another year.
Here, where he is not Mayor, although he
claims to be master, he can accomplish but
little practically without Mr.. Ely's con-
sent. He can no doubt elect an
obedient Board Of Aldermen this
fall to serve during the remaining year
of Mayor Ely's term but the Mayor
has a veto on their action, and although
they can reject his nominations that provi-
sion of the charter by which heads of de-
partments hold over until their successors
are qualified will prevent the Aldermen
from bringing any branch of the city gov
ernment to q deadlock. While, therefore,
Mr. Kelly can put forth his powerful hand
to shake the tree he cannot gather the fruit
without Mayor Elys consent. Next year
the Tammany chief may not come
back from the State Convention in such
high feather as he has this year in Mr..
Tilden's absence. "Row, vassals, row p is |
command which he will have constant oc- |
casion to give to those who are in the same |
boat with him when he comes to deal with |
Mr.. Tilden, by whom he has been so
often foiled. We counsel him against |
waving his shamrock too proudly at this
stage Of the contest, and to remember
that his name is not OKelly, but plain
Kelly.


But for the present Kelly, even without
the o. is pretty formidable name-a name
to conjure with, and one that will start
spirit as soon as Tilden's, at least while
Tilden is beyond "the vastly deep" Kelly
without an O. is just now entitled to hold
his head pretty high but the malicious
demon which is envious Of all brill
liant success, and ''stoops his pinions'
shadowy sway" to darken the laurels
of victors, already hovers over the
Tammany chieftain. What
ire and disappointment must have
clouded his serenity when he learned Of
Alderman Purroy's pugilistic exploit in the
Nyack Senatorial Convention Had Purroy
been one of John Morrissey's pets, instead of
one Of John kelly's, his free use Of his jaw
breaking fist upon fellow delegate, in the
midst of the deliberations, would not have
brought blush, but q smile to the broad