Year: 1873

Tammany was king of all she surveyed In the
metropolis and silent partner In the republican
firm which partially controlled the State up to q
brief year or two ago has Saratoga been so over
whelmed with the genus politician as she is to- day.
There are those, doubtless who will tell you that
politicians like all other mortals, are once in
awhile seized with longing for Congress water
after full Winter spent in iquOrng up at Albany
or at the City Hail. or that they are always certain
to be found wherever there is a horse
race and pool to make money out OF.
All this cOncede is in every way reasonable
to certain degree and not entirely devoid OF
truth; but since the Golfers OF the city treasury
have been shut down upon them in the city the
city politicians do not, as rule, go to any Summer
resort where 1t takes smalsized fortune to stay
few weeks, and it needs no argument to prove that
the backwoods statesmen are TOO busy at home on
their farms just now to be able to give up even o
day OF their precious time to gayety and idleness
solely The TACT is that nearly all OF those now
here both from the city and from the country have
come here for special purpose. Now the great
question with everybody here is What is that pur-
poser think am in position to be able to give
you little insight into the real secret of


THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS.


First and foremost need simply call attention
to the TACT that few weeks ago there was held
here sort Of convention, at which some of the
most brilliant lights OF that very circumscribed
galaxy OF jokers who style themselves 'llberas''
twinked and shone brightly for twenty-four hours
and then snun'ed themselves out without as much
as leaving atrial behind them. This convOcation
was held ostensibly for the purpose of deciding
what should be done by the party" at the coming
FAN elections or rather what plan 1t would
be best for the liberals to pursue in order
to maintain Themselves hn
public as balance OF power. Sun1ce 1t to say
that the Executive Committee, with General John
Cochrane at its head, was finally fully empowered
to follow the dictates OF It's own good judgment
and take, in the name OF the ''party," whatever
stand 1t deemed best for the general good. This
committee has not yet promulgated its decision,
but enough mas leaked out to justify the assertion
that nothing will be done absolutely until the
plans proposed by the liberals shall have been duly
considered by the democrats 1t is for this reason
that SO many Of


OUR CITY AND COUNTRY STATESMEN
are here at present few days ago several OF the
leading democrats here held private conference
together with the liberal chieftains during which
the whole plan of battle, as prepared by the lib
erals, was sketched out, and then followed .sbig
talk" to the probabilities OF success. Although
democrats like August Sche, S. S. Cox Fer





Nelson, Samuel Courtney, Senator O'Brien, Judge
Garvin and others pretend not to know exactly
what was said or done in the talks had about the
matter, have learned enough to know that


THE GREAT sTICKLER JUST NOW


between the liberals ana the democrats, as to their
future united action. turns almost exclusively
upon the way the next State Convention or the
democracy should be made up politically. 1t was
at first intended by the iberals-and this learn
from an official source-t0 call o distinct conven-
ton Of their own, the members not to be pledged
In any way as an aid or countenancer of any other
party in its schemes or plans for the campaign,
but, on the contrary, to meet untram-
meed in every respect. For very good reasons,
ficentiy wei organized in every district OF the
State to assure a full delegation of out-and-out
liberals from every county, this plan was aban-
intimated that anything OF the kind would be dis
astrous. The next move was to


SOUND THE DEMOCRATIC wIRE-PULLERS,
and this sounding by the liberals on the one side
and a resounding by the democrats on the other
has been and is now the chief occupation
one, for the past lew days Understand
that the abandonment of the exclusively Liberal
Convention idea was due to the wise counsel OF
Ex-Governor Fenton, who in it nothing that the
people would regard as other than political fight
Ol politicians FOR political favor. The upShOt OF the
whole matter, as things stand at present. is, and
will be so stated in their address, that the liberals





hook, but that they will request tnat in the coming
Democratic Convention they shall be allowed fair
proportion of the delegates. To accomplish
as many OF the democrats do not seem to take
well to the idea, apprehend that 1t will tax the
ingenuity OF the leaders considerably to bring
matters out straight in the long run. | have
spoken to several OF the city democrats now here
in relation to this particular phase OF the situaton
and they one and all appear to be opposed to 1t,
claiming that the Democratic Convention should
be an out-and-out democratic affair, from the
chairman down to the last doorkeeper. and that
II the liberals are really sincere in what they say
they want to do for the general good, utterly lnde-
penuent OF Wnat they may lose or gain by their
democrats at the polls and help elect their can.
didateS as


AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.


And now comes another phase Of the whole mat
ter, which may, after all, cause the democrats to
think twice before they allow the liberals to make
q diversion In favor Of some policy which, while
not being in consonance with that or the admins
tratl0n republicans, may be such as to weaken
make their defeat quite probable it not inevitable.
1t Is the question OF putting aside political tests
at the coming election and calling upon all honest
men OF all parties to rally to the support OF
good men to be nominated for all Offices regardless
OF their past politics. The result OF such plan
would not exactly be the formation of "farmer's
grange" to be sure but practically the effect on
the two parties, II the people backed 1t up, would
be pretty much the same In the matter OF nomina.
ting and eectingEood men to office, while 1t would
be different in that it would not advocate the
Claims OF any particular class in the community IN
all especial manner. Dau u CONVERSATION tO-udy
with prominent liberal about this special matter
and he said,


Q. Il. D.,


"Our intention is not to do anything that would
endanger success in the coming campaign. III the
democrats take kindly to our policy 1t will be
grand thing for the public good. You see, what is
wanted Just now is an upheaval all round against
BAD men, no matter to what party they belong. In
the last Legislature we had some splendid SAM
pies or


WHAT STUFF REFORMERs ARE MADE OF
VINO had to work as politicians for their nomina-
tlons and then did the bidding of politicians when
they got elected We liberals believe that the pub
lsny, and "'"tst tSats SeA we can, n D. BY @ com. com
bined effort all round, put men in
nomination whom the people will support as
against the professional politicians candidates.
10 secure this result IL is necessary that there
should be at the coming election adistinct peoples
party-a party around which the people OF the
state can rally, with the conviction that the In.
fames OF the past city and state legislation shall
not be repeated"


"Do you think that the democrats and liberals
could JON hands together and throw aside In con-
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