The New York Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1877, Page 3

THE STATE DEMOCRACY, Prospect of a Lively Time in the Albany Convention, WHAT THE CITY DELEGATES SAY. Who dre and Who Are Not In Favor of @ Renomination. A CENTRAL COMMIITEEMAN’S VIEWS, 4 New State Ticket Advocated by Western Democrats, OBJECTIONS TO BIGELOW AND FAIRCHILD, The proceedings of the Democratic Stato Convention to be held at Albany the day after to-morrow promises to bo quite as interesting and even more “lively’’ than bho recent Republican Convention at Rochester, Be- fore the regular work of the Convention begins the question of the recognition of Tammany or anti-Tam- many delogatos, not to spoak of the double delegations from several districts claiming the title of rogular ‘Tammany Hall delegates, will be certain to lead to a windy warfare, A{tor this matter bas been settled tothe satisfaction of all who arc admitted and to the disgust Of those who aro not, tho convention may settle down to business, Wohatover representation Tammany Hall Bets it will bo used, beyond doubt, against the renom- Imation of the present Stato officers; and the efforts made in this direction will, 1t 1s claimod by many, tena to create a fecling in thoir favor among the anti- Tammaoy men and the friends of Mr. Tilden in the tonvention, The opinions of a number of delegates to the convention are given below and will be found in- teresting in vicw of the likelihood of a warm fight before the doliberations of that boty are over, VIKWS OF W. W. GORDON, Mr. W. W, Gordon has been a member of the Demo- cratic State Committee, representing the Delaware county district for all of a dozen years, and in point Of seniority stands second onthe list. Mr. Gordon, whose opinion is valuable because of his long service 14 genoral knowledge of the inner workings, was guite frank and outspoken in the expression of his views. When asked by the reporter of tho chances of renominations all around on the State ticket he Promptly auswered:—‘‘They are sure of renomina- tion and just as sure of re-election, and although it is ‘a0 off year I would not be surprised if each of thom received nearly as great a majority as they did when first elected two years ago.”” “What basis have you for this opinion considering boat tho year is an off one?” was inquired, “Woll, I have my opinions on the dissensions in the republican ranks, brought about by Vonkling’s bola action at Rochester. That breach will widen and widen as election day approaches. Why already the ropublicans know they are beaten, and many of then— prominent ones too—don’t hesitate to say so publicly. They don’t act even like a forlorn hopo, because they feel cortain of deteat,”” “What vote do you think this ticket will receive on tho first ballot?’’ “That isn’t 60 easy saying. Some on the ticket will Feceive more than others, you know, but estimating the vote on Mr, Bigolow, the Sccretary of State, whom I regard asthe most popular, I should put it down as 226 out of 384 on the first ballot—very nearly B® two-third vote, you sce." “If, as you say, you regard Mr. Bigelow as tho strongest man, whom do you rogatd as the woakest ?’” Mr. Fairchild, tho Attornoy General, by all means ds the weovost man,” “To what do you attribute bis lack of strength ?”” “Well, to two or three reasons. Tho one which seems to ine the sfrongest and the one of which I cad frankly speak, is the jealousy his election has givon rise to among bis professional brethern. Moat of the mombors of the ‘Bar of the State, it is generally be- Neved, think an older, if nota better lawyer should fill the position, I give you their opinion as I know it, Mr, Fairchild is a very young man for so respos: bie a post, Ho is about thirty-five years old, I should may.” “This slate has the approval of Governor Robinson, itseems. Do you know about that ?”” “Without attempting to represent the Governor I think I can safely say that be strongly and thoroughly favors the ticket as a whole,’’ The Tammany delegation—bhow wil! it stand ?”” “Dead opposed to it—ready to fight it tooth and nail, Twenty-one anti-Tammany delegates will vote it and forty-two Tammanyites will oppoge it.’’ ‘sow docs the ticket stand among your associates on the State Committee? They will prebably be dele- Rates ? , yes, they are almost always sont as dele; lshould say they stood about t tho renomination programme—22 in favor, 11 against ww “How many of the committee from this city favor it, do you think 7” Three; Celill, Bowe and Henry Murray, from the Congressional district of Muller, Etchkot!” and Wood, respectively.” Isn’t there something of a hitch concerning the Capal Commissionerships?"’ “Yes, there is, itis explainable in this way, When the amendment to the State Constitution (which was ratified by the People, you will remember,) was adopted, it provided for the appointment of a Superin- tendent of Puvlic Works ana a Superintendent of Trisons. It was to take effect January 1 of this year. The former takes the places of three Canal Commis- sioners and th jer does away with three State Prison Inspectors. These latter offices were abolished by tho as Superintendent, but, rove Governor appointment of Dr. Pillsbury ‘ou see, the Logislaturo failing to ay Robin on’s nomination of General McCi intendent of Public Works, these thre im that they bold over unti! J» made, and, what is more, That's the hich, as I anders ‘What majgrity do you think the eity will givo the ticket, bearial iu mind that this ts an off year /’* “Well, considering that, 1 would not put it one bo- low 20,000.” SENATOR JONN MORRISSEY, The roportor found Mr. Morriasoy covling bimserf in Madivon square, te was seated on ono of its bonches chatting with a friends and, on opening, the couversa- tion, said that he ‘Was’ ih poor health, as was some- what evidencod by the appearance of his face, as well appointment ey make a ight for it. id it”? by the ‘asthmatic way in which he Bo ¢, baving frequently to stop to catch lis breat 18 power.ul nysique, bis sbouldors as broad as @ barn door aud is general physical “make up" showed that his ail- ment was but temporary—imore annoying than alarm- ing—and that the Honorable Joba will postpone for some timo. his trip across the Styx. mr. Morrissey was reluctant to talk (‘for print’) anti after the Stato Convention. “Do you think the proceedings at Albany will be | harmonious?” “1 don’t seo Why they shouldn’t be. 1 course Mr, Kelly and his followers will kick ngainst (he renom!- nation plan, but it'won’t do them much good, for 1 | eas it’s going through.” ot suppeed Frou favor it. What do you think are the reasons genorally for favoring it?" “Well, men have been faithfu duties of their offices isn't any cause for complaint. Because bavin, performed these duties they are tne better able to pe form them for another term. When we get a gvo servant we generally keep him, ana I don’t see why for two terms, at any rate, the same rule shoulun’t apply tow public servant, There is not much of a sineoure about any of the offices tur which nomina- tions are to be mado, | guess they all earn thoir pay, which isn't large, and the talent required to run each one of the olfices isn’t small, It’s lair salaries with @ good deal of hard work.” “You think the ticket as proposed will not suffer much from Mr. Kelly's opposition ?”” “No, pot inuch,” drawled the great Anti-Tammanyite very slowly, and then suddenly wheeling round in his seat he looked the reporter in the « said, with a siow, besiiating expressivencss, “Well, if Mr. Jonn Kelly can be Comptrolier, and run two news. papers, and tell eighty or ninety thousand democrata in this city bow to vote, without running against a lew , he’s a good ’un, now, I you. Idou't think he’s got enough talent to do that, AMONG THY LOCAL DELEGATES, tho First Assembly District the fecling vetwoon jval lactions of Tammany Hall, which has beou running high for nearly a year past, grows stronger ‘with the near approach of the Convention. Tho Muller and Dufly delegates both claim to be tho regular repre- sentatives of Tammany Hail, and the loaders on cach side confidently assert that their delegates and theirs only wiil be admitted from the districk Th copversation with a Hxrany reporter members, but that to avoid troubi tn the interest of Judge Duty w totar of sixty-three, of whom Jeuving sixty-one metnbers, thirty-three are pledged t Ex-Assembiyman Witia ourteon delegates two had since died, Of this number he says pport him, . Kitk is the chairman on elected to the coming tion in Socond Assembly district. He oteted that the party workers, had no tear of tho antlTammany men = tn yey that tbey amounted to the ve their last reorganization, he said, they th ir best workin; and be hi 9 delegation of which recognized in the Con: fi insist that the city of New York should settic its own affairs and not Joave them to a Committee on Creden- = v4 Contested Seats selected by the chairman of head would bo the ouly jon. On that secre he jeneral_ move in that direction would be made by the whole Tammany delegation, " The ght promisen tobe even. more bi 10 even more bitt Third Assembly aistrict than in the First, The Tam, 1c m.- many factions are headed respectively by Mr. Daniel OReilly and Alderman J. J, Slevin, ta 8 8 neem equally contideut that opposite results will be ob- laine Alderman Slevin says there can be no doubt of the result, as hy nO repre: 3 all their st; anteTem sip ape oe which they legution which he heads is tho that can be received trom the district, He say: O'Reilly has nevor been » membor of Tammany Hall and that the other delegates, William H. Rooney and J. J, Sweeny, are on the fence, and thata meeting of the District Committee has been called for this even- ing, at which the latter two gentlemen will be expelled trom the organization for good reasons, On the gation is the only regular one and that 1 18 impossible to foluse them admismon to the convention ; that the mem- bers were regularly elected after due notice published jn the required form, and that the election took ptace at the time aasl pine designated in the advertieement. He strikes at Mr, Slevin vy saying that tho leader of the opposition isa “despised man;’’ that he rro- gant and insalting to bis constituents and negligont to their wants. It will be hard to appease the bitter to Mgs that exist betwoen these two fnctior If Slevin party persist in their demands 111s stated that thetr opponents will ally themselves with the anti- Tammany party, which is very strong in the district, Neither party pretends to know wnen or how tho other party elected 118 delegatcs, ‘Thero waa lively skirmishing in the Fourth Assem - Diy district yesterday, but none of the ies would express any opinions us to bow matters stood, [t 1s ated by persons who claim to know, that tho differ- ors between tho democrats in the district would be amicably arranged. THERE MUST BE MARMONT, County Clerk Henry A, Gumbiecton, the leader of the Tammany party in the Fith district, was ubsens | from the oily yesterday, but his rst leutenant, As- semblyman Peter Mitcholl, was at his pos. In the courso of conversation he stated that it was his intention, and he velieved it was the desire of the whole delegation to do everything poss!- ble to procure harmony. He said tho present condt- Mon of the republican party in this State should nd- monish the demovcrats to keep united. He was un- willing to state moro than that he felt convinced that both wings of the democracy in tho «istrict would co- ulesoe, The district was a close one and they could not aflord to be divided. If enher wing oniied with tho republicans the democracy would be likely to lose, and this they did not imtend should take place. said tnat while 20 programme had been arranged the im- pression was general that barmony would prevail, OPPOMITION TO TAMMANY. Ex-Sepator James O’#rien, many delegates from the E) jonth (John Kelly: istrict, thought that there was hkeiy to be consid- erable bh “yer to Tammany Hall manifested at Albany. He expected that tho State oMlcera would be renominated, If they wero tt would be almost en- tirely because John Kelly was opposed to it, The Senator positively declined to be interviewed further on tho subject, saying that the timo for bin to speak had not yet come, m= +8) BANGUINE OF SUCCESS, Mr. Peter B. ase, Tammany delogate, said that he expected there woulda vo m protty strong fight in tho Convention, but did not know bow strong the oppo- nto Tummany would be. There wero four con- sted delegations from this city inside the organiza- tion and there would be a preliminary skirmish on that. He saw on the lists many names of persons who had been dissatisfied in foriner yours, but could not toll the strength of their ‘following. * suppose,’? said Mr, Olney, *%bey will do u to get in, and I suppose we shall do th the matter will be referred to a committeo on croden- tals, Atany rate, 1 thivk wo shall have a good con- vention, Thero isa great deal of interest mauilested in it, and some of the best men of the State will be there, Whatever contentions there may be I don’t think thero will be anything that will seriously affect the support of the ticket as nominated by the party hey have ad- | aititaliy and | and deliberately | throughout the State, The demovratic party is 1% good condition, hopeful and coniident, What. ever differences of opinion there .may be about party matters they propose to sweep the State, Wo shall ‘beat the ropublican party, and pretty handsomely, too, I thik tho Present State offeers will be tenominitod, as the ‘Taagses of the party throughout the State are satisied with the administration of tho present State government. | presume that will be the sense of tho Conveotion, Ordinarily Stato officers recei nomination when they have given satisfactio1 present officers have given “satisfaction to tho peoplo witbout distinction of party—I mean by that, that however opposed the republicans may be becauso it 18 adomocratic administration, the fnrir-minded mon ot both parties will say that tt bas been ry creditable administration.” VIEWS OF WESTERN DEMOCRATS ON THE QUEB- TION OF A NEW STATH TICKET—COURSE OF THE ALBANY REGENCY—OPPOSITION TO BIGELOW AND FAIRCHILD, P Rocnrsten, Sept, 29, 1877. Knowing tho differonces existing in the democratic party at the present timo witn rogard to the State ticket to be nomiuated at Albany next weck I have tried to gain trom prominent democrats in this sec- tion the prevailing sentiment in Western Now York, VIEWS OF A WESTERN EDITOR, Mecting Mr. William Parcell, of the Rochester Union the following conversation casued:— Rerorter—Have you any objections to giving your views of the orizin and motive of the prosent seeming discord in the democratic party of the State, and also ag to the course that ought or is likely to be pursued at the coming State Convention? Mr. Pusxcent—None at all, [am neither an office- holder nor an office-sceker, and have no interest to Bubserve save that of the party, whose barmony is disturbed and whose body Is sought to be kept aivided into factions by office-holders, oflico-seekers and the recipients of patronage for office, 1 trace the origin of tho prosent discord to the samo, source whence came bad viood in 1874—to sell-constituted regency of the party and solfish interests contring at Albany. To go back a little, Atthe State Convention ot 1871 in this city the democratic party purified iteelf and bo- gan the work of reform by denying admission to tho Tweed delegation from New York, although regular, and thus giving the Ring its first blow, In this action all the best men of the party joined. Church was in the city at the time and counselled tho course pursued, Governor Seymour, Governor Tilden, Governor Robingon, Senator Kernan, tho !ato Witham Cassidy, Governor Beach and other leaders wore mombors of the Convention, and carried it {or re- Jection, despite the championsbip of the Ring delega- tion by the Kings county people, who aro now groat reformers, and with a largo following. After that matters moved along pretiy smoothly, John Kelly was induced by Governor Tilden to come out vt retirement and reorganize Tammany Hall attcr tho overthrow of the King, and these two gentlemen, with others of equally high character, became suchems and managers of the organizaiion, Governor Tilden ro- mained a sachem until his election to the governor. ship in 1874, when be resigned, and Mr. Clinton was elected in his plach, As the convention of 1874 was approaching Governor Tilden appeared in the fleld as a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. Then it Was that the Albany iutriguers, who now figure as bis conscience keepers and iriends par excelieuco, et about the work of killing him of by inducing somo strong man to take the ficld against him. They pitched upon Chiet Judge Church, who bad no thought of of desire for the nomination, They went au agent out here, who induced the lute Jos Warren, of the Buflalo Courier, and others, to ac- company him to Albion and press the Chief Judgo to say that he would be a candidate, They failed in their object, but to get rid of them and their impor. tunities he axsonted to the following memorandum tn the full confidence that no such contingency as it contempinicd could occur: MKMOKANDUM. He (Judge Chureh) ty d unqualifiedly, and so far as inere personal eo ne are concerned we ©: vieme Lim, He would not and onght not to be a candidate against anyone who las been named jn connection with the office, either one of whom he regarded as eminently fv for the ps f, nowwithstanding, the Convention, with the warty, resent position for that of Guvernor, we do Hot think shat he ean ru/use, JOSEP WARK Armed with this the Albany Intriguers invited a number of democrats of prominence im different parts of the State to meet thom atthe Delavan House, and several responded, Among the number was Governor Tilden. When the proposition was made to him that he should retire and join ia a uvanimons call upon the Chiet Judge to take the nomination ho indignantly | to New | dectined, tufned on his heel and returned York, jaboring under tho false impression that tho movement was aschome of tho Chief yudge, whereas {twas the invontion and work of the Aivany parties referred to, a8 I havo personal knowledge, ‘the oniy result was a series of bitter attacks in the World, then conducted by Mr. Marble, upon Chief Judge Coureh, Judge Alien, ‘Mr. Warren, the Buflalo| Courier, the Rochester Union and other prominent democrats and democratic papers, and the toinentation «of = discord thay hi not oven yet passed away—all traceable directly to the Atbany source indicated, which 18 the prosent disiurbouce avout the stale teket to | nominated next week. Some two months age: ti Awsocinted Press was used by the Albany mitieners to end out @ despatch announcing the present State id bo doubt that the but he added that his delegation would Convention. In reply to a question he added hand, Mr. O'Reilly states that his dole- | Chief Juago | | Mr. Fare sis the source of NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOB ER 1, 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. officers as candidates for re- 10D. ment fell fat and met with no response, it felt disinchned to open up a discussion on it, but wore willing to f@ the whole to the month later tho Senato removed Bank Super- intendent Ellis, and Governor Robinson a second timo z the office, He was rejected by the partisan republican majority of the Senate purcly upon partisan grounds, ‘Then i was that leading aemoerats throughout the State and many democratic journals simultaneously Proposed Governor Beach for the nomimation for Sceretary of State, They were prompted to this— first, because of deep-seated and widespread dissat!s- faction with the preseot incumbent, John Bigolow, which led them to it he would not ve re- they considerea or Beach would be ut nor Robiuson in twice pre- for 4 most important State office and trust, a merited rebuke of the republican majority of the Senate, and a merited reward to a |ife- Jong, able and faithtul democrat TATE ORGAN ?? y Argus, putting uch matters which the lamented eld to be incumbent upon a paper occupy1ug jon of “State organ’ of the party at the cap- 4 putting on an insolent air of dictation came out and gave the democratic masses and the demo- cratic press of the State to understand, substantially, that they had no business to think of any one for State nominations this fall save the present mcumbents ; that Governor Robinson is “entitled at the vands of is party to @ corps of State officers’? of his liking; and that “therefore it 1# the Governor advises the A aside the reserve Cassid: nomination of the present State officers,” 10 retuse to nominate Whom, the Argus conten would bo to “condemn” them. This not only of & belittling of the constitu : , Which were es- tablished by the Democratic Constitutional Conven- thon of 1846 and the demvcratic mujority of the people of the State for the express purpose of making thor incumbents, within their spheres, the peers of the Chiet Executive and independent of him, aud it met with prompt, sharp and pretty g the banas of aemocrats and the demoer: the State, Further, tho fact was established upon consultation with Governor Kobinson that the Argus had placed him in @ talse position, that he had pot for a moment thonght of ” assuming to direct in the mi yr of nominations, although he bad expressed, ax he nad aright to do, his opinion as an inuividuul democrat, which was favorablo to re- nomination. Still the Argus has, from that day to this, Kept up ding-dong repetition of dictatorial ar- ticies wuich have fually degeneraved into abase of all who dare to think or @ay that the present State of- cers should not all be renominated. 1 cannot say how the wip of the Argus might be borne by democrats and its democratic couremporarics if tte editorial chair was flied by a Cassidy; but in Of the fact, well known to the democratic juur- je State, that the oblet editor of the Argus in, who wus formerly an oditor of the a Journal, anid who lett the chief editors of the republican organ in this ory, the Democrat Chromele, to take that of the Argus, tho assump- and they will owners and managers of that paper put some man of democratic principles, character and-standing whero Croweil and Cassidy once siood, and wiero democrats havo a right to demand that such a man shall gt This recital Indicates clearly onongh whero all the trouble comos trom, PRELING IN WESTERN XBW YORK. Rurorrer—Well, now, us to the coming Convention and State ticket—what do you regard us the sentiment of this section of tho State? Mr, Purcrtn—i regard the sentimont of Western New York among the democrncy an overwhelmingly in favor of a new or partially new ticket. ‘The Albany disturbers have sought to make it ear, and have tho changes upon the onarge, that these who. 0; ‘he renotnination of al the old Si long to accusations, and known to be false by those who m: them, some of whom were cheek by jowi with the Canal Ring und recipients of its favors when it lived, as many of those they assail were not, At ernor Robinson's administration, it ts universally ap- Proved by democrats, Poll the’ domocracy and the democratic press of the State, and you will not find o single democrat or a single democratic journal that will not declare approval of Governor Robin- sou’s administration. And yét I have no doubt the Albany goutry have made Governor Robinson beitevo that there 18 hostility to nis administration in some quarters, If such be the fact he 1s sadly deceived. As to reform, the advocates of @ now or partially new ticket want it carried to the lurthest extreme. They want ull rings sinashed and all public pluaderers pursued and prosecuted. © caubut any too much of that work for them. And they dosire, if ‘hor views are carried out, to gee put in nomi- nation = me wo k, and men ity of their them to be be- littled ana denied their prerogatives, will act in periect accord with Governor Robinson und co-operate with him in every im of Nie administration that #quares with the tively declared poliey of that pariy. Who thos mn Bball be is a question for the Convention to deet Wt. BORLOW'S STATUS, As to Mr. Bigelow, he m vot regarded as oligible to Domination. 1m a-demeoratic convention, He has no party status = He was nominated ago when ho was a republican, office us a@ republican, purcly upon personal grounds—as the personal iriend und at tho Ppersoual solicitation of Governor Tilden. The reasons which then induced bis nomination and induced demo- Crats to accept it do not exist now, does not ask to have him nominated, Tho great mass of the party are op; to his nomiuation, and ho ought not to be and 1 believe will not ve nominated. ‘That Mr. Bigelow is a gentleman of literary culture and capacity 18 admit But his democracy 1s an un- known quaathy. And even if he were an nnexcep- tionable democrat the fact that he has abandoned his office, leit the country and gone upon a tour of months abroad, is of itselt @ sufficient reason why he should not be noininated, Democratic prints that have morcilessly iampooned Graut for spending bis summer months at Long Branch and Hayos for junketing abyut would look weil defending John Bigelow as a wdidate tor re- election while neglecting bis ole! duties tor mouths, he being still abroad. Ihe idea is ridiculous. AS to the other gentlemen in State ollico, if it be the judgment of the Convention that they are the best men to be had in tedemocratic party for their pi that judgment will be accepted without a murmur. ‘They required standing im their party, no mat F untecodents, they have at least retail in the country and av'home and given attention their dutics. “It would not nocessarily bo tion upon their ollicial career if thoy w perseded as they superseded democrats beiore thom, BETTER MEX THAN FAIRE Thore is u very general opin’ Har of the State can furnish several Jawyei vetter qualified for Attorney General than Mr, Fair- child—are better caiculated than Mr. Fuirchild to fil an ofice to which such men as Ambroso Spencer, Martin and Jono Van Buren, Green G ronson, Samuol Beardsley, Levi S, Chatield, Marshal B, Champlain, and other lawyers of equal eminence, ex- perien «lability used to be eievatou, Phe fact that the republicans at their Convention in this e1ty have nominated Lyman Tremain’s boy tor Attornoy General rather requires that the democracy +houid give tho people « mau whose fitness as a lawyer ana integrity a8 @ man wro unquestionable. If the Con- vention shall see fit to nominate some one other than id he cortuinly cannot complain on the persedure ; lor did not ho-bimsclf supersed that v nm democrat and uble lawyer, ex-Judge Daniel i’ratt, lormerly-of the Sapremo Bench, at the end of bis iretverm? | have every contidence in whe wisdom of the comming Convention, and believe that ite action will be such as ty frowa down faction, rebuke disturbers of the peace and harmony of the party and render the democracy a unit in support of the Uickes and the piatform. Keroxntex—How as to tho views of the delegates so far elucied and likely to be elected hereanout? Mr, Poncest—Lne only delogates thus far chosen arg six in this county, three ii Sénech, three in N three in Genesee and tur vices hay + one Single oxception, lavor a wew or partinlly new ticket, Those yet to bo eiected in Western New York will stand 1a nearly the samo proportion. As thus clectod they will represeut their constituents, VIEWS OF ADDISON GARDINER, I called on Hon, Addon Gardiner, An old line dem- ocrat, Who was first ciected Lieutenant Governor unaer Stias Wright tn 1844 and was re-elected two years alter when Wright was defeated. J asked him what his opinions wore Tespocting the action uf the Democratic Convention to be held im Albany next week. He ro- pited:— “think the sentiment tn this part of the State is decidedly in favor ofwnew ticket. All those with whom I have conversed, both in avd ont of tuwn, seem to Wink that it would be unauvienble at tnis timo for the party to nominate whe prosent State officers, or at _ least part of them. With respect’ to Messrs. iigelow ond fairehili in particular the sentiment hero is that it wouid be ond in Governor Tilden score of oxceedingly impolitic tur the pt to place the: before the peopie for re-election in the coring cam- paign, For mysoif respect both these men as in- dividuals, and againgl tue private character | bave heard nothing said, With Mr, Faircuiid ft om not particularly acquainted, Bat as to Mr. Bigeiow I Velieve nin to be AM honest and able man. Yet 1 do not think he chouid be again nominated for the office ho holds, ay there are decided objections to him in this section of the State, and from that which 1 ob- serve in the newspapers [ think there is likewise in obier parts as well. The chief objection to him ts that he Is Hot A regular OUl-and-oub Comocrat, one who bas always worked with the party. And it is my opinion that he does not in particular care for the office, tor he has leit 1 most of the time In the charge of an uasist- an. Ltis not, in fact, the most important place on leket, but, SUll, H the seatiment of the majority is M favor Of eome olber candidate 1t would certainly be unwise to renominate him under the wircum- SLAnces as It mrght endanger the success of the ticket. “For my part,” saw tne Jadge, “L shali vote the etraight \ickel, as I always bave done, no matior who 1 caudiaates.’” 1o you think of Mr. Faircnild as Attorney I asked. “L think Mr, Farrebiid ts not the man for the office, Ho may be able, and he is undoubtedly honest, But I suink he has nothad the experience which that im- portant office calls tor, He should be able to conduct tho cases of the State, whieh Mr, Fairchild has not always done, For inail saits brought by of ugainst the State tne ablest lawyers to be iouna are secarad Against the State, so that the Attorney General should apable of conducting All cxses which inay arise in behaii of the people With disunguished ability and success,’ “1 said bis nevon with regard to the Tweed mattor Das been severely criticised, What do you think of thet?” Tho announce- No one ‘seemed to favor the proposition, and those apposed to matter State Copvention when assembled. A Dbomivated ex-Lieutenant Governor Alien C. Beach tor would be untair to crityeise him,” “Do you think t able tothe party?" oem not to be so objectionable 0 DEVELOP IN THE CONVENTION, [py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Auuasy, N, ¥., Sept. 30, 1877. A very inte: Corning was elected a delegate, with two otber: the legal delegates, lt is gestion simply named thelr men without the formality of an election, DETERMINED TO FIGUT. his rights in the State Convention on Wedn fight the matter through if necossary, ay and It is not im- ket man, bu he principal inter- satus, A VALUABLE PARTY MAN. bot) he machine and independent organizations con- district. His’ credeutiaix will probably occasion tho first battle in the Convention, and its resnit’ may sorve very fairly to gauge tho general old or new ticket sentiment of the delegates, DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES, Burra, N, ¥., Sept. 30, 1877. ‘The delegates to the Democratic Stato Convention from the First district of Chautauqua county, are H. U, Kingsbury, W. M. Whalton and John T. Phillips, and two years “Well, as to that, L can really expross no decided from the Second district, Wilham Bookstaver, E, L, Bailey and C,H. Leo. Resolutions wore passed by the latter distrsot strongly indorsing Governor Robin- gou’s administration, Nyack, N, ¥., Sept, 30, 1877, The dologates to the Democratic State Convention from Rockland county aro Hon, William Voornies, Nelson Koapp and Charles Benson. The Senatorial delegates are favorable to the nomination of Guloncl Richard Lathers, Auncen, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1877. The democratic can Assembly from Cayug: 3 jowell 1. Converse, and from the Second district, John M. Frocse, “LITTLE MAC" It is proposed to make the reception to General McClellan by tho democrats of Newark, N. J., at the Industrial Institute in that city, this evening, the grandest aflair of tho kind that has ever takon place in New Jersey, arrangomont is composed of Wilham A. Righte Hoa, Joha McGregor and Hon. Frederick H. Tee! The committee will meet General MeUlollan Morris and Essex depot, and under escort of the Ran- dolph Light Guard, & Guara, procecd to the institute, The streets and the depot to tho Institut pated, Among the speakers will be Senator Abbett, ot Jersey City; ex-Atiorncy Goneral Vanatta, Mr. Robert Gilobrist and others, CONNECTICUT ELECTION, CONTEST FOR THB LATURE. New Haves, Sept. 29, 1877. by special logislative acts clect December and April respecuvely, anntinl elections for tho choice of of school visitors. vetween parties for ot greater moment thaa usual, that they will, to somo extent, strength and complexton of existing factions; from the property interests of the State, ‘TRE CONSTITUTIONAL AMRNDMENTS, The proposed amendments are as follows: — First—Neithor the General Assembly nor any coun- of school district shall have | ny extra compensation to or in- ty, city, borough, town any power to pay or gral any public officer, employs, agent or serv: ho compensation of any public oft 0 eflect during tho continu tractor above the amount specitied in the contra of any bi ment, MINORITY REPRESENTATION. The law is as follow tions for the first time, rehiel, | ficers to be chosen suaii yote for more than one-half such uumber, umber to be chosen be throe, bo persons! vote for moro thn two; if five, uo person shall | for more than three, if seven, no person shait | for more than fovr.’ That number of persons | cient to All each of eaid boards who have tne ht | number of votes shail bo olevted. In case of numvor ot ballots shail ve elected, was usually considered equivalent to an election, failure coull ve Indicated vefore the polis closed, shrewdest calculating politicians, and the voves must be counted before results can be known, THe state KLebrions. angual State clection will be held, when membors of tho Lower House of the Legislature, Senators in di tricts having odd numbe: Fourteenth, Joan L. De Charles K. Fagan, Middietow ust carr; are to be ob must carry seven districts to {he must active personal inte the contest for county sherifs, from @ majority. Linued, together with nine deputy yailers. POR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD. unuer the new Ia instance, & perso this State one year, and in rogistered | Heretofore the voter could novit to become an elector mut re and east his ballot on the day of election, uieans many a vote was iliegaliy cus By t ‘Without the consent of both r rare, and in the cities ay ix. in but to “avy room, foriost thetr hee Botting and pool selling are prohibited, and penalties for traudulent voting or intimidation posed, j opinion, for he bas not yet been fully heard, and it ! Fest of the old ticket objection- “Not in the ssmedegree. To be sure if a change is made it would be betior to make a change ull around, But against Treasuror Koss aud Comptroller Olcott L have heard nothing in particular said about bere. They 4 FIGHT IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF ALBANY— OPPOSITION TO ERASTUS CORNING—HOW THE OLD AND NEW TICKET SENTIMENT IS LIKELY ing fight has already beom opened for the consideration of the coming Convention. Erastus to the Convention from the Firet district of Albany county, but a portion of the Convention which elected him bolted bis nomination and electea a new sot of delegates which are paraded im the Argus to-day as it that tho bolters did not even hold a new Convention, but called upon John McEwan, the “Boss” of Albany, and upon his sug- Mr. Corning said to-day that he would insist upon possiblo that be may organize a meeting if the Convention appears to be gonerally packed with such proceedings as ho claims bave been taken in hie : It 18 noedloss to soy that ho is a in is case arises trom the tact that he 16 4 son of The young millionaire givos usually $10,000 or $20,000 10 an important campaign, and has been by sidered a very hikely candidate ior Sonator from this ‘The committee having charge of the the andoiph Cavalry and Lister houses along the line of march of the processiou from will be decorated and ilumni- THE FIR6T TRIAL OF THE MINORITY REPRE- SENTATION LAW—AMENDMENTS OF THE CON- STITUTION TO BE VOTED ON—THE COMING CONTROL OF THE LEGIS- On Monday, October 1, the various towns of the State, excepting New Haven and Bridgeport, which town officers tn will hold their lectmen, assessors, “treasurers, boards of relief and boards lnyview ef tho: late struxglo © choice of a Chiel MaBtstrate these “littls town meetings” will have a significance the fact | indicate the and further, that In the hands of the legal voters rests the fate of two proporod amendments to the State consti- tution, each of which bas an important bearing upon 900 thereby, y or compensation of any public cou- Second—No county, city, town, borough or other municipatity shall ever subscribe to the capital stock of any railroad corporation or bocome a purchaser of | the bonds, or make a donation to or loan its credit, directly oF indirectly, In aid of apy such corporation} but nothing berein contained shall affect the validity is or debts incurred under existing laws, bor be construed to probibit the General Assembly from authorizing any ¢ity or town to protect by addl- tional appropriations ot money or credit any ratiroad debt contracted prior to the adoption of this amend- Under a law approved ast March the experiment of minority representation ts to be tried in these elec- Section L—At each annuai town meeting thero shall be chosen oot less than (three nor more tuan seven to be selectinen, nor jess than tea Nor tnore than five to be | sors, and not less than (Wo Hor more than five to —Whenever the number of the sforesail_of- U1 be two, four oF Bix Go person | te | tuat person Whose name stands first on the greatest Under the old taw the nomination to a town office At any rate, the candidate's chances of success or The acw law is us a mystifier among evon the Five weeks hence, on Tuesday, November 6, tho and county sheriffs wilt be | elected. ‘Tho contest, st Is expected, will be s spirited | one, tne republicuns ting to hold their ma- | jority m the Legislature, and the democrats | keeking to wrest it from thom, The Sen- | ators holding over in the evenly — namberoit | districts are:—Second, John 1, Houston, Enfield; Fourth, Caleb B. Bowers, Now Haven; Sixth, Charles ast Haven; Highth, Lucius Brown, Preston; iam D, Bishop, Bricgepori; lweitih, Oliver in, Axion; four are democrats and sixare republicaas, | political control of the Seuase the re- live of the eleven districts in | in. The democrats will be created in ot that so many candidates ure to aflected by the result. There will bo eignt nominees for Sheri! in ench party, and eighty-one deputies aro either to be turned out or con- The last Legisiature looking to the prevention of fraud among voters, tade soine Important restrictions jor the conduct of elections, as, for ide in © town where he is to bo xX Months preceding tho electors’ meeting. he registry board of Nis 1mtentions # few months preceding, anu quality Ceruticate voting 18 vow entirely abols! id any paine omitted from (be voting list canuot, us joture, be restored on election day it the registrars have previously passed upon it, and no name can be added on that day a Polis wre to be opened in all Lhe towns at nine o'clock Vices where intoxicating liquors are reputed to be soll inust be closed on clection day trom five A. M. to six P. M., ander a penalty of $40 iiuo and cuirty doy’ {soUINENI, AHA Lots applies not ouly to barrooms | und dealers violating the law will | vere CONKLING'S COURS, ihe rest of the tieketss igelow aud Farehita. = | A Rising Storm of Republican Opposi- tion to It in this City. THE PROPOSED MASS MEETING Views of Prominent Members of the Union League, “A TRAITOR TO HIS PARTY.” | The action of the Convention at Rochester, in placivg the republican party of this State in antago- m to the Southern policy and civil service order ot the administration, seems to resulted in vitaliz- ing the slumbering energies of the President's iriends in this city, and in rallying around him a compact and influential party. If the views of the gentiemen who make the Union League Club their beadquar- ters may be taken as a criterion of the sentiments and sympathies of the republican pariy in this State, Senator Conkling’s triumph will be of short duration, ‘They are almost unanimous in their condemnation of the Kochester Convention generally and ot the ob- atructionist policy adopted by Senator Conkling par- ticularly. They profess to be taken by surpriso at the hostility to the President’s pohey 80 suddenly developed by the delegates to the Convention under the leadership ot Mr. Conkling. Thoy claim, however, that the patriotic citizens of tnis State will sustain the administration, The pacitica- tion of the South and civil service reform will now, they say, became the shibboletbs of the republican party, and men who have herctotore romainea silent on the subject because they bad viewed the President’s policy in tho light of an exper.ment, will now throw aside their half-hearted approval and become stanch supporters of the President, Be this as it may, it 18 certain that Seuator Conkling’s Convention bas given an impetus to State politics which, for good or evil, will gpterially affect tho destinies ot the republican varty iu the State, The rivairies which will bo engen- dered 1m the approaching canvass may only prove a patriotic stimal: nd thereby bring out tho full force of the silent voto in the interest of the Hayes repubh- cans, It is@ noticeable fact that none of the gentle- men whose views are appended as much as refer to a reounciliation between Sevator Conkling and tho President, They claim that the action of the formor was so extreme aud 0 personal that there bas been left no loophyle of retreat. They represent the Senator as having burned his ship, and he must now stand or fall by the issue, Jackson 8, Schultz compared the action of the Conven- tion to a still bunt; that, in other words, the Conven- tion was packed «lth Senator Conkling’s partizan: that as soon asthe heat and passion of the moment had subsided, sensible republicans would regret their hasty action, and become etanch supporters of the administration, It 1s seldom that thero is so much unanimity of opinion on any public qnortion of so much importance, Mr. Schultz and bis friends pro- fess to evtertain no apprehensions as to the reeuit of the split in the republican ranks, Tho projected ma: moeting in this city, alluded to In the HxRaLo’s a count yesterday§ot the private meeting of the Union League to call out public opimion on this question, will, it is predicted, be fatal to tho pretensions o¢ Senator Conkiing, A meeting of the friends of the Senator will next be in order; but if the gomtiomen of the Union League Club do not err Senator Conkling following in this city will not make a very formidable showing. + JACKSON % SCHULTZ, Jackson 8, Schultz, whon questioned by the Hxrarp roporter yesterday on tho subject of Mr. Conkling’ course, said be had only one opinion of the action of the Rochester Convention. grent mistake, The President would be sustained by the republicym party in the State, So far as Mr. Schultz was aware every member of the Union Leaguo Club was in tullaccord with the Prosiden.?s policy. ML-advisod proceedings of the © strengthen the President's hai nvention would ouly 4s, AS rogards ihe swooping majority which sustained Senator Conkling | atthe all, It was easily explained, the Post OMice—in other words, the federal oflicet: s—wore atthe bottom of wall, It is civil service order the uppearing as but his place was well sapplied by a trus who was sent for the special urposo of toll Jead of Scnator C of the Conveution could be likened to a still hunt; the ume was bugged beiure the hunt began. ‘Lhe work, in other words, was cut and dried belorenand, How: ever, Senator Conkling would soon realize the tact that he canuot cominit the honest republicans of this city OF of tho Stute to bis policy of obstruction. Ti mass meeting, which Was Leing organized, would sui tain the President in ne uncertain tunes, M, WALES. vention, that was a matter of no surp! The Custom House and 4. (roe that the ade: Sab Salom HM, Wales ead he warmly approved of Presi- down iu the Cinemuatt piatiorm, made ® tour of the Soathwest lust M. Sap Antonio and Gal the result of bis obs for harmony and recon For tho last four years th South, [he President was pledged to restore peace and confides He was making an honest endeavor to do so, Civil service way on trial, and, although it might be unpopular at first among the vilice-nolders, he bad no doubt but itz benencent results would oon be feit and appreciated. As re- wards the action of Senator Conkling be had nothing to say by way of recrimimation; he was sorry that Mr. Conkling should have placed bimsel! in antagonism to the administration, He was confident that tne repud- licans of this stain the Presiveni, At the he wus convinced the Presidential poricy would be unanimously 1 He was hopeiul, vowever, f bad biood would bo such an occasion fritiered away by discussing the faulty or viriu The great measures which wero 80 apd deliberately discussed, itrespeetive of party pre- dilectiovs of personal prejudies. Ho had conversed with several of the —— UW the Kochester Conven- tion, Iriends of Senator Conkling, and they repudiated auy desire to jlace themucives’ in antogontam tw the policy of the administration, They sustained Senator Conkling because they were ot opinion that Mr, Cur- Us’ motion was ill-timped andinjadicious, They acted in the interest of peace, as they did not wish to offend a large number of delegates rom the western part of policy been forced upon the Convention. HENRY STRMBINS, Mr. Henry ( was whea culled upon first sndisposed to speak vf th: cal aflairs, but, upon being pro: to raz that there would be rexsion uf co: demaation of Senator Can! as would in: that gentioman understand how grave an error be bad committed 10 arrayiny hunger agaimse the Chief Magistrate of the country. [t was ali vory well tor petty politicians Ww assall (he administration of 4 great country, but When siatesinen stood up in their MgO places and arraigned the policy of a government it was Uine for partisanoiip to stand aside and justice to assert her prerog: he did not besita re bad been an invitation issued of the Union League re tho proper thin; ‘the curd wana were to bo . B. Thurbe vbiow, David Lows, iguors of the paper, a Thesday at the latest there Dav expected by th would be respons they would be given to the press, Tis was bo factions opposition to a clique or party, but # sincere desire on the part of a well meaning ma. jority of taxpayers to help the people and assist them in ameliorating their condition. SINCLALE TOUSEY, “Lean hardly,’ said Mr. Tousey to the Hxnann re- porter, “ve regarded as an suthority tn what l say, asf ¢ long since Ceased to take A prominent part in pole os, and the matter Dad given me very little concern until that ridiculous parody of a Convention began t asion at Rocbest Frown the trst moment of 1 won | earelully followed its every deliberation and cuneo! K * L do not hesitate to sry that men composing it acted like a pack of jackasses and fool, ‘They suffered themscivos to ve led by the by who was actuated alike by the contemptible impulses of malice, inordi- nate greed and defeated ambition; and, instend of being lis Servile tools, they should bave beon his un- relenting opponents, I cannot but wonder how such intelligent med, as mavy im tbat convention we ever suflered themselven to be led by Conkitne's d poue will, As far asx Conklife’s action itsell 18 con- corned, | uncquivoca ly brand 1 as an insult to the republican parly aad an injustice to President dlayee, While fos attack vn Mr, Curtis was entirely unwarranted and cowardly in the ‘emo, Conkling 1 ited tho republican part Ho was tirmly convinced | that Senator Conkiing sud his friends bad madea | The | | bi svon as they were received | 4nq reasonably upon all the ealient questions now | before the oc Mr. end that ingult will pover be wiped out, dt will lor+ ever romain in the hearts of all true republicans, to the everlasting disgrace aod discredit of the traitor; for Such, mdeed, 1 now consider Mr. Conkirng, «ince he has Womistakably shown that, to satisfy his own pri- vate malice and defeated ambition, he would vetray the very men to whom he owes all ‘the success that bas veen Bis since he entered the political arena puch a mun ¢an never hope the confidence of an honest, true once oh forfeitea it, thereiore, in my opinion, is politically dead. He mado the great mistake of his ind it will be fata 1p 1t6 consequences. | don’t y he should bitterly opposed to the course followed by Pri Hayes, tor, iu my opinion, a better could pot be vised.’ It’ looks to the feuniting of the discord and opposing elements of this country, to a Lappy unieo of North and th anda return of that pros perity which once was the great characteristic of ou; country, Yot Mr. Conkling opposes a policy would’ bring about all tnis, y to presume, therefore, that he in on of the unsettled condition of affairs which has tor so long been noticeadie in our land. He is videatly opposed to our national prosperity, and merely because it would provo detrimental to bis in- terosts, Awl sald before, as far as his attack on Mr, Curtis is concerned, it was cowardly and base, and eultrely opposed to tho instincts of the true gentle. man. Mr, Curtis did not deaerve it; never could, and never would deserve it. He is a geptiomap tn ever} sense of the term, and as true and stanch a repubii- can as one can flud in the length and breadth of tne land; and 1am deeply pained at the cowardly attack made upon him, REPUBLICANS DIvGUSTRD, The only eflect thus tar which J have noticed ax hav- ing been caused by the Rochester Convention ts (hat » filled all decent repubiicans with a deep disgust for the puerilce instruments who were so ousily moulded to the will of Mr, Conkling, On every hang I hear the same condemnatory lauguge coneorning (ue action of the Coaveation, and I should not at ali won- der if anothor ticket were placed in the fold, It is true that such an act would republican party and inevitably insure its do! in the coming elections, yet 1 am heartily in favor of making this split and tor the reason that] feel convinced that in tho long rua it would ve prolilic of the best of resulta to the republican party. ‘To substantiate this opinion, 1 will only state a circumstance which occurred many yours ago, 1t was in the time of the Buruey abolition excitement, Then, just as now, a pack of fools mot in couvention, aud suilered themselves to be vols in the hands of an unprincipled and umbitiously revengeful volitican, The result was tho nomination of a licket that was evea infinitely worse than that which has just been put in the tleld. What did Otuer aud disgusted abolutionisis do? Why, Yolted and nominated Henry Clay, who was one o! most prominent whigs in the country at t Now, tho men mak had no earthly prospeot of carrying tho election, still thoy determiped to nake tho attempt at all bazards, if for no other purpose than to show that they would not be dictated (o, Well, they were defeated and l’pik was electes, Yet that do! instead of injuring, bevelited them, for wheu they finally merged into the republican party thoy became a strong abd powertul organi and elected irosident Lingoin with com. parative ca SPIT THE TICKET. A consideration of these tacts 1npols me to say that We should do tho same thing now. We ought to split the ticket and put up decent republicans, Of course ‘Wo Will bo Deuten, but 1 feel convinced that in the ond Wo will bo better off for i, At any rate, 1t will show Roscoe Conkling that he isn’t the only republican in tho Jand. Peruaps tho feasibility of this proceedure will be discus at our coming mass meoting, J can’t tell yot what we will do, but we intend to most cordially ludorse Prosident Hayes and his policy. We are heartily in favor of tho latter and will do all in yur power to successtully assist it, NATHANIZI This gentleman 1s anotne Committee who are to muke the necessary propa Proposed mass meoting. Ho w youterday at his nouse iu West Twenty-cighth Pression to Lis Opinions with a groat deal “L never did like that Conkil ho always thought bim « contemptible man, A grasping politica, and I have been more than fortified in ‘my opinion, — It's tho frame way with tho entire family, - think thero must be something tho matier with them, Now Conkling thinks bimsolf a groas man; thinks be 14 above everybody elso, Well, it in true ha js a man of ability, and util bis lato escapado held a vory enviable place in the eyes of men, but he was al- Waves proud, haughty aud overbearing. He managed to get in a certain elevated sphere and was too contound- edly proud and saperciious to como down from it, He would not stoop. But, as far 9s hix course at Ko- chester 18 concerned, tt was suicidal in the ex. treme. He has rumed himself posuecally, and is, L think, little better now than a political corpse, T guess when our mass mecting, under tho auspices of the Union League Club, comes off, it wilt open air, Roscoe Conkling’s eyes. We inte: rtily indorsa President Muycs’ every uct, und at the same time to devote a little of our tinte tothe Hero of Utica,” tor which devotion I imagine wo will call Ives the w: Xcitabie po! rate he will ave that decent repubneins we to be led by the nose vy aby soulless, gra tierap."”” Several other prominent republicans in the city be sido those Whose viows aro given above, were visited by the Herat reporter, several of them boing mem- bers of tne, Union League, apdanauy others not members, They taiked ‘qiite {recly on the aunject of Mr. Conkling’s ‘mad course,” aa some of them termed tt, and ovory eno was Joud in ‘his condemnation of’ 1t and deciared that ne would do all that lay im his power to susiain tne President’s policy of “roconciliation of the sections" and the puritication of the civil service, From all s plain to bo seen that Mr, Conkling will fad ) st 18 course al the approaching m, Ling a majority of tho strongest repabiter. Boston (Mass. ) Globe he fight was made on the Premident’s course regarding civil service reform, That fight comes nataraliy ia New York, and there ia no better battle ground for it, Victory there will mean victory evorywhere, aod tie best ining that eam happen for the cause of this reform js an overwhelm. ing defeat of Mr. Conkling’s party at tho election ia November, followed, if nut preceded, by atirm and uniinching shaking off from ti those who insist on clinging to his political machi and {rom the politreal machinery of thuse who oD: to hold their positions in the public service. moro than douvtiui whether tho divorce can bo focted without the defeat of tho Rochester nomint tions, though of themselves they ure ivsigoificant,’? Boston (Mass, ) /'ost:—"'*The action of this Convention is the death atruggle preceding the inal dissolunion of the republican party in th wire State,” Boston (Mass.) Herald:—“The result of the Repubsi- can State Convention tm New York contirms tuo opinions we have heretofore expressed that the old political parties, based upon the issues of the past, are in process Of rapi disintegration, and that she tne 14 clogo at hand When new combinations must inevitably arise to dou! with the questions uf tue preseut aud als¢ oi the tnture.”’ Wilmington (Del.) Every Bvening: —** The result will be dificult to predict, but in the prewent condition of the Senate it will depend on the action of the demo- cratic side of the house, since it 18 certaim that tho re. publicans will not, as a unit, sustain Mr. Conkling in bis now inevitable course, Will the democrats also dt- Wide, pars of thein supporting tho faction led by Br. Conkling and part that which will prevavly be lea by Btagicy Matthows? If they do the ogginning of that new division of parties will apparcatl, be at hand. It 4s an interesting situation to say the least of IL”? Philadelphia (Pay Times:—Never had President such an opportunity to doa great thing for the coun. try. He hws only to full bis promises of reform in Jotter apd in spirit, throwing doubt and caution to the winds, aud:bix nane will bo gratctully remembered by this people when the Conkiings who pow strut their briet nour upon the stage will be baried in oblivion and reproach. Wili he du it!"” Rochester (N. Y.) #zpress:—“Conkling has bad the last word, aud it recoils upon his own head with ter- Tible eifect, and we look upon the spectacle of a great mao impaied upon his own sworu with commisera. , tiou, It was the act of hari kari in the presence of a great audience friendly to the sabject of tho suicide, and who would gladly have averted the personal disase ter, which inevitablo fate seems to have decreed, Since | Mr. Conkling was bent upon the act of a felo ae se wo regret that he chose Rochester as the scene of this ox« i. AS to the plutiorm dictated by tho Senator, u@ cWairman of the Committee on Resolutions, it must be vatd Luat It fails Of its intention to conceal th posity toward the Prosideat which animased the that propared it. As « platform iL serves no pars pose of sdeh au instrament. It is verbose, prolix, stited and difficult, when tt should be ph outs spoken, concise and pointed in expression of cardinal tenets of political aoctrines. There had evidently been a stadied attempt to conceal hostility to the President, but the rhetorivians who turned those periods failed to cover their purposes, ”” Albany (N. Y.) Journal:—"The plattorm adopted at Rochesicr expresses republican sentinient tomperately y. Itiays down principles and rules of action which imect the highest demands of the friends of good goveroment, aud will comimond itself to them as being not only sound but practical.’’ Philade:phia (Pa.) Prese:— Mor Conkling may de feat the republ party of the State of New York, and provavly will, but there may be some compensae tion in tho fact that the temporary catustropto to hie poliical organization may be followed by bis perma. neat removal from party. ieaderstip.”’ EX-SENATOR CAULDWELL TWEED. Mornisamia, N. Y., Sept, 20, 1877, To ta® Eptton ov tus Henato:— Please te }@ iM your next issue that tho letter hoaded “Ex-Senator Cautdwoll’s Denial,’ relating to ‘Twood'’s testimony before tho Aldermanic investigate ing committees, Published im to-day’s Hexatp, was never Written or su gnarure AND fereery, pt CAUNOL imagine What motive actuated the jorger, jully yours, | foreere Bespecttulty Your tant CAULDWiblabe ‘ § Q