New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-05
BOGUS NEWS.

The modern arrangement whereby fabrica-
tons and their antid0tes are printed IN the
same issue of q journal has such obvious ad- =
vantages of convenience that we neglect no
opportunity to commend it.
Some weeks since, a telegram preluding
meeting in Pennsylvania OF Gen. Butler, Horace
Greeley, and Others to organize resistance 10
Gen. Grants denomination, went the rounds
without objection or comment. We judged
any one who could swallow that too hopeless
q donkey to be influenced by . correction.
Now, we hear that said meeting has been put
"off," which is reassuring. The Times, In
Washington dispatch, says:
"The great conference Of political sOreheads' thas
was recently announced at Harrisburg aud did not take
place. set down for this city, at the Arlington for
Tuesday next 30 far heard FROM the high joint coh
ferees are g. p. Cummings who is tho Massachusetts
Intcrnationae GEORGE Wilkes, and Horace Greeley Az
Mr. Cumnugs one the conferecs. authority for tho
announcement 1t may 10 believed, or not according 70
ones fancy Hesays that Mr.. Wilkes thinks poesiDfs
to defeat nomination Of President Grant, and Is WORK.
ing scheme for that purpose Ia Magdalena Bay, ous
he Himself thinks it s easier to prevent the election than
the nomination. He will tell what Mr.. Greeley thinks
about 1t when he comes to the conference"
Here, you see, is something definite. and
not too far in the future. AS We were naturally
anxious to know "what Mr.. Greeley thinks
"about it." we inferred from the above that
The Times would undertake to tell rs to-mOr- '
row. But, turning to the editorial page Of that
paper, we read:
Tho coming session Of Congress 10 to afford the oppor
tunity Warrington is to be the headquarters for
pcrfectng the plane Of this antGrSnt movement. and
carrying ont tho details of the programme Among the
prominent Senators enlisted In It are Sumner. schurs
Trumbu, and Fenton. while outside Of Congress tho
leading captains Gratis Brown. Tom Scott, Wendell
Phillips George Wilkes, aud others OF moro or less note
Mr. Greeley We informed Il not to be admitted into
the ranks Of oaptsns but will he permitted b do CO..
vice 40 guerrilla scout, sharpshooter spy. or whatever
may DO found suited to his capacity in tho shifting
exgoncies Of tho campaign The leaders afraid 10
give him captains commission. because. ~ they said
he was 'errstic, crOtchety, and unreliable"
There certainly would seem to be some truth.
or at least plausibility, in the above, whatever
it's appearance in Tho Times might indicate;
for. I'D to this moment, "Mr. Greeley" has
attended no conference, caucus. meeting, or
cabal held with reference to the nomination
or election of President in 1872; nor has be
been invited to attend any. He has not seen
George Wilkes for year or more, knows
nothing of "Mr. 8. P. Cummings, the Massa'
ohusetts Internationale y" (whatever that may
mean.) and has not conferred with reference
to tho Presidency even with Gen. Is. +. Butler
amazing as that fact may appear To the best
Of bis knowledge, he has been quietly mindmg
| his own business at and about home, ana 10
happy to confirm tho statement that he is too
cratic, crotchety, and unreliable" to 10
party to any back stairs intrigue for the Presi.
dency. If any person bearing his name sih9ula
appear to-day in Washington. the police
requested to arrest that person rs u swlhaier'