The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-24
Tho Ruling OF Our Domestic Ex-
changes ON Political TOpics-sPOsting
Up the BOOks.''

Tho Ruling OF Our Domestic Ex-
UP the BoOks.'
Although the fact appears to be pretty clearly
established that the "Woodchopper of Chap
paqua' will be endorsed by the Baltimore
Democratic National Convention on the 9th
proximo, still the political press has not as yet
entered with full cry into the current Presi-
Dental campaign. The extreme hot weather
of the past week has also, perhaps, tended to
produce little relaxation in the spirits of our
contesting political gladiators of the quill.
For who cares about Greeley or Gratz Grant
or Wilson, Tom, Dick or Harry, when the
thermometer is clambering up toward hun
dred in the shade? The great anxiety in these
present scorching days is to learn how to keep
cool, and our political writer's seem inclined
to act the part Of wisdom by keeping them
selves as much in the shade as possible
The Boston Transcript (dilettand republican,
says there is more serious look about the
canvass than was apprehended. In several Of
the doubtful States-Indiana, New York and
Pennsylvania-the republicans are, says the
Transcript considerably divided, and disaster
seems almost certain to occur unless some
speedy and material alteration takes place for
the better The republicans possess espe-
cially under the leadership Of the republican
candidate for Vice President-much of the
political sagacity formerly the exclusive pro-
perty of the democrats, and may manage to
arrange matters SO as again to be successful
lin these States, the electoral weight of which
decides the contest for the Presidency.
The New Haven Register (democratic)
thinks that after the nomination of Groesbeck
and Olmsted if any other gentlemen desire
to get up q convention now is the time, and
demolishes the hopes of persons SO inclined by
declaring that the Groesbeck and Olmsted
ticket will not receive the votes of twenty-five
hundred men in the whole country. In this
calculation we think our New Haven contem-
porary would have been mistaken had Mr..
Olmsted remained in the field. As President
of the Board of Public Parks he has some
twenty-five hundred spades at his command,
and in election times every spade is trump.
The Register insists that the only choice is
between Greeley and Grant.
The Norfolk Journal (democratic) takes
this bull by the horns in trusting that the
Baltimore Convention will either openly and
boldly reject Mr.. Greeley or unequivocally and
emphatically adopt him. We hope, it con-
tinues, ''to have third candidate; but if that
be impossible, let the whole power of our
party be brought to bear in favor Of Greeley
against Grant"
Some of our Western democratic exchanges
are advising their friends to take Greeley and
grunt. This suggestion is made, probably, in
view Of the fact that the nominations were
made in city Familiarity known as Pork
opolis.
The Utica Observer (democratic)-a very
careful and shrewd observer of political
events-follows Mr.. Greeley's practice in log
cabin days thirty-two years ago., when he
did what he called posting the books of the
canvass from week to week. After surveying
the field the Observer ''posts the books of the
present situation Of the campaign, as fol-
lows:-