New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-04
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT.
NOT THE WAY TO the w Wilt, hooS''

Not TIE W w m Syracg1 JoyrrAL .
Judge Daviss nomination mas lT wba mS, III
opuiar nv any section or interest Ter the a
provsl the boilers who S%pTC for Mr. Davis OF iii
no to get far on the way 70 me aS
in tle coming Presidential race, as VIII MS h"''" W
The late &. S. A., and no t1rther
WAS THE CONVENTION MANAGED BY THE DEM
OCRATSG
yTom TIE PhiGdciDho Pres
II ia n little curious to notice how the org
inotors and operators Of the labor and industrial organ
stations OF the country gradually falling INTO general
trjrd friend There seems to be doubt that the whole
OF this Columbus Convention was mahlpuateu III Tue III
tercsts Of the Democracy. The movement Is com
pete pOstponement Of the aspirations for the PTeS
dental Office OF GOV. Gratz Brown of Missouri aud Hon
Lyman Trumbun Of Illinois both OF whom nave oceh
struggling for the Presidential prize
ONLY A STRAW.
From The C,HcipHdH Commercial
The oracles of DelphOs were not more eng
maticai than the response Of Judge Davis to the an
nounCement of his nomination for the Presidency ~
man infused with so much philosophy that be e9u1
lie happy with straw, TO extract comfort out T ns
81 ne has aspirations for the Presdencyand he IS sara
TO have-hOpes to have stronger backing IMAM 20 iden
Reformers can promise him. and does not cart "a ~
tfy himself with cause that might politicai
prospects Of nomination 10y n s0n 70 accept any
Incidental support
WHAT cay HAPPEN TO THE TICKET
Messrs. Trevellick, Cameron, Day, and their
associates think they have discerned IN advahSe Cno
Judge Davis Is likely to be the standardbearer OF soio
more powcrf organization. If this should prove 10 oe
mistake the Labor Reform ticket Will not be neaII az
the polls in November in any single state OF lne
The letter of Judge Davis will probably he construed
as an acceptance of the nomination. though ne Goes NOT
kay that lie accepts it, that he ndOrses the pd9Ih
of the said Labor RefOrmerS To subscribe TO the pat
form would be an Intellectual feat which might oafe
the learning of the entire Supreme Bench
OBJECTIONS TO THE PLATFORM.
Prom Neo- York Post ,
The eminent gentlemen nominated oy me
Convention for President and Vice-President Judge
David Davis Of Illinois and Gov Joel Parker Oh New
Jersey seem TO have accepted the nominations without
any knowledge of the platform adopted We 40 not pc
hcve that either of them will stand upon before tue
country or will to be used by such men as IT'S
authors must have been 1t has been commonly supposed
10 be the plan Of this Convention to set nominees
Iefore the people In advance Of the Reform Republican
Convention in Cincinnati, in the hope that the Clncl
mali Copvcnton-eager to unite all the opponents OF th(
AdminstratiOn-wOud adopt the same ticket II Is 20
Improbable that this plan might have succeeded nau th
platform Of the Labor Convention been one Whi9n an.
Intelligent TefOrmcr could adopt But being as r. III
platform in 10 sense Of Labor Reform, hut merely O
demagoguos and thetr predestned followers, " mus
ruin for any political Iulure the man VIM
consents to stand upon 1t.