The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-28

| is always the case with revoIutionists who rev
| olutionIze systematically"
The Ohio Statesman lDemocrat) says "Mr
Justice Davis. the candidate of the Labor Re
formers, is The Justice of the Supreme. Cour
] of the United States who delivered the opIn
! ion Of that tribunal opening the doors Of the
| Ohio penitentlary 10 L. P. Mllltgan, OF Indi
ana, wrongfully imprisoned under sentence o1
| life by one of Stanton's military couCts-mar
tial. Judge Davis loosenea the grip OF the
petty tyrant Burnside on the Chicago Times
| in 1868. He believes In the constitution, and
| would undoubtedly make short work of the
military rule of Grant at the South, should the
question come before him."
What the Washington Politicians Say
-TrumbulI's Chances-What the Next
Convention Will Do.
The Washington correspondent OF the Balti.
more Sun writes on Tuesday:
The nomination of Justice Davis, of the
Supreme Court, for President, by the National
Labor Reform Convention, awakens consider
able comment among the Washington politi.
clans, as 1t marks the first step OF opposition
to Grant In the Presidential campaign. 1t lis
thought not improbable that the Cincinnati
Convention will accept fhls nomination, and
thus present an opportunity to the National
Democratic Convention to ratify 1t. Many ol
the leaders In the Cincinnati movement, how
ever, express The opinion that Senator Trum-
bull will be the nominee of that convention,
and, In fact, assert that his speech Of Friday
last endorsing the MI Mlssourl Liberal plat
form left no room to doubt It. AS FOR the
Democrats who propose to support Liberal
Repub lean candidate, or, In truth, to sup
port any ticket that may defeat Grant,
there Is not much choice expressed
between Trumbull and Davis. Some oppose
the latter on account ofhls decision In favor
of the constitutionallty. Of the legal tender
acts In its application to the payment of debts
contracted before as well as since its passage,
while others do not like that portion of Sena'
tor Trnmbull's record which shows that he
originated the civil rights bill. However, the
Missouri platform endorsed the civil rights
question to the fullest extent. 1t Is claimed
though, in behalf of both, that either will carry
his own State of Illinois, while Justice Davis's
legal tender record is said TO be popular IN the
West. The friends of the administrator will:
ingly admit that If the workingmen belong
good faith on the DAVIS ticket, the election OF
Grant will be seriously imperilled. The
straight-out Republicans at all events are not
disposed to beliltle the political developments
of the past week In antagonism to the conttn-
uauce in power of the present administration.
Ano her correspondent writes:
The nomination OF Judge Davis by the Labor
convention, although spoken OF 10 political
circles, Is not seriously discussed. Much tn.
terest, however, Is expressed as to what will
be done by the Cincinnati convention with re.
gard TO presidential candidate. A few
prominent Democrats in Congress say they
EXPECT 10 vote for q Republican candidate,
other than the nominee OF the Philadelphia
convention, while not q few Democrats, who
have been lnterrogated on the subject, are In
favor of regular Democratic nomination.
Others are non-commltial, but they say they
will do the Best they can in view Of all the
circumstances.
Politicians of all sides are exchanging Views
as to the probable effect of the course Of the
dIsaffected Republicans. Some gentlemen are
centage of the estrangement from the Repub-
ican party. AS an Offset to this, prominent
Republicans point to such failures as the Tyler
faction in The endeavor to create a third party,
and express themselves confident of success
with Grant as their candidate. The political
situation, to say the least, is confused, and
almost everybody seems to be looking to the
approaching Presidential convention, In order
to acquire data by which to judge of the result
of the contest.
Tho Prohibition Ticket.
The National Prohlbithn 6onyenlion. which
also met at Columbus; nominateu Jas. BlacK,
of Pennsylvania, for President, and John Rus
sell, of Michigan, for vlce-Presldent
The press generally Is so far silent as re-
CARDS the action OF this convention, In rare IN.
stances making scarcely more than ''mere
mention" of 1t. The New York Herald argues
that there are but few temperance Democrats
who would leave their party to vote for tenn
perance ticket, while possibly 1t will lake fifty
thousand votes from the Republican party.