Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-17

Daring the last three days four Republican
state conventions have declared for PhIla-
dclphia aud General Grant, % wit; New
York, Tennessee, Texas and Nebraska.
TIE most important and significant of
these conventions was, OF course, that which
held lts session at Elmira on Wednesday
evening. New York will be a portion, and
an important portion, Of the November battle
field. With Pennsylyanla, Indiana, Ohio aud
Illinois, IL will help incline the balance 10 the
one side or the other. On fair, square vote,
II Is largely Republican. Il Is the home OF
one OF the candidates; and II the Democratic
party should indorse him, almost superhu-
man eSertlons will be made by both sides to
carry IL. The contest there will he hot and
close. On both sides all the enginery Of
party will be brought into full operation.
The Elmlra convention has sounded the
key note OF victory. Its action stands out In
singular contrast IN the halting, shuiiilng
policy Of Its rival At Rochester. 1t has placed
itself square upon all the issues OF the day,
which It's opponent has neither said nor done
on anything worth remembering. The Dem
ocratis gathering was afraid to lndorse Mr..
Greeley, and equally afraid tn repudlate HIN.
Its platform Is piece of political jugglery
and thlmblerigging-now You sec II aud now
you don't. The Republican convention, on
the other hand, came full up to the high
water mark OF loyalty and patriotism. Il
dOdged no Issue On the questions Of the
debt, the Constitutional amendments, taxa
llon, clyIl-serylco reform, the tariff, the
Southern question, our foreign policy, am
nesty, &c, II has spoken earnestly, yigor-
ously and with no uncertain sound. The
fourteenth plank Of Its platform says Of the
administration OF General Grant;
THAT considering Its eminent success As eon.
elusive proof Of the wise administration OF
President Grant, there stands the fact that since
his Inauguration up to tho nrst day Of the pres
ent May t327, sls Of the public debt have been
paidi that the gold premium has become com
paratlyely nominal that the Government So
cuTilies, which q little while ago Would bring
but sixty cents on the dollar, now sell at par IN
gold; that taxes amounting TO more than slO0,-
900 900 per annum have been already taken of;
that peace relEns, and that general prosperity
and rapid development In material wealth were
never so great In our history"
The composition aud the sentiment Of tho
convention may be judged from the follow
ing resolution and extract from the report Of
It's proceedings;
Where's the New Work T'ibsss has declared thst
tbls IL an once holder eou sut1n, aud might ro
sTiI be held In the hsu Yofk custom house,
person holdlag Federal OaaSS shall bs AppOlatsd
delegate 70 PnnAdslphiA
When the storm OF applause which this
evoked had subalded, the veteran Mr.. SelkreN
Ot TOmpkins, got up and said that on the pre-
yious evening he had announced that there was
but one office holder In this convention. Lest
he might be misunderstood, he wished to say
that the only once held by the person referred
to was one on the flfth noOr, and he only hold
that by the sanction Of the sheriff, In the storm
Of laughter which this sally raised, the resolu
tl0n was passed.
The delegates chosen to represent the peo
pie OF New York at the Philadelphia conven.
tion number SOme OF the best and truest men
In the State. Among them are to be found
eminent and veteran AbolitionIsts like Ger
rltt Smith; reformers like Andrew ID. White
the president OF Cornell university; repre-
seutatives Of the commercial and business
Interests OF the country like WIN. OrtOn
VIM. s. Dodge, and Of It's patriotism ant
courage like Stewart L. Woodiord. New
York stands arm In the Republican line, and
will give good account Of herself on th'
first Tuesday OF next November. The STATE
aud the party that has freed Itself from Tam
many Is not likely to take any steps back
ward and install a Tammany at Washington.
THE New York Tribune has lately been
dinuinE II into our ears that 1t has become
independent and ceased TO he a party TOR