New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-11
POLITICAL MOTIFS.

II is little too early for the Republican
press to pronounce the canal campaign failure The In
yesgatine Commission has six months OF investigation
before IL yet. and report to make
The Administration has made q personal
sscrfce Usually its personal sacrifices have been on
tSe A Ward plan-sacritces Of somebody else-but this
time is of genuine sefabncgation, OF something
of that sort The President acted without delay" on
the application Of the choftans says The National
Hepub,co continues p;teously did so at great
personal Inconvenience which prevented him from at
tending Gen sherdans wedding and postponed his
departure for Long Branch" There! And yet they say
they won't give him third term
James Farland, late en-thousand-dOllar
seuator from iowa and still later official editor in Wash
ngon gazetted in his former state as having taReh
his carpetbag back to qualify himself for Senator
though that would take longer than MI Harlan probably
supposes Says The I,,buqUe Telegraph He expects
all OF his old friends stand by him as he has stood 10y
them and no doubt of them will do 1t. There is one
commendabe trait in Harlan. he stands by his friends
that have Ived-hm well ill past contests. 1heies d
good deal IN that-a good deal o Hrah'lSh.
Ii seems that there have been rum0rs that
the Republican party Of Kentucky too powerful
body at its largest was likely to be further reduced by
internal dsscnons But this has been 0lcmDly Denied
and at the same time the OF the dissatisfaction OF
the colcrcd branch OF the party was disclosed Inc
colored Republicans object that the AlNth ana AVN
Amendments are enforced ia everything but the dstr-
button of Offices and they think that the Government
patronage ought to be distributed without regard 10
preyous condition OF scrvude Still, their faith In
the party is unimpairei" The faith Of the OF
In the party always beautiful III couldn't DC hpdeu
II threo-story house f0ii ON nn'
PeOple in Massachusetts are cOngratulat1ng
themselves that the distinguished statesman whom they
are glad 10 call exCOn-Tessm Butler will not take an
scye part politics this year. 1t Is said that nc ihhs
he ia an ised man. and considers himself too good Tor
Massachusetts, for all the world But how long MS
retirement another question Says The SPRING
ted Republicans There is reason to believe that lie Is
sincere enough Ia his present wise resoutons "noncr
he will be able perscyerc i'll them another question:
Nature .e driven out with pltchfofk ana so'
uticai intrigue has become second nature with MI Buter'
He may not appear actively in the canvassLproDapiy
won't But il he chance at any time during us
progress make point or to wipe out an ora SCOTT ~
may be pretty confidently assumed tnat ~ WAL NV "
allowed TO pass unimpro' Ell"
There has been SO much fear of the Third
that popular attention has been diverted from tue
dangers the second and not even the recent revival Vi
memories Of the Cincinnati Convention has brought INTO
public view tho oncterm plank in s PLATFORM me 81
LOUIS Republican proposes inasmuch as the country h"s
spent nearly eight years in discussing additional terms
for President Grant, il might properly spend one
year fl conslcra the Onotcrm idea. 1t shows as
follows what President Grants administration might
have been II il been limited beforehand 10 1our
years Instead Of getting one at least toeTaD Satisae
tory term, somi-OccasiOnaiiy aWic"o VIII" WV
intoerably DOOR terms end in tho present instance IL
the incumbent ooud have his way, we should DC com
PEELED 10 endure three Suppose when Grant came mo
power in 1869 one-term law had been in force is II
not absolutely certain ho would have made his one term
far better than either hs first or seconc D.s Decn
Woud he moi h.yo sacrificed favoritisin. prejudice. tue
ties Of kindred and the ties ~ friendship ~ "rut 10
record which should win the unanimous ann nerieu
apnro,,ton of his fellow citizens And would not sucn
result been vastly better for him ana vas,S
better for them than what has been done a second
term was the evil genius OF his first, and t'rd tern mas
been the evil of his second He may no, ths SO,
but his friends as well as his foes know H. ana inc
country feels it,"