New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-04
POLITICAL NOTES.


Gen. Herschel " johnson is said to DO q
candidate Governor OF Georgia, with strong
prospects Of success
The Ohio inflatOnists are confident OF victory
Thus The Cincinnati Enquirer says It Is unnecessary
N aroro the question The election Of Allen Is conceded
by the most intelligent men in this end OF the StatA
Against him there wagers worth taking
Both parties in Minnesota appear to have
put good tickets in the field The 81 Paul Poneer-fre"
makes this comparison OF them win the exception OF
the Democratic nominee ChcfJustice both are good
tickets Some tho Republican candidates have the sd-
vantage point OF character and general fitness over
their Democratic competitors; and, on the other manu.
some OF the candidate decidedly superior
TO their Republican adycrsares. On the whole, we arc
inclined to think the Republican ticket Preponderates
considerably in general merit over thai OF ,ne %
though this impression may DO partly que 10 .ne .acs
that been misnfOrmed as 10 the CHARACTER ana
qualifications Of OF the candidates of the latter
COL j. w. FOrney believes the damage ny
storms I'm Europe win be the sort of i'll wind which Is 10
blow great Of good to America He writes In ono
of his London letters concerning the injury to the Euro
pean wheat crop then adds this highly coored bit OF
prophecy .The effect upon all our own interests must
he lasting II not instantaneous Gold will now be shipped
from England instead OF TO England Railroads Will be
in demand to the crops whether OF cotton OF OF
cor1 works and manufactures OF az kinds VIII %
be largely augmented Such, indeed seems 10 I've tne
outlook write, and with this prospect we may begin
to discuss with some show or reason, he 'eAeu qu '""
Of the resumption OF specie pay mehts
The Democrats of Pennsylvania receive some
excellent advice from The Phdddetphid Times. mat
journal tells them that the people OF the state deahd
leader will 10 worthy OF them worthy OF Lis cause
and worthy OF his mighty commonwealth and adds;
He must OF to-day and fit for the duties OF to-
morrow He must understand tho hungercry OF tho
people economy and integrity IN pubic trust ana 10
able to tho people and defend their cause In SNORT
he must be, his undoubed character, ability ana IN
flexible purpose the embodiment OF the pubic need anu
the platform within himself upon which the people can
rally He may believe IN Democracy as Tfen does nut
like Tden he must not fear to grappe with CORRUPTION
the blow may iall upon Democratic @ rs
only duty OF the Erie Convention is to ind ana pIesens
him to tie people That DONE they need not "ransie
over platforms for the voters VIII not care TOT the'
II is thought in Tennessee that the Governor
will appoint Gen. william b. Bate to the seat OF the late
Andrew Johnson in the Senate. Gen. Bate was close
competitor OF Mr.. Johnson the latter winning only Dya
very small vote He Confederate Officer Dut thas
he has become fully reconcied to the situation evdeht
from the letter which he wrote to recent meeting OF
Southern soldiers: I'VE have not at any time lost -sn'
OF the fact this is country and the only one
which have special interest," that us giosy Is our
glory its shame shame and that 1t Is Doth patf1ouo
and manly for us to vie with our late adyersares IN
generous way, eevating, strengthening, anu enlo
bling it," Among others mentioned for the vacant seas
in the Senate exGovs lsham ~ Harris ana y0nn mi
Brown. It Is said that Gov Porter mas sLohey mr.
mated that the claims OF those Th4 SoSn .e red
while the late Senator's DOuy
will be entirely ignored by nm
There is an unusual amount of speculation
considering the season-about places on the
New-York State tickets. Tho Republicans arc
generally settling down on Frederick sewau
for Secretary OF State They are making ali
sorts Of loving demonstrations toward Gen. +.
A. Merritt for place on the et@to "o"e~
What they suggest ia Engineer; what Gen.
Merrtts friends say would be moro appropriate
is Controller Mr. Hopkinss friends are not enthusaso'
while his enemies loudly declare that the ke-
publicans will not dare to Get him up "a
a target for the inevitable attacks Inc
Democrats are also casting about for places they can
offer Liberal and Independent Republicans Tammany
Is even said foolish asto be thinking OF arranging
Senatorial District for Mr. Frederick A. Conkng There
is talk of Independent Republican on the STATE tieset
and IL IA already evident that the main Consideration Win
the Democrats is likely to be the arrahSese n ~
ticket which shall rbc cg DemoeYs Viii arrange to
have campaign shorter than that OF ias year anu ~
yet Republicans have given no sign OF desire 10
make 1t any longer.
| The Democratic journals accept Senator Thur
mans explanation OF his attitude Oh the ONO imitation
platform and nearly unanimous In declaring that hs
is the true position for all bardmOney Democrats 10 oc'
cpy The Baltimore Gazette seems TO be about the only
exception That journal has the foresight ana nahihes'
to say When Senator Thurman tries TO show that mo
platform may not mean imitation and attempts an alo
ogy for it, he forgets himself Mr. Thurman the states
| man becomes Mr. Thurman the politician. Mt Thur
man knows that the Ohio latform means imitation; iat
its authors intended IL such that every campaign
speaker in Ohio interprts IL, and that the whole
country so understands it, The candidate for Governor
thus expounds 1t the stump: the candidate for Leu
carries the standard to the very verge
of reputation and the appeal 10 voters Is made III De-
half of this very of initiation He has made twoot
the grvest bunders fe first in not taking TIE same
stand in the and, second in not refusing as
he did last year. anything to do with the dema
goes who captured the Convention. He Il now attempt
Inc moral and physical mpOssbility Ho cannot sup
port ticket in Ohio without supporting the platform
he Al, prccates Every vote for Gov Allen IL square,
stragltout vote imitation There IS but the ssue
all other issues sunk In this every candidate an
abstract embodiment OF the principles AT stake Demo
Gratis aud Republicans have accepted the struggle IA
such ahd the vote October will carry the result To tho
Nation"