New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-12-07
POLITICAL NOTES.

Gov Smith of Georgia thinks the great want
OF the country is cheap transportation.
Gov Coke of Texas favOrs the new Consti-
tuition for that state aud thinks s adoption essenta to
the public welfare. Ii is to be submitted to the popular
vote on the third Tuesday IN February next
4 Considerable opposition is developing in Mis-
sisspp against sending Congressman Lamar the
finds expression chiefly through The VickSbnrg
Herald, whose recent editor, Col McCardle, is
prant for the position.
1t is reported that the Democrats of the
Fourth Ward in Springfield, Mass, intend TO nominate
MI Samuel Bowes for Alderman. Mr. Bowes has NOS
been in the political field before. since his retirement
from the canvass for the MsyOralty.
The National Greenback party has called
National Convention at Indianapolis May II. 1876.
when candidates for President and VicePresicnt will
he nominated There's Your chance, Coy. Hendricks.
Your ony rivals are Judge Kelley aud Gen. Butler Mr.
Kerr will not stand in your way.
The rag baby Is losing friends with cheering
rapidly but still the prediction of The Cincinnati CONE
,rrid! seems little confident: Before the Demo
cratic National Convention meets, men will have TO
search for ras money Democrat with Held telescope
to find one
Carl SchuZ has nothing more TO wish for
In this world The Boston Journal with its accustomed
goneness remarks that he Is too acute strong and
honest man to remain always IN private life, though
his foreign ldlosyncrases may interfere somewhat with
his usefulness statesman Foreign idosyncrs'irS"
Is uncommonly good
Mr. Baine's Presidential stock has risen per-
ccpibly recently Several prominent Western KcpubE
have expressed conviction that lie is tho coming
man. and Congressman stowell OF Virginia
forward with a similar opinion. He has idea that
Grant wants can get third term. though lie stil
would poll great vote in the South. As for Ir MAsn
bum, MI stowell thinks he has no chance at all.
Speaker Kcrr's attitude on the Presidential
question given by Ihe NeoI Ddny Ledger Standard
follows: We speak from o personal knowledge Of the
fact when say the nomination ~
Nj. Hendricks and believes that i IS In the interest %
the Democratic party 10 nominate him In It's National
Convention. We presume, however, that should u ms
jority OF his political friends select Gov. Iden. no wiz
give hun a most cordial support
A few of the moro bigoted party papers
seem very much surprised that TIE TRIBUNE Should
cheeruy accord President Grant tie credit he oloary
deserves for encouraging and sustaining the warfare
the whisky Ring II they had read TnE TRIBUNE more
carefully before abusing it in tho past they would have
had less surprise. They will find II difficult TO any
single genuine act OF reform for which Tns lRInrNs
has not given tho fftsideh' a. hcaft! praise 40 thog
themselves have.
A loud protest against the third term comes
IRON. Tho Toledo Blade, OF the beroc news
papers which are trying 20 lit Gov. Hayes into the
White House The Blade SAYS: :" There caunot be
doubt but the interests Of the Republican party de
mand the early aud uncquivocal withdrawal OF Pres'
dent Grant from the contcst There must be end 10
this third term business and that right speedily The
people gave clear and distinct expression Ia Their to"s
on this subject Last summer, in their state eonysn,on
and compelled "a repeat that expression II VIII 10 ="
language which cannot be misunderstood
The inhatonsts are having hard wo1k 10
lind any comfort in the election OF officers of tho House
They nd CLEAN OF soisoo In the choice OF MT Joan {"
Thompson Sergeant alarms, but then the knowledge
that at heart Mr Thompson abhore tho r haby ana
pretended to love II for the good OF the party makes '
avery dinnu,iyo erumb Of comfort rhoir roa' e"pus