New-York tribune., 1876-02-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

Ii is reported that senator Dawes is going to
take the stump the New Hampshire campaign.
Washburue seems TO be dropping ont of the
Presidential Tle unexpected absence Of any sup
port Tor him in Illinois has discouraged his friends The
announcement OF The Chodqo Tribune that washburne
would he pros1ed unless after tho prominent candl
dates had Killed each other OH, has been tine unkndest
eat Of AL.
DR.. J. /. Phillips, one Of the leading soft
moncyites Haven DISCOURAGED by the snub
Diag nv received by the Democratic Convention. He
pubshcs card saying his party received all the
niton they hoped for In the Conyention does not say
"h.theg he viii bolt tho clet NOT, hut declares his
determination to continue agtate lor the TRUTH
Gov. Ames Is not likely to receive much
sympathy from the Republican press during his inn
peach,ncnt trial Thus 7he HWttord Post says: "It
looks II both Gov Aiues AMI his Lieut. ,nant, Davis,
would have TO 60 The House has voted 10 imreach
thcnl and the latter is 10 be tried Immediately. The
trouble with Mr. Ames is that his has not been
sucn a. IN w.n IRE SynpLfny 0i tn"se among whom
will expect 10 receive the hon0r9 or nartyrdOm.'
The HeyaM objects 10 statement in The
TRmuNE to the effect That the Whisky Ring conspiracy
began 1871 aud continued without interruption till
the seizures wero made last May. II holds.
very correctly, thot Whisky Rings are OF much
older datc. n tire passage In question
nad read "This Whisky Ring began" &c il would have
better The Herald recalls the saturnalia Of
uption among revenue officers and whisky thieves
johnson, and emphasizes truth which
cannot be- too earnestly impressed, that the way
stop this robbery OF the Government il
10 begin Mt the beginning aud deal with II, NOT
party eXpediCnt, hut "a mOnlentous and dcgrad
crime, whiCn mas co- us millions OF money Hnd dead
ened tine public sense
II is noticeable that nearly all the Presiden-
tia spcculatmg the Republican journals. The
Democratic papers, excepting always the few Iagbaby
advocates are silent the subject of candidates They
issue solemn and appeals for party harmony and
the nomination Of the pest men, but beyond that few Of
them TO- the South there is grow ing impression that
a Northern candidate IL the only with whom the
marty can hope succeed Fcw Southern Journals
cur m the view of the Onto natonss that the South
and West elect a President without tho Eastern and
Middle states On the whole, while the soft money fac
ton ia making much greater noise, there signs that
the hard money element Is gaining ground, and tna M
ton will induce the South to Join hands with the North
in favor OF honest money.
The editor of The Ohio State Journal has
been to Washington and taken survey OF the Presden
tal field He IN the first place that Grant is
not now. never has been, never win BE- candidate for
third term" The editor regrets that he cannot without
breach OF confidence quote the Presidents "dged and
noble language this subject II is thing to be
gretted especially every other who has made
similar has also been unable to quote the
Presidents words. As for the various Republican cand-
dates the editor thinks Blaine gaining strength rap
idly than any other candidate that Brstow has strength
but not much hope that Conkng has twice the strength
he Is usually credited with, that Morton is strong In the
South and has q most active and personally devoted
friends, and that Gov Hayes as compromise candidate
has excellent prospect since OF the other cand
dates Is likely 10 he able 10 carry the convention against
the field The State Journal unlike other OHIO pa
pers to DO really In earnest In It's friendship for
Gov. Hayes as candidate Its editor, Gen. James NJ.