New-York tribune., 1876-06-16
POLITICAL NOTES.
he agony will end to-day anyway.

The Custom house looks lonesome nowadays.
The clerks who not permitted to 80 to Cnen
natl shout for Conkng are reading about tho beaut
ful band music with melancholy pleasure
The Tiden and Hendricks ticket meets with
general appreciation the Democratic press. The
Bagaio Courier says is scarcely possible to imagine
ticket since would harmonic the party East
and and make certain In toe doubtful states
What is the Republican party coming to, when
IL kicks out OF It's National Convention such noble and
devoted pair OF tried and faithful servants the Hon
Boss" shepherd. and Senator Spencer of Alabamai
Both OF them ndorssd by the Administration, too.
It looks rs II the unloading had begun
They don't seem to Ike the Hon. 5. ). Cox
in Ohio despite his attitude during their soft money
warfare last Fall. The Cincinnati Enquirer makes this
comment on report that the ticket of the Democrats
might he Hendricks and Cox Sam Cox is very small
animal. lie can't work In that team"
The Massachusetts delegation at Cincinnati
Is assailcd all sdes At the Convention they dub
the Debating Society" ard in Massachusetts the
ou nails which patted It's members the back kindly
before they went beratng them for their inde
csion general feebenes In short the accomplished
gentlemen. who especially held up TO admiration
because they not politicians, abused be-
they do not understand politics, and cannot there
fore act like politicians.
Gen. Hancock is said to be coming into
prominence at Washington as the st. Louis nominee.
The correspondent OF The Springfield Republican writes:
"I Is surprising to how much the chances OF Gen.
Hancock for the St. Louis nomination have improved
here within week. II Is almost certain, II the Rcpub-
leans take up only party man, that Hancock Will win
the prize. Said shrewd old Democrat u day or two
SINCE If your people take up Hayes or Taft or any
other secondrate man. Hancock will easily beat him.
II you have the to take Bristow hardly know
what we can do We may be driven take Davis, but
hope to escape that necessity Most or the Demo
and they won't take him unless they scared into IT,
This is the opinion OF Judge Davis They don't want
they will not care for me-"
There have been several vague rumors that
The Chicago Tribune would refuse to support Blaine II
he was nominated These pnt to rest by the follow
ing utterance OF The Tribune Tuesday last: The
Tribes treatment OF Mr. Blaine has been candid, fair
aud sncere and while 1t will support the Republican
party and oppose the Democratic party II Mr.. Blaine is
nominated II will have occasion TO retrac anything
II has said and 1t will still believe that II would have
been infinitely better to nominate some other man. II
will do It's utmost nevertheless, to arrest the
lamity of defeat which such nomination will un-
QuestIonaby threaten. The Tribune has thought,
and think that all of M Blaines ability,
brillancy, aertness. and bravery which will shnc dur
ing the campaign II his health is restored him. Offsets
the political objections that have been urged against
him At the same time we are convinced that II he can
he elected In spite OF the objections made he will give
tho country vigorous, upright, and brilliant admins
tration."
There are evidences Of soreness IN the Nor
ton camp. The indianapolis Journal, which has been
pleading for harmony matter who nominated.
broke out Wednesday morning with this raspng COM
pant "If Senator Morton ia defeated at cincinnati II
will be through the open and shameless OF Admins
traton influence In favor OF Senator Conking In other
words he will fall victim to Grantsm, and his defeat
will remind his friends that there time when
II he had cut loose from the support of President
Grants administration he could have made himself the
popular In the United States. His devotion to
the Republican party has led him to sacrifice the great
est opportunities OF his life In defending the Admins
traon when it would have been far popular to de-
nounce than defend There Is man living to whom
President Grant owes much he does to Senator
Morton. II Mr. Conking has been more zeal
in personal praise OF the President. Sena-
tor Morton has rendered him his Administration far
more efficient those rying political exigences
when great service sorcy needed Thus the sent
ment OF gratitude should have added Its weight to the
motives restraining the President from interfering
but gratitude It would seem. has been overlooked with
the rest After all that has done for the President
Senator Morton at last brought face TO face with the
fact that the President using tho whole power OF tbs
AdmlnistIat alton against him..