New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

coward senator Conkling. They wV ,h Presidency
Wv poruhl,cans nominate him TOT tho 1t'''
'"1 tn enemies of Mr.. Blaine, and some Oh MS
= t,1 ~ mysterious mods anu suggesuono '"a'
s.oondal about him is not yet over wen, 'u' VIZ"
49, The sooner the better. Out, too' win INC e'Oi
hitch others are whispering against Dts tSr cssa
vestigation may be pleaSanter "Oi '
than toward the close OF June >,
uore ia n nut for Senator Hamnn 10 crack
Am NJ seed dealers in Detroit having laIss nuocr
.iognes TO send through the mails, TOOK them over
% - 20 Canada and mailed them to various parts OF
tn0 -t.I states saving 1910 by the operation: Mr..
tne Sonid protect the Government from sneh losses
hsnntber amendment to that wonderful Dill OF his
'Darhons II is meant to be serious, but this
- 80 the venerable Ex-Governor OF Ohio by Inc
..aati Enquirer looks like an effort to make
s',dou,ous: we know not what the future may
nm 9TH in the selection Of Presidential candidate,
DIDe AZ kuow that II william Allen should be the NOM
80 silver hair would be to the Democracy OF ONO
me-, Tho white plume Of Henry OF Navarro was 10 his
VIA 1r. an France thseye OF the battle OF IVY
sI;cbt Tiden movement comes to the sur
,.a,n PENNSYLVANIA AT meeting Of citizens held in
1rorda recently under tire auspices Of the Liberal
1,oorot end Reform Club a series of resolutions va
dn,sd closing as follows: Recognizing the tutilty OF
,attorm we put faith more especially in men as the
onents Of fixed facts and und principles and there
tors according TO our light, We recommend samuel D.
Td" of NevYork for the Presidency TO the next Ma
tional Democratic Convention
The man who believes the Republican dele
ration from this state to Cincinnati Will cast soma 'ote
Cor senator Conkng the first ballot has come to the
tropt at last He edits The Osoego Times, and says
aThe delegates are all Of honor, and they Will be
found giving expression to the almost unanimous voce
~ the Repubcans Of Empire State in favor OF the
nomination OF the foremost statesman OF the age Is
that So Mr. Curtisi VIII your ba0t l9r the a., 'oIeo'
statesman Of the age" be marked COnKllngf
The anti-Tilden movement seems TO nave
vanished from the ranks of the New-York Democracy
Tho anpaals for Church and Seymour have al stopped
and the work OF electlng Tden delegates TO the State
Convention goes unm Tested. The B'tDdto courier
saws this peaceabe result Of the canvass mas Oeen
brought about by the Governors wise decision not 10
exact pledge in his favor from Ine deeoD
will be sent prepared 10 do all III It's power ior LIS
nomination
. The prospect of Gen. Schencks possible re-
turn to England Minister has SO asounded the press
that few comments it have vet been made Col
Forneys paper seems the only able to rejoice at
the proposal The rest of the party Journals are either
sient or indulge remarks like the following from
The Phadeiph,a Inquirer Gen. Schenck has had am
ME oppOrtuny for his vndication SO far from building
himself I'D in of the Investigation he has male
sstrong effort to prove that he used as tool by
stock Obbers II he had removed every other ground OF
complapt which he has not done, he would still have
proved himself very unfit man for a diplomatic post
Weak men can be as dangerous wicked men, IL would
be better for Gen senencks friends 70 Wat utl n ~,
back to England The Administration cannot anoru 10
send him back TO England under any eIcumseSnSes
be played with in so grave a matter m'oi'ihg the
national honor and selfrespect
Mr. Watterson despairs of ever inducing
tho independent Voter TO the side OF the
Demoeracy He SAYS in The C0lprier-Journal: " For
three successive campaigns the Democratic party has
been forced compromise part OF ITSELF Tbs time u
will try 10 aOne-plan- straight-no sugar OF sugar OF
leadin it. There is an Independent Voter and being
lively animal he is not going ~ be suppressed ana WI"
have to take himself somewhere. For part judging
him by his oraees despair Of him. He Will never act
against the Republican party in crisis unless tne Demo
cratic party be out Of the way, and that Is Impossible
Just yet We therefore look to him good Republic
provided Morton or COnkng is not the Republican
nominees aud not expect to find him much OF a
disturbing element Cincinnati. MOres the pity, we
confess; but 1t IS well to take things they are IL the
Democratic party with Its present advantage hhs not
the wisdom to work way out, let 1t die, ana then
the Honest can administer lis remains
Until we can get now party however ou' anu ou' "0
more eroOSedness-no more"
The Euenin1 Post is unreasonable enough to
object to Mr. Conkling's rhetoric The distinguished
Senator who carried Virginia handsomely after the
fashion in which he going to carry every other
State In the approaching Presidential contest has Deeh
dscoursing pavenents the Senate His speech has
been duly revised, corrected improved and printed III
The Congressional Record from which The Post extracts
these specimen gems There may he streets this con-
ought to be paved in the latitude where they with
square blocks although those blocks to be almost
as glary as Ice and although whenever they are moist
and the mercury below the freezing point they
Insecure as ice, with uneyenness beside which Ice might
not have, and although they the constant theate
Of danger and OF injury to the animals which travel
them, which nobody look on unmoyed" 81
often stand in the streets Of NewYork where the best
sort OF square blocks that have been found have
put down as pavement and you need not select even
rainy day or time when the pores OF the stones
cd with CONCEALED horse after horse
tumble down and to the very great imperfeetiOn Of
euch pavement as compared with almost any otLer"
II Mr. Conklng talk fine this the subject OF
payemcnts what would he do with theme worthy Of
his pOweIsi
The following can probably be taken as the
Bristow view Of Bsines chances. 1t by Col william
Grosyen0r, and appears this week in his paper The
Public: Washington is VIGOROUSLY bad place to get
uath' as ono OF THE TRIBUSEs correspondents illus
ses oy his letters the Presidential outlook for he
NOaa nave been very much better informed If he bad
me news dispatches OF THE TRIBUNE itself instead Of
onns 10 Washington rumois He reports Nevada for
A'nei isk TRlBUSE's news columns show that one of
Nss'es Is Tor Blaine for Hayes, and four for
1 ne reports Minnesota for Blaine THE
1SoNEs news columns state that the ten,ner IN that
'' HS recently changed, that the name of Biistow
every mp. He estimates that Is out Of the 20 dele
phod. ID.a as,sehusttls and all the delegates from
s.' -, IN oe ior Blaine. Senator Anthony pos
g.. 1, 's"nu' and quotations in TIKI TRIBUNE
from his paper show that he IA NO, Co.. sn,o1. - 49,
uou'Ar except BristoW. News in THE TRIBUNE from
M1.sacnuSetis has satisfied those who read that paper
ta' Bristow will have the majority of the delegation
Enough part Of the district delegate. may be picked M
Sy blane Illinois. Michigan. Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas
OaiUlna' ana various other States are claimed in
equally sublime disregard OF the lates, T., ,ornot,on
gwen IN THE TRIBUNE. We shall know NOR. about these
oo'esa little later AtpreseDt Mr. Blame has fourteen
.O'os nom Maine one from Vermont, prospect of FIVE
nun Ns"-hampshire possibility OF a majority in Mas
senu'etts arevorsionary interest In minority In New