The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-16


MARKING POLITICAL PRoGREss-PEN AND
PASTE IN THE cAnpAIGN-THE PEOPLE RH-
sPoSsIBLE ron OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND MoRToN-rHE
SITUATION IN GEoR0IA-oHIo AND INDIANA
AS DISPUTED BATTLE FIxLDs-BRIsTow RE
WING THE wEsr-THE NEW SOUTH.
George Eliot in her latest instalmens OF tho novel Of
.Daniel Deronda," speaks or u mans thought in
parson with the ripplcs made by throwing stone into
water They rise from mysterious source, aud
no sooner do the outermost family die than
new ones spring heavily from tho centre So u -
with political discussion find It throughout our
exchanges One strong force may produce innumer-
able ppIcs OF thought, always spreading into enlarg
ing circles, while come 10 freshcn the idea
Editors are beginning TO 90 below the surface for
political forces and to study not merely types ike
Blaine Thurman, Bayard and Conklng, but the people
themselves who mako pcrm. those types to be what
they The HEnALD has for some time been en-
couraging The people 10 study themselves well as
their represcn iativcs lir. Seymour and Mr.. Adams
both struck this idea iorciby. The Boston Post says
that
THE MATERIAL TWO PARTIES
"of the country Tor the purposes Of Presidential
nomination contrasts sharply AZ their POSITIONS"
That the elements of popular contest for government
tons Of thcr representatives to 30 appreciated
by the Pittsburg Dispatch which says
ITO raise tho standard Of morality must not only
call things by their right names, but must punish dis
honesty and corruption, no matter In what form they
reveal themselves We cannot expect that will do
honestly and act justly long they IRE bid god
speed In OF theft and malfeasance. The public
aud private conscience to be bluned and must
be enlightened II We are to have greater integrity
III ~
great social educator and to the raising or tho standard
of morality 1t should lend all energies for long
as and conniycs at guilt SO long will We
have impury and fraud, both in high and low places"
or the non politician element the Troy Times says
They can't expect TO be leaders ut the start. Let
them join either of the two great parties do their duty
the primaries and conventions. to IL that only
good nominated Tor public Office and use their
influence within the parties TO which they attach them
selves, and perhaps they may accomplish something
especially they are one and all men OF culture and
intelligence But in an independent, exclusive more
righteous thou of like tho league
proposed they will DO powercss Tor good and may do
great deal Of HARM
CALIFORNIA Politics
are assuming definite shape. The independents have
undoubtedly agreed go back to the republican party.
What Leland Stanford and the powerful Central
Pacific Railroad will pursue remains TO be ascerained
The San Francisco Chronicle which is very conserva-
two paper in Its editorial expressions says
At the last election tho official count gave Governor
Irwin 81, 600 votes and Phelps and Bdwel rival can
didates JOINT vote Of o. 052 Add 10 the latter ig-
the $3.50 votes for Lowell, tho temperance reform
candidate and TWINS majority over all was 10l But
It is well known that many republicans, rather than
at all voted for IRWIN. Therefore California
hardly be considered doubtful State in the coming
ernor minority officer having received only S. AZ
against g. 500 cast tor his rivals These last fig
Governor and give tho republican party the advantage
OF 06O their favor the vote Tor tho
democratic Governor, and 5,l45 better than Mr. John
son received
IN PENNSYLVANIA W
the republican politicians quite absorbed In tho
coming nomination. Mr. Barr, the editor OF tho Har-
rlsburg Telegraph in private conversation, has said
Your people underratc Morton's strength too lie
has much better standing IN this State than you
think But as to Bristow we think here that he Is
| young-cntirey too new y man--and, worse yet, he
was born tho wrong sidc OF the line. He
bravo soldier and Of good stock, but you will
lind this be the with all those old Clay wings
Unionism Is u sentiment with them rather than deep
moral conviction. Soon late something will como
up to make the sentiment give way. There IL no dan
ger OF anything Of mat sort Win harIanit or Morton
intense conviction, moral and intellectual, arcc-
tionatcy cherished and thought cut from away down
at the roots Of political thnking and II Is not TO DO
knocked by littlo neighborhood grievance.
Afier while It Will be all well enough to ignore
matter but IL is altogether 100 early to 80 down there
| for candidate
= RcdneId, tho statesmanlkc correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Commercial, writing nom Atlanta, says OF
THE GEORGIA DELEGATEs,
the twenty-five delegates have returned to their
homes anu speculation is rife what changes there
will be, II any, among them They will be subjected TO
pressure in one way and another, but the contcndng
they are now as TO preference Rumor
10 tho contrary, l. think they !, win pan
ton, namely Morton, s; Bristow Q; Blaine. conk-
ling notice the reports IN tho city papers and Ia
the Strength Of Morton and Brlstow There is no rca.
sonabc doubt but what the delegation i eight for Nor
ton and six tor n . no. psssS ,1a c0
lngite Is really Tor, II not for Conkng Is problemat
ical incline to think that tho first ballot the
will be given above but when It comes to the incv
table bresk up We in mist Among the demo.
OF this State think things working around
so that the delegation Will be soid for Tldcn. With
the Empire state OF the South for Inn, and tho En-
pre- Stao OF the linton, his chances for the ST. Louis
nomination brighten daily With TiIden Thurman
on one side and Bris,ow or Hayes on the othef the
average patriot could rest assured that would have
\ good President whichever party came out ahead
the choice tails upon OF these men, the fear
that We Will not have competent honorable, hign-
toned President for the next term need not keep any
body awake nights or cause them TO move over ~ Cam
ada
AxD INDIANA
counted States in which the political battle OF
the year Is to be decided. The South looks with long
ing eyes toward both, but has little enthusiasm for
either Thurman or Hendricks. Missouri which bc-
licves somewhat in Hendricks, but would probably
support Palmer, OF Illinois, with aacrity, does
like the idea OF Eastc. candidate The Kansas
City 71aes says:--
II Is certain that Tildcn cannot carry either Ohio or
Indiana. and that II his nomination loses both Of
those States In the October election the battle Is
We must carry ono or the other OF those States in
October to make any light ut all, and must carry
the other OF them November succeed.
With Ill votes from the SOUTH iity-cight from Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, from Wisconsin, from Con-
nccticut and SIX OF tho twelve Pacific votes
elect without New York And II Is utterly absurd
to suppose that any man who nominated 10 lose
those Slatcs can carry New York. Tho man who has
reasonable prospect Of carrying the October States,
and docs carry thcm Will get The vote Of Now York,
whether he be republican democrat
In connection with this statement we have only to
quote from the Richmond (va) Dispatch, which be-
licvcs that Tildcn does need Ohio Indiana 1t
says
II nominate Tildcn Il win be with the distinct
Outstanding all sides that he get enough
elect hun without those oil Indiana and Ono IL will
be assumed that those States not taken into the
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