New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

The prospects of the Great Unknown" ap
pear to be looking up.
Mr.. Wheeler's Presidential prospects must be
Frightening, for the mud machines have been turned
upon him.
The North Carolina election will be held this
November instead Of August the time having been
ged by the recent Constitutional amendments. The
voluntary contribution" OF the civil should be
much lighter on this account Tho leg innate expenses
OF the capa gn Will be smaller than for many years.
A shrewd Western Democrat predicts that
GOV Allen ID TO DO the OConor OF the Democratic
paign OF 1876 HTiden or any other hard-money man
Is nominated at St. Louis he claims that the Greenback
people will nominate Allen. that The Cincinnati Enquirer
vi. support him vigorously, and that the movement will
divert large Democratic vote IN both ONO ana Indiana
Here's a possible mystery for the political
qridnuncs. Thomas A. Scott, Hugh T. Jewett, Henry
Waterson and S. L. NJ. Barlow were deep In political
yesterday ut the country seat OF the latter.
Wa erson's fidelity to Tden cannot he doubted: bat is
IL possible that the others trying to cook up move
meut for Jswettf Tuere have boon whispers OF some
Wild schome OF that sort Or did scot merely come
from Philadelphia because OF the fame Of watersons
mint uicpst
There seem to have been some unwse Bris-
tow men up in Vermont. for The Rutland Herald re-
marks: Assuming that Mr. Blaine is to be laid upon
the shelf Mt Cincinnati IL becomes matter OF deep in
the particular friends OF ether candidates To
where he aud his supporters will so his withdrawal
II all of Mr. Brstows friends bleareye cd and short
sighted as some has hereabout 1t is clear tnat he
least, will not win by Sir. Baines failure 1t Is uni
yersaly admitted to De tho act OF bastard TO strike
man when he II" IL down-out in this present IN
stance It is simple st~pliy that leads Brisow 10
hui abuse Mr. Blaine the supposition that he
Is irrctrieyaby down."
Col FOrney does not approve of Secretary
Cameron's determination to go delegate to Cncn-
natl He says that Mr. Cameron's presence will be every
where accepted as . menace 10 the hgh-toned men
the delegation. and adds "If he intelligent
leader or statesman, like Webster Clay Douglas.
there might be for step which these great
minds would have loftily scorned; but us young
who has entitled himself to consideration
whatever In the Republican party and who has snpy
been identified with legislative management at Harris
burg mia appearance at Cincinnati will do credit either
to himself or TO the Administration into which he has
been unexpectedly called"
The political atmosphere of the place in
which national convention Is held is always an elc-
ment to be taken into Both The Commercial
and Gazette In Cincinnati strongly for Brstow and
the Bristow feeling throughout Southwestern Ohio is
general In addition TO that Kentucky pours the
river immense percentage OF her political population
all with the Brisow warcry The Enquirer, which has
heretofore been attacking Blaine, considers him the
strongest candidate and COnklng next. IL regards Bris-
tow out the race. fhe Times administration Repab
LEAN to take hat the wow, especially
the lsstnamed candida The Gazette Attacks Blaine
bitterly me Oomneyeai greatly prefers Drsiow but is
more tolerant All of them seem TO have intense hos
tty to Conkling on account Of his course about Ohio
| river bl dgcs and other Western questions.
Congressman Farwell of Chicago thinks Mr..
said to reporter Of The Post and Mal last week I" You
Blaine and Conknl will 10 Into the Convention
the two strong candidates. They can't both make As
soon US either that his chances gone he will
throw his force for whecler. Blaine aud Conkng
both friends Of Mr.. Wheeler md Blaine Is under
great obligations to him. Wheeler might Lave been
Speaker OF tho XLIId Congress- and las Ia Just as COM
pcent for tho post Mr. Bine Is. but he told Blaine in
tho start that he would not be candidate against him
for that place and when later, Mr. Blaine went him
and said that he understood That no Whrclcrj
going 10 run, Wheeler said. No. have gwen you my
word the contrary and that is enough Aud all
ing possible failed to move hun to stand for the
| uIloe."
| The Southern Democrats are wise enough to
that there would be no hope OF were their
party to nominate Southern for tho Presidency
Their most intelligent journals have declared from the
start and they refuse to be turned aside by tho efforts
awake sentiment In favor Of Senator Bayard The
Charleston News and Courier defines the position with
much force 1t declares ut the outset that has high
personal regard for Mr. Bayard and his nomnar