New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-01-15

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without starting another class of questions less
easily set at rest.
THE RgPUBLiCAN NATIONAL CONTENTION
Unusual Importance seems to have been at
tached TO the decision of the Republican Ma
tional Committee concerning the time and
place of the Convention for nominating the
candidates for President and Nicc-PreSident.
The choice Of place has been held to be oil
most importance, but much significance has
been given also to the selection OF the day.
How much there is in all this talk about the
effect of the action of the Committee upon the
prospects of the several aspiants to the Presi-
dency, it is not easy TO say. The managing
politicians are sharp-proverbaly so-they see,
or think they see, great deal further into the
milestone of politics than the average
outsider, and possibly they may be night III
the estimate they put upon the importance of
the Committees decision. But it is possible
too that they are over-sharp; that they see
more than actually exists in the situation;
that they greatly overestimate the advantages
Oh the one hand and the disadvantages on the
other which the choice of any of the places
which were named or the fixing of II particular
day might entail All accounts agree that the
chief consideration in the minds of the Com
mittee in making the decision was the effect
it would have upon the prospects of certain
candidates, and that, though it did not appear
in their arguments, was no doubt uppermost
| in the minds Of the gentlemen who presented
the claims and the advantages OF the several
cities which coveted the honor and the profit
of having tho Convention. Cincinnati having
been agreed upon as the place, and the 18th
of June az the time it is claimed that a point
has been gained against Blaine or any Eastern
candidate and one scored for some Western
candidate, though there appears to he some
difference of opinion as to the individual. 1t
may be Morton, OF BristOw, or Washburnc, or
who knows 7-possibly Grant, or even John
A. Logan. And we presume there are those
who will think it promotes the chances of Gov
Hayes of Ohio.
There may be. we say, good deal in this.
We grant that if the Convention were to be he'd
within week or fortnight, the place of hold
ing it, the influences that might be brought to
bear upon it, and the effect of numbers and
neighborhood upon the minds of delegates who
had not become fixed in their preferences or
committed by pledges, would be very likely to
are to intervene before the Convention as
sembles. Much time must elapsc before the
| first delegates are chosen. Congress is in
session. with candidates in each branch and i'll
! the Cabinet who are eager to do something to
to help themselves or hurt some one
else These men are restless and I'M
easy They make Congress so. No one
can tell what sudden and unexpected
wisdom they may break out with, or what
fatal bunders they may commit. These COM
ing four months are crammed full of explosive
possibilities, and with SO many self conscious
| little people running around and drawing
| matches or creating friction, no one can tell
| how soon we may hear great noise and see
| the remains of several candidates of great
promise in the air. The results of the "great
"debate" just closed-sO graphically described
| by Mr. Morrison, who said, Whenever
"they speak we get the best of them whenever
ave speak they get the best of us'-indicate
very clearly the dangers ahead. Neither
party can keep still, and neither can move
without doing itself damage. A few more
great debates" would be very likely to thin
out the list of candidates. In these four
months then there is the possibility of NOR
tally among candidates, and very strong
probability besides of such a cIystallization OF
public sentiment in the several States that the
delegates who 20 to Cincinnati will be i'm
pervious to the influences of neighborhOod or
the clamor Of packed galleries and noisy
| Hobbies.
The call for the Convention is as smooth
and beautiful as the song of a siren, and as
euticing as the spiders invitation to the fly
to assist at q kettledrum. 1t recommends
that everybody be invited, without re-
"gard to past political differences OF
"prevous party difficulties" and talks about
promoting friendly feeling and permanent
/ harmony; of "the continued prosecution and
punishment of all official dishonesty" of an
&" economical n-not however continued
economical" administration of the Govern
"ment by honest, faithful and capable officers y
of reforms in government, preserving the
national credit, and maintaining the common
school system. On all these points the call is
as wooing as a sucking dove so delightfully."-
innocent that we wonder who the new people
are who have just taken up politics. We look
| at the signatures. Their names-ah! their
names! They have a familiar look. No need to
repeat the list. George L. Spencer of Alabama