New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-12

Legislature yet he appears daily before the caucus OF thu
Republican members OF that body ana instructs them q,
their line OF conduct He is warm thirdtcm man ana
n the party leaders in Louisiana continue as docile a,
they at present, united thirdterm delegation NAV
no expected from that state
Several days ago the statement was Son,
from Washington that biographies Of Sir. Elaine bad
been out newspapers with promise good pa,
in OF printing. The report wac Immediately pro
nounced false and the correspondents who started
IL publish this letter from Western publisher IA tba,
authority: DO yOu think would hurt any to publish
an article headed Blaine for President, from sprir.
field Mass. paperl The article in question gives mar
tia biography OF Blaine, his eligibility, etc. II would
make about five columns. Tney offer to pay well for IL"
Senator MOrton's friends profess confidence
OF his success a candidate for the Presidential nomipa
ton. The Indianapolis journal gives these grounds for
such faith The JOuRdt will not attempt. like some O,
its contemporaries, to predict the exact strength Of each
Presidential candidate every ballot but il ASSURE
the public quite positively that Senator Morton viii re
ceye the solid vote OF other States besides Indiana on tho
first ballot. and will develop str myth from the be In
ming that will surprise hIs opponents. ms statement
based information received from tls WORTH source
ami may be accepted as reliable"
Yhe Hon. George II. PendletOn has returned
from his Southern Cincinnati AD Enquirer reporter
attacked him he arrived and learned his views
on questions Presidential Mr.. Pendeton thinks Grant
will be renour sted for third term since the Southern
st ties and all the Ofcehoders are for him. He did not
find much currency agitation in the South since the peo.
pie arc most interested In change OF Administration
As for the party platform, Mr.. Pendleon believes the
Ohio Democrats should readopt their platform Of last
year taking 70 express II that rs principles
not be rnsrepresfned TO mean reputation or unlimited
iuilation, as he says they were last year.
The attempt to place Ohio and Indiana in
position dictate terms to both parties on the Pres
dency que stlon strikes The Cincinnati Commercial az I'm.
wise and silly. II says: "Oho will 20 for any Repub.
llcan candidate With tho exception ri Grant, and the
Democrats will have to behave very badly indeed In o..
der to lose Indiana The friends OF Morton in Indiana
are aware that he cannot be nominated they are de-
tcrmined TO fool themselves away al the same The
friends OF HAYES doing very much the same thing in
Ohio The appearances are that the Ohio and Indiana
politicians win be left out in the cold indeed, under
the circumstances, they deserve 10 ne"
One Of the most radical initiation journals in
the South is The NaSkre american II thinks anyh.n.
like resumption contraction in the DEM cratic plat.
form this year would defeat the party and believes Gov
Tiden could carry his state such platform.
1t odds: "Olio and Indiana far more important TO
us than Ncw-York. With them we can succeed without
Sew-York. Without them defeat is certain. NewYork
IA not necessary to success She should it and
stand aside. There T. good timber for Democratic cand
dates both Indiana and Ohio Hendricks would be al
together acceptable 10 TenncsSe" and would Pcnde
ton. There "a another Orio Democrat for whom the
Tennessee" Democracy would be proud to east Their PFes
dental yUc-Gen. George ". Morgan
This is sad world The Administration
editors in this convinced OF tnat. They have
been wasting any amount of imagination In pcturins
e1Gov Seymour the spontaneou. choice of the New
York Democracy for the Presidency and had hopes OF
seducng at least Democratic Journal to help them
before long. when The Uhcd Obserrer published at Mr.
seymors home. with this authoritative state
ment and sets all OF their nice little plans 1--WE beg
inform these bogus newmongers who fond Of sub
l.
candidate Cor the Presidency that under "rcum-
stances would he accept nominations that n the Office
President could b. rendered him tomorrow. without
the trouble OF election, he would peremptOriiY de-
cline"