New-York tribune., 1876-02-15
TIE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK.

MR. HORACE WHITES SURVEY or TIE FIELD
BRISTOw THE PEDPLEs CHoICE-MoRT0N THE
FAVomTE OF TIIE SOUTH AND or THE ADMIN
IsTRArION RINGs-BLAINE THE YOUNGER POLL
uCIANs' YAyOiITE-rnB THIRD TEEN OUT OF
THE oUEsTION--COSKLING'S CHANCE SLIM.
iraSiiagon letter to The Chcngo tribune
IL is impossible for IL person to be many
days IN Washington Guy without peiceying ina t't"
GIant has ALREADY entered the pehlmha oi an tAICs
ilrnt Tbs fact is manifested in many ways, bat chiefly
N want az dcfertuce tu has OBI ions among members OF
lis own party. hIsA and low. Ihe oHil puplc ih'n
worth Ineniioning who is at0wedy iOr tmgd form Ia
S,,tor con kpy ana since major COublHy has never
been noted FOR adherence Ia unpopular peIo.s Il u NOR
tlan probable t;.t H. adyocacy - only trap "a ct
The Iosduun OF Presidential lnnhencc "hci mo lhFu
term falls pieces. lie may o'eat''na" ihe lai. "i
this influence, but, whether 1t be W0flh mG'h or i.'
me has fairy earned lana that "a The reason, hs
card one shrewd observer .ay, why he probably Wont
M own opinion Is that the tbr term is on trial at s.
Louis for whisky frauds. when tHe }"GAs ihI b"DcI,A
went 10 S.uitc D0hin-O AMI negoila'cd lt"l "a an
nuxauOn without u.o Ano"1cd-o 0I ne oe,ieti.A o,
state, be exhibited an amount "l en",H Wult, ,s t -
casy have developed into dtl! Lhd Oi '"aa'l''i anu
found its way even,nay NO tts priohol' Coz, "a
ever na. o.. ac trd Term llom hfJ 10 last
las always been connected WIN the hlme o i",~'n.
According To 10 u'r rlmol tins Young captain 81 IN
inecrs las been t'mciy bf t'-e iHi'' 5@'lH ii,b
dp dynasty Ioi A!' t'Hh Hi' ih5 ' "i 'o i 80 ,t,
TOm MurplJ. Boss shcpn"fd ana Stnht"i '!t",FI Tue
II L0uia spectacle j. Ntfy lane ana l'u"',N. c"i,D
SION to such n11'o ri"fa' "tc"cu ~ r.l,i, VI ~ so ~
i;hi That end mas come 10 iitb'ocA ana thih cili
Wtsbmgt,u lhr rsn4iudcr ~ Cen. Grit'- Pre-, d,ncy
viii I've married ~ tnc waning iuhIchcc ana +'t"''u~
nI>t iha 10 suppose inat tus .shy ias lay" 10 rdc
tue trcrin project. There ~ not tho least red"n 10
suppose tHat nc' Giant Ahc" or s'i c'ei lH"' ''''
cock Was concerned tac frtlds; sal less /, ,lnao
hat the PresIjoDt w@s hiHSl prrcepS c'imt"s rae
disclosures cannot daaagc hH unless Ac nses 'aieiac'd
mower 80 s.eld the titLcr by sto pnS tie prose
cuiiOHs og removing nrstoW from tio Cabinet or par
don.ng t.e oonNcio. iAe UNA teIn VA. s''Hr'ea,o"
fem tAe b,,lnnE, because !. ahia-"n'zsd - wa"
part OF American coucauoh ana tt"ihint u q the eE-
hences o. defeat Etto not Dech as oiol' iIOh te
be- oIJlIins as taey are now.
BgislOw's POPULARITY.
As to the succession, e'cis siIHs - al Th lnrI2 -
sa,ircn ynIrscI 10 be- singled out ID preference 70
ev Iyiaiuy cisc. On ;re 4 pbhcin adc a.no aor. .oh
and bIIstOT are thc L.oat Iohi-ct, ana ~' p''i,'
ga .cs ol tc parry coDlG bc fea lad t.0iH t.c q Al "
iascr or ~ any mods "Hi,h 9hoHu "7prn,' win t'9
n,scAiuery o o.ucGac- and c"HvrnI'l'' Hlsio" @oHu
10 nominated by al Oyct" HclEIn- m.J - -
Doked upon hC only man il ihc III id 80 ''le
and determined 10 crush We Dragon "l IN, t"I' cor ,.h
which hs fastened nscli upon me throat "i iho Alh'
can kciuDlc. lie uAo fought trH'''c ha'tir ana 10
stl III ihe midst of i-per"l9 IN the hO''c' par %
lt-aAd 10 hln Hsut be appnee lht dtSc'Ift4"h ul't
Julus CHsar aird TO hln,sol whrh ClpiGi "a "a allo,
shed h Of tnc dan-er Of gong 10 the senate House on
tho Iacs OF March: ,,.,u
We wcro two Ions iiti, i,o in one 'iay.
And 1 eluor snd moro terrible
But NJ unfortunately nomination II not quite m tho
giii OF the people. IL Is NANNY III me hahu' O inn "o
yln Inc machine" and Llust OF these men hOd Cen
Bristow not merely in hate. ba IN absolute terror Icy
have power enough to compass ms de"at IN lho Conyeh
lion unless some OyeISadOwIng danger 10 the parry IL
sof shall ntory mcanwhe 10 destroy or ciIipo thelr
influence - ~
At present, however the mcn VINO run tho machine
hold the nomination. III loose. Undecided way III tbcf
%D as The case may be- hut more OF them Norton
than for any body else COnkng mas strength outside
@; New York and not mucn there outside OF mo once
holers Morton has Succeeded bJ egli years o. arddOns
and uufatcrg effort IN proving hat h Is t1e friend ol
tie TO- No clcyenth-hOur DEMONSTRATION Oi MT Iialhe
the way OF arrOnsausht Oh Jeh Davis can shsho ther
conviction that Morton the Tor ibclf votes 1loi
ably Mr. Blaine never expected To detich thon TOi
their all glance to the Indiana senator, Dut dd eA
a. iha \nrfl
was sound on all such quest0ns ~ anybody an III
this hao abundautly succeeded But to iacl remains
that the controlling influences at the South-thOse
winch will alone De potont Ia the Convontioh"it nearly
al for Morton 1hs Is Il heavy caplAi 10 bcSih "lh
and Will of itself attract many unattached factions. IA
smaller bodies ravItate toward larger ones NO cover
Mir Norton has lost opportunity 70 advertise to the
vrous Numbering rings that he 10 truly loyal The Dis
ric of Columbia Rug ~ Just now receiving tS Dirhhi
oyerhaung ia tue Senate Allison, OBlOsbJ, Dawes and
Bayard had stripped of the vail aud part of The nlde OF
this particular nOHstrOsy. when Morton Duchleu on his
ari6r ana the defense OF the parties accused oI
increasing he puDc debt by .5,OOooDO IN violation OF
law willie BristOw and the taI-raycrs were painfully
striving TO diminish IT, Such OpOitune hep ls not IObt
upon tho men ho the machine IN tho District OF
Columbia and elsewhere. think that Morton hols more
delegates IN emDryo at the present lnr an any ohet
candidate IN ethcr party But there's many asp tWlIt
the cup and the lip Nobody has been able during lhy
lifetime 10 spread net and cach the PresiehcY III H.
II Morton succeeds he VIII reverse ali preccdents DacK
10 Martin Van Burcn. .
Mr.. Blaine probHbly has more friends among the
younger politicians throughout The No IA thau any other
candidate, and II lie had been reelected Seahe, woud
have b, On nigh rIcsistiDle In the Convention lie
would certainly have carried Ncw-bnglAnd IA unit aud
would least nave divided the delegation o every oiue
wcsi OF the Alleghenes except Indiana ana woud have
picked up good deal o. rit all IN the south lhe loss
of the spcakersp 10 him considerable loss 0f pres
fige. Ie has few Offices 10 jisiOs" oi, ana ms
friends are itachod to him through genuine personal
liking aud conviction that lie safe party man They
point 10 tho that he has ntorposed several times
when the party ia danger from InAdodp egsation
and used the great power o tho spekcIsp To avert The
daugcI TEey do not clam for n ITO moral courage and
ncXabe win OF BIstOw, but they do cian iOr in ana
usy q gher patriotism and moro prudent as wen as
nole dexoTous satc ctuanSip than that of Morton or
Conking. IL the nomination were 10 be maze ~ tnc
people rOu, the medium Of the aus akc lie would
be long way ahead Of Norton but In Tue way that
nominations are actually nlade-i Goubt H. ".
DEIIcAcY-EdMin lah The ScIYant is pres