New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-18

National Republican Convention for President Of the
United Sate" There IL dou0t but that 18 Of Tia
20 votes Of the Virginia Convention are for Blaine from
the outset.
The Ohio Democrats do not grow more har.
monous with The soft-money faction Is shouting
In an idloc way for the nomination CT William Allen for
the Presidency while the hardmoney faction Is working
quietly, and TO present appearances ecctu.
ally for the nomination of Senator Thurman The feel
ing between the wings has become bitter that tho
victory Of either will be likely to insure the loss Of
the State the party The Dayton Democrat to be
OF this opinion for IL says frankly that the prospect
not very good for any Democrat to carry the State
though 1t thinks Thurman could do II any one could
thing Is olerbly certain, namely that unless the
Democrats stop their quarreng pretty soon they Will
give the State TO the Republicans IN October and thus
start their opponents in Presidential contest with
momentum which will be very likely to carry them 70
national triumph.
The disgust with "machine politics. il
spreading From all directions demands that ths
people must be granted hearing this year, above all
Others Even that venerable The CHICAGO Tbun.
noticed the disturbance and has been reused an
expression opinion the subject 1t Joins the cry for
the machine politicians" to take back Seats and after
elaborate Of the Republican outlook
this conclusion There but two escapes from dc
feat The ono is by the nomination of candidate I'M
known to tho corrupt past-some one who never had
dealings with Boss Shepherd, and whose history that OF
Repu 'lican devoted to thiefghng and tho
exposure and breaking up OF corruption and fraud and
the punishment OF criminals The other is the nomina
the calamity OF his election the people viii elect any
body else who may be offered them But the Democr tie
parry will select their candidate until after the Re-
publican Cincinnati Convention, and 1t smOre than likely
they will seek to profit by the Republican mistake rather
than to court defeat
Mr.. Watterson of The Louisville Courier
Journal comes out squarely for Gov. Tilden In an
interview reporter of The Herald he reiterated his
intention not support Mr. Bristow under any crcum-
stances, remarked carelessy that tho prisons who at
tributed contrary purpose to him were driyelng
idiots" and continued: "By rights, Tlldens chances
ought to be good He is the representative OF the only
rule theory practice by which the South get
its feet reform. He lie. besides,
old line Jeersonian Democrat and strict constructonst
who should be a favorte even with the Bourbons. But
there least conviction where there asseveraOn
and exactiOn Tilden Is not gushy, mushy dryeler
He Is Zoo able, upright, and dry for the professional
hummer with the ruled shirt and the be CAD sahF He
Is New-Yorker, and the fools think they can get
without New-York think he could beat any Repubn-
can except BrstOw and think he is the only Democrat
who could give Bristow "a am for Tilden without
reserve. But, being politician or partisan. only
express belief that be Is the man to win witn both as
matter OF principle and eXpedency The election or re-
lection Of man Of the slightest personal concern TO
me The West Is lost to the Democrats and might well
States and the south" When asked what Hsisead and
Bowles would do the contentious watterson replied:
sure don't"
The strenuous efforts which leading can
dIdstes on both sides are making TO secure the Pns-
DENTAL prize is likely to create disgust unless they
restrain themselves. Both Indiana candidates
suffering from such sentiment and Mr.. Blaine Is
in danger OF q similar check The Washington
OF The Boston Herald writes about the
subject in this way "The doubt which makes the
gland farmers ask when they told that Blaine
Is the smartest candidate Amt he too ID smartf
peryades the public mind concerning all the men who
now prominent in either party organization, with tho
single exception perhaps Of Mr.. Tden of New-York Is
it possible any OF these eectoncerng
for the nomination would for the place OF warden
at ward meetings. and thereby degrading the office Of
that estate are going be nominated at Cincinnatif
Not that Convention in majority or IT'S delegates rep
resents the intelligence and character Of the who do
the voting, take 1t, and do not believe the Con-
venton will go half way 1t will either be carried by
the machine or it will be carried against It, In the one
case Mr. Morton is most probably tho successful In
the other case it must be Bristow Wheeler. But
events are Fastening on rapidly this year. There
three things remembered That the people Of the
country aro pretty find honesty quite
necessary loyalty to the unity Of the States before
they get the that at the top In the
that Presidential elections apt 70
DO sort OF stampede since 1860 and that this ID the
Centennial year srrnly honest sternly LOYAL man At
OF the Republican ticket this year means sue
cess as great that OF 1872. The democrats here all
know II, and some OF them say IT,