The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-03


He would be'a rash man who should assert
that their chances are as good now as they
were then. The Potter committee has
consolidated the republican party has
given it On issue, and very strong one for
the fall campaign, and has given them rea-
son to hope that they may carry the next
House. That is the net result Of this great
stroke of political genius. In fact. the
question which This folly forces upon the
country is whether it can afford to risk q
democratic majority in the next House,
when they are already certain Of the Senate;
and when that question is put to the indie
pendent voters this fall the democrats will
be uncommonly fortunate if it is answered
in their favor.
AS to General Grant we have only this to
say-it depends upon democratic folly
whether he is renominated; but if they
Brighten tho country he will undoubtedly
be not only nominated, but elected.
Another Attempt on Kaiser Wiiheim's
Life.
But three weeks and day have elapsed
since the futile attempt Of the Leipsic So
cialist, Hoedel, 10 assassinate the aged Ger
man Emperor, and the worldwide congrat-
ulations upon his happy escape had
scarcely ceased to pour in, when another
assassin attempted to carry ont what
Hoedel had failed in. This time, unfortu-
nately, the wretch succeeded in wounding,
and it is feared dangerously, the heroic old
Kaiser. There is every sign that the
assassin made most deliberate preparation
for his bloody work. That the Emperor
escaped with life seems entirely providen-
tial Firing from the window of hotel
fronting upon the street, Unter den Lin
den--through which His Majesty was pass
ing in an open carriage on his way to the
Thiergarten--and using buckshot which
would spread after its discharge, the
assassin did not risk interruption or
stake his chance of successful murder
presence of mind of the Emperors chasseur,
who flung himself between the assassin and
his master thus doubtless saving the lat
ter's life, is worthy of oil praise and recalls
the similar devotion Of the young Russian
aide-de-camp, who pushed his horse before
the carriage of the Gear Alexander, when, in
Paris in 1867 the latter was fired on by Bere-
zowski, Polish exile, while returning from
a review held by Napoleon III. in his honor.
The attempt itself recalls that of Fieschi
upon the life Of Louis Philippe.in Paris in
1885. Fieschi had fixed an internal ma
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the front window of house on the Boule-
ward du Temple, and, as the King and his
sons were returning from review, fired all
the barrels at once. The King escaped I'M
hurt, but Marshal Mortier, the Due de
Trevise and sixteen others were killed aud
twenty-five onlookers at tho royal cavalcade
were seriously wounded. Fieschi and his
accomplices were executed. Such, doubtless,
will be the we'll deserved fate OF the wretch
who sought out such shining mark yester-
day, and his act will seal the fate Of Hocdel.
The socialistic movement which produces
such hideous crimes. now becomes ques-
ton of the greatest moment in Germany,
and the government of the Empire will
gfapple it without gloves The sympathy
Of the world will 60 out to the aged
monarch stricken by this skulking coward,
and hope will be universal that in spite Of
his great age-h he is in his cighty-second
year--he may come safely though this un-
looked for ordeal of fire as he did through so
many others in the course of his long and
glorious career. He who received his bap-
tism Of fire sixty-ive years ago at the battle
o, Leipsic should not perish at the hands
of miserable assassin now-that assassin
Saxon, too. 1t, therefore, rejoices us that,
by the latest dispatches, the battle for life
seemed turning in Kaiser Wilhem's favor.