New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-26
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 93 IS7a

which the citizens of California have NJ
WAYS been particularly proud. At pro sent
1T is highly improbable that General E"ii'r
twill become the nominee either oi th' he-
"puhlcans or thc Democrats for Frfsldeh'
of the United States. in this Judgment we
are proud 10 concur. OF course. II Mr. Nal
loeh had not been elected Governor oi 'a"-
rcrnia bv the Republicans. IN spite OF the nj
iemnt of The Kcarneyites to murder hlin' 'h'
ca - wonll be qaltc different. just so the
chances of Lord BencOnslicld rs the anti
lingo candidate for Governor OF inc ls'e OF
WigLt vould have been seriously imperIlcu
if John Bright had not been elected LOtd
Chancellor by the Conservatives OF Devon
.lire.-and SO the whole aspect OF English
noitics might have been changed. WIN re-
snect 70 the regular party nominations, the
;udeuent .of The SATURDAY Rfrielc is entitled
f. the most careful consideration. The ke-
rublicans. we arc told, receive n regular
.percentagc on the salaries OF oiiice-hoiu-
GERS" and Mr.. Sherman, moreover, as
"poses for the purpose of his canvass OF the
" patronage of the Treasury; and yet
the prospects are by no means cicar.
We presume that the Treasurer OF
the National Committee would be mpch
relieved if there were funds mt MS
command representing a percentage, however
small. of the salaries Of oiiicc-hoiderS, or OF
any other persons; and Mr.. sherman must DC
4 much more adrolt man even than he IS sup
rosod ~ be il H. can Use the patronage OF
mis- department TO secure his own h"miha-
lion. Experienced managers o. elccuons''
continues TIE Saturday Ecrier, doubt TIE
"prudcnce OF allowing candidate 10 reilVer
ga series of political speeches; but MF.
:" Schu-z one of the most generally respected
"amon.- he members of the Senate, has de-
"ciarei hirs,ll IN favor Of Mr. sherman
Tho bearing. IF this he,e observation iies IA
the application OF it; we leave It 70 be inter
ulrtci Ivy anybody who may have the tmc'
talent and inclination for that exercise.
If the chances OF the Republican candidates
axe in doubt. the situation on The Democratic
side appear, TO our foreign observer entirely
simple. "rhe Democrats are practically
"rnanimous in the election Of candidate"
and their first, hast, and only choice Is Mr.
Tilden-which VIII be interesting news nj
10. = Gramcrcy Park. The hcricr accounts
Tor II by observing hat Nr. Tilden's adherants
care g-atfcd by learning that successful
"specu.ation on the Stock Exchange has
"piacrd a SUM Of G20O,OJ0 at his disposal
d" Tor the purposes Of the contest TINS Is
even better than n percentage On tie salaries
~ o0icc-holdcrs. and II makes N'r. Tildcn so
formidable a rival 10 General Batter That we
rather wonder The Saturday Rcr'er does not
consider the Probabilities of his assassination.
Bnf "in the Northern 5tatcs,N as our British
reviewer handsomely admits, the assas-
.'sinaion Of political opponents Is a'
"wholy unknown Is in England hVeh
in the South "atrOcities of thc KIND are
"not Of dgiy occurrence" " The American
.solrefs perhaps cxaegclate lie rouelms,s Of
"Soutirln society 10y tie appIcciauve play
"fslncss Of their comments ca shocking
"c,lmcs"; and although The Yazoo murder
vra- ruoucstimahly q CRIME, yet Dixon may
..perhapa. if hc made himself a leader OF
.' NEGRO malconten,s, have been regarded as IL
traitor and apOstato, witch OF course pa's
q different face on the matter. " In the
"Soutlorn States.D complaccnty observes
Tie RcriUr. the whites, since they have TO-
covered their natural supremacy, entertain
friendly feeling Ia the coloicd race; but a
renewal Of tie contest for political power
would arouse angry passions" To Ms 1t has
seemed that "anlTy passions" have already
been pretty cifcclIally aroused in a region
where men are shot for presuming to be Re
publcans; but perhaps, "a Tie Saturday he
aic,o suggests, the rouShnc>s of Southern
society has been exaggerated by the "appIe-
"ciaiiye playfulncss" (whatevcr that may bc)
of the american newspapers. Well, We can
not accuse The Saturday E,riac OF apprccia-
tive playfulnoss,-not even in IFS sage con-
clnsion that "the election Of next year will
"cxcitc more interest than the nomination OF
"elther party"