New-York tribune., 1880-10-29

Loving. Even IL this apparently moribund party
should make another effort to elect q President.
four years hence. it will hardly permit Mr. Barnum
10 manage m ,tters for it. HIS notion OF canvass
will. after next Tuesday. have received slch
buke that no Democratic National Committee will
ever try it again. even II there should ever be-
other Democratic National Committee. PERHAPS
the present Committee is not quite satisfied with its
experinents; and if So there is ample time for the
explosion of a few more bombshells. Mr.. GARFIELD
might he charged with quite MISCELLANEOUS lot
of high and low crimes, and 10 end OF msdemeanOrs
before next Tuesday; and many ot them thrre
would be no time to dispTove. Perhaps that would
be as good a way OF dying game as any. Tele.
graph offices, OF course, are on 'helr guard we do
not think ANYTHING can now be dom IN the way
Of = fresh forgery; but good broad statement that
General Garfield once msused hls grandmother. aud
now neplects to provide for his family might lend
an epc dignity to tho Democratic dea.h-bed.
The HeraH. b wing mao vrulent personal
ottock upon Mr.. Jonn Kelly, Interspersed
with frngs at his race anc religion.
il now affi ctrd with sudden concern
lest 1mE TGIBU rs production OF indisnutabie
testimony from the foremost bus. so
men of this city TO the personal uHht 'c', OF Mt.
Jonn Kelly, candidate for Mayor. sIoIi min'e
own words. :" at the close OF an excin1g canvas, It
,s perunps. Idle to look tor either Reasonable
ar consistent couduct in" The Heraid. For
soma wears II screamed itself back N
the face over the dangers from Gaat
and Grantism. Wirhm three W. ks OF the CJl.
venton Grant actually carried the delegation
from his own Stare, and Inc HFaG m
stanty lost what little head IL uad.-
napped hailed Grant the coming AMI rgHuh
candidate aud licslrated its enterprise VITA
long columns Of biography OF General Gran tue
mkt Plesid,nt." OIe such silly eX"i l.
ton of unprncip.ed ignorance ought 10
last even The HerQH tor twevemonth.
Is sole principle IA the present municipal campdgn
ls understood to be 'GunnV Bed ora. IL
should not become rlGlcuious by passing
beyond that safe and ia auIhar ground To larger Is
sues which 1t does not unJe stand
A curious and cdIfyng event has happened IN
Philadelphia politics. Mr. Joel Cook the Anierl' an
correspondent oil The L0ad0R I,mcs. Was the k"pn0-
lIcan nominee for Con roller He IS 80 10 lOng"r
He Withdrew from the ticket yesterday. aud "A loyal
mcrci ant of the OLD Republican school WAS n"n-
mated in his place. The prop:lllng power o. Ar
Cooks removal was "a letter hom HE iRiBUNEs
London correspondent, written on Angu >.
1879 and begunlng should have been ga 10
have missed Tuesdays T0lcs. IL would have saved
me the annoy yance of remdrking once more on the
performance of its Philadelphia correspond mt.
This gentleman has thought tit 10 supply the
British market with another long libel on
his own country" Mr. Smallcy's letter with
startling headlines. has been published as an
advertisement in the Philadelphia papers aud
the uDr0ar excited was 50 great that Mr. Cook WAS
forced to Withdraw. He has for years been = pe(
sist,nt and reckless lbellcr of his own counfryI
Ills letters gre male up about equally Of sandrou
statements and false intelligence. aud he miNe thr
dose so strong IN the case Mr. Smalley alin 'cd 10
that The Times itself was moved to rebuke hih. AZ
last he has his reward.