New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-03


The Democratic States want Grant the Republ-
can States want somebody else That is the result
of the canvass so far in nut shell.
The next pilgrim to Gramercy Park will report
Mr. Tilden In a more robust condition. The shelly
ing Of Hancock will act as tonic upon him.
Nominations for Congress arc already under way.
Tho dcsirability Of putting none but strong men in
the field will DO apparent to Republicans every
where With tho full vote which popular Presi-
DENTAL ticket will be sure to call out and the sub
sdence Of the Greonback wave. tho party will have
an excellent opportunity to wipe out the small
Democratic minority in tho lower House OF Con-
gress. The majority OF either pnrty may be small
i'm the next House, and every Congressional DlStrict
should act rs though SUCCESS depended upon Its
course.
Canning. the English statesman, must have had
third-termer's list OF delegates to Chicago in his
minds eye when he said There is nothing that
will lo worse than figures, unless 1t DO facts"
As the strong-man argument In favor OF Grant be-
gins to show good many holes from the Kidding
It has received, his adherents are changing their
tune and advocating his nomination on the ground
thai ne will haYo n spirited foreign policy. III all
other arguments fall they might rUviYe tho cry Of
$40 4O or fight"
OF the Illinois Congressional Districts that have
complrted tho election Of delegates to the State
Convention 9 arc believed to be for Blaine aud 1
for Grant That secures six delegates for tho former
to two for tho latter to tho Chicago Convention 1t
is safe to conclude that there will be no unit rule III
Illinois.
When n delegate from the country gets up In
Democratic Convention and offers resolution
aimed Mt Tldon they choke him OFF much rs they
do an OYer-zealous convert IN revival meeting.
A god OF the gallery OnCo rcbllkcd sloyenly
scene-shOvcr by remarking aloud during play:
owe don't expect actin. and VIC don't expect gram
mar; but We might push yer flats together" Every
body expects that the advocates OF General Grants
denomination will say and do everything possible in
Ina favor and say and do It as earnestly as they cun.
But some discreet friend should suggest. to them to
br n little more careful OF what scenery they push
before the public and how they arrange it. Much
of that now in view il rather gnlzY and doesn't fit
together and so fails to hide the preparations made
in the rear to get up the thunder.
The Democratic organs more tickled over the
result Of the Pennsylvania Convention than mar
ricd couple IS over the first baby.
There was curious omission In the resolutions Of
the Ohio Convention ~ photographed over the cOun-
fry. Nothing was said about instructing the dele
cates-at-arge for Sherman, ana those who heard
the resolutions read in the Convention wero per-
plexed mt the oversight. Tho original draft was
hunted up, aud the missing resolution Of Instruction
fouud all right. Ii was written n smaller sheet
of paper and had slipped from its place when the
COPY was sent to the telegraph office.
Ohio gave tho Secretary Of tho Treasury boom
TO DO proud of, and now he puts handle to 1t by
showing reduction in the public debt Of more
than $12 100000 for April.