National Republican., 1880-06-01

to account us a criminal where disease and
death result from his penuriousuess.
IT is pleasant TO find that there are peo-
pie in America who do not give themselves
up to an absorbing interest in politics. A
glance through our exchanges shows that a
very large proportion of our people do not
study the chess board at Chicago TO the ex-
clusion of other interests and pursuits. The
amusoments noted rs occurring on Saturday
only, in addition to the duties Of decoration
day, are many in numberand varied in char
ncter, andar extended over every section of
the union.
Harvard and Yale were training for their
annual race, and some kind friends in Bos-
ton have presented the Harvard eight with
steam launch, so that the "coach may
follow the eight closely in a four-mile pull
and thus detect faults that are concealed
in shorter pull. 1t will not be long before
Yale will be similarly blessed, We hope.
Athletes from nearly all the leading east
crn colleges met at Motthaven to give ex-
hihtions of strength, skill and speed.
team to go to Ireland has been finished, and
the team is completed, with every prospect
Of winning another victory for American
marksmen. Colonel JOHN BoDINE is cap
tain. He has been member of three sue
cesslul American teams. The other mem
bers are w. MILTON FARRow, of Maine,
who won the g100 ALBERT prize at VIM
bledon last year; II. L. CLARKE, OF New
York; S. l. SCOTT, OF Maryland; HOMER
FISHER, of Connecticut; RANSOM RATHBoNE,
of the same state; J. f. BROWN, of New
Hampshire and w. II. JACKSON, of Massa-
chusetts. All of these gentlemen have made
records in rifle matches which seem to in
sure n victory in tho international contest.
In the afternoon the New York Coaching
club made pretty picture as it left hotel
Brunswick for short drive through the
park and out the Harlem road with its
twelve handsome coaches, spirited horses,
elegantly attred ladies and skillful
drivers. Not one of the happy party,
probably, thought about third
term or horses d ark or light save
the ones which bow led them swiftly toward
Mount Vincent in the cool evening hours.
Newport had its bicycle meet and polo
game Hoboken watched the cricket game
between the Philadelphia and New York
clubs; baseball held it's own in dozen
cities and refused to give up its title as the
national game to democratic or republican
politicians Sau Francisco took in its horse
race; New Orleans was excited over its
interstate rowing match on Lake Pontchar-
train; Pittsburg and Steubenville won and
lost thousand dollars on chicken
fight and last and worst, the pugilists
Goss and RYAN, refused to be satisfied, rs
nre politicians, with calling names, but in
sisted upon battering one another if they
only could find some place to do it in peace
We note these apparently trivial facts to
point moral for our political friends. Lot
them not get too much excited 1t is evil
dent that the dear people are disposed to
take things easily. The ferment is only on
the edges. The body polite IS cool and un-
disturbed. No third term spectre disturbs
the eye of the rifleman, the stroke of the
oarsman, the hand Of the catcher or the di-
gestiOn of the member of the coaching club.
Whether it be GRANT or BLAINE or SHER-
MAN, or a dark horse, will, after all, affect
butslightly the spirits Of nine.tenths OF the
great healthy-minded, strong hearted
American people. Do, therefore, gentlemen
delegates ut Chicago, moderate your ami
mosties, give us a candidate and return to
the bosom of your families, bind up your
wounds and prepare to pass the summer as
comfortably as possible.