New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-12
1t was bolt, and also burst-of tho Grant boom.


This would seem to DO favorable moment for
some solemn Third. Tcrmcr to assure tho country
that Grant il not seeking denomination.
Tho thirl-term movement becomes scramble
from this time On-a fight against the will Of the Re-
publicans of the Solid North, against tho will OF q
majority of the Republicans Of General Grants own
State. Logan said few weeks ago that Grant
would not withdraw until no was beaten, because
he was not o coward. For the sake of tho Generals
reputation it is to be hoped he will be able to SEQ tho
necessity OF Withdrawing before his Oyer-zeaOus
friends get the fight for his nomination OH lower
level than it is There is no danger of anybody
suRpccting him OF cOwardce. what Is III peru now
is his reputation Cor horse sense
Tho third-tcrm movement has entered the scramble
stage, which Is also its last.
That Chicago bolt seems to havo completely
Aabbergasted the thrdterm journals in this part Of
tho country. It is unfortunate that right in tho
b.ot of their dcnunciation of hocrs from the unit
rule sanction for the right of boiling should come
from the Grant leaders III Grants own State.
Wattcrson has dined with Tilden every day for a
Teek and declares that while he has not boon lntl
mate enough with him to cut his meat for him. ho
has absorbed information which makes him sure
that Tilden will be nominated mt Cincinnati.
There is nothing gloomy for Republicans In that
intelligence.
Wallace Is said to have been converted to Tilden.
An alliance between tho conoe-pot and tho barrel
would DO Irresistible
The Hon. E. b. Washburno is visiting his brother
at Portland, Maine, during this exciting crisis In
Illinois politics. o has left Logan to run the Grant
boom In his own way, and 1t must give him q grim
sort of satisfaction to SEQ how ably Logan has run 1t
into the ground Logan has undoubtedly done rs
well rs ybOdy else could have done, with much
against him, but he has only succeeded in showing
the country that majority of the Republicans OF
Illinois are against third term.
The Democratic Congress has now boon in session
for nearly half year and it is pertinent to inquire
what this body has accomplished which will be
likely to persuade the people that it would be pru-
dent policy to hand the country over To their OK
ecutive control.
Any Democratic statesman who chooses TO take a
back-hot with Mr.. Tilden for tho control Of q
wrecked railroad will acquire some accurate and
useful information as to his nfrmities.
Nothing In recent history has given such shock to
the educated moral sense of the Democratic editor
as the revolt in New-York and Pennsylvania of
Republican delegates to Chicago against third-term
Instructions
II looks now as IL the Republican party would
WELD u considerable influence ut Chicago.
A yenturesome reporter who has made q voyage of
exploration among tho Cincinnati delegates in
Massachusetts, has discovered natural curiosity in
the shape Of an aVoWed Mcclellan man.
Taking the Grant managers own estimate of his
strength, as printedhn The TRIBUNE Saturday, it
Is easy to SEQ thatC is confession of hOpelcssness
They give him total of 317 votes. Ton of these
come from Indiana where he has not the slightest
chance Of getting one. Six is the highest number lie
can hope for from Georgia, yet the manag gers claim
eleven. They claim from New-Hampshire