National Republican., 1880-05-17

THE jury at Ballston has pronounced
BILLINGS not guilty of wife murder. Now,
we suppose, he will lecture.
SHOULD the unit rule be broken at Chi
cago GRANT would get at least three votes
from Iowa, and possibly five. We think he
would also get two from Kansas.
A SOUTHERN newspaper protests against
TuDEN and TuDEN's men. 1t thinks the
party can make even q better race with the
man than with either of his iocllies, RAN
DALI or PAYNE.
Mr.. O'CoNNoR, of South Carolina, plain
lively remarked on Saturday that she did
mot believe anything could be done on
"private bills, and the house might as well
adjourn and go home"
WYOMING TERRITORY sends one GRANT
and one BLAINE delegate to Chicago. The
BLAINE bureau, however, will not hear of
the GRANT man until he votes at Chicago
for the ex-presideut's nomination.
lHE hOulS NGu'J 1FtOuHc pIOpOScS lHuI
when the Cincinnati convention adiourns
it shall be invited to visit the heart of
"the solid SOUTH" where a grand demon
stration of military clubs will welcome
them.
ONE-FoURTH interest in the Atlanta Con-
stitutiOn was recently sold for $4,000 cash,
which leads the Charleston Ne,rs and Courier
to congratulate the south upon the ncreas
ing value Of newspaper property in that
section.
A company in Paris ask the government
for permission TO plant with vegetables the
bitches at the foot of the ramparts and the
sides of the Notifications which surround
the city. This is step toward turning the
sword into a plowshare.
SUPPOSE Senator VOORHEES, never finds
the "notes of evidence" in his exodus in
vestigation which "Old ST" carried off to
Georgia, what will become of him? The
"Tau Sycamore of the Wabash" will be-
come as bruised reed and the smoking
fax.
THERE is trouble for BLAINE in Indiana.
Several delegates hitherto very solid for
him are disgusted with his methods.
JAMES S. COLLINS, delegate-at-large, and j.
J. TODD, of the eleventh district, have an
nounced change of purpose as regards
voting for BLAINE.
oc Af,,.- l.
certain that TILDEN has no chance" But
then Judge ABBOTT has not been in prac-
teal politics since BEN BUTLER swal-
lowed the democratic party in his state,
leaving only a small tail sticking out for the
Judge to amuse himself with.
In Louisville, on Wednesday last, two
persons named FREEMAN, father and son
were attacked by hydrophobia. About the
same time prizes were being distributed al
q dog show in New York. raitlesnalle
show, with prizes for the 10 udest rattle and
biggest fangs, should be instituted without
unnecessary delay.
THE New York Times asserts that the
boiling BLAINE delegates from instructed
GRANT delegations have possibly been "hyp
"notized." This condit tion can be produced
by placing shining object" in front o
the subject, whose eyes must be fixed
steadily upon it until he becomes obliyioui
Of all other things
Mr.. D. C. CRoLEY, of New York, ha
gone into the prophecy business, based upol
the capital that he claims to have secured
four years ago, when he predicted that the
contest would be between HAYES aut
TILDEN. He now ventures the probability
that the opposing candidates this year vii
be SHERMAN and FIELD This looks as il
he had anchored one eye steadfastly OF
Ohio.
GENERAL BRIsTow was asked by re
porter in New York on Saturday for his
opinion on the chances at Chicago. "In
"deed, !" said General BRsTow, am nov
"altogether out of politics, and am studyin,
"nothing outside of my law business. NJ,
"opiuion, did give it, would not reall,
"amount to anything" That is the frs
sensible political opinion we bavo had from
BRIsTOW for some years.
Mr.. HILLS great point was this; 81
"dcmocratic senators voted TO keep MI
KELLOGG in his seat, they decided that tn
"seyen were wrong and the eight right
They will make returning boards respect
sable and the electoral commission entitled
ITO credit, and advertise that for tire
"years the democratic party have been pro
Claiming fraud in Louisiana when Their
"was none" Well, the democratic sena
tors seem inclined to vote that way, an,
for once they are right
THE offer made by the star reporter q
500 for the stock and fixtures Of the SHER
MAN bureau was too high. So shrewd
man MS j. b. MCCULIOGH would never hay
ratified the bargain, and we fear the buye
would have had to so into bankruptcy will