New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
~ am in this fghtr saws Mr.. Tden. in a senten-
tious whisper, and don't YOU forgett."

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~ am in this fight" saws Mr. Tilden. in a senten-
tous whisper, :" and don't YOU forgetit."
Let De La Matyr be credited with one good act in
his long catalogue OF blunders. His motion to in
cude Alaskr IN the census was timely. That Ter
ritory may supply just The fraction necessary to
bring the population Of the country mp to
90 600 OOO and Justify the figures which camDai On
orators viii find so indispensable during the ap-
prOaC hing canvass.
The Republican party has nearly three monthsleft
In which to do some solid thinking. And it's quite
likely 10 do It.
There are five States now represented By Demo-
Gratis IN the senate the Legislatures Of which must
he carried by the Republicans this year If they
would control the upper branch Of Congress after
1851. these are Connecticut. New-York New
Jersey. PENNSYLVANIA and Indiana. No one of them
ia d safe Republican STATE, with perhaps the cxcep-
tlon Of Pennsylvania, without the nomination Of n
Presidential ticket in which all sections Of the
part cau heartily corcur Should the Republicans
lose the Legislature Of any ore OF these States, or
be defeated IN California the control of the senate
VIII remain IN the hands Of the Democrats for the
next two years, and p1obably during the whole of
the next Presidential term. For in 1883 'hern will
bee but three u mocratlc vacancies which the Ne-
publIc1us can have any hope of hluug. namely,
AcN -Jfl-NN iiliiNl, ana ffEil OlliF oIi 'i .'I
can he counted Up0u with any DEGREE of certainty.
Considering these facts, any tro ln politics can See
how important II u thar no useless risk be taken in
selecting the qtaudard-h bearer Of the party. Be-
SIDES the Influence which wise and safe nomlna-
tion for President we ld have in aiding TO regain
control of the lower House OF Congress ought not 10
bc ignored.
senator Elmunds is troubled with some fool
friends in Massachusetts,. He should get David
Davis to set down on few of ,hcm.
Is the election of OJ-Nau-Go-on-qndF Fmish-:hc-
Ticket Sprieg- as Mayor o. Utica to be regarded as
revival Of ho seymour hoomf
Senator Window will begin taking testimony IN
the exodus investigation this week, and VIII quickly
dispose Of the loose and unIoundcd charges the
Democrats have made IN connection with ihis mat
ter. lie has summoned some Of ,he most prominent
republicans iu Indiana to testify before the con-
.mtter. Other witnesses W 70 follow, who viii aid
Senator WinGom iu placing before the country IN q
clear and urprciudicch ligh' the beginning and
causes Of the .Xodus While Voorhees, has probably
prevented his investigation from proving boom
cring the outcome viii be 4o tame that DemOcrntic
campaign orators viii be able 90 extract little COM
iorr from It,
The silence which the Democratic papers are
maintaining about the fraud developments in Maine
colldu'. very we'll be much LOUDER.
The chapter in NJ. Tllcn's biography containing
his loyal record IA The war viii be about as brief
a.d express vc rs the famous chapter on Snakes
Dol ITclaud.'
The thrd-,erm boom never made much show In
OHIO. About the only thing which gave II any
standing was the cOuntenance Of The Ciertldnd
Loader What little there was Of It. however, has
now nearly disappeared with the withdrawal Of
the support of that paper The editor, Mr. Cowle-.
has so completely changed bis opinion Of the situa-
ton as to accept The presidency of Blaine club in
Cleveland. He frankly said that his reasons for
this change were because: 1t appears quite evil
dent that the nomination OF General Grant might
alternate largo number of Germnn Republicans
who nave fixed ideas in regard 70 he danger to on
political system that exists they clalm In elect
inc a President for n third torn. II Is quite clear
also that the hird-term principle VIII drye a GER
tain class Of lukewarm Republicans au?f from us.
So much as to seriously eudauger he ticket" Mr..
Cowles has arri we'd at tue conclusion winch great
many other men are reaching every day.
A canvass for Presidential nominees ai Princeton
COLLEGE rc,ulted as follows: Blame, 1876; Bayard.
100; Grant. 4G; Sherman. 46 Tilden. 8; Wash
burne. 6; yes. 5; Edmnuds. .; scattering z.
" hole number of vOtcs cast, 400; ReDublcans
voting, 273 Democrats, 1885, independents, g.