, 1880-06-06

SpECULATING.


Bptc5ol Dtspatch to The Chicago Tribune.
Boston, June 5.-The probability OF ballot
to- night aroused the strangely npathctic temper
of citizens. to some extent, and there was q
crowd on the streets waiting for news. The Ad-
pc4ttser and Journal will issue Sunday editions for
the first time since the War. But at midnight
there really seemed no demand for the Chicago
news which they promise.
The Advertiser, in commenting on the plat
form, will say: sit Is broad and sound.
Credit is Justly claimed for what has been done
and for the legitimate results Of
the work of the party for tho suppression OF
the Rebellion and for the vast constitutional
and administrative consequences that have
flowed from it, for the legislation that raised
the National credit, for tho reform IN tho
currency which has ensucd, and for tho
returning prosperity Of the country which 1ol-
lowed as a natural, and indeed inevitable, effect
of these causes. The party has rendered the
country moral and material service, and 1t de-
mauds a full renewal OF the popular confidence
for the completion Of the work, also, so veil
begun, as well as for new enterprises anu
fresh reforms. Tho resolution in regard TO
Civil Services the most thorou9hgotnE expros-
sion In favor of this nuch-needco reform .s. u.a'
OF course no Democratic Convention mas ever
mentioned it, and tho strong and decided pro
test against the usual method OF aPpo'ntlns ~ n
distinction between the two parties. Inc rel
ercnce to the present Administrator is Wcli. .
tribute 1s to tae is '
as indicating. q change II the tone or
the leaders Of the party The aftanxnmHnt hs1 61't
sfarinx 9a ihs The evi sendence. tho bud a:,oeia
TONS the wickcdness and folly ,l-concea!eu W
hypocrittcal pretcnsions, the audac1ous atternpt
SO ns sf
mnnis. to- perpetuatc financial insecurittes,
all these are set forth with nervous 3as
emphasis 1t is an indictment 70 "nG1 plea
of mot guilty will not be admitted
THE HERALD"
will say: 1.-THE party has manffesly fallen BE-
low the expectations OF those within us ranhs
whose good offices ~ere o5t woi1n n safnf h4a
dcoree- but these resonant dcnunciadons or
commonplace, while they may have aroused 1he
Of delsEatGss tse qny }ac fo from t5e cooo
and more critical reader that some Of the most
Important questions Of the day hao have poem poem
wholly. ignored, while others e, nu'e ~ ,pcens c
faeasea II aeeord With tho growing sentiment Of ths
country. It is true that the platform asserts rs
that the Democrats are actuated y s qhsjr
rtvais @ do DO not put themselves upon ,,.a a
much much higher plane. Tho currency ,qaS;ss qn;eS,
ton is treated so,sa rs md 16hersfore 6soefs as one
not calling for notice and this, too, IN 1ae 1a1o 70
Of the recent debate in Congress n reiauon ~
the coinage of silver and tl0 G1uNA4x 1utA
Of the Government TO ind storage room 1or me Is
dollars with which our te ;see4
war nensions. State-richts and Democratic de-
eeneracy, the platform d stalwart and ontspokend
Mr. Haye. IS praised in id and ha pnt
somewhat strongly Tor his resistance 70
tho political riders upon agpropriatnnf,n,. OF.
bills. 4 sop Is thrown to the Pacinc Goasi ~ ~
the Introduction of an anti-Chinese plank; wn11e a
the party is put equarely upon the side OF pro
lection as opposed to free tfaoet C.
The two planks which .t'3l ,ad are those as
which relate to the desirablity Of encouraging