New-York tribune., 1880-06-15
Garfield has not yet been implicated in the Sound

Garfield has not yet been implicated IN the oounu
disaster.
II should be borne in mind by the mud-throwers
+h,t CcncroI Garfield is to be elected by Republi-
can votes and that Democratic abuse heEel e1n So'
won a Republican voter to the Democratic Slde'
The college presidents continue to array them-
selveson the side Of Garfield in spite of the proofs
of the Democrats that he IS bad. bad man, LII HIS
Roccotourcatc sermon at Brown University. on
Sunday. President Robinson said " Let the acI'oh
of great convention of American citizens Oh lues-
day last interest us. Schemng politicians had long
and warily laid their plans; partlsalShlp hau cA-
hausted itself Of its devices the cunning anu cii'
Of polticians seemed Oh rhe eve of triumph; but 10
the honor of our common country be It SAN, ta once
and orain have machine politics been wrecKeu ann
willy drmagOgucS been muiuaiiy out"itltd anu,
more than all, the worth OF an unlnpeachru aui uI
character, the priceless valuc OF un-
furnished honor and of answering hdeHty 10 prln-
cine and dutV, have been recOgnlZeh III Inc selcc-
t0n of a candidate for the highest honorS ia Tue %
gift of 5O,O00,O0U of people There Is YET nope lor
the Republic"
If II tokcs three locomotives to draw the Tam
many delegation on its way to Cincinnati, how
many will it take to draw 1t back provided Iilden
shal1 have been slain and the delegates be as 1uIl
as the victory would naturally leave them
The Deputy Democratic newspapers are deeply
impressed with the pOrtentousness OF the Demo-
cratic mud display. OF course that Is what De-
putty Democratic newspapers exist lOr
Asa statesman the Hon. Ben Hill may be said to
have suulcd himself ont
There will be full Butler Democratic delegation
from Massachusetts at Cincinnati demanding ad-
mission The regular Democratic delegation was
elected last year. before the fusion OF the two FAC
tions was accomplished. An attempt to have
fusion delegation organized has failed, and there
will be n contest in the Convention. If the Butle"
| Democrats are considered regular enough to assist
the "rrgulars" in Il State election they ought TO be
regular enough to assist in the National councils OF
| thr party. The Republicans are UNANIMOUSLY OF the
opinion that Butler and all lls followers ohgnt 10
! b, so snlgly incorporated in the bosom OF the
Democracy that neither ho nor they VIII ever cs-
| cape again.
IfGarGrld IS 50 "bad" why are tho Democrats
afraid to run an OHIO man against hmi
SEYMOUR cries peace, peace" but there is no
peace for him. He's hs party's own and only states
man who ever declined anything.
Judge joel Parker gives tho real reason for the
! current Democratic vituperatiOn of General Gar
| field when he says: The Chicago nominations are
/ nuoucslonably strong ones. Garfield has n good
record as n soldier and q statesman. Campaign stO-
ucs will not affect m. and II the Democrats are TO
elect the next President they must make equally
| good nominations" The Judge impaired tins Opln-
lon to reporter of The Piiddelphd Press on SatuI-
day There is tot a Democrat III the party who Will
not recognise it az tho exact parallel Of his own.
If Charles Francis Adams would go TO Cincinnati
| with the fraud brand he might brace the Conven-
| ton up to its duty of never cOndonlng.
Thurman calculates feeby that he thinks he can
! beat Garfield III Ohio, but Ihurman's party knows
that lac didn't beat him there last Fall and will not
| venture Oh q repetition of the experiment