New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-03
There is an unusually long wait" between Demo-
cratic blunders.

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| cratic blunders
Some political wiseacre has startled the Washing
ton prognosticators with the information that 1lden
is unpopular his party in this State That Is very
| old news. He has always been So The barrel, on
the contrary. extremely popular and always has
| BEEN
Voorhees, 10 proving himself a much shrewdeT
investigator for his party than Glover His resolu-
ton was denounced IN advance by the organs Of
his own party and the opinion was freely expressed
that il would prove a boomerang. But the Indiana
Senator it seems. knows better how TO choose his
witnesses than his Missouri prototype, and therein
lies his success so far. Those who have testified
have recited their parts with commendable alac-
rity though their statements prove nothing against
the right of the negroes 20 emigrate to any part
oi the country they desire long as they pay their
own expenses The witnesses summoned from In
diana are sand 10 bee the particular friends of the
Senator VINO has charge OF the investigation. There
will doubtless DO 10 hitch In The testimony they
will bear 10 the inherent Democratic dislike OF
every rack man who votes Republican ticket.
Voorhees, trouble will begin when the witnesses
story they will tell of the cruelty and hardship
endured in the South will put another face upon
the investigation.
IL looks now as if the Pennsylvania Republican
Convention tomorrow mign be neither Blaine
nor a Grant boom, but Cameron boom. In other
words il looks very much as If the National Repub-
lican Convention might meet IN June with the
Pennsylvania deeg atom as usual alert and solid for
the " interests of Pennsylyany"
The twelve Republicans in the Illinois Congress
sional delegation, according TO the Washington
correspondent of The Chicago Tribune stand nine for
Grant and three for Wosbbume If Grant rs not
dldate the delegation will favor Washburne. andif
Washburno snota candidate all except three of them
will advocate Blaine The common belief of the dele
gation "a that Blaine could carry Illinois easily and
would make u good President. sherman, they de-
clare has not many followers IN illinois, and, If
nominated, might lose the state.
T,lden having observed that Fraud" is the only
living issue, the country Mt once remarks: "Of
course that brings you to the front as its ablest
living EN- odiment."
Isn't there any fun in this CongTessi If some
body would NIX those Turner's up again the weary
monotony of bll-introducIng would be broken in a
harmless and mildly entertaining way.
1t is worth bearing in mind that Garcelon and
Pillsbury would never have conspired to steal the
State of Maine unless they had been convinced that
the Democratic party would have acted as receivers
of the stolen goods. The opinion of these experts ex-
pressed in such practical way ought to accepted
as AN authoritative estimate Of the Democratic
character
Booms rise aud fall so rapidly that the political
prophet is tempted to swear of for u month or so.
Colonel Ingersoll has returned to Illinois from
Washington with an explanation which partially
accounts for the phenomenal silence there:
Everyone has his ghtning-rod away up IN expec-
tation of Presidential stroke, and afraid TO vote
even to adjourn lest in some way bis chances
should be injured" Yet there isn't Democratic
llghtning-rod in the whole crowd that will draw
spark
II was said long ago that the only good Indian
was dead Indian. Somebody will be saying the
same OF the good Indian Commissioner presently
The Pennsylvania Republican Convention will
meet under peculiar circumstances. An undoubted
majority of the delegates are in favor Of Blaine.
Nearly third Of them have been instructed to favor