New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-26
The anti-third-torm boom is swelling visibly.

There is no demand for the enforcement Of the
unit rule save from the friends of General Grant
Every othor candidate is willing to trust his for
tunes TO the unhampered judgment OF the delegates
The whole Democratic party is jubilant for q
third torn and the Democratic journals have already
begun to fight the campaign on that issue. They
are counting on solid Democratic vote. on third
candidate put up by the Independent Republicans.
and Ona large ayat-homgRepublican VOTE for sure
Democratic success. viii some OF the thlrd-terID
advocates, who regard it as i" indiscreet" to hint
that General Grant cannot poll the full vote OF his
party focus their minds on these facts, and tell us
what they think about themf
Remember that the unit rule cannot be enforced
on election day.
The addition of Louisiana leaves Grant 80 votes
short of majority and he is likely to be at least IS
votes short on the first ballot at Chicago 1t is easy
to claim" these missing votes for him, but nobody
can give good reasons for assigning them to him.
When 1t is remembered that on the last ballot at
Cincinnati in 1876 Mr. Blaine had 359 votes, only
20 short Of q majority and that he was not nom-
mated it is easy to see that General Grant is still
long distance from success.
The only thing about the third-term boom which
is spontaneous now Is the figuring of its mana
gers.
There is a sufficiently vigorous opposition within
the Republican party to the candidacy OF General
Grant on personal grounds. Inc uprising aRalnSJ
third term tor any is decidedly more threaten
ing But the revolt against the dominecrng methods
of the ex-Presidents managers will be more
determined at Chicago than the resistance
which the attempt to renOminate him will meet for
any other reasons. great many Republicans who
might be induced to acquiesce and accept the can
dldacy of General Grant If he was evidently the
spontaneous choice of majority of the party, will
hesitate before cOnsenting 10 have him forced on
them by sharp practice and the violation OF all OF
the traditions aud rules of party government.
The weak brethren could find much comfort now
bv reminding themselves that National Republic
can Convention has never yet been bulldozed.
Seymour says he cannot be a candidate because
he cannot carry his own State. That is fact
which has long been evident to everybody else, and
it is not surprising that he has at last grasped it,
A great stress Is laid by the Grant journals the
fact that the Kansas Convention overruled the
delegates &om the lid and lid Districts, and ap-
pointed solid Blaine delegation They hold that
this justihos the action Of Logan in Illinois. The
two cases are not at all alike for In Kansas only
part Of the delegates from the districts in question
were opposed to Blaine, and the contestants whom
they elected to Chicago were chosen by only few
men from each district: Bnt If they were similar
one wrong could not justify another. The Blaine
men have never claimed that the Kansas delegation
shonld be admitted solid. or that its appointment
was n iustihable act. They ask enforcement of
the unit rule or of the gag law and are willing TO
have the Kansas case given fair hearing. and to
have IL decided Oh its merits. The thrd-terlnerS
the only faction who are afraid of this the only
far course.
Tint hOped-fOr third-term stampede didn't reach
Louisiana, evidently.