New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-24

trustworthy fellows, backed up by political
influence. Happily there was plenty Oh gooo
material at hand also, so that the supervisor
has had no trouble in filling up his lists Win
competent persons.
The noted Communist Blandui reappears IN
Lyons, at the head of the poll in the elecnon
held Yesterday He may be beaten on Vhe
second ballot, but if only small portion OF
the 1,44O voters who cast blank ballots had
voted for the Republican candidate, the french
Nation would be spared the shock which the
| possibility of Blanqui's election must lmpart'
1t is, however, part of the MOnarchlst scheme
to favor the election of extreme Radicals,
when they cannot elect ROyalists.
No one will question William E. Chambers
sagacity as q practical politician. His figures
for the first ballot at Chicago are Blame
sos; Grant, 289; Sherman, 1O5; Edmunds,
IS; Washburne, 12 Window, 10 ;--or 2o9
for Grant and 467 against him. He predicts
Blaine's nomination on the second ballOt--a re-
suit by no means certain, but at the same
time not at all improbable, when the enthu-
siasm of his supporters is considered, together
with the well-knOwn fact that he is the sec
Ond choice of the Window men and the wash
burne men and of large number OF dele
gates who feel bound to vote for Grant on the
first ballot
The murderers in the Tombs, who have been
respited from death for brief space, at least are
receiving delicate attentions from tender
hearted sentimentalists. Ladies call at their
cells with cigars, silk handkerchiefs, button
hole bouquets and other tokens of esteem,
and they are petted and complimented until
they are in fair way to believe that they are
the victims of circumstances - heroes ana
martyrs. The aurels of Balbo will not suffer
Chastine Cox to sleep. "Peters the fellow
q for flowers !" be exclaims in an outburst OF
envy and cynicism. He cannot conceal MS
contempt for man who is always telling the
same story and subjectlng his memory to I'M
necessary tests. BalbO, meanwhile, prays Tor
the Governor increasingly, and agrees to
devote half an hour every day so long as lie
NAV live to similar intercesSOns, provided he
be not hanged. This is bold bid for Executive
influence. The unhappy gentleman who had
the slight misunderstanding with Mrs. Hull
seems to have smaller stock OF natural plety'
A great deal of interesting and timely lntor-
nation concerning the drift of politics Ill the
South is compressed in n short letter from
| Montgomery, Alabama, which we print on
another page The writer is a competent OBJ
| server who has been travelling extensively IN
| that section of late. He reports the Grant
movement on the wane, and says, what we have
| all along suspected to be the case, that its
| strength has been systematically magnihed by
the Democratic newspapers, which have en-
couraged it on the theory that Grant would be
the least likely to be elected of all candidates
on the Republican slate. The more intelligent
among the negro politicians are said to be drop
ping out of the third term ranks, assured that
| the man whom the Democrats are so eager to
have them nominate had better be let alone
Among the Southern Democrats our correspon-
dent finds a disposition to hold alOOf from
Tiden until it is seen whether he can reunite
the party in New-York. II he cannot they will
oppose him and will go to Cincinnati with no
other programme than to discover the most
available man. OF late there is visible set
toward Judge Field among them.
Senator David Davis has made his bid fOT
the Democratic Presidential nomination. 1t
consists of a ready-made platform in good
shape for service during the campaign. The
Democrats ought to be thankful for this timely
assistance They have been good deal
distressed of late over the problem OF
how to get up a plausible and TAX
ing set of declarations to adopt at
Cincinnati, and they probably cannot
do better than to accept Senator Davis's
work entire. 1t does not follow, however,
that they will reward him with the nOmina-
ton. They are by no means all of the mind
of bis friend Mr.. Browning, who laments that
the voice of craftsmanship has not been
heard in the Senate this session, since
Judge Davis has not found an OppOr-
tunity to make a speech. A great many
of them have imagined all along that states
manship was constantly on tap on the Demo
cratic side of the Chamber, and have expert
enced no thirst for the contents of Judge
Davis's particular hogshead of the article. Mr.,
Browning, we perhaps ought to remind Il for
getful public, was Secretary of the Interior
under Andrew Johnson. Since the close OF
JOhnsOn's unfortunate Administration fame has
| not mazda frpe with his name