The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-04
poIIrInAL POINTS

The sticklers for the unit rule are car
rying the umbrellas now.
The paramount question is settled.
And that is that the Republican party is
its own boss.
Does the towhne OF the Globe-Demo-
crat feel anything heavy pulling at its
Chicago end?
Don Cameron has seen enough of the
Republican party 10 know that it is IN
variably loaded.
Twenty-Five stalwaTts from the En-
pire state have signed the new declara-
ton of Independence.
The "tow line may do very well for
machine" purposes, but it is not worth |
a cent for roping in the party of great
moral ideas
New York Tribune; If the Demo
Gratis are to nominate Grant, why not
have them do ii in their own convention
at Cincinnati.
A man by the name of Jack Logan
has fallen prey TO the sickening sus-
picion that instructions do not inyar-
iably instruct.
The present fervid temperature of
Chicago at this early season, will utterly
demolIsh its reputation as a famous
summer resort.
Who will be the nominee of the con-
vention, is a question which is infinite
ly secondary to the sovereignty of the
Republican party.
The Alaska delegation to the Cincin-
natl convention is still solid for Charles
Francis Adams, all conflicting rumors
to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
If the southern delegates to the Chicago
convention do not wash more than they
can hang out, there will be no third-term
Candidate nominated at Chicago.
There are very visible indications that
Mr.. Washburne may become the residu-
airy legatee of General Grant. in case the
third term scheme fails at Chicago.
The Grant managers have evidently
concluded that the enfoFcement of the
unit rule is practice which is better
hOnored in the breach than the observ-
| ance.
Messrs. Cameron, Conkling and Logan
are slowly but surely beginning to realize
that the ownership of the Republican
party is not vested in a senatorial syndi-
cate.
New York Tribune: Thurlow Weed
actually thinks il more important to
elect than to nominate. What an ire
deemable old fossil of politician he is,
to be sure!
OrnithOlOgists affect vast deal of
profundIty on the bird question, but they
must not forget that the dietetical proper
ties of crow were first discovered by
a newspaper man.
All that the Republican party wants is
Il fair shake Ut the Chicago convention,
and the supply is going to be equal to
the demand, be kind enough to remem-
Der as you go along.
The uprising" at Chicago is so con-
spicuously Spontaneous" that it is said
the different presidential factions have
to betake themselves to the prairies con-
tiguous to the city to find room to kick
in.
The pOrtentOus rumoT is at1Oat that Il
democratic daily is to be established At
the Kansas state capital. The report
that it is to bear the significant name of
THE Forlorn Hope" is probably ca
nard from the camp of the enemy.
Those observing Grant boomers who
are familiar with the habits of the
cyclone, and have noted the serene calm
which invariably presages its business
operations, are just a trifie nervous over
the boistcrous silence of Mr. Washburne.
The Democrats view with ineffiable
chagrin the abolition of the unit rule at
Chicago. They can see that q fair fight
in tie national convention will give the
Republicans all the opportunity they
crave for belligerent demonstrations IN
their own camp.
The Hyperion of the L. 5. senate
should never have descended TO the
plane of assuming II contract 10 deliver
delegates to a national convention. We
are not surprised that those twenty-five
New York stalwarts considered it an tx
hilton of bad taste.
!. The feeling between the advocates OF
the different presidential claimants at
. Chicago is so intense that in a number
of recorded instances policemen have
been obliged to interfere to prevent per.
sonal alterations. The spontaneous
uprising" is evidently on the boom.
General Grant is said TO have broken
the imperturbable silence in which he
delights to dwell, by assuring the public
that he does not desire fourth term
Now, if he will drop just one cat, and
make his four a three, there will be
some prospect of a satisfactory settle
ment of the question pending between
him and the American people.