New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-20

The Democrats allow" that Blaine's health is
pretty fair.
Oh by the way, there's Pillsbury He reached
for the United States Senatorship and grabbed
$4,000 libel suit 1t is to be feared be Will never
be able to cOndone It,
There is SO much trouble in Mississippi in getting
Barsdale elected to the Senate that it is strange
the Legislature does not drop him and take mp his
nephew, the man who shot Dixon. Nephew BarAs-
dale is sound on the Mississippi Plan, and might
make things lively with his shotgun for the Inue-
pendent members OF the caucus VINO are lelsls'eh'y
blind to the merits of the Barksdale family
The fashion of making newspaper canvasses TO as
certain the drift of sentiment the Presidential
question Is spreading. According 20 The heoEHE
gate CifH seventy-fve Republican business men OF
that town EXPRESSED their first choice the other DAY.
as follows: For Blaine, 81 Grant. Is; sherman
COnkIng Garfield, D.; Edmuhds' ; HaSe''
|: Washburne l.
The anti-Chinese crusade has begun anew IN Cali-
fornia. Governor Perkins discusses the question Id
bis inaugural calls the attention OF the Legs
lature TO remedial measures" which are within
the control Of the State, says that the Cen
eral Government must be looked to for " complete
suppression of the evil" and predicts that the Ma
tional Republican party cannot long remain IN
necessity of speedily erecting barrier against this
now danger which Threatens the very existence OF
our civilization. Bills have already been lntro-
duced in the Legislature prohibiting corporations
from employing Chinese labor and refusing Dusl-
ness licenses to firms composed in Whole or part 3l
persons not citizens of the United States or elgpe
to become such.
The first effect of this Maine catastrophe to the
Democratic party will be to help Mr. Tilden. His
stock has been falling steadily while the party was
Frustrated in alteration before GarcelOD's rampant
backbone, but there will be reaction now Inc
failure of Garceon's plan will be apt to make the
grumblers at Tden for his weakness" in 1876
reflect that he may have been wiser than they after
ALL He had more foresight than Garcelon. for ne
saw that submission to the inevitable IN advance
was more creditable than muSh obstinacy whch
could end in nothing but disaster ana possible
bloodshed.
The Fusionists were right when they telegraphed
for Butler. They needed him.
Garcelon would like to resume practice as a doc
tor by operating on Blaine.
The engineer Of that Washington boom for Sey
mour was able 70 get favorable opinions from
large number of Congressman and Senators, but not
n word could he extract from Bayard. Thurman,
Randall. Wallace. Pendlcton or David DAVIS. how
uueeri OF course no one Of these silent statesmen
eau be so sma-minded aS to be jealous
Fernando Wood saws there are only two men in
New-York who can harmonic the Democratic
party here and lead it to victory in the Presidential
contest-Ioratio Seymour and Clarkson n. Potter.
He does not believe Mr. Seymour could be induced
to accept. Mr. Potter is young man, sterling
and sound Democrat able as a statesman. and per-
fectv free from any alliance in the feuds that have
distracted his party in New-l0rk" Musing mo-
mcut Mr. Wood adds: Mr.. fiden Is, ! believe,
gtll in the race" He u.s. and he has never been sus-
peeled OF beng in II for the purpose Of coaching
Mr.. Potter.
The next time the Democrats decide to snatch a
State they Will pick out one which does not lie so
closely under Mr. Blaincs nose.