Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-23
In New York, Tilden compelled the adoption

tisements published In April thus far is IIl,.
In New York, Tilden compelled the adoption
OF the unit rule, but his henchmen In Pennsyl
vania are Instructed to oppose It In that state.
Why Tilden's tactics should differ so widely Ia
the two states Is puzzle to a great many. The
explanation is, no doubt, that he Is aware his
forces cannot control the Pennsylvania conven-
ton, and he wants to leave the district delegates
TO Cincinnati at liberty to vote as they please so
that such districts as are for Tilden may sup
port him. II he cannot get the entire delega-
tlOn, he Is willing to take part OF IL. But the
antf-Tflden men are in favor of the unit rule
and II they control the convention they intend
10 enforce Ii. All the delegates have been chosen
TO the state convention except In two or three
small counties, and the anti-Tilden men claim a
majority or seventy for their side. The Tllden-
ties insist that they will have majority but
they give no figures. Their action In proposing
compromise with regard to the Philadelphia
contest indicates that they are not confident of
success. The TildeniteS cannot control the con-
vention unless their contrasting delegation from
Philadelphia is admitted. All their hopes
OF success hang upon this. In order
TO get their delegation admitted they will make
hard struggle to control the com nIttee on
contested seats. In this fight they are at the
& 'Sddvantage OF being outside the pale OF the
}agular party organization. The men who
COmpoSe the conteSting delegation from Phila-
d lphia took part In the regular party pri-
T.aries. promising to abide by the result They
ere hardly beaten. whereupon they bolted
and set up an outside delegation, occupying the
same relation to the party that Tammany does
in New York. Therefore. the question OF their
admission 20 the convention involves party dis
clpllne, and even papers that are friendly to
T1den hesitate to advise action that would en-
courage defeated elements OF the party to
coerce conventions to recognize them by bolt
Ing. In the Interest OF party discipline the
convention will very likely, regardless OF the
Tlden and antf-Tilden fight, admit the regular
delegation, and this Will give the opponents OF
Tilden the majority beyound all question.
Queen Victoria is highly dspleased because of
the liberal victory in Great Britain, and She
manifeots her displeaSure by snubbing the lib-
eral leaders. She summoned Lord Harrington
to Windsor Castle and then refused to show
him the attention that common politeness re-
quired. Instead OF sending carriage to the
railway station for him. as Is usual she left
him to find his way to her on foot. and at the
castle he was treated more like an intruder
than one or the first men OF the kingdom sum-
moned by the express order or the Queen upon
Important state business. The admirable tact
and good Judgment W hich have hitherto marked
the queens course In regard to the affairs of
the Kingdom seem to have deserted her In her
old age. The representatives OF the party which
mas just swept the kingdom In a popular
election cannot be put down even by Queens
ToWns, and her display of ill-humor viii not
add to her popularity. She permits her per-
sonal feelings towards Mr.. Gladstone to out
weigh the popular demand that he shall be-
come the mead OF the new government All ar
gumentS have failed to move her from the
determination that Gladstone shall not have
the premiership, but In spite of her opposition
the public wish in this regard will probably be
asserted liz the end.
Inc tnlrdtermerS Will have to revise their
estimate OF the Grant votes In the Chicago con-
Ventfon. They have been counting the delega-
lions from the south, but Georgia and North
Carolina have smashed this calculation The
reports from the Georgia convention are that
Grant may get one vote in the delegation but
that 1t Is more likely to be solid against him.
The same influences that have been working
against Grant In Georgia Will be apt to operate
In Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and
Tennessee, as the republican party In these
states Is made up of the same sort of material as
LII Georgia In Louisiana Gen. Grants friends
are numerous, and they have been laborinp
industriously in his behalf for long time.
Therefore he will, no doubt, get the vote of that
state. But it is evident that there is a stronger
ant-Grant sentiment among the republicans Of
the south than was supposed.
The boys who didn't get into the recent al
legged railroad speculations In Congress are
evidently going TO make 1t hot for those who
did, Ii they possibly can. Whether there is to
De an exposure OF operations on the part OF
congressman so vast and scandaous as those
which were uncovered during the famous credit
mooilier investigation remains to be seen; but,
III Surfuce indications are worthbe nything there
is vein worth working somewhere not very
deep down, II 1t can only be struck. The gue5-
ZION Is who viii sink the shaft? And even il
that should be done. there Is reason for appre-
hendlng that enough men who have had some
OF the pork can be put upon the committee TO
make 1t one OF concealment instead or discovery.
But before II comes TO that IL is possible divide
may De made which, in the eyes OF the intereS-
TED ones, may make an Investigation unnec
esSary. Meantime II Will be interesting to
watch the maneuvers
number OF gentlemen In Missouri CALLING
themselves neutrality-suspicious. have
united In signing paper pledglng themselves.
1St, TO prevent II possible the nomination for
President OF any man who has occupied the Of
ice for more than one term before and. I'd not
10 support such nominee II placed in the field
ineSe things the gentlemen Ia question can do.
ana doubtless VIII do, as they promise But
they are negative achievements, entirely. What
can they Go aih-Inatiyely? That Is the great
point In politics, a. u IS In war. Can they and
ther friends with al. the recruits they can DOS
Sibly draw TO their ranks hone IN carry tha