New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-23
Tic DEMOCRATS have {" got 1fldcn's views " now


haven't theyi
And Chier-Justicc Church-whero has the SYRIA
| cusc Convention left him He il far enough out OF
| politics now to stay out for the rest of his life.
Chicago delegates were elected in tho st District
| Of Massachusetts, Tuesday. and both of them are
claimed for Grant. This result has excited the
"Scratcher" lnnocentS who supposed they could get
up an nnti-Grant movement by supporting Ed
| munds, an aVOWed Grant man.
There is loud wall of anguish from The World
newspaper, called forth by It's own discovery that
the Tiden managers controlled the Syracuse Con;
ventOn by fraud. The platform Is full 0firaud, and
| why shouldn't the convention be. tooi
It's very evident that tho third term managers
! gre uneasy about the outlook in Illinois. The
steady load of Blaine among tho delegates in spite
| Of the pleading aud commands of Logan, Is viewed
| with mingled astOnishment and alarm. One reason
| why the Grant column does not advance with moro
steadiness and vivaclty is the GOODNESS between
| Logan and Washbume, At the recent Grant meet
ing In Chicago, Washburne was asked to preside,
but he found himself unable to do after he learned
that Logan WINS to speak, 1t Is pity that the two
men, who are the States leaders in tho great move
ment TO elect the only man who can save the
country" not sufficiently devoted to the cause
To reconcile their own differences and work to-
gcther
that he will not run again, whether he has not.
One of his frmest supporters through good report
and evil report has been Mr.. David Gray, of The
Buffalo Courier yet he doubts now IL Iilden is an
available candidate. In conversation with GATH"
Of Tie Cincinnati Enquirer. Mt Syracuse. Mr.. Gray
said he still thought Tiden ought to be President,
but he did not think no would be- He has an in-
genious theory about the way Tilden has been pO-
liiically destroyed. "As soon as they had cheated
him out Of his election" no snys, :" the
Republicans started to break him down.
They discovered his strength and feared
to let him alone. so they opened war
upon him. They principally have broken him down.
His friends begin to grow restless Some who have
til recently stood by his side are little dscOur-
aged" Mr., Gray seems to DO right about the he
publlcans A." breaking him down." but he must au-
nit that Tilden himself supplied them with some
uncommOnly g lethal weapons" for the slaughter.
lie adds that pSton helped lilo had been great
lie had and knowing his power to aitlict," Iilden
nut him where be would have the fullest OppOrtu-
nifty to exercise It, Really Mr. Gray ought to the
preponderance Of taify In this sort of defence.
So soon as an event of any Importance in politics
occurs Congress slips out of sight completely. AS
circus it draws only when all other shows are
shut up.
The Illinois Democrats are trying to rally around
Palmer as "favorte son." Unless no is O SEQ
ond chocen Of Tilden's they may as we'll exert
themselves in favor of Andrew Jackson.
Ono object of tho proposed Finley investigation is
said to be the clearing of Tllden from oil suspicion
of having Finley for his agent To do this, 1t will
be necessary to prove whose agent Finley really
was and that will be field of inquiry of great in
tercst to all Republicans. especially if Tiden eggs
on the investigation.
Why should Tilden work so hard to give nomi-
nation to somebody elsel Why, that he may have
the satisfaction Of keeping Bsyard, Hendricks,
Thurman, Church, Seymour and his other enemies
from getting 1t. That is reason enough,