New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-10

than they anticipated. There d N almost mi (
chorus Of condemnation IRON The Rcpubiiean pssou
Of the latest attempt to smrch the ton ~
the man who has rendered such dlst$nsuishsd go
enemies are likely to receive socd many SrSisss
themselves.
The eagerness of the third-termers 10 hsrues
their candidate with some ono of his rivals betray
their fear of his weakness. At rst they endeayored
to allure Blaine into the combination hy Offering
him the vce-Presdency, but the idea was too rido-
ulous to give IL any standing. Now paragraphs srs
appearing in the Grapt organs Eliminating that tha
Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Sherman has been
In public life too long to be caught by gudeecnss
That spontaneous boom begins to look like
unanimous mistake.
The carelessness of the Oregon Republicans a
1879 came so near defeating the election Of Pred.
dent Hayes that no member Of the party cares to-
see the experiment repeated Therecent Republics 8
convention in that State for the selection Of delo
gates to Chicago and Presidential electors showed
healthy dread of falling into O. similar error. An
intmatio3 that one Of the candidates ier eiScfou
perspiration. and ne compelled to come forward
and prove himself qualified before he was chosen.
John sherman's enemies should advertise for "
little mud that will stick before they load up their
dirt engines again. IA
The advocates Of General Grants denomination
started out to make the Chicago Convention the
most perfect product which the political machine
ever turned ont. As the canvass has advanced
they have necessarily shown their hands. and 1t ID
easy to now how 1T was intended to make
Grants nomination certainty. Pennsylvania
New-York and Illinois were to be- secured early In
the canvass These three States. reinforced BY 8
solid vote from the South and few smaller States
In the North which it was believed would fall into
line would make the choice Of Grant certain on the
first ballot. And when his success appeared sure 1t
was not doubted that most IL not all the States
would come into the combination, and the spon-
taneous boom would be practical fact. The first
event which foretold disaster to this we-arranged
programme was the vigorous opposition Of the
Blaine men in the Pennsylvania Convention, and
the subsequent voicng of their wishes given in the
remarkable canvass of that State by THE TRIBUNE.
| Then came the postponement of the Illinois Con-
ventlon to an anxiOusly late date and the rapidly
State. But the first real break was In the failure OF
the thrd-termers to secure solid delegation from
Georgia. With that failure the hope OF "a sSlia
Ia likely to prove most disastrous comes the break
| up in the New.YOrk and Pennsylvania delegations.
and the boom which was to be engineered so skill
fully as to appear spontaneous is found to be no
boom at ALL AS result 1t is probable that instead
| of being political machine product the Chicago
gathering Will prove Tue IuOSD Va
the peoples win ever known In National Conven-
| ton.
Springer is in fair way to lose the little reputa-
ton he made out Of the Donnelly-Finey affair. He
should have resigned then and retired on bis
| laurels
The snap game which the Grant men endeavored
to play upon the Chicago Republicans has met with
the rebuke it deserved. BY calling the primaries
a week earlier than usual they hoped to control
them and send nearly solid Grant delegation from
the city to the State Convention. The voting Satur-
day, however showed that they had counted
without their host The delegation stands, as far q
returns have been received, 10 for Washburne, 81
for Grant and 20 for Blaine. The Washburne men
are as strongly against Grant as the Blaine men, 90
THAT more lust classification would be Grant 90.
anti-Crant 1O2. The election Of delegates in the
| CITY and county will be completed to-day.