New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-29

If General Grant is going to retire before he is
beaten he can't be too quick about 1t. The chances
that he will however, are not promising enough 10
bet heavily upon.
Bayard is gradually extinguishing his title to
the distinction of being the only respectable
Democrat. The fact is that he is first and last
thorough partisan, though his bold stand on imam
cial questions has led some people to think him
quite the contrary Ho was in harmony with his
party during the extra session, and he is in harmony
with il now when in order to gain seat in the
Senate, it chooses to forget bargain which hitin
Mr. Bayard himself helped to seal. The amlaOle
Republicans who have sometimes imagined they
could vote for him for President would discover;
were he ever to be elected that they had helped
put into power an intense Democrat, and Southern
one at that.
If General Grant does not withdraw he might pub
lsh n card announcing that his ambition would be
satisfied with third term and that he would under
no circumstances be candidate for fourth.
1t is unfortunate for Hancock that no candidate
is considered to have chances who cannot get SOLID
delegation from his own State.
The Third-Termers are not shifting at sherman'S
candidacy much rs they were.
Thurman Is SO much encouraged by the warmth
of his reception in Ohio that he is able to remark
that no considers his Presidential chances as good
as those of anybody else He thinks Tilden's name
will go before the Cincinnati Convention, but that
there is not the least chance that no will be nOm-
mated The first few ballots will be devoted to COM
plimentary votes for Hancock, Bayard, Field Davis
and others, and after that the real work, viii
begin. As for the rumOr that Payne is I1ldens
second choice, Thurman considers that a sharp
dodge of Tilden's to prevent Thurman getting the
Ohio delegation. He Is sure 1t won't work, ana
that he will himself have the enthusiastic support
of tho Ohio delegates. All of which goes to show
that a man may be dead long time before he can
realize 1t himself.
Thirty of the 1O2 counties in Illinois had elected
delegates up to yesterday The total of these is 215,
or nearly ono third of the convention. There arc
conflicting estimates of the strength Of each can
didate but tally kept at this distance, and made
mp after all the claims have beenGfairly considered.
shows 113 delegates for Blaine, 90 for Grant, and
for Washburne. There Is no reason to believe
that this Overestmatcs Blaines strength. 1t Is near
enourh TO the truth at all events to show tho alb
surdfty of Logans claim that Illinois is sure to
choose a solid Grant delegation. Logan, by the way,
is making this claim only in public IT seems for
Congressman Dick, of PennSyl vanla, VINO travelled
on the same train with him on his return to Wash
nrtOn is quoted rs saying that Logan confessed to
him that Blaine making serious inTOads on tho
county delegations, and It very doubtful II the
State would instruct Tor Grant,
Senator Beck writes to his friends in Kentucky
that he hopes to attend the Democratic State Con-
ycntion there and intends to do all he can to de-
feat an instruction for Tlden or any other candi-
date. Will somebody please hold Wattersonf
Tildcn's private opinion Of Senator Jacobs would
| he mighty interesting reading. If Jacobs will call
at Cipher-Allcy he will probably get-it.
Is nobody sufficiently devoted to the third term
to give a good reason in its fayors Must 1t perish
| without defenderf