New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-27
II Logan is going to carry Illinois for Grant it is
time for him to begin.

II Logan is going to carry ILLINOIS tor Grant III Is
time for him to begin.
What commotion there would be among the sec
ond choices If Tilden to say at Cincinnati: At
ter all 1 think the exigencies of Reform demand
that take the head Of the ticket myself 80 Of
You fellows will have to be content with the second
place"
Tho friends Of Secretary Sherman claim that he
has already positive Of 101 votes on the
first ballot at Chicago II he has 1t is clear that
General Grant will not he nominated that ballot
for his margin is already too small to admit OF sucn
loss as this and still remain. 1t becomes more cyl
dent daily that nobody will be nominated on the
first ballot and that If Grant is nominated ut all 1t
will only be after scramble which his friends once
declared no would not permit himself to DO drawn
into.
Tildens ability to hold his tongue never doomed
80 conspicuously as it does at this moment
Every few days wo are told that all the Blaine
counties in Illinois have been heard from and that
the rest Of the delegates will be Grant men, Yet
the Blaine column maintains its larger total at the
end of each days work, and Blaine counties con-
tnue to turn up where they have been declared not
to exist
Grants veto Of the third-term scheme beats his
initiation veto all hollow.
It is noticeable that no one expects to see the
Pennsylvania Democrats elcot Hancock delegation
on Wednesday, All the ti-Tldenites hope for lie
to keep the Convention from being captured by the
Claimant. Yet O week ago O handsome majority
wns figured out for Hancock. Have the Tilden
agents been relying on V moral forces again.
Mr.. Hendricks was modest enough to say In Chi
cago, tho other day, that he did not know as no
ought to talk about being himself o candidate for
the Presidency. 1t docs furnish slim basis for con-
versaton.
The Hon. E. B. Washburne spent o few days at
Fort Wayne, Indiana, last week, leaving the third
term boom in Illinois to be run entirely by Logan
during his absence. In conversation with the
Editor of The Gazette he reiterated his belief in the
wisdom Of third term, declaring all objections to
it to DO Of little weight Speaking OF tho possibility
of his own nomination he said ;" Such an event Is
not likely to happen" He seems to be right about
that
viii somebody please state the argument whichis
to be advanced now in favor Of o third termR The
same cannot be found in the third-term organs. Be-
tween the stalwart cries of the Northern Grantmana
gers and the reconciliation speeches of Grant himself
the Grant journals silent. They have been advo-
eating the violation Of tradition Of Grant be-
cause the South was in such O condition Of dslOya-
ty that only strong man could keep it in check.
Now comes Grant and says the South Is perfectly
loyal and determined to STAND Sy ItS Piedges Rr9
generally. There is no compromise between these
totally opposite representations Either Grant is
is no possible excuse for his candidacy. If he is
wrong he is not the strong man" demanded, be-
pr0tSstatiOns which induced President Hayes to
attempt o reconciliation policy which he was
| Obliged to abandon as mistake.
Missouri seems to be solid for Tilden, for every
delegate thus far elected to the State Convention is
| Tilden man. Texas is not to be counted against
him. for though it chose Hancock delegation, the
same convention voted down an attempt to instruct
AGAINST Tlden.