New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-19
TIE EvERGEyCE or lR. BLAIR.

TIE ENEHGLNCE Or lIL. DLdIA'
Thoughtful persons who take note Of times
and seasons In politics, of periodic rccur-
rences and cyclical phenomena, and of the oper-
alton Of that universal law under which. IN poll
tics as well as in nature, leaves have their
tine to fall and flowers to wither at the North
Winds breath, and stars 10 set, and 80 on-have
been rcmarking for few days past, rs they
consulted The calendar, after the manner Of men
having notes to pay, OF drew out their watches,
like those waiting for beated train; It's
"getting to be about time to hear from Mont
gomery Blair" For Mr.. Montgomery Blair is
a lumlnary whose orbit en- be calculated with
considerable precision, and there are those no
doubt, who, when his time approaches, 20 upon
the housctOps to watch the far horizon for his
coming and bathc in the simmer OF his rays.
There are indeed several political events which
recur now with such regularity that men look
for them habitually at short intervals. There
is. for instance, time when men say, rs they
take up their morning paper: There should be
"b, this time un interview with HoratIO Sey-
"mour, leaving it doubtful whether or not he is
ga candidate; and by day after tomorrow an
"other peremptorly refusing to permit the use
"of his name"; or, "To-day is the day for Mr..
Hendricks to rel cat that lac VIII not take the
"second place on the ticket; or, " There must
abe by this time another split III the NewYork
Getty Democracy for the purpose Of uniting the
"party" y; Or This is the day for the Western
politician to say he has just come from Gram
"ercy Park and never saw Mr.. Tilden looking
"better in his life >; or, "To-day is Wattersons
ebay for renomnating Tilden in two columns
double loaded" With just such regularity
comes Mr.. Montgomery Blair also nominating
Tiden with great ability and uncommon zeal.
He was expected. He came. He did his
work, for wonder, in less than half a column,
with seven paragraphs containing seven dis
tlnct reasons why the nomination should be
made One of these is because the Ualty wants
no "figure-heads" This possibly because it is
so much in the habit of running astcrn. An
other is because of his ability to occupy the
"public mind with the questions of winch he is
" the representative man." The force of this
will be RECOGNIZED by all who have read TIE
TRIBUNE cipher exposures. Another, because he
il opposed TO "great monopoly interests
This NAV be an alusion to his career as n rail-
road wrecker and his connection with the Ee-
waited Road. Ard still another s because he is
the representative of aggressive reform"
Hinder this head will come up his whole politi-
cal record And it must he admitted that he
has shown himself one of the most aggressive of
,eformers. Tammany Hail even will admit
that. Aggressvel Well, rather. Poor Gum
bleton aud the rest who were tumbled out of fat
nlaces that he wanted for his friends will con-
fess that If aggressveness is a qualification the
old Gentleman is not lacking. The State Con-
ventlon which he forced to nominate Robinson
bears testimony to this quality in him. SO also
does the condition of the party in the State, and
the attitude of the party in the whole Nation
which he has terrorized by the threat of defeat
unless he be renomlnated or permitted to name
tbe candidate Oh, he is aggressive enough,
beyond question He was very aggressive in
one way and another III 1876 tow ard Oregon,
Florida. South Carolina and louisiana. And
he saws he was aggressive enough to have taken
nossession of the White House If he hadn't been
held back by The coat-iails 10y Hewitt and the
Democrats in Congress who advised su omission
70 the Electoral Commission. Yes, he is an ag-
gressiye reformer. He says so himself bare
headed on his front steps and that he will
never condone fraud. BY all means trOt him
out as an aggressive reformer.
And now Mr. Montgomery Blair, having an
swered tie public expectation and established
his regularity as q recurring phenomenon, may
once more go into retirement and devote HIM
self TO the new arrangement of The arguments
for TIlden which lie will he expected 10 present