Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-01
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Political SituatiOn--SOufhern OppOsi-
 tiOn to TiIden--His Nomination Not
 PrObabIe--A Good Adviser. but a Poor
 GSenerAI.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The meeting of the
 Democratic National Committee here last
 Monday enabled prominent Democrats from
 different parts of the country to compare
 views during the week concerning candidates
 and political prospects. Or the thirty eight
 members of the committee only ten favored
 the candidacy of Tilden. Of other candi-
 dates, Messrs. Thurman Randolph, Randall,
 English of Connecticut, and English of Indi-
 ana, were spoken of; but if the committee
 had been boiled it would have been found that
 no candidate had a preponderant strength.
 The Southern members were all, or nearly all, unwilling to see MT. Tilden nominated, say ing that he would be weak in their States, and the Western men were remarkably modest in their claims and ready to accept any candidate who can poll the whole party vote and something more. It was evident from the conversation of several committeeman that Mir. Tilden's man agement of last summers New York politics is not thought judicious or wise by Democrats in other States 'In politics the true policy is that which wins so long as it does not sacri- flee honor or principle" said Western com mitteeman to the correspondent. ''Tilden has not been so successful politician as a man of his shrewdness ought to be. In 1878 he made combination with Conkling to elect Cooper Mayor of New York, but Cooper has not done him any good. Judging from my distance should say that Cooper had been on the whole a failure and 8 detriment to the party. When last year Tilden might have disarmed or con- ciliated Tammany, he did neither which look ed to me another mistake. The fact is, no one man can control and master the Demo cratic party in big State like New York The Conkling machine seems to have mas tered the Republicans there, but even that will not last. No, MT. Tilden has not shown himself great or able politician. I should call him an able adviser but not great gen eral.'
 The conspicuous fact about the committee
 and those whom it drew here was that the Western men were in very sconciliatory frame of mind. They did not insist on Western candidate. They expressed the hope that the Tammany leaders in New York would not claim too much, but were inclined to grant that the candidate, whether Eastern or Western, ought not to be a man known to be objectionable to any considerable section of the party. On the other hand some West ern and Southern men inquired anxiously whether it would be possible that Tammany would make, or had made, a combination with the Conkling Republican machine to operate in the fall canvass and election.
 The Chinese QuestiOn-RecOmme ending n Modification of the Burlingame Treaty.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The select com mittee ''to inquire into the causes of the de- pression in labor" held meeting yesterday, and Representative Hendrick B. Wright, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee, read an exhaustive report upon the Chinese question Towering 1o5 pages of foolscap), which was adopted by the committee. and will be reported to the House March 10th It is understood that the report deals with the Chinese question in vigorous language, rec ommending the modification of the Burlin- game treaty, and the adoption of joint res- olution limiting Chinese immigration to ff- teen persons on any one vessel Copious ex- tracts will be given from the testimony re- ferred to in regard to the alleged demoralizing character of the Chinese population, and the detrimental effect of Chinese labor upon the industrial interests of the white workingmen on the Pacific coast and the community in general. The necessity for immediate action on the part of Congress will be strongly urged in the report