New-York tribune., 1882-02-08

Mr.. Conkling's chances for being the next Gov
ernor OF New FORK cannot be called refulgent.
Why should so discreet and experienced a politi-
clan as Mr. Tlden make the cheap mistake of being
| too preyiousY Why does he start his Presidential
boom iwo years in adyanceY
It is denied in Massachusetts that General Butler
is ont of politics ana not likely to return. The
Boston HeraH ntimates that bis absence from the
field last year accordance with an agreement
by the Democrats that he should have their nonlina
tion for Governor this year. lie Is waiting for the
time to arrive to take the field, rcmarking as be
does so that lie is literally yanked from his beloved
private life by a loud public call to duty. This
will be interesting and will mpart liveness to
Massachusetts, politics. but there Is little chance OF
its impartng office to General Butler. He Will have
some iun and be permitted To pay the bills, and the
| result will be a Republican Governor as usual
1t looks very much as if the Democratic ardor for
an onslaught upon the National Banks had cooled.
This is rcassurng sign that the Democracy in its
| old age may sometimes he able to know blunder
| when 1t sees it.
| Perhaps it would help Mr.. Conkng in his efforts
to get back into public life if he would pledge him
self in advance not to resign when his high mght-
ness is slighted-nOt to make any more of the " mis-
| takes which make "a nation tremble."
The trass-medalists seem to be shrinking from
|
| the third term scheme was slightly unpopular!
| Mr. TGeu seems to have renamed his Adver-
tising Agency. At the outset it called his Lit
eraTy Bureau. As the campaign OF 1876 advanced,
and the flood of twaddle from the Bureau to the
rural press became c)piOus, euviOus and di>gusted
Democrats dubbed it the NncompOop Bureau. 1t
disappeared with this appropriate in the
spring of 1877, but it comes to the surface again
now as the Advance Association" and this time
it has private weekly newspaper of its called
The Democratic Adrdace This great but somewhat
unknown organ of TIlden opinion is whoOping 'er
NJ" for the old gentleman in fine style. The
patent medicine style OF advertisement, long
fayorlte with Mr. Tilden, has been adopted bv The
Adraace Every page of the paper is sprinkled with
these stirring legends " will follow where any
any dare follow. Samuel j. TideB. This IL reck-
less, for i! the party take him at his word and
march him up TO his own barrel, what can ne do
but tap it a.! If voorhees, take him at his word and
lead hun from Free Trade to Protection, he Is
pledged to follow. If WattersOn take him AZ his
word and lead hlm 10 a slaughter OF all anti-Free
Trade Democrats. the party will be steebed IN
gore. Unless he IS ready tor tremendous shlndy,
the venerable statesman would better take III bis
sign.
General Stesdman, the chief Tiden shOuter for
Ohio says he favors Mr.. Tildens denomination be-
cause he is the only man. while he lives, whom the
party can elect III he were 10 ule, tntll tHe party
would have no candidate whom it could elect. If
the General would add to his statement admis-
sion that Mr.. Tilden could not be elected he would
be crOwdiug more truth into few words than the
whole Democratic party has told for twenty-five
years.
The Republicans of Crawford County, Pennsyl-
yania, are not disposed TO acqulcsce quietly in hay
ing their voice in the State Convention stidcd. For
several years their county committee has appointed
the delegates to the convention. and of course only
those have been appointed who were in sympathy
with the machine. The plan is to have the same
thing repeated tins year, but the Republicans of the
county are protesting. The CrdWford Journai pub
ished on January y an earnest appeal from Re-
publican against this dlstlanchlsement OF the Re
publicans of the county. and the Editor has been
ably sustaining the appeal in his columns. There
il defence of the system If appointment by
committee. ana the Republicans of the county owe
it to themselves to assert their rights.
Nobody has intmated yet that The TRIBUNE is
scared by the brass medals, but that may be be-
cause it has not been permitted 10 see one. Judg-
ing from the descriptions, there would be a great
shylng of horses if set up near drive in
the Central Park.