New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-17

Ricb6ald Springs is now ready for the Re-
publican State Convention which is to meet
there on Wednesday. The hotel accommodate
tion at all times is excellent, and the conven-
ton will be held in cOmmodious wigwam
built for the purpose, Habitual delegates can
not fail to see from what correspondent OF
The TRIBUNE says on the subject what an
improvement it is on the cramped Town Hall
ia Saratoga. Additional facilities for trans
portatlon of visitors from the trunk roads TO
the Springs have also been arranged, so that
delays at stations on the main lines will be
avoided. Five new telegraph wires have been
stretched, and the force of operators has been
increased to twelve. Correspondents of the
newspapers, therefore, will have all needed
facilities for sending off their dispatches. On
the whole, the residents of Richfied Springs
seem to have faithfully kept their promise to
make their town an admirable place for the
convention.
= The unhappy Democratic factions of this
city seem no more likely to agree this fall on
q single local ticket than they have on the
question of a united delegation to their State
Convention at Buffalo. Already the indica-
lions are that Tammany and the County
Democracy will each set up its candidates for
the municipal Offices Mr.. Kelly is confident
I'm the strength of his organization, and if lie
a able to get his rivals on the hip in regard
to the local ticket as he has in regard to
harmony touching the convention delegates
ne will have an excellent chance of putting
his men into the city offices-that is if any
Democrats get in. The division in their OPP
popents' ranks is, of course, the opportunity
of the Republicans in this Democratic strong
hold. They are now thoroughly united and
should be able to agree on an excellent local
ticket which would commend itself to all
voters who are Disguised with the "govem-
mental system " now in vogue in this city.
It is a pleasant picture in most respects
winch Mr.. Robert +. Porter gives us this
morning, of the homes of the silk weavers in
Crefeld, Prussa,-that great town where nothing
except silk is manufactured, but where more
cotton than silk is used IN the work. The lot
OF these men in and about Crefeld is indeed
better than that of the weavers at Spitalsield
OF Coventry in England. Most of these live in
clean homes and all have enough coarse food
to eat. Comfortable as they are compared with
the mass of English and other foreign laborers,
yet their condition is in no way comparable to
tnat OF the men engaged III the SILK industry
IN this country. The American workman in
silk, Of course, will be thankful that his Ger
man brethren can live so well on so little
But if he is thoughtful he will hardly favor
such change in the economic policy of this
country as would remove the protective barriers
which surround HIM and force him into COM
petition with men who can only earn "a cents
day.
By bis characteristic course since he was
elected Governor, General Butler has done
the Republicans of Massachusetts a good
turn. Whatever differences there have been
In the party in the past, they have now dis
appeared, and the one desire of all Republic
bans IN that State Is to nominate q man for
Governor who can poll the largest vote to
peat Butler. That such man will be found
hsre seems to be at present NO doubt As