New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-07
POLITICAL NEWS.

The selection OF Judge Gresham for the Office
OF Postmaster General Is cordially commended by tae
pagers of all shades OF Republican opinion. The most
extreme Stalwar papers make dissent but soquescc In
the wisdom OF the Presidents choice The liberal
party journals take tho nomination evidence that
the Administration has learned the lesson taught It last
year and is striving to put itself In harmony with tina
views held by majority OF the Republican organizs-
ton About the only paper that dissents TIE Phade
phia Press sudt does this not tho ground that Judge
conspicuous representative of tho Liberal wing Of the
Republican party the President ought to have chosen
One of the most interesting contested seat
cases in the next CONGRESS will DO that between
Mckinley and Wallace of the xvrrIth District Of Ohio
The election awarded to Mckinley by plurality of
eight votes 30 small majority Of course, invited
contest several months past preparations have
been made to this end Wallace began taking testimony
FIRST and olong as no one his Witnesses allowed
to testify he able to make out very good case.
But sooner did his Republican opponent Mckinley
begin to open his budget of evidence than the case took
another color. Gross Democratic frauds and eorrup-
promised Mr. MCKINLEY will doubtless be able to make
out good claim to the seat but he will have to run tho
gauntlet OF partisan committee In Democratic House.
The great question before the Democratic
press Of the country to-day how shall tho party sue
coed next year. few OF the ultra freotrade organs
want it to adopt their platform regardless Of
simply and are willing to get upon any PLATFORM
that viii bring about that result The Baltimore Day
riyes at the sage conclusion that the only way for tho
Democratic party succeed to be Democratic" This
time when the Democratic party achieved its greatest m
umphs when 1t championod human slavery and ap-
pauded rebel victories during the war These must
therefore, taken of what the principles Ok
the party ought to be when 1t Is Democratic.
An earnest attempt IL made to figure ont
Democratic triumph In the spring elections In Ohio and
extract much comfort from tue conclusion posi-
BILE The Cincinnati Commercial Ga efte, however makes
the following impartial comment the election In that
city, The result OF the municipal election in this city
Monday shows that the county be carried by the Re-
publicans in October The German Republicans have
mainly returned to their old party relations" On the
result in the State the same paper says: Tho
elections throughout the State will not prove satisfactory
to either party certainly not deciding the result In O
tober But there Indications that the Democratic
boom OF 1882 Is about exhausted"
The Democratic free-trade organs loudly
the country that the party is practically solid in
favor of their doctrine. The Richmond State. for
the Southern Democracy Is shat there is only Demo-
cratic paper OF any sort OF influence in the South which
has declared for high protection statement wider OF
the truth could not be made. Many of the widely
circulated influential Democratic papers the South
are in favor OF protection. Among them may be num-
bered such Journals The Nashville American The Moba
Register. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger and The
augusta Chronicle and Cons9tatouQtsk The Richmond
readers II 1t imagnes that its reckless assertions WILL find
believers.