New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-16

The general situation at Chicago does not
change as the delegates assemble in greater
numbers. Apparently, it is well summed up
by statement in one of our dispatches TINS
morning: "There has rarely been Conven-
ton in which the result has seemed so COM
pletely involved in doubt. The contests be-
tween the rival claimants are carried on with
the utmost good-nature, which shows that
whatever the result, there will be no bitter
ness, no lukewarmess, no sulking. Mr..
Sherman will enter the Convention with long
lead. although the claims of his more enthus-
iastic friends are believed to be considerably
exaggerated. The devoted adherents of some
of the other candidates consider the more
moderate movements in their behalf surer
indication Of final success The Pacific Coast
delegates are reported to want Mr.. Blaine and
no one else. Supporters OF Governor Alger
and Governor Rusk are coming by. thousands
from Michigan and Wisconsin, and Chicago is
certain to be filled to OVERLOOKING next week.
DEATH OF THE EMPEROR FREDERICK
One of the shortest and most pathetic OF
reigns in the checkered history OF royalty mas
ended. The Emperor's brave, patient, but
hopeless struggle with death has closed.
Without the aid of the best medical science
of Europe, he would not have lived to be the
Emperor of Germany. Surgical Skill mas
fought on uneven terms with malignant
maady day by day and hour by hour until
finally bafiled and overcome. The sick-room
with surgeons watching like sentlnels the
sleeping Emperor, and with medical stan
comforting with military precision every hour
over the patients symptoms, has been in very
truth battle ground. Uncongenial as these
conditions of warfare must have been to the
General who converted defeat into victory
at Koenigsgraetz and led the triumphant Ger
man legions to Paris, he bore his part with
infeXible resolution, enduring the hardness
like faithful soldier" No word Of COM
plant ever passed his lips. TO the last ne
was loyal to the traditions of the Hohen-
zollerns, retaining keen interest IN the DUST
ness of the State, receiving royal visitors
with courtly hospitality, listening patiently 10
the Chancellor's reports of public affairs ana
to the secrets Of diplomacy, and literally dying
with the harness on. Thus has passed away
manly and heroic King one OF the Jew
great Generals since Napoleon, an ideal
oldier-Prince, a noble and chivarous SOUL
The Emperors short and ill-fated reign has
not been without its uses In Europe. Inc
pathos of his lot has appealed with potent
influence to the sympathies OF nations ana
promoted dhe growth of generous feellng'
Frenchmen have forgotten Alsace and Lor-
raine as they have read the daily bulletins
from San Reno and Berlin and watched that
hopeless fight with the last enemy what
could have been more significant in relation
to the peace of Europe than the magnanimity
displayed by the French press in commenting
upon the fathers death and the sons sorrow
full fate? The noblest traits of Gallo blood
have asserted themselves since the mourning
of the old Kaiser's stately funeral In inter
den Linden. Father and son have been con-
stantly referred to throughout France IN terms
of respect and generous appreciation. Ihey
were the conquerors Of Sedan and Paris, who
had despoiled the nation of its fairest prov
inces, but they deserved and received the
sympathy of a high minded and chivalrous
people. It cannot be seriously questioned
that the misfortunes Of the HOhenzollerns
have softened the hearts Of those who had
suffered most from their proud achievements
and triumphs. France has beg ne less re-
sentful during the Emperor's reign, and this
has happened at the moment when Germany
ornaments and multiplying menaces of war.
With the disappearance of this heroic figure
from the Palace vanishes for the moment all
hope of the adoption Of liberal ideas in the
development of the parliamentary system of
Germany. So frail from the first was the
Emperors hold upon life so transitory his
interval of imperial power, that he could not
leave any permanent impress upon the instl-
known that his sympathies were on the side
of progress and that Prince Bismarcks abso-
lutte supremacy would have been challenged
if longer and firmer lease upon life had
been granted to the royal sufferer. The ac-
ceptance of Herr Won Puttkammers resigna-
ton and sharp dvergences of opinion from
the Chancellor's policy have unerringy shown
the tendencies of the Emperors mind.
These progressive impulses will no longer be
felt The Crown Prince who succeeds him
on the throne, is markedly hostile to every
thing in foreign policy or domestic politics
that is recognized as liberal or English. He
will be a sovereign after Prince Bismarcks
heart, looking toward St. Petersburg rather
than London as the real centre of foreign
diplomacy, and adhering tenaciousy to old
Prussian traditions of absolutism in his deal
ings with Parliament and people. Fanati-
cism against the Hebrews has already found
in him a patron. He has not hesitated to
join the court intrigues against his mother,
the nglish-born Empress. For many months
his name and authority have been freely in
voked by the reactionary and ultra-conserva-
tive elements of German political society. His
succession to the throne will restore Prince
Bismapk's ascendancy and render it more
despotic than ever before.