The New York Herald Newspaper, June 9, 1876, Page 6

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This epitaph heads the long list of creditors which is published elsewhere. “Any One To Brat Roscoz Coxxnmat”— This is the cry of the reformers; and it is a cry unworthy of any party. ‘From our reports this morning to-day ‘Tux Jznomz Pank Races were well at- tended yesterday despite the rival attraction of the yacht club regatta, and four fine races ona good track rewarded those who pre- ferred the sports on terra firma to those of the unsteady ocean. Mr. Brarye has constituted himself a com- mittee for the investigation of the Con- federate House, and will soon make a report. Crscrywatt at dead of night begins to hear strange sounds—harsher and more discord- ant than the shrill squeak and gurgle of its familiar dying pig. The delegates, shouters and strikers of republicanism are upon her. The chief sound is said to be Conkblaining- morbristontow, which may be pronounced Washburne for all wo know yet. “A Coxrepenate Hovsr.”—This is what Blaine calls the present House of Represen- tatives. But it is no explanation of the letter reminding Caldwell, the railway jobber, that ho had decided a point of order in his favor, and that the favor should be considered, Tue Ox1p Sovrn Cxurcna, Boston, passed under the hammer yesterday for thirteen pundred dollars, and within sixty days is to pass under the purchaser's demolishing pickaxes. Boston was perhaps ashamed of the inscription on the tower, which might shock the eyes of some of our visitors from abroad. Now for Faneuil Hall! Everrsopr Wo Apmines the pluck of Blaine—and he has certainly shown courage and resource—must regret that he did not avail himself of these qualities when the rail- way jobbers came about him. He might have been next President of the United States. Ir tne West wins the prize for Hayes or the Great Unknown it would be « capital thing for George William Curtis to demand in the name of New York the nomination of John Jay or William M. Evarts as a centen- nial candidate for the Vice Presidency. In the veins of these gentlemen runs the best Revolutionary blood. ‘Tar Sreecn or Mr. Tannox in the Honse of Representatives on the Blaine matter we think fairly puts the case as far as partisan motives were concerned in the starting of the inquiry which has been so unpleasant fer the ox-Speaker and Presidential as- t. Devoid of the heat ond fury which Mr. Blaine manages to inject into all his personal explanations, it was sufficiently tinged with irony and sar- casm to be effective over his antagonist's at- tack as the deliberate thrust of a cold, well- tem} blade would be against the whirl of a painted poker in the hands of a clown. It places the assailants of Mr. Blaine’s honor in the written work of his own hands, and evidence of those for years his political allics and bosom friends, Four cents per copy. | letters or telegra hie | despatches must be addressed New Your | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1876—TRIPLF SHEET. The Voice of New York at Cincinnati, Within the ensuing day or two all the New York delegates will be en route for Cin- cinnati. They go to the scene of action full of hope and courage, with the disposition and ability for energetic efforts and with strong confidence in the success of their candidate. They are inspired by a credit- able feeling of State pride, by warm personal admiration of the man of their choice, by | brilliant qualities as a leader; by an un- faltering belief in his ability to carry the Empire State against any competitor whom the democratic party may put into the field against him, It is conceded by all compe- tent judges that New York will be the main battle ground of the campaign, and that neither party can elect the President if it loses this State. In the estimation of Mr. Conkling’s friends his strength as a candi- date lies in the expectation that he can carry New York, while it is certain that Blaine cannot, that Morton cannot, that Bristow cannot, and that Washburne or Hayes would be weaker than the man who is the conceded leader of the republican party of the State, It it were the appointed task of the Cin- cinnati Convention to nominate a candidate who wauld please the greatest number of republicans Senator Conkling might not be the strongest man in the party. If the Re- publican National Convention were an elec- toral college, and not mere nominating body, its action would be as free as that of the Union League Club in electing its presi- dent or that of a college of cardinals in electing a Pope. Democrats have no voice in choosing a president*of the Union League Club; Protestants have no voice in the elec- tion of a Pope; but the Cincinnati Conven- tion, instead of choosing o President, will merely propose a cundidate. ‘The demo- cratic party will have something to say on the question of his election. If the Convention at Cincinnati had a commis- sion to elect the next President and were under no necessity of looking to any other indorsement than that of the republican party in the several States it would be safe for it to act as the Sacred Col- lege does in the election of a Pope, which pays no regard to Protestant fecling. But the problem at Cincinnati is not to find the candidate who would please the largest num- ber of republicans, but a candidate who can be elected. There are fifteen States which can be securely relied on to give majorities for the republican ticket, whether their preferences are indorsed at Cincinnati or not. There are fifteen other States which the republicans ¢annot carry in any event. It would be political idiocy to nominate with reference either to the fifteen States which the republican party can have no hope of carrying or with reference to the other fif- teen whose support of any fair ticket admits ofno doubt. The election. will be decided by the few doubtful States, The ticket on both sides, if wisely selected, will be made up with a view to its chances of success in those States on which the election is to hinge, and espe- cially New York, which is the grand pivot of this campaign. The party which wins New York will win the election; the party which loses New York will be bankrupt for the ensuing four years. If anything relating to the canvass is certain this is certain. Every prominent politician on both sides admits that the canvass hinges just here, no estimate of chances made up and paraded by either party leaving out a claim to New York, or including votes enough to elect the President without those of this State. The great strength of Senator Conkling lies, in this undeniable fact, that his party can have no rational hope of success without New York, and that Mr. Conkling is stronger in New York than any other republican in the United States. He stands higher in New York than any other republican, for various reasons, all of which have some weight. In the first place, his abilities are superior to those of any other republican since the death of Mr. Seward and the alienation of Mr. Adams, and it is natural that the party in his own State should be ‘proud of his intellectual pre-eminence. Inthe second place, he has been for several years the recognized leader of the New York republi- cans, and they have found him a safe man to follow. Every republican who has competed with him for the leadership of the party in this State has been rejected by the people and remanded to private life, including the three ex-Governors and ex-Senators Messrs. Fenton, Dix and Morgan. No republican in the State approaches Senator Conkling in political influence, and no republican outside of the State has anything like his hold on the confidence and admiration of the party in New York. Now, considering that the great problem in this Presidential canvass is to | find the candidate who has the best chances tor carrying New York, considering that fail- ure in New York involves the deteat of the party that loses it, the question for the Cin- cinnati Convention is narrowed toa single point—namely. what candidate has the best | chances for getting the electoral votes yof New York? On this point the most competent judges are the New York republicans, who understand the State better than any outsiders. They would be fools to press the nomination of Mr. Conk- ling if they did not feel assured of his great | strength at home. The voice of New York ought to have great weight at Cincinnati, for the New York delegates are the best judges of the relative strength of candidates in their own State. If Mr. Conkling should be the successful candidate it is easy to anticipate what the republican press and orators will say of him in every part of the Union, It will then be maintained by all republicans that he is the first orator and one of the foremost states- men in public life; that he has been the truest and steadiest advocate of a sound | currency; that he has practised no dema- | gogie arts and mounted no hobbies to draw | separate attention to himself; that he has never sought factitious popularity outside of party lines; that he has never been impli- cated in any job or questionable transac- tion; that he represents the whole repub- lican party and not any faction or clique; that his knowledge of public affairs is superior to that of any other American statesman, and that his sense of party loyalty and respect for party discipline have withstood the disintegrating intluences perfect trust, founded on many trials, in his, which carried Sumner, Greeley, Trumbull, Schurz, Banks, Fenton and so many other republican leaders into opposition. It is owing to the steadfast fidelity of men like Conkling that the party has not been dis- organized and disbanded. To him more than to any other leader it is indebted for its continued existence as a united political phalanx, and for its ability to go into another Presidential election with prospects of suc- cess. The maintenance of the organization amid so mapy defections necessitated a firm support of the administration. If the Presi- dent had not had unflinching supporters like Mr, Conkling the republican party to- day would be a broken, scattered and de- moralized political army, despised by its friends and not formidable to its foes. The only rallying point for hold- ing the party together was the admin- istration of President Grant, and Mr. Conkling has done more than any other in- dividual in preventing a general stampede when so many other leaders deserted. It was not for Grant's sake, but for the party's sake, that Mr. Conkling has been so stanch a champion of unity and discipline ; and the soundness of his judgment is vindicated by the fact that, in spite of so many dbsertions by trusted leaders, and in spite of the fall of so many republican officials, the party pre- serves its organization and its vitality, and has more than an even chance of electing the next President. If Mr. Conkling had played a réle like that of Mr. Curtis and so many others the republican party would by this time be so weak as to make it of mo conse- quence who is nominated by its National Convention. The preservation of the party is owing tomen of whom Mr. Conkling is the most conspicuous type ; nor can it expect success in the election without the power- ful aid of the administration with which Mr. Conkling was too wise to break. It is, of course, possible that Mr. Conkling may be defeated at Cincinnati ; but certain it is that the republican party can succeed only by pursuing a policy like that of which he is so eminent a representative. Even if the Convention should reject the man it will have to adopt his system. Instead of dis- rupting the party by a break with the Presi- dent it will have to act in harmony with him or forfeit its chances of success, It can- not nominate Bristow without destroying the party, because Bristow stands just where Sumner, Schurz, Greeley and their abettors stood when they were on the point of de- serting. Warned by their fate Bristow dares not go outside the party; but, excepting his lack of courage, he belongs to their class, He isa mere Fouché in politics, and it would be as preposterous to nominate him for the Presidency as it would have been for the French people to have made Fouché the suc- cessor of the Emperor Napoleon. If Senator Conkling should not be nominated some republican like Mr. Washburne or Governor Hayes, some republican who has acted with the party and has made no open or covert waron the administration, must be taken, unless the Convention courts defeat. Bristow Woutp Make a better reform can- didate for the Presidency if he were to resign his porttolio as Seoretary of the Treasury. How can he reform an administration of which he is a prominent member? Repeal of the Resumption Act. One of our Washington correspondents draws attention to the strenuous attempt about to be made in Congress for the repeal of the Jaw fixing January 1, 1879, as the date for the resumption of specie payments. Our correspondent thinks it will receive the sup- port of soft money republicans as well ns soft money democrats, This movement is of no importance and deserves no respect. Even if it passes the House it cannot pass the Senate, and is therefore of no importance, When Congress adjourns the law will stand precisely as it does at presqnt, The attempt to carry a repeal throygh the House is a trick of demagogtes, with a view to force the question into the Presidential canvass. It can have no effect at Cincinnati, because the republican party is too shrewd not to take advantage of the democratic split on the currency. The fact that Senator Morton went to Ohio last fall and spoke on the hard money fide should be accepted as conclusive evidence that the Cincinnati Convention will be a unit on the currency question, Wild theorists, like Pig Iron Kelley, have lost all influence in the repub- lican party since the discovery that the re- sumption question can be used as a wedge to split the democratic party. Tho expediency of repealing the Resump- tion act is a question for the next Congress, The act is idle without new legislation pro- viding means for carrying it into effect. There is no pressing need for immediate action, for the present laws are bringing a gradual contraction of the currency, and legislation tor accelerating or arresting this contraction had better come a year or two hence then at present. If it is found in 1877 or 1878 that resumption in 1879 would cause too great a shock to business the period can then be extended. The sound opinion of the country cares little for the particular date provided there is a steady progress toward resumption, and it is wise to post- pone legislation on the subject until the country gets beyond the heat and turmoil of a Presidential election. The repeal of the Resumption act now is not possible, because the Senate will not consent to it, and the passage of such a bill by the House, with a mere view to political effect, would bea con- temptible trick, deserving the scorn of honest men, . sinsttchmret hintaan, ix tur Event of the nomination of Wash- burne for President Edwin D. Morgan would be a capital man for Vice President, Tae Lirrne Twos axp Sweexys of Westchester have found their Tilden in a new Board of Trustees, who promptly car- ried the wrongs of the town through the courts; but, alas! for New York, the likeness ends there to our municipal robbery, While the little Westchester ring has been com- pelled to disgorge the plunder, Uncle Samuel has not collected much on his $6,000,000 verdict against the ex-Boss. It must be allowed that our city thieves were “no countrymen,” and their plunder was more deftly conveyed than any Westchester tyro could hope to accomplish. Still the Westchester mon understood the general principle, Every Man His Own Investigator. Mr. Blaine has “interviewed” the commit- tee that had him on the table for political dissection somewhat in the style in which a character in one of the Irish romances did the surgeons. On the night of the battle the surgeons with instruments in hand were gathered about the board on which the wounded Irishman was stretched, and were in consultation whether they should begin by amputating his leg or trepanning his skull, and further, whether, these operations done, they would not find their labors lost, when the subject got up and cleared the room with the aid of a handy “bit of a shtick,” Parliamentary dexterity and dash were important elements in Mr. Blaine’s first demonstration. He rushed in among the startled, bewildered and stampeded dem- ocrats like the two German uhlans who used to capture all the French towns. He captured the whole investigating apparatus and proceeded to investigate him- self—to rule out evidence and admit evi- dence—to plead for the prosecution, to reply for the defence, and, finally, to report for the committee. He acted ona good plan for politicians in tight places; for no man can be sure of being investigated to his satisfaction unless he does it himself. But his dash and dexterity in the House were legitimate displays of his power as a sort of parliamentary gladiator. Years of training in that sphere have given him a capacity for that sort of battle in which few men are his equals, and it was not strange therefore to see him trample down his opponents. But the battle in the committee was quite another affair. There the committeemen were on their own ground—yet they per- mitted him to bully them from one end of the chapter to the other and seem scarcely to have dared say their souls were their own. No one can rise from reading any report of that scene without a sentiment of thorough contempt for the committee, But a senti- ment of contempt for the committee does not imply a sentiment of admiration for Blaine, but rather s ridiculous perception of the attitudinizing of the candidate fighting to defend his weak places and “snorting through the long grass like a bob-tailed bull in fly time.” But he is not snorting without a definite purpose, His present purpose is to draw public attention away from those terrible let- ters. He has managed to start abroad the impression that the letters are of no conse- quence, and his organs give the cue that his reading them has saved him. It involves a sad reflection on_ political morality to see it believed by any one on such an array of letters a man can ‘recover his position” with his party. But this is per- haps one of the consequences of comparison. These letters produced against any man be- lieved to be pure would destroy him. Almost any one of them would destroy Horatio Seymour. Could letters like these be fastened on Charles Francis Adams the office-holders would hoot all over the land, with triumphant irony, ‘This is your pure man!” For those men are be- lieved to be above jobbery, and these are a jobber's letters. But it has been rec- ognized that Blaine is not pure. Dribbles of corruption have soiled his name for months, Then came‘his seizure of Mulli- gan’s papers. That act was so extreme that it was assumed the evidence against him was terrible. Now the evidence is produced. It is not so terribly plain as it was thought it would be; and so his friends hurrah and deem that he is justified. It falls a little short of the worst that was deemed possible, and it is, therefore, held there is nothing in it. But though the Blaine organs belittle these letters Blaine deems it well to not let the public have them too long for tranquil reflection, and so he keeps up the diversion. His antics before the committee have no other purpose. His howling over the Cald- well despatch, to endeavor to make that ap- pear the great important point in the case, is the result of a simple consideration that, for effect on the public mind, it is better to appear asa martyr than os a hunted and discovered jobber. Ir Wovurp Bz Wet for Boss Kelly to pick outslim men like Augustus Schell for his dele- gation to St. Louis to oppose Tilden. Ifhe should blunder wpon a stout man the rural delegates would think it was Tweed. The New York Yacht Club Regatta. Since the yachting authorities got the sinister old weather prophet at Washington under control we have been blessed with better racing days for June regattas than formerly fell to our lot. We cannot say exactly how the job was done, nor can we tell how long the yachtsmen will hold the wily old disappointer in custody, but on no other supposition than that they have him “closed under hatches,” as Burns says of His Satanic Majesty, can we account for yester- day's good luck. First of all there was a little duck of a breeze to make a pretty start ; then outside the Narrows there was just enough to make the yachtsmen shake out every snowy inch of sail aboard till the handsome craft fairly waltzed slong the waters, like sammer queens dancing ecstat- ically to the god of day. Now and again a wicked puff of wind would come and bring down some of the lighter drapery of these royal ladies by the run, and after they had tripped out past the Hook Old Neptune put such rollers under their flying feet and the wind sung such a hurly in their ears that the faintest hearts and frailer forms among them were fain to,turn and show their surf-white heels to the gindecorous powers of wind and waves. Then it became a race in earnest, and the band of fearless, hardy sisters, gathering their skirts about them, went madly for the turning point and home again, dashed with the spray, which they did not take eum grano salis, but by the bucketful. It was truly delight- ful sport, and the Comet, as she came dash- ing back through the Narrows, leav- ing her lighter or more lumbering sisters behind, was a picture that the silver-footed Thetis would have risen from the sea to appland if she happened to be in the Bay yesterday. The Idler belied her name in her hurry back to Staten Island; the Arrow shot past Fort Wadsworth as from a bended bow; tho rollicking little Madcap came laughing home as fleetly as if she was in real earnest, and the Wanderer and Rambler, forgetting that they were, as far as titles go, oceanio tramps, travelled to the stakeboat as if they were determined hereafter to earn their living by the wet of their bows. In short, it was a fine day's sport, and will put our yachtsmen in merry pin for the Centennial and other racing of the auspicionsly opened season. Barstow Is a Vasx Goop Max, and has made an honest Secretary of the Treasury. His mule case was a feather in liis cap. It enabled him to swear that he was an honest man. The Canvass in New England. We contribute this morning another series of interviews to the lists already presented, threo of the New England States--Connecti- cut, Vermont and New Hampshire—being selected for this day’s chapter of political opinion in regard to the Cincinnati nomina- tion. The value of this contribution is in the proof it offords.that Mr. Blaine cannot hold his own even in his own section. Con- necticut is opposed to him, Vermont is very weak in his support and New Hampshire is wavering. Many of his best friends—friends like Judge Poland, who has received fre- quent favors at his hands—are beginning to think that his nomination would be inex- pedient and to look elsewhere fora candi- date to fill the requirements of the republi- can nominee, New England recognizes the necessity of carrying New York and, accord- ing to the sentiments of some of the dele- gates whose opinions we print, there is a disposition to support Mr. Wheeler rather than Senator Conkling. If New York is to be carried by the republicans Mr. Conkling is the only man in this State who can carry it, and the only candidate outside of it who" has any chance to win here is Hayes or “Washburne. From this time forward this fact will impress itself more and more upon the delegates to Cincinnati, and os Blaine's strength diminishes the support of such of the candidates as may possibly carry the Empire State must increase. It will be observed as a curious feature of these interviews that each State has a candi- date who is regarded by the delegation as worthy of either the first or second place on the ticket. New York presents Senator Conkling. In Pennsylvania there is some- thing very like enthusiasm for Governor Hartranft. New Jersey whispers the name of Frelinghuysen. Connecticut has a Jewell of her own, Vermont would like to put Judge Poland on the ticket for Vice President, and New Hampshire talks about Senator Cragin for the same place. None of these except Conkling is in reality a candi- date at all, and a great deal of time is wasted in talking about them, but,they are con- venient names behind which delegates can conceal their opinions while they are search- ing after the ‘‘Great Unknown.” Fovcue was Nzczssary under Napoleon. But no one‘cares about Fouché in a republic. This is one reason why Bristow, as the de- tectives’ candidate for the Presidency, does not grow in strength. The Selection of the Rifle Team. Out of the eight marksmen added to the first sixteen by the joint committee two strong shots have succeeded in placing themselves among the first twelve in the competition that closed on Tuesday. This result fully vindicates the course of thé com- mittce and justifies the Henaip's opinion that these two gentlemen, Mr. Farwell and Mr. Weber, were worthy of an extended chance. Among the gentlemen who are to shoot finally next week for places on the team and reserve we do not think, if the present scores are to stand, and the new ones to be added, that there will be much change of place, except Mr. Fulton exhibits his skill in its wonted force. This he has failed in up to the present. Each of the marksmen has fired two hundred shots, and General Dakin still heads the list with 835 out of 1,000 points, The totals of the first eight are 6,419 out of 8,000 points, or 80,2375 per cent—a very remarkable figure indeed. To show how close the shooting was we may say that, taking the first twelve scores, the percentage is only reduced to 79.15. With such high shooting done at the disadvantage of every man firing on his own account we think that even if they composed the team they would be a hard lot to beat. The first competition of the Irish riflemen for places on their team, which is reported | » in full ‘elsewhere, does not furnish us with any figures on which a fair comparison of their probable force with ours can be made, It is only a single day's shooting of forty-five shots per man, and the atmospheric condi- tions are said to have been unfavorable. The eight highest, who made 1,410 points out of a possible 1,800, however, have a percentage of 78.3 to show, which is very good shooting. We incline to the be- lief that when our own twelve are selected next week the best interests will be conserved by deferring the di- vision into team and reserve until some time later on, leaving the less fortunate in these opening matches a chance to better themselves. We are glad to observe that the representative of the Western marksmen gallantly holds his own, Iv tae Westerx Democrats, who are some- what credulous, could only know that Tweed was out of Tammany, the opposition of the Dark Lantern Know Nothing Lodge to Uncle Samuel would be more effective. Nor Yet.—A week or two of breathing time for the Great Powers is probably in order upon the Eastern question, unless the principalities grow tired of being held back by a Power that really wishes to see them at war with Turkey. The conflicting reports which have reached here respecting the attitude of Servia show that it would require but little precipitancy to turn the scale from warlike peace to actual war. The insur- gents in the revolted provinces having gon so far and held their ground so fairly pro ably count but little on the offers of the Porte, and this continuous irritant on the principalities may draw the evil humors to the surface before the great diplomatic doc- tors can remove them by internal treatment. We do not give any weight to the report that Count Andrassy hesitates to attend the meeting of the Russian and German Chan- cellors at Ems. Austria, fone tb 2m oth is driven to take finally. cannot to aid any movement of the Northern empires which is made in the name of peace, no matter how hollow she may believe the pacific professions to be. Apvicz To Gextixmen Sxexixe Eurror Ment.—Organize a reform club in the repub- lican party or go out to St. Louis in Boss Kelly's anti-Tilden curbstone delegation. Wages good, work easy. The Escape of the Fentans. The escape of the Fenian prisoners from West Australia adds a strange chapter to the long-sustained quarrel between England and Ireland. Within the last ten years Ireland's feeling of antagonism against her conqueror has been illustrated in many ways, from re- bellion in Ireland to invasions of Canada, from secret conspiracy to open organizations, home rule demonstrations and what not. This carefully prepared plan to rescue a number of sentenced prisoners, insignificant, perhaps, in themselves, shows they were estimated by their brethren for their sacri- fices as nruch as for their personal value, and the demonstration of this alone will, doubt- less, stimulate the anti-English sentiment among the mass of Irishmen opposed to English rule. Henee, if the fugitives make good their escape—and once on the high seas on board an American ship there seems little danger of their return to prison—we may look to see the event swell to the importance of 2 victory over England, and inflame Irish opinion here as well as in Ireland to a de- gree which those who look on the transaction with foreign eyes may not comprehend at first. The affair will bring little credit to Mr. Disraeli, who so recently refused to re. mit the penalties on these men. Had it been announced that they were to be pardoned it would have saved appearances, although it could not have prevented the rescue, which must have taken place some weeks before the amnesty debate. In one respect this stimu- lation of national aspirations in Ireland will be unfortunate for England—namely, that she finds herselfon the edge of what may prove a gigantic war, when the bare neces- sity of keeping o large garrison in Ireland and a large naval force in Irish waters will weaken her for offensive purposes con- siderably. i Tue Incpnzssion THAT Tammany is opposed to Tilden helps the canvass of the New York statesman throughout the West.. Our West- ern friends have an impression that Tweed is still in command of Tammiany, and view with apprehension the intrigues of the Dark Lantern Know Nothing Lodge for power. Boys axp Knives are hard to keep apart, but it is usually with the view of having a tool rather than a weapon that the boy so longs for the blade. Tho case of the boy Moore, who stabbed and killed another boy in a trifling quarrel, shows how the cowardly re- sort to the knife by old ruffians has its demoralizing effect on the young. Youth is imitative, ond the passions are often stronger in boyhood than grown people are apt to imagine. Hence, in a city where policemen use their clubs on the slightest provocation, and rowdy answers rowdy with the knife or pistol, brutality is certain to be encouraged in the adolescent. The com- paratively harmless resort to fisticuffs seems to have gone out of fashion alike for young and old. Let us hope that pending the millennium, when goodness shall be uni- versal, manliness in quarrel may take its old place in our affections. Ir Looxs Lixe an Inrntave for Bristow to run for the Presidency in opposition to the wishes of an administration in which he isa subordinate. Tux Exurprrion looms into shape grad- ually, and its magnificent attractions are be- ing more steadily realized by our citizens. This desirable state of affairs can be helped still further if the directors will only take the remainder of theirtaskto heart. Every- body is going, but there is a holding back which means that people want their money’s worth outside and inside the grounds at Fairmount Pork. That assured Philadel- phia may count on the rush. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, ‘Ab Sin; ab Ja Blaine. Her Sands of life have run out. How woald “Malligan and Marsh” do? Mr. Charles De Young, of the San Francisco Chronicle, is in New York. A Milwaukee man named Kindling would commi? uicide with a hatchet, Lord Jobn Ruseell iasists apon having the Turks ox- pelled from Turkey. ‘Tho King and Queen of Greeco will remain at Cope» hagen up to the 15th of July. “Sapolio Sammy” is what the enemy now calls the reformer of the great unwashed. Montgomery Queen, the circus man, is going into the business of ostrich tarming in California Itis said that Judge Hoar and G. F. Hoar, of Massa ehasetts, aro both in favor of Blaine aftor Bristow, The Chicago Times must not bo jealous, Docan’t i always make a good deal of bustle over a fast train? Mrs, Swishelm says that the tobacco that tho Ger mans smoke is only paper steeped in a tobacco solu ton. Colonel! Vest is rising asa gubernatorial candidate in Missoars, and his opponents are trying to pull him down, ‘ Dom Pero this week will be in Boston, a town which is known jn history mainly because it puts molasses into its baked beans. Do you remember how Harrict Prescott in one of hew spilt-crimson stories spoke of carrying great arimiuls of rhododendrons? A great number of domestic servants are sailing for the Old Country, and now there is achance for a house. Wife to have “her evening out.” Nothing so greatly disappoints a man of affairs as to crawl down through a whisper of gassy foam and won- der why ho ordered a glass of soda, What is the uso of making strawberry shortcake out of two crusts when you have to take a microscope te ace hoW close the crusts are together? It is singular that Orange county people should bring their own pure whiskey to town and then make ase of our hoxpitals when they get sunstruck. ‘Two gentlemen talking on the Eric Railway about the study of French, Said one, “I like the conjugationg best.” Suid the other, “I Ike the pronouns.” Said No, 1, “Them is nice’? A correspondent, who is sure how Bristow treats other peoplo’s whiskey, wants to know how he treats his own, Without the least hositation we may say that he treats it straight, Mr. J. M. PRailey says:—Neither political party ts strong enough to nominate a good man if the other nominates one who is popular. You can put that is your pipe when you are vat of tobacco.* At is claimed that if the majority rule be adopted at St Louls Tilden will be voted tor by the Virginia dele. gation, bat that, if the two-thirds rule be adopted, that delegation will during several ballots vue for Hancock. Mr. Daniel A. Caldweil, ot Lyon, Mass, brother of the man who sent tho cablegram which Proctor Knott Suppressed, says that hus brother 1s in England; that Josiah has not been im Italy, and that the Congress- tonal committee does not want to ind him