The Syracuse Convention

The harmony üiftt characterized ita proceedings, the prompt dispatch of business, tfie ovcrwhelmmgmajoniv of 2Ö5 to 80 ín f avor of Samuel J. Tilden utterly befogs his opponents, surprises those who have been decrying his health and giving credence to the statements that he is paralyzed and losing Ris influence aniong the democrats of New York. Il' the aimonneements that have been made Erom time to time by enealiea withia aod withoul thepartv. were to be believed, he bas forsome monthe had one foot in the grave and the other quite ready to follow. "His Llect is iHapaired," says one report; '■he is pliysically incapacitated to do any business," says another; and vet another states "his arm to bé so palüed th1 he is unable to feed himself." Although not admitting tliat he is less vigorousthan Be was feui years ago, jet those newspapers oontrolled bj the Tammisöiy bolthig erowd that havo signedly set these storiea afloat purposeJyto liaini Sfr.TfldeBinthiscampaign, have, with palpable inconSistency, turned to Seymour, foür years older, and whom, U nominated, concedes the improbability of beins able to withstand the excitemeat of a presidenta oampaign. All tbese storios begoten by Mr. Tilden's enemiea for effect have siVnaily exploded and return to plagu( the inventor. We wfll liear no more abont "imbeeility" "paraiysis" 01 growing enfeebleness." The old story of the barrel wfllneedsbe revamped The income tax snit and the ciphei áispatches, though old, wül have to be again called hito requisitiou. Mr. Tilden is or is not the Cmcinnaticandidatethé victory achiev ed at Syracuse, so overwhelming, so harmonious, so non-aggressive, wil present Mm to the democraey of tlic unioniu ;i different light than was ex pected eithev by hisfriemls or hi.- enesa ies. Thetriumph established tbe coi.iider.ee in which he is held as a leader. It demonstrated the deep-seated affection the great mass of the rank and file entertain for him. Itprovedthathe is no less an organizerthan bewas in 1874, and '76, and that bis political sagacity continúes undmpaired. The restüt pleases his friends and dumbfounds his enemies. In accord with all the other states whiefa havo acted on tho question: Shall the two-thirds rule he repealedV this great state tbrougb its democracy resolves in favor of its retainment. At flrst thoughtit appears anti-democraiic but its wisdom has been proven time and again. The manwhocan get the votes of two-thirds of the delegates from all the States in the Union will be fhe strongest man in the party, and will be entitled to the nomination. And after he gets the nomination, be he Tilden, Seymour, or Hancock, or Bayard, or ïhurman, or Hendlicks, or Randtdl, or any other of the leadlng men of the Democratie party, he willbe entitled to receive the earnest, cordial support of every true Democrat fh the land. General II. W. Slocum adds his mite lo lbo disonssion of the West Point mystery, and though he doagnt thmw niucli light iipira il hia eontributton is ínteresi ing. JI: declares thát hazing is fio oíate common at West Point than at Y ale or Conicll; and he gives, for the benefit of the Grant men. apparently, the particular of a oase which lic ivgards as the equal In meanaess and cruelty of the WMttakei affadr. '-In January, 1871," as General Slocum tellá the story, "an organized band oí cadeta enterad the rooms of threeother cadets, and. without giving theni time to collecttheir clothing. marched them,on an intensely eold aight, to the limita of the post. and ordered them neverto return to the Point. The three boys wandered all oight, and the ftret known of them was thelrarrival at Poughfeeep; sie. A Congréssional committee investigated the matter, recommendins; tha the thïee boys be re-admitted, and tliat the ringieader illed. The ringT il waa Frederick Dent Grant; but when his father, then President, was jni'ii-iiii-J of the resohitioiij he said he wotiW ïay tbe same attention to il as il1 it were passéd al a Western town meeting. Whetherhe made the remark or not, he paid ui attention to the resolution. and Fred notonlyescapedwlttiout punishment, but lias liad a very soït place ever aince." The Blaine organs are giving thisatory a oonspiouous place; GongreBsman llurd'sbill prohibiting teansportation of goods from oae place to anotber in the (Jnited States wherè part oí suchcarfiage is ttírough Canada, is deaigned to tlclrle Toledoans and aid him in securing a re-election. The peoplc of that city háve íavested a large amountin, the Canada Southern whi-h road would keenly Ceel the losa oí revenue from such freight. None the would the Great Western and Grand Trunk. eompeting tinesto theseaboard, feel the effect of such a law. That tliese, three great lines of railroad are aeeded to regúlate the tarlff on freight and passenger traffile is undisputad. Jlr. Hurd1 electioaeering dodge will, aa it deserves, sleep the sleep that knows no waking. The great northwést will not Buffara bill of this nature to become law whioh would sluit out from them all competition and compel produce to go via tlie lakes, Lake Shore or Pénnsylvania Central railroads merely to aid Mr. Ilurd's ambition to build up Toledo at its expense. Senator I)avis lowers himself in the estimation of the public by championiiift the re '.'iorBMÁwai'i" Reno to the annv. ij ■ íhui ought to keep the strapH Ber during ufe. B Theriot at Atlanta, Ga., called by ourtesy a republioan state convention, ame to an endFriday evening, Foureen of the twenty-two delegates to !hicago are colored. No Instructions uu' given,bu1 ii Isreportedüiat Iïlaine nul Sberman each have ei glit, and rrant six supporters. Tl' (lntoal wfB not turn out to hear ?ob iHgersoll Boston will. Nearly "..- 00 persons comprised hia audlenoe one night last week. Robert beaided the ion In nis den and spoke of a noted ■osionian as follows: Kèv. JósephCoök Las riksen to credit me with being in avorof tné disseminatwn of obscene tter ature, ;ml y( t when he utteredthat ie wrote scross tbe forehead of nis remtatíon, "Lie." He txpects to be revardedin heaven, but bis record will e., "Eev. Joseph Cook, so many lies ibout Col. Robert tngersoll, so mach. Applause and laughter. Furtlierand more serioüs cóinplicaions have arisen orrt of San Francisco lolitics. To avenge theshoóting of nis 'ather now mayor, J. M; Kalloch enered ilie Chroniele office on Friday ■veiling and Bhotdead ('!-,:s. De Yo'.ini;' me of the proprletors and manager of hatpaper. Thecause is credited to a irip east by De Young Tor the parpóse of gfttherlng" facts in the trial and conviction of Kalloch for adnltery wliile a Baptist minister in Boston, and the apperance in pampnlet form, thoiigh anonymous, of the f acts connected iviili that trial. lMween the two there Was nol mucn cnoiee. uy ms eiiBawoTiai .uid Blanderoua conduct of a widely eircuïated paper and early and prominent advocacy of Keameyism, I)e Young lost the respect of the best peopleof the city. Kalloch's c&ndidacy and election of nrayor by the worst element of the city, together witli a previous unsavory reputation, aaturaJly severed all connection from the better class. With Keamey in jail. De Young dead, and Kalloch, Jr., iii prl&on forlifetheré ís prospect of peaee in s1 ore for 'Friscoans. Whatever else inay bedoubtful about the intentionof theauthorsof our tarifE Laws, they undoubtedly meant to place on the free list all materials used in the manufacture of paper, it happened Uiat pulp of wood, which is by far the most Important element in the manufacture of paper iised by the daily and weekly press of öae country, was npt gpecifloally and by aameexeinptedfrom duty. ünder a treasurj decisión which held that this vrbal omiasion was fatal to the frce admissfon of wood pulp, a few manufacturera of that articlehave been afole to impose an exorbitant tax on the general body of paper-makers, by whom it is of course shifted on the consumers, the newspaper publishers of the country, and the burden falla witli special hardship on publishers outsideof the great cities- we, conseq,uently,.being Lmpoverished so that a handful of monopolista may grow rich. ïhe most powerful Champion of these monopolista is Representativo Garfleld. Were his opposition to the bill withdrawn, the restoration of wood pulp to the free list, where it belongs, would be accomplished in a fewdays. While his opposition continúes üie monopolista are secure. Can Mr. Garfleld aiïoi'd to continue his support of ;i most odious and oppressive tax which brings in no revenue to the Government, but which interferes very decidedly with the disseioination of knowledge among the peoplèï