New-York tribune., 1874-07-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

Mayor Havemeyer is rapidly gaining a
national reputation as the most remarkable Mayor OF
bis time.
A dispatch from Little Rock says SO coun-
ties in Arkansas have majority Of 1900 for the
Constitutional Convention.
With one or two unimpOrtant exceptions, the
Republican press OF Missouri Is unanimously favor OF
the proposed Peoples Reform movement. The Demo
cratic journals are very sad.
Here is a chance for another of our great
statesmen have his character repaired by libel suit
The Mobile Register thus alludes TO the distinguished
patriot who sheds luster the United states Senate in
the name OF the state OF Alabama: "The carpet bag
ter and dead-beat Spencer who swinded himself into
Senatorial belongs TO the sovereign people OF
siabama ev1dently Is a minus quantity the Senate.
a.a1I' -, - K ,1,easv W.. shall never advise his
assassination By the bowl, the pistol or he dagger
- Ger rises IN the d1tv and the worth Of uartyrdOm
II he lives term or twO longer MS pFoOaoe AAIo VI"
be expulsion from the oenate'
The Virginia newspapers are a good deal
uuzzled over Gov Kempers letter the third term
question The Richmond Enquirer has made cOnsidera
bic effort 20 tell what does and comes 10 the
mild and entirely natural conclusion that the style IN
which IL is written lucid" II adds: HIS rela
ton Gen Grant and his persistent attempts 70
make the Conservative party Grant party are matters
OF poturiety. His trumpet, which never seemed
20 Us powerful enough 70 seS raS and % t,nnr,ct
cable scheme, least has given forth no uncer-
Is,9 OuG oppose 70 Col M1sbys plans and do not
tNint Ti he s wise enough To the Joshua OF move
ment which wall lead hosts into d RepuOIcah
Canaan
Senator Hamlin made 4 speech IN Maine the
other dly which In some respects was remarkable
production He realized the necessity Of showing that
the last Congress had been in session TO some purpose
and grasped the subject In that did great credit
10 his imagination De Informed mis- hearers that when
Congress met we were in the midst Of panic such az
our land never saw :" that dark beigerent cloud
aled the horizon and seemed the very verge Of
conflict with a foreign nation" but the threatened
calamties were averted and Ship of State is now
sailing along smoothly the wave Of peace" No
party but the Republican could have held together
during tie storm and brought the old ship into port
The remarkably united which the party presented
question probably inspired the latter
assertion. Having manufactured satisfactory record
Mr Hlmlin proceeded TO that the war is not yet
ended. the south u stl re- elhOus de READ an
from southern journal 70 snow That nan 10
MARYLAND had announced that he intended 10 run Tor
Congress rebel platfOrmbut did not say, what "a
the simple TRUTH that the man had no more cnance OF
an election than Hamhn has or being considered a
staesmau his bearers be prepared 70 buckle
agau their armOr defend aud MAINTAIN what mas
been achieved" since "until Union men South are
trusted equally with those men whose lands are red
Of brothers, we nave no right 10
rest" such twaddle ought 10 convince the people OF
Maine Ia the time has fully arrived Tor MI hdmlln 10
take a rest In CONCLUSION, the senator declared the
sO-caed Independent press crying eyll," Wblcn
does "uOfhiug bat scandallZs the whole people ana
that tnrre is as integrity IN public officials 10
day as any time since We have ha0 government
There uas considerable doubt ABOUT senator
HAIulius return. There ought 10 Oe none now