New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

Congressman Niback is still writing letters
explaining why be voted the salary grab Ii seems
TO rest heavily upon his mind The best way to get rd
OF the burden and render all further excuses unheces
ary ia 10 return the to the Treasury where
belongs IL Won't Do necessary for him to explain that
act at all.
Concerning the movement for an independ-
emit state ticket Oregon The Portland O'e9on'aH
RepJ saws: "The movement for o STATE ticket Inde
pendent OF both party ORGANIZATIONS gains strength anu
volume every day. The people who have gone into the
independent county movements reason that II their
rghts are likely to he more closely guarded ana me
laws more economically ad ninstered In county matters
as result eectns sound practical men TO serve the
public regardless OF party machinery ana parry aiiil'
lions. the same Is true OF state matters.
Gen. Burnside is tho first candidate to take
the field openly for Senator sprasues seat IN the u o.
senate An address setting forth his EXAMINATIONS l0r
the position is published In Tho Providence journal ana
ia signed by large number Of the prominent Repubi-
cans OF the State. The numerous family OF Brown anu
Ives largely represented among the -gners ana with
,ben appesr the names OF Col I. w. Hggnson and ex-
Coy James Y Smith. It is evident from the address
that the Generals friends RELY chiefly on his military
record for success. since That about Tue Iny %
mendat i0n they able to ind HhOde lstni Us IL
good many who are 10 every WY Detter nCei sn
Cen burnside 10 represent their state in the senate
INT there is no prospect that of them Will be chosen
Several of the Democratic journals Ill this
state have begun discuss the prospects OF inc ran
campagn conh1ing their remarks chiefly 10 guesSeS rs
10 what the Republicans going TO do thus inc Svo
euse Courier is confident that there will be battle be-
tween.tne Custom-hOuse and Dix wings OF the hepuoh
can Marty and think that the chances TOT sue
cess are about evenly divided between the two IL says
the Dix men have decided upon the following plan 10 IN
crease their strengths Tley proposing TO put eeha
for YIN H. Robertson OF Weschester on thrir cKet Ior
IienteDant-G Governor, with this understinhlhe-
thot ~ elected DIX ia to be made United states senator
ce Eanon thereby leaving Robertson 10 take the cndr
a. oyernor" 1t thinks this plan Is very snfe one
hut is convinced that united front anu Soou cAe'
viii give the Democrats the victory.
Philadelphia people are beginning TO De
anxious about their The debt OF the city no"
amounts to t5OOOOOOO, than double that OF tne
entire state The Inq says there was secret meeting
held last Saturday which there were present certain
members of the City and State Governments ana OF the
Park Commission 1t was then proposed 10 increase
the enormous municipal deD to sSOOO0OOO iDcu1ing an
appropration of s3OOO,OOO for Paramount PARK me
raorer enters vigorous protest against the PROPOSE
t;on declaring that IL the increase Is granted III VIII
are the property Of every citizen IN peril OF Delhg
nearly ~ not quite, absorbed by taxation IL says the
parry appropriation il entirely unnecessary ana aus
= The trnh is that municipal debt Is aIredny 40
enormously large that 10 increase IL mieriahy Wol
he 10 DESTROY the prosperity OF the ciy: Ihero so w
ess dept and lower taxes Instead OF more ueI. iu
higher taxes" And yet there are pe0pie IN ma una
deInhts WHO propose that the city snail get up anu
snstan an International Centennial cesDratlon "nouS
ant