New-York tribune., 1875-10-08
POLI1ICAL NOTES.

The Pennsylvania campaign refuses to be-
come animated until after Ohio has spoken. II Gen.
Hayes s elected look for lively scramble by both parties
to get upon hard dmOney platform. II he Is defeated.
viii both sides claim to be inhationstsi
Another sign of distress comes from the in
haon camp in Ohio. The organs shriekng In alics
that the Republicans "coonzing" the border coun-
ties with whole armies OF repeaters and voters from ad
Joining states for the purpose OF wrenching william Allen
the Of the people Furthermore they are con
vnccd that the Republicans have laid the most subtle
plans iJr siuing the baot-boEes This sort of talk LOOKS
like % confession Of defeat
Ex-Gov. Bigler of Pennsylvania has written
a lons letter the political situation, in which he urges
a change OF administration both in state and National
affair az . necessary stop toward reform on tho cur
rency question: he says he holds gold and silver to bs
the best standard OF value. and thinks paper crcula
ton rcdeenabe therein the best currency for the country
While opposing infatou. he does not believe IN Ior'rd
resumption, and regards return TO specie ayments ia
1879 as an impossibiltY
1t looks as il fhe eloquent ex-senator Har-
Ian been gold in Iowa. II there has not been
general bargaining between the Democrats and Re
pubcans whereby the former are TO give the Repub-
cans the Governor in return for a Democratic Legsla-
ture then appearances very deceptive. The Rspu-
can Journals openly tho Democrats have the bess
chance OF securing the Legislature and some OF them 20
So far as to commend thr Democratic candidates. with
Democratic Legislature. how IA Mt Harlan To gct re
elected the United states senatel This narrowing
cnuundrm makes the great unusually solemn no
hurls forth his thunder from The stump.
The imitation press of the South Is more sub
ducd than it was a few week. ago. Then 1t
Ohio would elect Allen and it domnecring in its
treatment of the hardmoney element Of the Democratic
party. Now furious rag-moncy paper IA The Rteh
nlond Bhg puts up white aag in place OF the black one
Il il anx xols soft money but will sacrifice its wishes
If tho, National Convention takes opposite view.
Instead Of declaring that soft money must be the prin-
cipal plank in the National Democratic platform II now
meeky says " The outlook IL uncertain. The money
kings are disturbing the harmony OF the Democratic
party In the North. But there ia time enough yet for
ouieting all dissen-ion and trust that there ia
suhcency of patriotism IN the party ia tne North
and Eastern states TO close UP the DemoeIs column
aud march to meet the enemy with All ITS stenSh IN ths
campaign for tho Presidency
Gov Tilden receives this tattering COM
mendaton from TIE Nation d" Mr. Tildcn has achieved
hi, present simply owing to hs having before
anybody else OF h class understood the exact nature OF
the situation He perceived sooner than his competitors
that the time had to stop preaching and to begin
making arrests and drawing up indictments. He now
finds aud his competitors hn, that h5 acueness has
rendered him the highest service and his cnemies actu
ally play into his hands While the Republican press Is
questioning hs motives he il actually putting the lead
ing members of the Canal Ring on trial. and explaining
TO the public their way of working. While Republican
conventions passing eulOgisc resolutions In honor
of the friend and companion Of Boss Shepherd the Dem
orrac candidate is handing the New York bosses by
the half dozen 10 the police In fact he IL making
capital in way In which the country desires capital
TO made. and Sucdly unless his opponents recelvo
a sudden and great access Of wisdom, he VIII have hs
reward
There was a postmaster at jacksonville,
Ala named John De Amman, hut he lifted out Of his
oficc suddenly few days ago by order from Post
master-ienera Jewell The charge was inc0mpctency.
The late f. NJ protested that he faithful Repub-
lcan and amazed with the information ,hat Mr.
Jewell preferred competent Democrat TO an incompe-
Pcu an
heard of preference, the gifted DE Aruan thus breaks
ont in the spapers Now II may be possible tnatS
am incompetent IA do the low mean filthy work OF tho
little buebeed Yankee, Jewell who ia st this time
Posma General who claims the power of suspend
ing honest, competent postmastcrs because they
will not lick his boots the boots OF his
toadcs who happen to be down south To an some office.
am Republican from principle and have tried to be
hone5 Ihayc flied almost every office Of honor, profit,
Ss Ssya tr Soa % accused cue 81 d,honcy or
anything elsc hut for being Republican. Have been
ness and honesty in bu,ncs, and in Office Now, would
advise all men to let politics ohc' espscay poor % non, non
hands or of tlc Republican party
Montgomery Blair, in speech in the Mary
land canvass the other day asseiled Mr Wallis whom no
described the darkantern candidate for Attorney
General for helping the Baltimore Gust nhouse and tho
leagues OF it, secret allies try defeat John Lee Carroll
under the prctensc OF aiding reform. He compared Mr..
Walis's conduct that of Charles OConor 1872,
and added 81" agreed on ali hands that Mr. ConOr
made q great blunder IN 1872. Senator Bayard. who
has all the noble qualities Of mind and heart which
implied in the OF Bayard. had great repug-
nance to Greeley, and manifested it strongly In tho
Democratic Convention which nominated him. But nO'y.
when he clearly the results produced by that move
ment he has the manlnes To acknowledge his error IN
opposing it. Even when he opposed the movement he
was too loyal TO the Democratic cause 10 set himself
AGAINST the party account of it, Mr Wallis, II sccms.
held the views and acted in the manner; but
with gar want OF logic he now says that because he
then yielded his private judgment To the OF his
party and voted for the party nomination, though an
improper in his Judgment he Is now At bcty 10
accept the nomination of the Know Hotbings and run
against entirely uncXccptiOnable gentleman who has
cen nUmn attG y lie CND party