Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-03-25

SENATOR THURMAN's friends have
been doing large amount of silent work
for him lately, and claim now that the
Ohio delegation to the National conven-
tion will be in his favor.
THE New York Democratic State con-
vention will be held at Utica, April 26..
This is a defeat of Tilden in his own
state. His friends wanted the convention
to be held in Albany, at an earlier date
The Boston Advertiser believes that
the conduct of the Democrats in Con-
gress on the currency question is clear
testimony to their unfitness to be intrust-
ed with the responsibility of governing
the country.
THE Hartford, Conn.,, COurant thinks
that the rejection of Mr.. Dana "would
be dai.. aging blow to the Republican
party, as it would be proof that the Sen
ate is controlled by the elements which
have to some extent corrupted and de-
moralized the party"
THE Ward will case has endt d. By an
arrangement between the disputants and
the court the second codicil to the will
which restricted the children by his first
wife to two hundred dollars month in
come, was nulified. Capt. Wards opin-
ion of it will be looked for with consid-
cradle interest, through the mediums.
A WASHINGTON letter says that the
President will stand a postponement of
the date of resumption, and an enforced
gradual accumulation Of coin for the
purpose, hut nothing more. He would
veto bill proposing to suspend the sink
ing fund, unless that proposition was
coupled with some determination on the
part of Congress to make it fill out
plain, feasible way of reaching resump-
ton at an early period.
AND now Uriah Finn, of 1919 Washing
ton street, New York City, is the man
who has made precise calculation, and
ascertained; that the final ''smash-upn
of all things occur some time during the
present year. His figures cannot be
questioned, and it is said they cannot
lie, and yet there has been, if We rec
ollect Alright, instances in which figures
have failed to correctly interpret Dam
iel's vision. Still, Uriah may be right
for all that.
THE House has refused to concur i'm
the twenty-seven amendments made to
the West Point bill by the Senate, and
would not ask for a committee of confer
ence. This brings the bill to dead lock,
with the purpose, on the part of the
House, to drive the Senate from its posi-
ton. 1t is very unusual to refuse COM
mittec of conference. This is equivalent
10 challenge to mortal combat. The
Senators who favor the changes say that
the House will find the Senate ready to
meet them in contest Of obstinacy;
that the Senate majority has as much
grit as the majority in the House.
GEORGE Fl. PENDLETON was Presi-
dent Of the Kentucky Central railroad.
which bad an almost worthless claim
against the government for about $780,
600. His sister and his nephews owned
ihree-fifths of the road. The claim had
been rejected by the War department,
and had been considered hopeless by
Pendleton's brother-ln-law. Pendle.on
was on intimate terms with Secretary
Belknap's wife, who has, with her hus-
band, been making merchandise of his
position and her influence. Pendleton
appeals the claim to Belknap. The Sec
rotary admits it. PehdletOn takes half
and pays the other half, more or less, he
is not quite certain which, to his sister,
in-law, his nephews, and the other stock
holders. Then with the money thus
juggled out of the United States treasu-
ry, he pays his debts, pays his wife's ex-
penses to Europe, and goes himself
thither. The Pendleton family make a
good thing out of the United States treas
ury, which they i'm all probability
would not have made had Pendleton not
been intimately acquainted with the wife
of the Secretary Of War.
THE Detroit News says that the Bel
KNAPP scandal is regarded by the people
as national disgrace and personal mat
ter, rather than as a political affair, as is
shown by the result OF the vote in New
Hampshire. Spite of the Democratic
cry of Belknapism, and the efforts of the
Democrats to make capital out of the re-
cent exposure at Washington, the Repub-
licans have carried the day by fair ma
jority. New Hampshire is a very close
state; and even when the Republican
element has been most triumphantly in
the ascendent, the majority has seldom
exceeded 5000. Twice, within the last
SIX wears, the Democrats have been sue
cessful, but their course while in power
has been such as to make the better
classes of people lose confidence i'm their
nrofnccionc Tho uS,1al charUfS of fi.aIul