New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-17

they could be withdrawn without precipitatnv mn,
the country financial crisis and quite sure thai
Congress had not been influenced by the senseess or,
against contraction and had permitted TO 20 on with
the work which had been auapicously commenced In.
specie standard would long before this have been 70
scored without serious interruption Of business and IN.
people OF the United States would have escaped The
great disasters which have oyertaken them"
There is little doubt in any quarter now that
there of great strength 10, lhe overhrox
OF Secretary Brisow The elements at work and their
methods are thus described by Gen. Boynton: Their.
two methods OF working; one is to annoy the Score
tary In many ways as to induce him TO tender his
resignation while anOthe involves the influencing OF tbe
President ask for his resignation Tie main object OF
in all this Is to stop active operations in tho
Chicago, Milwaukee, and Peoria prosecutions and SO
save any further exposures Those laborng ia this dec
ton arr desperate and will stop nj ntrgues attain
the desired ends. They nothing whatever for the
President the matter and thinking only OF saving
either themselves their political friends Several
times before the efforts have been made and come
OF the methods now employed have been made
Of but each the plot has failed This time those al
work have confidence In their they feel
that if the Secretary Heretofore, scorns their at
tempted annoyance. and continues MS work I'M
nnchingy, that they will De able TO prevail upon
tnc President ask for his resignation To secure This
the whole Ring touched ny the various trials had, or in
progress il inustriOusly working with the idea that
change which takes men out OF BrsiOw, hands canno
but be for the better" In spite Of recent COMMUNICATIONS,
there is reason to behave that these efforts have
duccd effect and that Secretary Brlsto"s tenure OF
office fragile.
Col. William NJ. GrOsyenor, who has now
purchased the controlling share in the stock Of
The Eindncer Association and changed the name
Of the paper to Tie Public is making its col
umns sprghly with political suggestions from
the point OF Wow Of excessively Independent
independent Thus he SAYS OF the Democratic
House Congress doing nothing vita marvellous in.
dnstry Even the dulcst OF the Southern carpetbaggers
take heart they tho Democratic majority unready
incompetent to act and loudly affirm that 1t IS going
to be possible to elect any Republican, whoc, may
nominated because the Democrats killing themselves
az fast az they can Tho sagacous Democrats
that the % their representatives. in Congress is
damaging tic party, do not how to help the mat
ter Perhaps il il past help. Parties. like eggs,
rotten are worthless" on the Republican side he sug-
ges that Morton Is the natural candidate of the rings,
and that men VINO do dare favor man who makes
war upon the rings may well surrender 10 Morton at
once; that SIR Blaine has had good luck III having Nr
jefferson Davis write letter about him. and bad luck IN
exp st himself be hit sOroly even by Davis; mat
il vaguely said that Blaine making great gains IN Wis
consn Iowa. and Missouri. and that in the latter State
his aan T. iudisputable for Mr. Mckee, whose paper
eDen;iaIy that citizens gc.ac nay FOUND, also who
maintain thai Nr. Conkng could secure The electoral
his State II nominated; ana that MI Brs-
tow is growing ilongef every d1y IL the OPINION 81 nc
pub lean voters while Blaine and Morton arc mailing
rapid progras Those preparations ana wfepuihg ~
which conventions usually controlled. lie thhks
thai judge Davis has be- suddenly discovered u DC
Democratic candidate in Washngt.n n, ana oonm' hdS
HIM the ground that he las wealth, aDlht, ana am
hit.un while his opinions MANY questions are con
IcuioIty unknown. Concerning the apparent nabIlly
to do anything 10 Washington. no SUGGESTS mt SET
Government may 20 blessing, but 10 business ana
industry the process Of eecJing residents Is 1nadri
MAI curse.