New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-27
will not dsplease the mass of Republican voters
North or South
POLITICAL NOTES.

few rousing anti-silyer mass meetings voud
brace up the Senatorial back.
The Bland brigade believe in French financial
methods only when all honesty is eliminated
If silver should return to its old ratio Of vaIuo
with gold tomorrow, the silver agtator would van
ish like spook.
1t seems to be forcby and somewhat dsmallv
demonstrated that the Indian and the dernag oora
are not dying out IN this country.
The Solid South votes steadily for renrdia,;on
and charges every person who calls attention 10 be
fact with shaking the bloody shirt Why 81 loodvut
The Southern ensign at present seems to be q b,ck
flag. ~ "'''A
Virtuous Tennessee now proposes to make a do.
termined struggle with the whiskey bell-puncb to
pay the interest Of that fraction of the State doh,
when may remain after the Legislature rests from
lIs laDOGs as Scaler down.
There is a palpabe Democratic effort 10 encourage
the President to continue his contest with the Sem
ate. The hint is given out that if he will send IN
again the same names for the New-York Offices. the
Democrats will vote soldly for confirmation Even
so serene q as the President must perceye tbot
the old spiders hospitality is too profuse 10 be
genuine.
General Sam Cary energies from obscurity lone
enough to say that Pendleton is too much Of a hard
money man to suit him for Senator lie thinks be
will be elected however, and that the Money Power
will rejoice at his success. RI the nationsts On nm
talking in this way about Pendleton they will giyo
Nun too good reputation 10 allow him to stay in
the Democratic party.
After a week Of delibcration on MIr. Weeds with
drawal of the surreptitiousD nonsense. Nh. Hal
stead braces up sufficiently TO say in the oudes sort
of rhetoric, that Mr.. Weed has apologzed inconsid
eTately," and that decentralization was not only sur
reptitions, but ''TascallyD That sounds like bust
ness There IS nothing like ygor when there is
troublesome fact to be disposed Of.
Congressman Humphrey, Of Wisconsin. has found
out which side of the financial question his constit-
uents are on. Since he reached home be has been
devO,ng a large amount Of his time to the construc.
ton of letter replying to request for information
concerning his motives in voting for the repeal Of
the Resumption Act. He makes the miserable ey-
cuse that lie supposed he was representing his con-
stuens. 1t may teach him that the best course for
statesman, as well as for everybody else is to do
what Is honest.
The subtitle aroma of domestic tea seems to have
inebrated as well as cheered our adventurous Com
missioner of Agriculture. and he wants to be set up
in business as full grown Constitutional adviser
General lie Due has selected an iuOpportune moment
to strike for promotion. 1t is popularity supposed
that the President already has about as much
Cabinet as he can comfortably, get along with.
ana a pent-up bureau VIII PROBABLY continue
to contract the powers of the General until he has so
far cOnciliated our climate that full enjoyment
Of all the rights of citizenship can be guaranteed 10
CaOutchOuc CmChOna Thea BOhea, and all tne
other caTpet-bag vegetables which he proposes to
furnish with naturalization papers.
forcible illustration of the way in which the
West is misrepresented on the silver question: comes
from Chicago. To read The Chicago TrbamGs ranting
about "Shylocks" and "Wall-st. sharks" one would
infer that the whole city a solid mass for cheap
and dishonest money. This impression was strength
ened by recent public meeting in the city, when
some of tho worst resolutions ever concocted by
demagogues were adopted. But now the other side
comes forward and demands hearing. A petition
to Congress asking that body to sustain the Pres-
dent and Secretary Sherman in their efforts for Ma
tiOnal honesty has been signed by 400 or 800 meT-
chants and business men, and among the names arc
those of the foremost men OF the city. ms j.
good example to be followed by the defenders Of tho
public faith everywhere. Ii seems 70 be tie only
way of convincing weak-backed statesmen that tho
people who make the l0udest claMOr arc not tho
ones for them 10 follow.
General Ewing is in Ohio delighting the Demo-
cratic heart with assurances that this country be-
yond a doubt booked for all kinds of the most reck-
less financial legislation. He tells reporter OF The
Cincinnati Enquirer that the bill repeating the Ke-
sumption Act will have thirty EIGHT votes in the SEN
ate and will pass though he does not say Where INC
other vote is to come FROM AS Tor the SILVER hin'
he has no doubt about that. Stanley MattheNSs
resolution will pull the Presidents teeth and leave
him no reason TO veto it, If he does veto il, both
Honses will pass il again. The General Is KIND
enough to explain what the Matthews resolution !;
for. and what II will accomplish Its adoption VIII
he a notice 10 the world by the representatives OF
the American people that all bonds bought IN future
are purchased on a silver basis. This forces ler-
mans funding operations down to silver IouiGi-
ton. This removes Hayes pllmclph u 'Ao
of the silver dollar"