New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-06-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

Cen. Butler should address Scrptural letter
10 s.mmons.
II looks as if the silver dollar fever had al
most reached it's tuning point ~
There is a tendency to regard Mr.. llldens
,olemn address funeral Grafton.
Ptkin SAYS Buffers letter was good thhg
for hint gave him national prominence II gave the
General national prominence too' ou' not u 'He AiN
likes.
Mr.. Tilden forced his party to nominate nm
oDce against It's WILL and though losO Is some distance
of vet il not impossible that he may attempt the same
task again
What do the New-York correspondents mean
nv saving that the gr at David Dudley Field "de-
sdedy Jolly at the Manhattan ju0eei Does this FUR
pi,h clew to his unparalleled freak OF modcsyi Was
be indeed " too full for utteranceV
The Democrats can't ABIDE any illusions to
Cronn and Gobbe. They object to REVEALS OF what
they call the old scandals of the campaign That
Oregon business of the scandals" which needs
90 reyiying 1t will keep itself alive for at least three
years yet.
More news about Schneider of Chicago, late
Minister to switzerland Congressman BrontdnO says
Schneider was asked decline because It was discOY-
re that he had swinded his relatives out OF property
aud mad been guilty of other mi,demeanors This places
more responsibility upon the enterprisng person who
discovered diplOIndtist in Schneider
If the President has adopted the practice
attributed TO him oil reading newspaper articles about
himself he will find some very interesting reading Oh
the silver que on the ablest Journals of the Rpub
Hcan party. Few of them show any fcndness for the
Dollar o. the Daddies but most OF them nave some
earnest remarks about the duty OF the party III preserv
iBg the public credit from Dlemlsh'
One solitary Democratic journal champions
Mr.. Tlden against Mr. Hendricks. The Brooklyn Eag'e
casting severe eye upon tine brethren who delight
Ing m the alleged eebleness Of the late head OF the
fraud" ticket says: II Mr. Tilden is living aud is IN
good health IN $50 he will be nominated by the Demo
cratic party President OF the United States, and he
will be elected to the Office. Those who are directly at
lacking him or indirectly doing by sinister illusions TO
Mr. Hendricks at Mr. Tden's expense will do quite well
to take notice Of the statement just made for hey VIII
hnd 1t history 10 the eye OF INNS saYuo lVIpnoe
years but as one day Now good many Things
happen IN three years
Congressman Foster of Ohio favOrs the re-
nonetzation OF SILVER dollar, though he confosses
shat much harm would follow the step If TIE dollar,
when restored failed to approach in value to the gold
standard He told reporter OF The Cincinnati GdztNe
recently that the people OF Ohio were strongly i'll favor
Of remoIetzaOn, and he confident that they were
also In favor OF n Republican Administration. He be
Heves that Of Republican success have been
greatly improved by the Presidents course The cOmsS
canvass lie thinks ain bo active aud a. essVe, ana the
candidate for Governor should be sklliu ana ener-
Srte eanvasser.
Mr.. r. A. HutchesOn of New-0rleans con-
nrIn the current report OF Gov Nicholas liberal pOlt
cal views lie says: Nichols Republican 10
he can be without voting ticket About the Only diff
ference between Gov. Nichols and myself last Fail was
shat be voted for IIlden while l voted Tor Hayes. We
both agreed perfectly all the questions OF State aud
national policy, local self-gOyernment and the Ike"
Considering that HutchesOn used to be rock-ribbec
Calhoun secessost Democrat Of the most ultra South
Carolina type this declaration of Gov Nicholas agree
with him all questions OF Sae ana NdtlOnai
policy quite satisfactory cerhcate Of Repubh-
can orthodoxy particular people would IKE
There is good deal of uneasness on the
subject Of civil service reform, and general apprehen
non that the Administration is approaching critical
shermau comes in for good many but he gets this
defense from The Boston Journal: Secretary Shef-
mans policy may not be wise, but it is in the line which
has been advocated for many years 1t recognizes the
fact that our people had nsted into the name j.
that the public offices the Government rewards to
which the greatest possible number of citizens have an
aenable right and that ii is the first duty of the Gov
eminent 10 distribute these places and the highest honor
~ seek for and obtain them We believe that the prnc-
pie ia wrong; that the Government should secure the
best possible service the most reasonable terms; tat
public Office should be considered reward only FOR
those who show the best qualifications. We further be
heye when these views generally accepted, ana
thousands OF young who now dependent upon or
living expectation public Office Will look elsewhere
for employment they will be much better oil While the
tary OF the Treasury will have much more comfortable
time and the newspaper correspondents Will not ne re-
CURED TO write unpleasant accounts OF distressed
Jerks In Washington"