New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

'rr1o,s Roche of Sullivan can be induced to
oceasins or have the nails pulled out of his boots,
ed.sk IL the House Of Representatives will be COW
srss with doog-mats before the extra session conyenes
Candidates for foreign missions must watch
81, daily -lufle Of diplomatic appointments in the news
ors rnucl a. a countryman watches a game OF three
mi monte Its you see ii and now You don't see IT,
The pecuniary value to a church of having
osr President a worshiper will probably soon DC
Known 10 the country the pcws in Dr. Newmans chuIch
% Washington having been rented on Monday evening
Whole populations turn out to listen to the
,se Of the Hon $ 5 Cox his through the South.
and after al ne may fail Of sweeping up into the Speak
o chair on this tidal wave Of laughter Somehow these
funny men not attain 70 the places OF supreme COM
manG
The Republican Legislature of Pennsylvania
bssinvenied method OF calling the roll Ihey JUST
hmm the Republicans side and the Democrats on
the other The inventor should make haste 10 get out
,a,op.-rirh+ or some Democratic legislature may be
shrewd enough to take advantage OF ne cOhtINance
This thing is getting too monotOn0us. The
Agstr Constitution prints the following telegram from
Senator Ben. HI: With my of public duty can
make no recommendation for Office, especially for offices
70 be passed upon by the There can be no reform
unless crcs,ioua control OF the Executive offices he
hiofeI up" Won't somebody dCiehd TIE " SPOTS sts-
temf
The last act in the drama of Donald; or,
The Favort- sou has been played in Harrisburg ana
another wal Of anguish VIII 60 up from the people OF
ltun8YNaui. But IL was l>t sdlc 4IV'iNCH wiz 7''N
Simon his mortgage the Senatorial chair, and they
would have little right hluhber aud whmpcr he had
seat the Widow OAYer or any 9heI WcH4DeI VI
hs family the cushion he had warmed.
The course of the Democratic members or
fe Ohio LEGISLATURE merits the prompt attention Of Sell
ator Barnum such an undemocratlc proceeding as cast
ipgbln ballots certain rapid decline III the
mule market II they had decided to throw few more
ballot. than they entitled to they might nave
shown lttlc "rlabatcd conf i,ucc." But TO cast blank
h.I yal
fGrhag.
A letter received in Washington a few days
aao from prominent amocatic ex-senator OF Georgia.
saws The Precedence Journal has the fol.oWn $50 lar
our people although disappointed about the Presidency
ART perfectly decided the question. We nave had war
enough and my private opinion that Hayes viii make
better President Tor the country than Iilden know
for Hayes now, and am not alone
The JIObIe Register, one of the most ultra
Democratic papers at South. comments rs follows Oh
the nomination Of stanley Matthews FOR Senator from
Ohio: The choice OF Judge Stanley Matthews to sue
coed senator sherman is victory OF the better ee
uent OF the Republican party over the worse II IS an
Endorsement OF the President and, better than all 1t
gives assurance that the temper Of the North toward the
south has undergone wonderful AID material change
No matter that this choDge has been brought about by
tie loss % Cngress aud the defeat Of their candidate for
psdeut upon Old issues ard the consequent neces-
sy FOR change Of issues aud division OF the SOLD
South stil IL about ana We must congratulate
the soItb upon tn iaci as II e&siS MI MdLie"S Is d
man C great purity ana force Of character lie has none
OF Toe arts the politician. he Is an honest man ana an
able law! err
The need of additional financial legislation
Is being pressed upon the attention OF Congress- sLohd u
meet IN extra session. The albany Journal says:
"TGere Is one which, il It could be enacted
without exciting much discussion and prolonging the
session il would be well TO pass, and that Is funding
MEASURE II ought have been passed at the late ses-
sion As the preliminary and preparation for specie re-
sumptOn il has very great importance The restoration
q specie pawn, is of The three paramount objects
the other two being Southern pac alton ana civil ser
vice reforn-o which President Hayes has Indicated bis
determination o. addressing himself When ne gets
ready Dc viii mQuestionaby ON this line as ygor
Ously he ha, on the Others But WIih ne eh"emeDi
OF fuudu, bin the problem would Work itself out and
very ;tie more would DC needed Aud now Is peculiarly
the right time fOr H.
The PENNSYLVANIA duledOm' has been
favore phrase IL Democratic journals since the rcsig
caIou senator Cameron and the nomination Of his son
to III his place While defending the transfer. The
S0rristo,-H Herald shows that the term duked0m Is
quite as applicable Democratic Delaware ds to RepuO
hcan Pennsylvania. Il says The Senatorshp OF Deia
has descended in the line Of Bayard IRON sire 10
The elder Bayard not only put the present incum
bent in a successor. but had himself elected on the
day Nil a vacancy. that for time his family
monOpozed all the Senatorial hoDcrs that the State had
to confer Nor isths the only instance OF the kind that
Delaware has given Willard SALISBURY heId tne ID or
sup Tor years, and then turned IL over 10 Mo
brother Eli who i now serving his second There
NAV be valid directions 10 Mr. J. d. Cameron, but the
item"
The reputation for economy which the late
Democratic House made grows smaller and beautifully
less the facts become known The Washington cor
respondent Of The Boston Journal sends to that paper
TIE following particulars: "ScCres OF witnesses, many
Of them Ineu Of small means ordered here under
telegraph subpoena from distant paying their own
railroad and expenses. and receiving orders on the
Clerk " the House. which he cannot pay, because appro
pflatiOn is exhausted the victims OF misplaced con
bdenCe a Democratic House have 10 submit 10 the
Shave Of per cent by Democratic brokers, or
wait until The next Congress makes an appropriation
his Of reduces the apparent expenses OF the last
House 10000 aud there i another Similar sWlnie
nearly 5000 Near the close Of the session. reSou-
ton after passed, raising the pay OF com
otec CLERKS, messengers ana DINER Olcfir, "uic4 nu
been raz-d hy the economists. and directing that II
.0ud Oe paid Of the contingent lund OF the House
srmy, It aerR AID appeared that ne knew That the
SeAunseni fund vas exhausted 20 the reforming house
sh0pnt Of over 81 1000"
After all President Hayes has only gone back
10 tfsl principles in shaping hi policy OF civil service re-
iorn The views OF Thomas Jefferson on that subject
are pertinent just few days before his first IN
augaraton he wrote: "No OffCehoder who has con-
Quoted himself according TO BIS duties would have any
thing 10 fear me- those who have done III would
Rave nothing 70 hope be their political principles what
they NJ ght" In regard nepOtisn the views OF Mr..
jefferson very pronounced To nephew who had
oeea urged for appointment he said in letter: Tie
pubic Will never be made 20 believe that an appointment
VI relative Is made the ground OF merit alone, I'M
Influenced by family views; can they ever see with
appreciation Offices the disposal Of which they ntTut to
taer Presidents for public purposes divided out as fam
ny property. Mr.. Adams degraded himself infinitely by
us conduct this subject Gen Washington had
~ "a se a me greatest honor Win TWO sne s4a