New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-18
POLITICAL MOTIFS.

Judge Davis seems to be the long expected new
party.
The first symptom Of the Presidential fever is
European trip with receptions.
When Mr.. Tilden SAYS he Is ont of the race for
1890 IL may possibly be safe for his rivals to count
HIM out certainly not before
II Senator Thurman succeeds in having all South
ern disabilities removed. he will tax, from 1oomos
his only grievance, and ToOmbs wont ike that'
Mr.. Cox delivered himself of his first joke for this
season on Tuesday by abiding to the President as
"GovernOr" Hayes. This is almost as fuhny Us or'
COxs candidacy for speaker
Ii would be prudent for Hon. s. s. Cox to rig him.
self ont with buffer in order to deadcn the shocks
which he must otherwise receive from the KICKS
which are atmi iistered him nowadays Win
such free and frequent energy.
This seems to be more prosperous political year
for physicians than for lawyers III New-Jersey Fol-
lowing the example Of the State Convention IN nom
mating Dr. Newell, the Essex County Convention,
on tuesday, selected Dr. Smith for clerk ana no
wiser choice could have been made.
The number of able statesmen who insist
upon getting into the Presidential field two
or three years too early to be unusually large
at present. Some of them have made the same
blunder before, Int thew seem unable 10 compre-
bond the awful effect OF being premature.
In this year of devious and diversified politics,
Pennsylvania seems to be tangling things into a
snarl winch is very complicated and bewildering.
The promIscuous vote promises TO come out in full
force, and it will probably be quite as difficult to
find ont after the election, who defeated. AMI
what was rebuked IN the dOminions of the Cameron
it has been IN ONO.
Ex-Congressman Meade of this State, has turned
up in Washington with an enormous prediction IN
his mouth. lie tells the jubilant Democratic breth
l. -. h. 10 % .lo-
bilitv IN placing the party majority in Newfork at
rs 900. MI. Meade's "bluuds of probability" to
use the language of Mrs. General GiliOry. must ex-
tend from Alpha to OMAHA"
Tho Labor vote, so far as this can be identified
distinct force IN New-J crsey politics, seems to he
crystallzins into very emphatic opposition to Gen
era Mcclellan. This is year when tho uncassiiied
voter is liable 10 show himself numerousy at the
polls a. to confuse the regulars, and the Democrats
OF New jersey are beginning 10 fear that they Tlll
find it difficult to enjoy themselves, after the ballots
are sorted and counted.
The PENNSYLVANIA Democrats are said to he crcu-
lating Secretary Shermans Mansfield speech as a
campaign document. with the hope of soaring some
body with bugaboo of "forced resumption" The
Democrat or Republican who can read what the
Secretary saws IN that speech about resumption and
not be converted to the Administration policy IL too
mig hea lol to be frightened by bngaboo of any
kind The Pennsylvania committee is doing Its
party doubtful service. by submitting TO 1t such an
unaccustomed dose of sound sense
Senator Bayard is reported greatly delighted with
the Presidents message He did not how the Prosi
dent could have put his ideas more circumspecty,
and he found it n great relief to listen to n message
which did not violate the spirit Of the Constitution
nor the rules Of syntax This is another where
Mr. Bayard is dangerously near displaying an anti
Democratic spirit. If there is ANYTHING the I'M
washed patriots have q contempt for 10 is the " rules
of syntaxp he venerable William Allen uses the ap-
proved Democratic English-good, ru gged yernacu-
lar with IA spice of birthstone plentltuliy mingled.
Congressman Hazelton. of Wisconsin, has imbibed
the prevailing disapprova the Civil Service order
lie thinks it was at the bottom of the trouble in
Ohio and seems to have misgvngs as to its effect in
Wisconsin, for he says: lyon see they are carrying
this thing pretty far. Now for instance, the Mar
shall of the Western District of Wisconsin. at Madi
ison, received Order No. l. He was instructed to
communicate il to all bis subordiDates. Some of
them don't get $50 year, but they have been hard
workers ami now stopped. This counts IN a cam,
pagn. | tell you.r This is undoubtedly fact, and
it il also fact that the poor devil who has only 80
n year counts more OF his salary after campaign
than he did.
The Bourbon Democrat who went to Washington
under the impression that the Republican party was
to do all the splitting during the session, while his
own organization was to remain solid and "rebuke
fraud" without mercy is good deal puzzled by the
vote in the House on Tuesday lie supposed. of
course, the party would follow Dir. Coxs lead. and
refuse to seat any Republican member from the
South but when his own party actually split, and
what was more amazing, developed n large number
Of members who would rather do the right thing
than stand by the party, he was dumb-founded. 30
was Mr.. Cox. and was the country, which Is pre-
pared for anything except u burst OF good sense
from tue Democratic party.
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