New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-23

. assorted cOOrs and sizes, have been already Zap
pointed -, :.
"Fatber.n said the boy who got kicked in
A., t,ce bv a mule " will ever be as goOdloOkng as
- No my son, answered the parent don't
,A;nk you'll be as handsome as yOu were; but yOu'h
.pc a great deal more" Gov. Tlden ls not likely to
-, the Office he has sought with such uncommon
onxiety' out he VIII DC great u'''' "i'' 'H'i "'
That severe moralist, the Hon. FernandOWOOd,
a, thrown into an agoniznG sweat when he contempates
,hs phenomenal unrigheousness OF the High Commits
mon That Reform, OF which he is one of the high
sts should be stuffed in the choke-damp Of eonstitu-
,onal law-ths Is enough to poison Mr. Woods peace;
hat that he should have helped TO beget Commission
mbieh has proved . be without elevated attributes
and high moral sense this it Is which wrung from Mr.
Wood the following prayer In the House of Representa-
tves: "God help our country! God preserve our IN
st;tuiiOusl God protect what is left or the blessed
inheritance" &c. OOzing from gentleman so thor
oushy saturated with pety rs Mr. Wood, ths may no,
be frsrate article of basphemy, but as rhetoric IL Is
very effective
representative Carr of Indiana is in n heap
oftroube He complains that his speech not rightly
reported. and that 1t has been misunderstood His
latest effort himself right is through column let
ter IN The CsncinRGti Enquirer He accuses the Demo
cratic leaders Of consprng with the Washington cor
respondent. to give false colorng to his speech But
listen 60 the gentleman himself had scarcely taken
NV seat before A. s. Hewitt Of New-Iork was eommun
eating with the 'inksnGers in the Reporters Gaiery
mon this very subject l anticipated this from taat
source but was weak enough 70 suppose that the man.
.gipr editors Of Democratic journals would take my
avn remarks and not garbled statements OF them as
The basis OF their judgment They invariably reported
M as fayorng the action Of the Returning Board anu
yo been in Congress long enough 10 learn that the
most inaiscrcet thing public man C. d s - 20 %rlie
letters. he should Keep quiet NODo"y 10 lAAANH "Oou'
him.
The Nation of this week makes the following
.omments on the Oregon business: Mr.. Hayes Is re-
eeiyng great dea! Of help IL though the wind be that
brpss II 70 him, nom the oregon dispatches. Ihat
spondcuce Of this character should be traced to the
bouse OF Presidential candidate is unprecedented
e,pdal and IL is not mtgated by the fact fact IL be-
that NJ Tldcu knew nothing OF the corrupt negotiations
his Zach Nh Pcton, carrying on with the Oregon
polircilns Mr. Tilden is nothing If not shrewd ana
xafchfu and whether ne knew Of Peltons operations
or NOT we can CONCEIVE Of no adequate for his
leaving ia IN the power OF foolish and unpI1ncipled
rerop 70 COMPROMISE him directly by sending from
his own house offers Of money to buy up Governor and
ejecror- unders Of this kind are crimes, and me us
covcrv Of this is doing great deal 10 reconcile eo-
o 10 tine decision Of the Commisscn. They would not
relish the prospect OF seeing Col Peon installed at the
white House as "a second Bahcock lAeIe VIII DE less
nephew IN future Presidential contests.
Mr.. Curtis discusses the equities OF the
Louisiana the last number OF Ha1peT's Weekly
Atcr brushing away tho dust with whicn both parties
have tried 20 the real issue III that STATE he says
the Louisiana matter the equities or inc ce are not
upop the Democratic side. The Democrats ought TO CON
e frankly that they have attempted forcble revolution
IN that state and plead that Republican miSrus was IN
oerabe aud Justified it, They cannot carry water upon
both shoulders They cannot carry elections by ntim
dat0n and insist that they repres nttYcs OF law
and order Of home rule and the viii 81 the people To
say this i not 10 defend Republican misrue
Tie great result OF the long ana searching investigation
vii be uuQuestonahly a wiser national pocy ia that
mart % the country, and II the people OF the Cnited
States obcry think that the Charge of violence
and ru IN a state election for President snail bc uve'
t-.'ed and corrected by Congress- they VII rIi'"lv
their viii ID "a constitutional amendment Shch inquiries
and corrections may be more safely eit III our
70 tie states n. mseiVes
PENNSYLVANIA Is waiting to be seen" The
idea that cabinet could be constructed without mem
Der from that state never entered the mind o. Key
stone statesman The only question with him has been
who should have the appointment. Tie Washington
correspondent OF The Philadelphia THcS chronicles
sudden revival OF Hartranit stock. He says II there
was any one thing surer than another a. Cincinnati u
WA the keystone character Of Pennsylvania IN making
the Presidential nomination. Gov lIaruanIi's persist
emf candidacy in good faith, matter what might have
been the motives of his leading supporters WAS undoub
etly he cause OF GOV. Hayes's nomination. so that
p nnsyvaua. in Hartrauf has the chie factor IN the
result AZ Cincinnati though he De regard as Only
the Climb that battered Blaine jelly. NlO then, frs
exD.dicy into the chair OF the W. DthC~ tnan Gen
HlrraUfff Who would accord with GOV. iGNes's
e1Yres,rd policy OF good civil service AID " me OtL,I
good things he has promised in his letter of