New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

Once more that cry comes up from Illinois:
"wh0 will mourn for Logan nowp
The amount of business transacted by the
present Congress will not be enormous The jobbers VIII
have Il sorry time OF It,
Were the New-Jcrsey Democrats trying to
budoze the United States Senate when they sent stock
dealer thcref II Mr. McPhcrsons election is not meant
for "a Joke what Is 1t meant fort
"GOyu Hampton denies that he has sought
to place in the North to support his government
The voluntary tax asked for is said to he sufficient Ac
cording statements, the amount received
from counties on the first day Tor making returns
about S33OOO.
II takes a Democrat to handle adjectives
with nmblencss vgor Here is an editor who speaks
OF the members OF returning board as IAN inferna
crew that consummaed tho damnabe work. and backs
I'M the sentence with the remark that the work itself
was combination OF fraud, perjury, and villany
After column of this sort of forcble writing he con-
Guides evidently, that he has perhaps fractured the
veracy of history little for he appends that much
abused remark about truth which the country man
somewhat literally translated as truth squshed to
earth viii git NJ aSn, ana III pct you TWO uohdrs anu
half y0u can't stop her.
The Hon. Galusha A. Crows letter to The
TRIBUNE on the electoral count has prompted The
Chicago Journal to make the following remarks about
ex-Spcakers OF the House: There have been thirty
three Speakers Of the National House of Represents
tives including the present incumbent Five OF the ex
Speakers are still livng-Robert c. winthrop, Gen.
Banks Galusha A. Grow, Schuyler Colfax. and Senator
Blaine The former is very old man, and takes no
part in tie III scusSOn Of public affairs. Tie Others have
each in one way another given expression to Their
views regards the rights ana duties Oi the President
OF the senate III counting the electoral votes They are
tn highest American authorities IN this country on mat
teis relating " the powers aud privileges of presiding
officer. Without any consultation they agree"
Gen. Lew Wallace was honored with an i'll
vtaOn to attend the thrd count OF the vote Of Florida
authorized BY the Legislature. He responded In viva
cous and good-natured letter stating that he could not
understand why he asked 10 be pr sent, and adding
the purpose of the notice WAS to give me opportunity
to fence public opinion against the effect Of your
or the law by virtue of which il Ia TO be hope YOU III
take ornsc II respectfully decline To avail myself OF
the privilege. Public oiiHon in our country Is very
practical 1t Is upoctc ana dispas-ouatc; it sUbsiss
on the actual BREAKFASTS facts Giucs facts, sups
on rtctt goes through strategies AS cannon balls 81
through cObwcbs. Indeed. IL were TO try, could not
fence IL around ny than able and learned gentle
men can blind when disposed t. do Ii you will
allow ne TO formulate present public opinion upon tho
subject OF the electoral vote OF Florida IT Il that INA!
Signed cannot be altered or reversed by "a subsequent
enactment OF Legislature Of direct or individual
effect"
Jenkins L. great on social topics but when
he takcs holG VI politics lie 10 simply grand lie heard
portion the great debate in the Senate the other day
and his account of il contains large amount of eScu-
sye nforma ion az well Us sort OF Ashabua smaslup
of The English language lie tells us that Mr.. EdmundSs
eyes flashed anSrily ard pierced Morton through and
through" which must have been n serious thing for
Morton and probably was. for Jenkins goes on To say
"Morton flushed to the top OF his head, and sherman,
turning yeliowey than his natural hue half rose in his
.s r,pc the assertion. bat shrunk back the
towering OF Edmunds swayd threateningy before
him. AID any il-adysed response on the part Of the dc
tcctcd mnrplos would have procipitacd open rup-
tugc the SPOT" Th Ia tie first ntimaton the coun-
try has had that there being free fight In
the Senate. But judge kdnunds was evidently deferred
IRON a lght only D., the cJwardicc Of the marplots,
for Jenkins says he was explicit and exc0ratng In de-
uunciOn" and clcctrllled the Senat with three or
four nterludes OF impassoned upbralng' which lett
the Sona tors dumb with ana2CmenL" IL must nave
been tons occasion, bat II dwles Into moth
upncss when placed side by side with Jenkinss imagi
II atom.
The value of moral character To a Congress
man even well illustrated by tho following comparison