The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-06-19
POLITICS or THE FUTURE.
THE SLATE NADE UP ron THE NEXT
PRESIDENTIAL Ep,EgrIOr.
A Hrview Of the New Y0sgs ManaEenseHt
ana Its Results,


the PostofEee Department 10 msdiate between
The rival negro postmasters sf the FsieianAs,
deemed The eountry safe, at least until Pitkin
could be heard from, aud took the Limited Bx-
press from Washington for this poipt. The par
ticular business which brought rns here ID of no
interest TO The Dn~oenAr but drting MY stay /
hsve eontrivsd TO absorb large and varied
stock OF
| CURRENT INFORMATION
which may be made interesting. Aside from
mere local matters, the leading topic here ior
the last twenty.four hsurs has been the fen
bricks banquet st the Manhattan Club, or rather
| the deiiverances Of ststesmsnship and undyisg
| Democratic principles which wers emitted ON
| that occasion.
| Well, this morning, In she set Of mskins raid
| on the Applstons who; by the way, have the
most delightful system Of entertaining impecuhis
ous literary men with large projects In their
heads Il wss aceosted up5r The threshold By the
most genial OF my Congressional friends, who
Is himself an oeessispal' aatbor OF literaturs
which, being too good for the Recoyds dim exs
psnse, he publishes In book form.
On this occasion he grasped my hard and said,
with enthusiasm, sIt wllsbe ont I'm about cir
weeks-just IN time to get fairly ON the market
by the time people begin 10 corae beos 10 town."
ssWbat7 said /.
ssOur book /" said he.
Now this book .is tidy 7olume-oY will be,
when ID comes out-snd its subjest lie
THE RISE AND FA1h ostoaRpsrHaa,Rrsy,
though that 10 not the title In terms. II will be
readable book. / know Ii will, because have
read some of the manuscript; in sos, r wrote
some Of il before / read It,, But this does not
matter.
'sYou have read the speeches at tae Msnhst I.
tan :" said my genial friend, with rising infiec-
tien.
''Indesd, have not" said Il, ''encept sn ex.
tract from the
REMAREs OF Mr.. HsnpRrdEs,"
"Ab," replied my happy friend, "then you are
not aware that the Democrats ticketfor 1egO ID
now made up; that Tilden and Hendricks assem-
blsd night before last and fixed IL up; sseh Homi-
mated himself for President and the ether for
Vice President"
"ok," said l, "did they?.
"Not in express terms, pHssusd my volatile
friend. ''but between the lInes,' as you news.
paper men call IL"
4 Then, briefly noting the embarrassment that
"
sgreeHens in tie views Of thstwo standard-bsas.
ers-both wanting the same thing, auaeach will
ing that the other should hare the otker thing
4 parted from my CHEEKY friend. who may possibsy
be Speaker OF the House sorae day, ana,went rny
way, resolved to investigate these things. There
are indabitable symptoms Of Mr.. Titasns pur-
pese in renewed presidential direotiens; evi-
denses might say, OF suehs thoroughly Tildeny
description as to be
PRIMA NAatE
go fer as they 60. Chisf Of these symptoms, 10
y long, slender young man whose usiquity dur-
ing the last campaign was equslled only by the
imbeeiity OF the management" wheh resulted
from it-a young man whom soeidsnt made q
relative OF Mr.. Tilden, and whom Fste, in one Of
those freaks which seem sent upon ~ N refresh
our resignation to the lhscrutabilisy Of Pfoyi-
denee, made the "Mans,aev Of the Democrats
Rarty." When this label was put tpsn the mar
row bosom OF this long, slender yonug an, the
effeet was not happy, anasso it was taken off bis
bosom, and by common consent OF taose who had
been Watching his processes, pianed to the
largest part of him, which will, OF course. be
recognized as his ear.
Well, we have observed the management OF
this long, slender yaung man. He used 10
vibrate between No. 81 Liberty street and the
Everett House, while. at his profound coss-tails
could be disoerned swarm OF
SMALL tooah poIdr1oNsss,.
such ~ only the New York State Democracy can
furn sh forth; the poor little drowned rats OF the
late Tammsny delngs, who hoped TO sail intoa new
haven OF rest in the White House, under the
broad ensign OF Tildsn and reform. Few ysople
who did enjoy opportunity of seeing with their
| own syes and raessuring with their own disgust
| that Management Of the Democratic Party :
which succeeded in the enormous failure OF the
last campsigp, osn sver hope TO form any true
conception sf what it WAS like. Suffice to say
| thst it dwindled Woportioaably from it's head
down, snd that the head was, Pelton. Imagine,
| if you can, sometang that dwindles from Pelton,
as political manager, and You have an idea of
the situation. Whether ths profound results OF
THE oHosrs BUSINESS.
or tho infalhble strategy by which the
hands of the really unriyalled mana
ger, John G.. Thompson, we're tied
in the Ohio campaign, whereby in one case
state was lost by scratch, and in the ether case
Nose was won for history. Whether these two
exploits are considered brilliant by Pelton and
regarded as logical spurs TO the vaultiBgs of his
ambition anew will not attempt to say. Let
me not presume to Judge ofthe mighty processes
that teem in the Powerful Mind Of our PeIton !
But whatever May be the theory Of this atten-
uated young man, it is practically certain that he
still considers himself the Manager Of the DEM
ooratic Party" and is going right on with bis let
ter writing and with the setting Of his little srg-
gers, just rs If nothing had happened.
True, the spectacle may serve only TO anuse
those who have fund time since the explosion TO
draw long breath and feel With their hands to
see that their heads still on; but to Pelton 1t
is matter Of
| THE UTMOST soLEMETTY,
and hs is going right ahead with all the charm
ing uasoele Of small boy trying to break open a
barrel Of nitro. gycerine with q sle dge hammer.
Not long ago q congressional friend Of mine, of
| t;ya frnrn tha uo~,tl ,r. j.