New-York tribune., 1877-08-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

The worst foe of the GIeenback agitator is the
bountifu crop.
There is a chance that the weigher and gauger
will cease TO loaf at the expense of the Government
Mr.. Tilden had more dinners than he wanted
in London and Mr. Hendricks had none Carry the news
TO Indiana
The Ohio Democrats are still seated sOlemnly
around Uncle Dick Bishops pocket book, waiting for 1t
to open. Uncle Dick thinks they are sdmring his ylr-
tues.
Postmaster General Key was only joking
when he spoke OF himself errng brother" II he
win label his Jokes in the future he VIII spare the South
good deal OF first-class indignation
Even the South is not wholly pleased with
Mr. Randas b,idy talk. They suspect he is trying to
sradde the question That to be about the truth
Somebody has discovered that Messrs. Fen
ton and Conklng have fallen upon each others necks
and vowed forgive and forget all differences This is
more remarkable news than the discovery OF the
moons OF MATS.
Uncle Jimmy is disowned by bis own party,
and that too in his home. One of the best Demo
cratic newspapers in Indiana, The Ledger Standard OF
New Albany rises say, with as much sorrow as dis
gust: Southern Indiana does not claim to have
chief executive not even much as all old wOrn-out
pair OF blue breeches" II Uncle Jimmy serves as sui
ciently solemn warning against the foly OF eieetng
office, he will not have lived III vain after
Another carpet-bagger has Just issued from
Louisiana breathing threatenings and slaughter His
fun name is Cen ID. j. NJ. A. Jewett and his tongue
seems be longer and more flexible than his name He
stopped in Cincinnati and delighted the heart OF the
Democratic editor OF The Enquirer with tremendous
collection of outbreaks In the first place, he had come
North to see Secretary sherman before he made mis-
speech and have him alter its utterances on Louisiana
il necessary but he didn't arrive in time. This is sad
Jewett is sure there bargain between Mr.. Sherman
and the other Republican leaders and the Democrats by
| laftn In nd
sherman doesn't behave Jewett proposes to show him
uu Jewett was Chairman of the Republican State Com
mttee and he the returns elected four Hayes and
four Tlcen electors, and gave Packard larger vote
than Hayes. Jcwet will be boon 10 the weary Demo
cratic editor his statements not encumbered with
awkward facts
Congressman Phillips of Kansas is on the
warpath against Secretary Schurz He says he went
10 Mr. schurz aud asked him to appoint Of his Kan
as friends to positions in the Land Office OF that State
and that the Secretary treated him like schoolb0y and
told him the positions all to be filed In future by
exoerienced clerks the Interior Department. Where
upon Mr. Phillips the Secretary piece OF his mind
cernn his cavalier manner, and offered TO prove that
he was as good Republican aud as big man as he was.
lie then left in a perspraon The next day, as Mr..
Phillips tells story, he met Mr. schurz again, when the
latter offered to give a nephew of Phillips who IL clerk
I'm the Interior Department. OF the desired positions
Mr. Pblips snufed neposm in this offer, and declined
IL with Indignation The moral OF All IN seems 10 DC
that II step on the lOes OF aOohSIesSmah there VIII
! be music III the air
Ex-Gov. Smith of Virginia has given the
readusters OF that most excellent advice
recent letter has been asked to accept nomination
TO the Legislature and consents to stand but he wants
il understood that the regulators will get no help or
! sympathy from him. lie says: Our debt originated
in our internal mproyemens-n building our roads and
canals designed mainly II not entirely for the farmer
and To afford him much hueeded facilities in getting his
produce 10 market. It composed Of loans made 10
us on long time by those having money 10 lend chiefly
foreigners upon solemn promise To return 1t at the
| time agreed upon. and in the meantime to pay semi
annual interest thereon. These loans were made by
those usually who had interest in the country they
| were designed TO develop and improve, but they had
faith In the character and honor Of people In every
sense they debts Of honor OF the highest and ho
est obligation There s considerable portion Of ouI
State that is not at this moment in the enjoyment Of i'm
proyements built by these loans We have railroads
and turnpikes, and IN we them, daily do, and
refuse TO recognize the debt by which they built
aud all In power TO render justice To those to
whom Is due, cannot DO denied that many will think