New-York tribune., 1877-08-20
POLITICAL NOTES.

Resumption and subsidy will play the lead
ing parts in the next Congress.
The love of the South for Mr.. Randall passes
comprehension They may be said to dote on him.
The office-holder who contemplates becoming
maryr to Civil Service Reform should reflect that there
is no salary sympathy attached 10 the position
The Georgia Constitutional Convention has
capped the climax OF its string OF absurd actions by Civ
Eng the Legislature power TO regu5te railroad freghs
Why leave out the steamboat companiesf
No Democratic convention has yet charged
the Republican party with responsibility for the potato
bug IL should be done at once. 1t would touch the
wOrkngman where he Is tender
In Justice to the Democratic candidate for
Governor in Maine is stated that, though bearing the
same name he is not relative Of the astonishing person
whose blue Jean pantaoons duty Executive duty over
the great State OF Indiana. Uncle Jimmy Is lAe ohy
Williams OF his kind who was ever Governor or IS ever
likely 10 have q chance to be. Let Us siYe thahAs or
this.
The Ohio Democrats are obviously preparing
for an odiashoned Initiation canvass for they have WIZ
drawn Payne as the prncipa speaker OF
their opening meeting and have substituted Cen Ewing
and George II Pendeton As exhibitors OF he Doat OK
the Dadies and the rag baby, these gentlemen are u
equaled
The Pennsylvania Democrats meet In con-
yenton on Wednesday next, and IT VIII De curious ~ So
what they will do the subsidy question IIe cant
even put the regulation party plank into their platform
Nr.
That s Just the sort Of blow Senator wallace wouu re-
ioce 10 zee administered, though, and he Is power III
the party. -,
CONGRESSMAN Foster Of Ohio has high
opinion Of the Administration and most admraoe lac
ulty of saving in such that he can De under-
stood At recent convention in his county ne saiu
believe the Republican party OF Ohio is In hopeful cond
ton and that It is right in sustaining the present Ad-
ininstraton, aud it IS my conylction Int IA l,nya
larger support among the people th"H any AD'''N''
ton for forty years"
Joseph Sheridan lie Fanu, the novelist the
randnephew OF Richard Brinsley Sheridan ana cousin
of the GovernorGeneral OF Canada was deseenueu o
noble Huguenot family which Lost iis ancestral estates
upou the revocation OF the Edct OF Nantes. MI Lo
Fanu was precocOus youth at six years OF age oens
aceomp he'd in the making Of sketches with expiaha'o
remarks written underneath One of these prese's%a %
long afterwards by his mother 9%Sn ts nun 10
taxed further TOR schemes wLcn are ~ '
alone There merit in these conuhuluIhs
II ia cause for national rejoicing that the
Ohio Republicans have been forced back TO nearly theT
old position Oh the money question The PLATFORM "S
sllfuly managed to start this movement, ana 'uu-e
West and Secretary Sherman have gwen IL po"eriui
ut The Democrats will help on the good WORK Oy man
ing their ght Oh their old ground OF everything ta'
bad and false in finance. that by the time uie cam
nsio IL well under way, the Republicans VIII pe nc o
feners Of honest money and public faltb Inc part mas
had narrow escapesba the danger seems 10 nao 'oeu
passed.
That Subsidy door will stand open good
while il Mr. Randall succeeds in his purpose OF maAlhs
the waste places Of the South bloom with Treasury mon
ey sooner has the South become assaIea 1hat tnc
Texas Pacific scheme likely to succeed mas Des
90 , oround for some other nice ways spend some of
the couutrys entirely supcruous furds Thus Ihe Mem
his Arolache rises to say The policy OF aiding puol0
works is not to be applied only to railroads Inc 1ehs
rI government can wisely and cOnsiltutlobaliy anu IA
"a ~ while nocy grant aid 10 the water routes rs wei
a. a." =, he raroads" there is Tor lively play OF
the fancy in deiuing the D'uhdaIies VI tne SUN"
this observation suggests.