New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

The colossal size of the silver swindle begins to
dawn on the public mind.
The extra session has been valuable chiefly as
demonstration of the Democratic capacity for mis-
chief.
Jones SAYS he is exhausted on the silver question.
This is good news. The public was exhausted by
Jones long ago.
Perhaps Mr. Cox thinks 1t funny to be on the
wrong side of every public question, but the next
election may make the fun as dismal to INN as IL Is
now TO the public.
Those congressman who have wasted the most
lung-power in screaming fraud" are the same
scrupulous morasts who are exertng themselves
with the most violence to keep Judge Bedford from
the seat to which he was elected by the voters OF
Colorado.
Ex-Governor Curtin OF Pennsylvania, has been
holding close communion with the Administration
for several days, and has returned home strong IN
the belief that the President should be sustained.
without regard TO party. Mr.. Curtin says TINS, prop
ably, AZ a Democratic sympathHer
The silver agitators frankly admit that they have
lost interest i'm the Bland bill since the free coinage
clause has been stricken out This is cool obser-
walton for them to make, and it shows how much
their boosted love for the masses amounts 70. They
simply want TO make some money AT the sacrince o..
the cOuntry's honor. That is the long and short OK
the whole business.
Why does Mr. Halstead desire to send General
Grant to Berlns Has the third term spook gwen
him a warning that it will be wise to have the Gem
eral safely out of the way when the National Con-
yention meets in 1sSOi Ii wouldn't be strange u
Nightmares of every sort troubled Mr. Halstea1
nowadays. The wear and tear of sixteen editorial
articles a day on the wrong side of the silver gucs-
ton must be awful. His readers see spoOks, II MI
Halstead doesn't. ..o
There is a strangely misguided person IN the Souih
who is dey0ting all Of his energies and no end II
spacein the newspapers TO effort To prove that no
is the author of one of Proctor Knotts speeches IL
is not the Duluth speech, but one on the hnarces'
II he got one-half so mad about report that he was
the author of the speech, there would be no dlHi-
Guilty IN understanding his case. As II Is, u IS
doubtful If Mr. Knott himself can account tor tue
poor mans nfatuaton.
The South stands As one man behind the Presi-
dent, aud begs him not TO desert his policy OF
making the Democratic party solid for 1850. Let
the Republican Senate 90 TO the bow-wows' say the
disinterested Southeruers. E" We viii stand by you
with our voices, and vote the straight Democratic
ticket every time. We can't leave our party, YOU
kuow: that would be ungrateful but we VIII
praise Won Ia your hearts content" Any mar WIG
SAYS this Is not generous ouer, Is haulo"
scoundrel." who is opposed 20 reconciliation
Somebody in Philadelphia having nominated Cot
onel Mcclure of The PHILADELPHIA Times. as candl-
date for Congress in place Of Judge Kelley the Col-
onel rises to say he has no ambition to be any
thing but journalist. and would not accept seas
in Congress if every voter in the district supporter
him. Besides he has voted for Judge Kelley for ten
wears and hopes TO vote for him many times again.
This seems 10 locate The Times on financial ques-