New-York tribune., 1877-05-02
POLITICAL NOTES

.4,ck OF bitterness Of soul
The New-York Democrat seems to have won
,Ns chrome for the largest pair OF ears
The Democratic editor keeps up his lynx
.,,a hunt after something to tud fault wth bU the
game is very elusive
An old Line Whig of suspicious authenticity
,at length been discovered. Collector kiug OF New
orleans is the reputed specimen.
The able editors who are Cndeavoring 70
so similarity between President Hayes and Andrew
Ioro.on are having an arduous time Of it.
When a delegation of black men batter the
the Executive Mansion with storms q prayer for
., appointmeat of a white postmaster the color line
must be growing iudistncL
Cen. Banks has waited long enough, and
cav, now with unusual promptn,>s that he supports the
Administration. BY the time Concrcss meets 10 Will he
h,1 work 70 ind q statesman doesn't DO the same
thing.
Again comes the solemn dispatch that an
+br suhdeparmcut is thuuCd cut hy Official uprootng
,"vorkins basis" and again t Is lcrtneut 60 Inquire
what sort Of basis the suuott tartM'h' previously
rested on.
But Yesterday the blue blood Of BOSTON was
.,rrniug itself into a spume the appointment OF
Nr simmons to the Coectorshp otthat Port. And now
Mr. simmons is developing strvnslh for HaUslauob
INTO a more roomy sphere Of usefulness and Boston
spd indors.s Mr.. smmonsS application
The independent voter is already a recog-
rzed parsonage IN the South and the Democratic news
papers are admitting that he il destind to he power IN
the future. h may not call himself a Nhie' and he
NAV not iou tie Repubicn party. hut he is very liable
20 he Hsyes man on all important questions, so long
thai phrtsa means, it does now, sood government
without regaTd to party.
II has long been considered one Of the po-
ptra axoms q the AngloSaxon race that governments
dsv eir powers from the people the comment Of
anne disconented Republicans upon the Of Prcsi
dent Hayes proves that in the year OF grace 1871 and
p the United States there surviving pb ciss Who
hold IN theory tnat civil liberty Is boon bestowed ny
government upon the people
The course of the Republican claimants for
TIE subordinate STATE Offices in south CloIna IL aban-
donng hopeless litigation shows discretion that is 10
be commended. II their adycrsa~ would mitigate
tde their imperiOus assumptions, and demean them
selves with more modesiy and sel.contIol, u would
prove that even the stagnan BOubouisiu 0 ttAt STA
had pronted by the lessons Of experience.
There is said to be a good deal o. anti
Have sentiment in Ohio but whether II Is reaiJ vide
sprld amope the masses Of the Republican par' or is
confined chiefly the workers" who desire once a.H
can't get it, It is Hard tell There good deal of
Eruubng about Iowa being entitled to large share q
offers because she gave the largest majority for EaJ
which indication tBat c.Yu service REFORM q u'
HAYES kind is not popular IN that stcliOn.
The New-York plan of voting for President
BY Congressional districts ia attracting good deal Of
attention and much approving comment The Cincinnati
Commercial has made interesting calculation of what
th result would have had the method prevailed at
the ast election 1t finds that by adding two elcctosa
large b. the of each state after DIV dDg the Oon
eresona districts they carried the vote STANDS
7 for HAYES and ls2 for Tden; bat 1t reaches this re-
,l, only nv giving the electOrs-at-arge in Florida
south Carolina and Louisiana to Hayes as lnt
STiet plan The last election would have been disputed
precisely as il was under the present system
Nobody seems to expect the election Of a
Republican Speaker now. Tie Southern correspondent
fl4.Va fl % % fT Tff
probsDnity that any Southern Congressman VIII desert
s Marty candidate yet he WHO would Ike to
CIV. the speakership to Hayes Republican as return
eompent for the Presidents policy If they coud be sure
Of their own political future The correspondent auus
But ID view OF the uncertainty which HANGS over tHsS
political and especially the effect when such "''"h
might have upon tbeir constituency at the next ciecon
40 not think that a single Southern Democrat viii 80 TO
washington in June with su ent backbone to VOtc Tor
HAyes Republican for Speaker. II IL with them mat
Ter f regret that there to be extra session at all or
# the meeting did not take place until Decent CT oIo
matters would lake such shape that the dlsclect tDee
cpld on aiead without taking risks Looking over the
SId vh An irDuaral stare ana agg;ccatms the views
OF .ucb southern congressman as have come IN ldh-s
sker mss Is al variance with Of many hut
nevertheless the prediction can go ior "h"t - "o'
like negro testimony In hentucKy'
They are coming now, and no ml'taRe' IhoSe
Ad.magng disclosures" The Democratic CORE
,nopdeDt are suro Packard and Anderson are at last
mad enough to tell all they know "The true history oi
ali this Louisiana business" says one authority may
now be looked for and il is OF such halCro to'' Hc
whole country can but stand aghast ana 'th nc Eo'S
Oh 10 tell us what the terrible disclosure VIII De ho'
"There seems no room for question: there Is any uln
at all IN the most positive saements tat ths oo"iu u
actually receive large sum OF money from the Eopubh-
can mauagers besides tie promise OF important ana
ucratiy, Federal offices undor the ne" Administrations
II Is also beyond question that Packard Nci7 AdcISo'
and the others hold the idea that the President WHO
pro0ed 30 greatly by the arrangements made Dy hi7 con
flenual friends could not In honor repuc"'e 'e 'ar
gains made by Them whether he was ignorant oi tn'In
az the time or not II cannot I've well expected th"t 'he
honest people OF tie country much "Aat Dccoes
Of such men as Packard Wells snd Anderson "ltI INC
ASSURANCE that their power for miscniei is al 81 e m
81 the same time tho people are apt to nave ir uo
cided opinions as 10 those who prOfed by ther y4'
II may be that tie expose VIII not pc tA ~ ~ ~
vance OF to meeting Of Congress But Nhth u'e 'Hs Va
the louisiana Senators comes up 1oi u5t' I'm ,.e
Senate, tHis .sW chapter In Louisiana pOIu.o VIZ. -
taiuly DO uuiylcd" This valuable INFORMATION 10 AZ
trusted 70 me BGiiiWUre Sttn.