New-York tribune., 1877-06-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democracy has named itself the "frauds
| party, and the name sticks.
| Why didn't Mr.. Tilden say few proud words
about the bursting OF the Canal Rngf How many OF s
members are in exile or in the Penitentiaryf
| Mr. Cortlandt Parker says he cannot afford
to accept the Republican nomination for Governor OF
| New-Jersey. So much the for the party
Mr. S. s. Cox is said to have charged Mr..
Hendricks with stealing MIR. Tden's thunder and using
1t to sound his own n Presidential candidate
This must grieye Mr. Cox He always so fond OF
| Mr. Tilden. W
| The Jealous politicians who hasten to Wash
ngton TO assist IN reforming the civil service continue to
meet with disappointment. The President has great
capacity for absorbing advice-but he doesn't deal out
| the pap worth cent.
| What does Mr.. Hendricks mean by saving.
am very glad feeble in appearance as Gov
Tdenr Is he anxious for the countr5 to get the i'm
preston that Mr.. Tden is too feeble for another cam
palgnl Why, OF course not.
1t seems hardly credible, yet the Missssipp
journals assert that ex GOV Humphreys almost Ger.
tain be the Democratic candidate Governor OF that
State He is an irredeemablc Bourbon and bis admins
traton would be as partisan as Gov. stones is weak
The notorious Whipper of South Carolina.
who has been trying to force his way upon the bench
steps public notice for the present least The
Supreme Court decided that he has claim to the
seat he demands Whpper was going to dght for II a.
one time, but he is'calmer now.
There will be feeble triumph for the
woman suffrage agitators at skowhegan, Me-, to-day
The Greenback party Is to hold a convention and the
have been especially invited to attend OF course
they will not be foolish to suspect they have
asked because so few men will go.
Senator Mcpherson of New-Jersey Is said to
be in favor of the silver dollar and Hendricks as the
Democratic candidate for President in 1880. He disap
proves of Mr.. Tden because he loaded the party with
Charles Francis Adams and because he tries meddle
with the local politics OF every State
Mr.. Hendricks means business every time.
There is already talk OF giving him another reception
when he returns from Europe, and his friends
pairing his robustness TO Mr. Tilden's feebleness Mr.
Hendricks refusal be candidate for the United
States Senate is thus furnished with an explanation
which ii lacked heretofore.
Mr.. DOrsheimer wants his fellow Democrats
to e" redress as he puts it-tho wrong" done the
people OF the United States by the nonelection OF Ten
and Hendricks. The high moral sense characteristic
OF tho Democracy throughout all its history makes 1t
certain that they will rebuke all wrongdoing and
wiokedness such wherever they see it,
Mr. Redfeld gives up the resurrection of the
Old Line whig party entirely He writes to The Ctnetn
matt Commercial from Washington 4" never had much
confidence in the talkedof Wing revival in the South
The nearest will get 1t is the Conservative party
IN Virginia. Yet this Conservative party as they call
themselves is nothing but Democratic when it to
material issues, anu rose Dy any udulc "Ouiu
smell as sweet The South is knit to the Democratic
party by tie that goes the and before the
AS long as the two present parties occupy the
and-whIca promises to be for time-the South will
act with the Democratic party. am not saying any
thing about the wisdom OF it, but merely stating fact
Another indirect attempt is made to show
that Mr.. Randall is not opposed to the Texas Pacific
subsidy. The Vicks5urQ Herald states that Senator
Lamar thinks Mr.. Randall has been "unjustly and
generously assaed" for his supposed opposition TO the
bof faI.o
for have within the last week. heard Senator Lamar
remark that If he member of the House he would
support Mr. Randall for the speakershp and it is well
known that Lamar is ardently in favor of this
Southern enterprise This Is not very dehnlte but
il Is sufficiently to get Mr. Randall into trouble with
the opponents Of subsidies OF all sorts.
The Nation looks with profound dspleasure
upon Secretary family rule in reforming the
civil 1t says: During the Grant regime no one
ever crazy enough propose root out nepotism
by preventing members OF families already connected
with the service from entering it. II is for the ad
vantage of the service to have families le0k TO II as
affording honorable for blood relations, and
there IL doubt that families which devote themselves
generation after generation to such a career end by
having sort family aptitude for political work, which
is possession Of great value to the public. II MI Hayes
really wants to see the full absurdy of Mr.. shermans
order let him apply other branches OF the pub
lie service where long training and secure tenure and
promotion for merit established parts of the system
Let him. for instance ask himself how would do 10
turn all the blood relations in the army or navy AT
West Point on the Coast Survey, and in the Weather
Bureau"