New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-25
POLITICAL NOTES.


The fraud" gunners have started another boom.
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1t viii dawn on Mr.. Hendricks, presently, that
Mr.. Tilden is not asleep.
An effort is about to be made to cover the mis-
deeds of Congress with yell of fraud.
The search after fraud in Florida, like that in
Louisiana is likely to end in the discovery of Demo-
cratic rascallty.
If all the Southern claims are presented by loyal
citizens JEFF Davis must have been about the only
dislOyal man i'll the whole section.
Senator Mcpherson. of New-Jersey, is the latest
recruit for the noble squad of fraud-shrekers. How
would he like to have his own election investigator
Voorhees, is concentrating his intellect on speech
which is to be several sizes larger than the great
est effort of his life.D No wonder the Senate is in
hurry to adjourn!
Millions Of freemen are still searching the map Of
Pennsylvania to find the exact point where that
throbbing artery of commerce. the Kskiminitas,
disembOgues into the raging Allegheny.
4 correspondent of The Herald has canvassed the
Senate and House on the question of Blar's fraud
bill, and found 256 members against it, only 10 in
favor of il, and 81 non-committal Even Mr.. Blair
will have hard work to be cheerful over that show
ing
The removal of Wolf to make room for that
toncuev patriot George A. Sheridan closely resem-
peope can hardly discern the difference between
Civil Service regenerated and Civil Service stun IN
the gall of bitterness and the bonds of machine in
iquity.
McLin. of the Florida Returning Board, is tho
Mrs Tton of the Fraud Scandal. He has fresh
confession every day or two. AT first he confessed
that Manton Marble tried to bride him, and when
Mr.. Marble said it was lie, everybody believed 1t
was. Now McLin says General NOyes tried to bnbe
him for the other side, and everybody will believe
that is lie. without word from General Moves.
1t is announced, on good authority in Ohio, that
Speaker Randall has written TO the Democrats in the
OHIO Legislature urging redstrictng OF the State
as q necessity for the preservation Of Democratic
control i'm Congress. The reason gwen is said TO be
that the Republicans are in danger of reganing
majority of the next House, and that the Democrats
may save themselves by redistrlctlng ali the States
where they are in power MI Randall seems 10 10
ambitious to ruin himself by writing foolish letters
Blackburn, of Kentucky, has the gift of advertis-
ing himself every time he speaks. He says that no
is opposed to the Blair fraud bill because he would
a. soon institute suit in hell against the devil,
with Beezebub as presiding judge, as to refer the
question to the Supreme Court as it is now cOnst-
tutedD Nobody will deny that Blackburn has a
right TO locate the of his future legal activities
wherever he chooses. Perhaps he hopes to be re-
tanned for the defence IN the case he SO grapncaly
uses for illustration.
Mr. BlaiTs peculiar trouble has been defined many
times with more or less accuracy, but 1t has been
left to good Democrats to put the definition in
concise form. Congressman Cook, of Georgia, says
of Mr. Blairs hobby: Il think the author of the
measure is a id fool" Mr.. House. of Tennessee
thinks it, the most idiotc measure that could be
invented, and ought to be good evidence that its
originator is non compOs mentis." Mr. Reagan, OF
Texas declares it as crazy scheme as could be
invented" Mr.. Blair can take his choice OF these
brOtherly estimates of his mental condition.
The Washington correspondent of The Ner-Or-
leans Times credits the President with some remark
able utterances. He says Mr. Hayes has a compre-
hensive plan for the improvement of the Mississippi
River which, he thinks ought to be put in operation
at once. 1.-THE Republican members Of Congress
from the West" said the President twill help carry
il through. Everybody know, except the Eastern
Democrats. is in favor of the improvement of the
Mississippi, and can't see why these bills have not
been passed." Then the correspondent adds: " lie.
fcrring to the fight papers like TIE NEw-loh
TRIBUNE are making against southern improve
ments the President smiled and said, believe the
people of the country are for all these things
think the necessity for them is selt-evldent' III
this report be true there be no further reason
10 wonder that the South so perSstently declares
that Hayes is better friend to It than Iilden Wouid
haVg heen,