New-York tribune., 1878-05-31
never admit that he stimulated a

Democrat will never admit that no s'''i"i"'o' /"
"mistake."
Patterson is said BY his son TO be "red hot for
,orncinc HAYES" He expects 10 see bim turned
-, of the White House early in December. This Is
h frat appearance of Patterson to the public eye
for a long time. lie gives no iniorlhallon apou,
'them IelapSes, out MS '"i" s"''i'' 40 - ''N' "'
gone 10 Dis htdu'
rn,, corcless little alluson in the Iowa Demo
..at;c platform to Mr. Tildcn's letter on Southern
- hos a peculiar look. How did it get there
ma .omebodv happen along from this section of
A., oountrv and hint IN IA casual way that 1t
a,l5 auV he an uncommon act OF wisd IN to drop II
W = There is a good deal OF subdued nLSic III the
or aud somebody is turning the crank ior IT,
The Democrats don't care fig for MIR. Keys let
Tor Oh. no. He has merely hnit himself oy IT,
tbev say. And yet, strange enough 'he "hole
Wv, - o,oa,izng itself into a mob to hOot at
him. Every Northern edltoi III 'lo parry j. "''''
oo,umn 70 him, simply TO show that he Is of
IHs ".o,,,t ANYWAY: all the statesmen at Washing
ore nouripg a similar story into the ears of the
ror,ors q nd CORES pOndentS and southern mCu-
her of The House is said TO be pTepaIng an address
q, bis section 10 COunteTact the effect of Mr.. hey
.mi,reprcsenatiOns.' Ii man OF no account
can STIR up such commoton as this the party
,Ist be IN a condition of nervous excitement bOE-
derng Oh Mysteries
II il sad that the President receives large num-
bers of letters from Democrats deporng the Potter
movement and assuring him that IT has no sym
uathy with the masses of the party. They also de-
clare that the Electoral Tribunal settled the qneS-
t;on of the Presidential title beyond dispute. This
is an interesting fact, but how many of these
Latter writer's will consent 10 the publication of
,boir communications How many of them will
consent 70 vote against the Potter movement at the
election this Fau 7 Not man of them. They VIII
talk beautifully in private. but once let the party
rbin bo cracked over their heads and every one OF
,L,i, viii eat his words and stand by the party,
ricbt or wrong The President ought 10 know tins
bv hi. time. lie has had no cnd oi Solt WORDS
from tie Democrats: but the ohIN acts he mas le-
criyed from them have been KICKS
Tho Hon George H. Pendlcton talks with great
,ood sense about the fraud uproar He regards the
Potter Investigation as unwsc and dangerous as
simply the first step toward the removal of the
President. He does not believe that the President
can be shown to have stopped 10 any vlllalny
"He has lived under our eyes in Cincinnati many
wears While he has had great good luck. 1t has
been the result of fair dealings" The effect of the
investigation on the prospects of the Democratic
marty will he bad. Before il was undertaken the
party had superb position. 1t had yielded its
claim 10 the Presidency in the interest of patriotism.
This agitation will tend To bring Grant forward
again n q candidate; 1t will tend also 10 retire
both Tden and Hendricks. and bring Thurman,
and perhaps Bayard. TO the 'front.' Before tins
wranglc was reOpened Tilden was strong because he
was the "iniured party Now he appears as a
"fomenter and disturber' This faith IN Thurman
reveals the universal Ono belief in the ultlmatc
greatness of all her statesmen The investigation
but its only effect the party itself VIII be To make
his denomination the only possible thing IN 1850