New-York tribune., 1878-07-23
POLITICAL NOTES.


The wall of fraud repugnant will be lifted afresh
to-day.
Syracuse coroners look hopefully for revival of
business from tc-day's National Convention.
An active squad of thoroughbred Jersey mosqui-
toes at Atlantic City would stimulate the fraud dig
gers.
General Butler has begun to summon editors to
the seaside resort of the Potter Committee. is this
a seductive plan TO suDsidi2e the press
OF course Mr.. Tilden is busy; he always is But
the sweep of his business eye takes in other States
than New-Y0rk rs rival Presidential asplrants will
discover presently.
The National party is soreIy IN need Of funds, and
Butler still squanders money on his yacht This Is
prudent in the General for next to starting news
paper there is no dulcker way for sinking money
than in starting party.
If Southern Democrats keen on denying that there
is any such thing as an Independent movement in
that latitude they will succeed in making every
body believe that It Is more dangerous than 1t
really is.
Two halls have been secured in Syracuse for the
National Convention to-day, so surely is a split
counted upon This is likely 10 furnish insufficient
accommodation, for the delegation from this city
needs hall for every man. As for the noise, there
viii be enough of that to fill a whole prairie.
Poor Hendricks! His Presidential stock is sinking
rapidly that bis best friend, hasten to " un-
load" Voorhees,, who never would have been Sem
atOr IL Hendricks had not declined the Office has
the brutality TO say that present indications point to
Senator Thurman as the next Democratic candidate
for the Presidency. lie aggravated the outrage Dy
saying II in Ohio, tool
Mrs. jerks says she would lecture If her agents
could induce tine members Of the Potter Committee
TO sit on the platform, stimulus" to her mem
tai processes. lt would be tremendous spectacle
With Butler and Springer as "end-men the conn
try would be presented with such performance
as it never saw before, or would hope ever to see
again. Springer would be delighted to accept an
engagement for he VIII 90 TO his grave ilrmy be-
oving that notOricty is the sweetest kind OF fame
leaf from the record of shupe is published in
The ClereiaHd Herald. He fourshed in Cleveland
number Of years ago as "small, sharp, cunning
lawyer" and subsequently obtained control of a
newspaper, which he ran into the ground with great
ability. He was then Democrat. He is now a
National, but what he will be Tonight after the
Syracuse Convention gets through with him, no
man can say. Ii The" Allen does the rebuking he
Is more likely TO come out second edition Of the
" "TattoOed Man " than anything else.
Mr. L. b. Martindale, of The Indianapolis Journal
has been incorrectly reported az saying that he
in favor of a third term, and that Grant was the
lavorte Presidential candidate among Republicans
in Indiana. He writes from this city to his news
paperabout the statement as follows what did
say with reference TO General Grant was That
was surprised at the strength being developed for
the third term movement and that circumstances
might cOnspiTe to make it eitectual that II nOmI-
nation was TO be made this Fall Grant would 20
into the convention with more strength than any
other man; that the discussion OF the question at
tins time was premature. and that the Republicans
had all they could do TO take care of the election
now on hand. This said. and this believe"
Mr. Watterson has decided to take a hand in the
coming campaign in Indiana, and is devoting a
large portion of his journal TO the politics of that
State. He had much trouble evidently in max
ing up his mind about how lie should swallow
Voorhees,, for after good Geal Of wrenching he re-
marks: "If we agreed with him in placing the inan-
cial issue above all other issues shOuld prefer the
devil or some other available person TO him for
United States Senator We just don't; and because
we sink tn financial issue to where 1t bel0ngs-as
nasty little wmngle unworthy Of such abilities as
hs-we the hardest of hard-money Democrats. pre-
fer him above all other men, living or dead, for
continuance in the place, which he not only hOnors
in himself but IN which he elcy9tcs and adOTns the
character of an honorable and manly American
statesmanship.p That a good deal 0t paragraph.
IL declares that the devil is available Democratic
candidate for United States Senator, which Is not
so ucongruous a notion after MI, and assures Mr.,
Voorhees, that he mas elevated and adorned Ameri-
can staiesmanship by deYOting himself entirely to
nasty little wrange-to wit, the financial issue.
CONNECT is silent upon such masterpiece OF in-
genuity as this, especially the next paragraph
begins: eft is piiifu to read the comments of the
mOney-grubbng Eastern press upon TINS trny
representative American" You are light, Mr. Wat
tersOn. Anything would be ''ptlful' after that in
comparable effort of yours.