New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-21
POLITICAL NOTES

The fraud cry is pretty badly choked with green
backs.
II the coparceners think the cipher storm is over
they will be surprised presently.
Perbaps Mr.. Tllden has blown up the ark with its
contents, including Marble and Pelton.
Tammany shows signs of doubt concerning the
wisdom of rushing into a wild embrace OF green
backs and reputation.
If Massachusetts, does her duty there will be only
enough Of Butler left after election for choice
specimen Of political brlc-a-Drac
There is a prevalent opinion that the Massachu-
sctts Democrats who from the Worcester battle ran
away will not live TO hSht another day.
The friends of Mr. Hendricks think they detect
symptoms of a disposition to abandon his straddle
and bring both feet down with bang on the wrong
side of the financial question:
Mr.. Hale is right. There is nothing for the Re-
publican party TO do except stand by its honest
money principles The next Presidential election is
not going 10 be carried by tranDs and strikers or
by their party
Secretary McCrary returns from Iowa with the
information that the Greenbackcrs have gained con-
siderable strength there. and have been strength
ened by the Maine election, but he does not think
the Republicans will lose any OF their congressman.
Whether the Republicans lose or not they are stand
ing up manfuy for honest money all over the state
The Hon Louis A. Brigham is another Republic
can IN the With District of New jersey who pos
sesses every mental and moral qualification for
member of Congress- in these DAYS when members
of Congress ought to be the choice men of the CON
stituencies which they represent IL wOuld De a
plenteous redemption for Hudson County this Fan
If Colonel Tohoy were made ITS Sheriff and MI
brigham its Representative in Congress.
Register Scofeld has kept his promise TO work
ouietly for the Republican cause in Pennsylvania.
He has induced an independent Republican candi
date for Congress to withdraw from the contest in
the XXVIIth District, and has thus probably saved
tine party from the loss OF CONGRESSMAN; III IS
pty that some one cannot perform similar service
in the XXIld District, and prevail upon the well
meaning gentleman who is running as boiler
against Congressman Errett TO fOregO the gratIfca
ton of his spite tlll a less critical period.
Congressman Hartridge, of Georgia, says there
isn't particle of doubt that the next delegation
from that state will be solidly Democratic He says
there are Independent candidates in only two
districts and both of them are staunch Democrats,
an that il they should happen to be elected it
wouldn't do the Republicans any good lie con-
firms what is already well understood, the prOba-
hilitV of Senator GOrdOn'S reelection without opp0
sition aud declares that Georgia Is solid for Thur
man for President in 1880 This will be painful
news to Mr.. Hendricks.
The Democrats of the Ist New-Jersey District
have done about all that is necessary to make Mr..
Robeson,s election sure. They met on Thursday
and had ono of the liveliest political shindes
seen in that region. There were four candidates,
Dcmoorat. Greenbacker another Democrat and
"JimD Scovel. The convention opened with row,
svvelIed INTO an amateur pandemOnium and ended
IN n free fight with the chairman running for his
life out of the back door, Scovel hadn't any votes
10 speak of, so he made up for deficiency by con-
tributing the most noise The real contest was be-
tween ex-COngressman Nathan I. StrattOn and
Charles c. GroSscup. The latter had received the
(ireenback nomination and was supported by the
soft money element of the convention. There were
several ballots and no end of uprOar and the chair
man finally declared Stratton nominated. Subse-
Guently 1t was claimed that the vote of delega-
ton had been given TO StrattOn without authority,
and the Grosscup faction declared there had been
fraud and attempted to bulldoze the chairman into
ordering another ballot. He ruled that he had no
power TO do that, declared the convention adj
iourned and took to his heels. Then the uproar
eliminated in a general fight with Jim ScOvel on a
table with his coat off and his mouth going like
liz saw on q spree.