New-York tribune., 1878-04-02
Hamilton dollar would facilitate resum-.iou !
mistaken after all.
POLITICAL NOTES.


The party should initiate the President, and be -
rene.
If the Republicans and the President can agree ou
nothing else, they can agree to differ.
II the design is to keep the Louisiana sore oner
Packard is the man to be made collector Of New
Orleans.
Watterson says the Democracy is the cusfo-
| dian Of great idea" The present price mark of
| which is $2OO,00O,0OO.
| Fernando Wood expects his forthcoming speech
will remove all objections to his tariff bill. This
seems to be liberal estimate of the great tnkerx
D. atorical and reasoning powers.
| Douglas, of Virginia, is already confronted with
twenty-five competitors for bis seat in Congress
He should rout them all by joining the Murphy
movement, and demanding a reelection as an en-.
| couragement IN good works.
There is little prospect of an early adjournment Of
Congress- Contests are still pending over fourteen
seats in the House. and that body will be pretty
certain to remain in session until the calling and
election of fourteen Democrats are made sure.
Judge Kelley has the GOODNESS to publish letter
charging Secretary Sherman with adopting his finan-
cia theories, thus warding off the social chaosp
the Judge has been holding back by his own strength
In view of this the Judge adds that he may possi-
bly, look forward period of rest and travel -Hs
constituents will considerably all obstacles
to this period" by leaving him at home by large
majority at the next election.
General Ewing complains that the omniscient
newspaper correspondent has upset a nice little
scheme he had planned to throw Secretary Sherman
into confusion. He was keeping bis report of the
interviews with New-York bankers secret until Mr.
Sherman should appear before the committee, when
he would spring it him. and twist him mp with ITS
revelations He was taking great comfort in advance
over the success of his trick, when he took up .
newspaper and read the report in full. He calls it
" breach of confidence" but il looks like the pren-
ture explosion OF very promising egg.
voorhees, has been in Indiana long enough to
make a speech. He told the Hoosiers that the DEM
ocrats in Congress were not divided but work.
ing in harmony against resumption and contraction,
thus giving the Republican party entire credit for
all that has been done in the opposite direction He
could see that no party but the Democratic had a
shadow OF prospect Tor years OF enterIng t into
IL is there but II Is so black and threatening; even
when cast three years before, that it may be the
ruin of the party which throws IL now.
The Iowa Republicans led off last year in a lively
quarrel about sanctioning the course Of the Admin
istraton. The result a complete silence on tho
subject in the party platform. This years conyen-
tiOn has been called for June TO- and the old discus
sion has already broken out in the journals of the
party. It is marked by q more aggressive spirit on
the part of the anti Hayes element Instead of urg
ing policy of silence as they dld year ago, tney
now demand open censuIe or the Adminlstratl9n.
The other side declares such step Will De suicide.
and clamOrs again for an Endorsement. The outcome
likely be compromise on the same basis as last
year, complete silence.
General Grant is rampant gold bug. He writes
from Smyrna, under date of February %, TO hls
friend Judge John T. Long. of 81. Louis: IL was
where l was one year ago, and for the previous
seven years. would put most determined veto
upon the reputation bill-called Silver Blll-f it
+I,a If l n las
passed but hope if So all business men in the eoun-
try will work to defeat its operation By refusing TO
make contracts except be paid in gold CON- lie
audes briefly 10 the third term talk saying that he
notices that some of the American journals specu,
late upon his designs IN travelling abroad ana
adding: rhey may know them. but If they DO
do not. | have been under the impression that
was carrying out a long-eherisned desire 70 ravet
and see a. much of the Old World possible before
settling down in a home where 10 spend the re-
mainder of my days In quiet
Mr. W. NJ Dickson sends to The Cincinnati COM
mercidl thoughtful letter on Civil Service Reform
He makes a strong argument against the popular
demand for the severance of politics from the Civil
Service and urges that we cannot sneer at Pohti-
clans and at political priesthood without sneer-
ing at our form of government. which makes candl-
dacy for Office necessity. He claims that poll
tician makes a better clerk and better officer
because be knows his failure 10 do his work hon.
estly and well will weaken and drive from power
the party which gave him his place; that the
Administration of the Government will be more
effective if it is everywhere in the hands of its
friends. He adds: This is written IN the interest
of reforms nothing retards this the failure OF
attempted impossible schemes. With reasonable
rotation in office mere clerical offices not here re-
ferred to and a selection of officers from those
equally competent ana honest, based upon political
considerations there yet remains an ample held Tor
reform into which do not now enter In conclu-
sion the writer makes a strong point IN saying that
the pacifcatlon of the country just basis and
the maintenance of the public credit are questions
of too much Importance 10 be impcrIlled by the
interpOsition of cIamOr about appointments made
in such "A way as 10 increase the danger OF bring
ing into power party whose necessities and tradI-
tions forbid any Civil Service reform whatever.