New-York tribune., 1878-02-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

| Il the income tax revival an anti-Tilden move.
| mentf
What ia the good Of an income tax, anyway. IL
| nobody has any ncOmef
Thurman suspects Hendricks Of an insdiou,
design TO steal his silver thunder.
Mr.. Wood invites criticism Of his tariff conglome.
ration. lie will be abundantly accommodated.
Glover aspres TO write the Presidents proclama-
tons for him. Glover seems to be an involuntary
humOrist
II Senator Bayard can induce the South 10 follow
his honest money leading, he will loom" as a
Presidential candidate. But what an " If" that IL
The Returning Board trial has struck several
Democratic efforts at bribery already. These would
seem To indicate that the boomerang genius II
David Dudley Field is guiding the prosecution.
A small print cloths factory in New-Engand saved
$500 last month by paying its employees in silver
instead of greenbacks. Even the genius Of Bland
will be bothered 10 explain 20 the labOring classes
how they were benefited By the Transaction
Secretary Sherman is entirely right when he pro-
diets that the passage of the Bland bill will termi-
nate the political career Of the men who vote for
it. II we are TO be afflicted and disgraced by this
outrageous act of folly, it will be no slight consola
ton to know that one OF the worst conyocatIons 9i
political lObbcrS ever collected at Washington VIII
be permanently retired to private life.
Voorhees, is still masqueradng as great man be-
fore the admring eyes of the correspondent OF the
rural Democratic newspaper. He announces that
the rush of congrauaory letters has beenso furious
that at least one thousand of them remain unopened
This sounds large but this is country OF 44,OOo-
600 souls and 200 feeble-mnded is not an alarm
ing an unusual proportion.
The two or three silver newspapers in this
State are in a Tremendous perspiration over the
report that the pushers of the Bland bill have been
distributing funds for the creation Of advocates in
this section. They say the charge is "preposter-
GUS" Possby-hut 1t doesn't begin 10 he as
preposercus the stuff these same newspapers aie
talking about gold cOnspIratOrs." III they are Lot
paid well for 1t they ought to oe.
II Dir. hendricks will seek a convenient reading
room and peruse carefully the comments OF the
newspapers upon his recent silver utterancc he Will
not find much TO comfort OF TO encourage him. The
general opinion seems to be that lie straddled too
far ami stayed there too long. He dsgusted the
Western Democrats by remaining silent when the
silver agitation most needed friends and lac las
now cut himself off completely from the Eastern
brethren by speaking for silver lie ought 10 nave
studied foreign geography In Europe for at least
year longer.
Collector Simmons rises to say, with much
solemnitv, that he is good Methodist, faithful
officer and the victim of the Misrepresentation oil
"sourcd and disappointed" men, vino have been I'M
able to compel him to prostitute the Government
service TO theI pdftHhiu 'ihh'''' oPN"'''
with the same feeling which has made famous the
memory of a humble vestryman in New-Engiand
church. He had engaged with some warmth ~ a
discussion with Tich and irascible brother &C the
vestry meeting Impatient at The poor brothers
Obstinacy the rich asked who he was anyway
that he should presume 10 interfere. Quick ana hot
with righteous wrath came the answer: " an
poor. hum Die Christian, you ID old hypocrlte"
Joness term expires next year, and he is likely to
need all the aid unlimited silver viii give him 70
get back again. The Democrats have found what
NAV be called an available" candidate. Ihls
term means various things according to locality,
but in Nevada il means above all else deep and
well filed pocket. The state is Democratic now'
but Jones can easily remove any such triiiiDg OBJ
stace as an opposition majority provided there IS
no man who can pay higher fer votes than he can.
The Democrats profess TO have discovered mem
ber of their party who is willing to make the heces-
sarv outlay ard if they right this country may
lie compelled to part with Jones's services. Inc
STATE press frankly admits that the balance q
power element in Nevada politics Is pnlchasaDe,
and thinks the chances against Jones II III" o'Ior
man opens his pocket. OF course the chance iot
improving ON Jones Is small.