The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-28
POLITICAL NOTES.

May day Is election day In Quebec.
McI.in's con fcssion .amuscs" the Cincinnati Com
mercidi fnd.).
Z McCandlcss is confident that no will DO the next
Governor OF Pennsylvania.
savannah NeWs tdem. ):--"Hstory will certainly
write him down usurror
Boston .dreytiser rep l:-"Fairly assessed, an IN
come Tux Is the faircst Of MI tnxcs."
BALTIMORE Baiietin tnou,ri):-"Inc so called 'con-
iessioDs' do not contribute pms worth Of strength
TO tho case, against President Hayes"
Tho ST. Louis journal cp.) thinks that tho election
OF republican House Of Representatives this fall
would insure u republican President In 1880
Augusta (Mco Journal (rep):-"A united rcpubli-
can party has always boon Victorious ana Is not likely
to 70 back its good record IN the next campaign.
Baltimore Gazette (ind.) 3-"rhe McI,n confession Is
az vaiuelcss In legal sense MS the proof OF fraud
which was excluded by the tEicctoraD Commission"
The Philadelphia Inquirer ircp) says OF Jefferson
Davs:--"rhc vanity Of tho man Is on par with tbs
treason aud no would have bis iniamy remcn-
bored than fail himself into oblivion"
The Philadelphia Press lrep.) discusses at lonrtn
tho system by which the democrats have long
acserizes II as Acknowledgement OF possible rcpub
hcan majority.
The watortown ~ " Dispctch fdcm.) wants TO and
out what powers the Supreme Court possesses the
electoral matter, and " Il has not sufficient to enable
Il TO deal with u wants them ampiihcd by constitu-
lonai amendment
Tho sacramento Record (rep.) adopts tho liERALp's
view OF thu proposed income tax aud says :'.ihc adj
vance OF Communism Is proceeding rapidly both IN
Congress AMI out Of II, and tho West and South
moving together"
savannah Nc,cs dem .--"w neither Hayes resigns
determines TO hold on a. his place the conclusion 81
The American people must necessarily DO that they
canno, afford 10 longer Keep power party capable
Of such vilc and trAorous conspiracy"
Wilmington tpcL) Commercial tdcm):-s'wc must
protest against tho theory SGT up concerning
icssions that they arc utterly 10 DC dsbcoved II any
personal rcclius has appeared TO prompt them This
now theory Is not the theory OF the law"
Petersburg Iva Indes und j:--"wc caunot help
thinking that this question may after all become ono
Of moment before the term OF tho present de Jtcto
tenant has expired. The vncano Is moderately quiet
now but thsro arc ominious noisss below the sur.
iace."
Dr. Fitzpatrick, OF the Texas Medical Association,
has gathered statistics OF tho comparative mortl,y
OF the white and black races IN the United States.
There nearly three times as largo percentage OF
deaths constitutional maiadics among the negroes
as there Is among the whites.
sacramento Rccord;---"rnc situation Is indeed one
IN whIch now party, possessing hreasonaoc ana
moderate programme and wholly disassociatcd from
tho hack politicians, misat DO expected 10 command a
considerable share Of popular support and 1t Will DO
their fault II the Nationals do not astonish
both the old parties this autumn"
Springfield Republican, ind .D:-'As for any at
tempt TO reverse tho decision OF tho Electoral Com
mission, u would OF course DO illegal, while reopen
ing OF tho question nj tho present time, when tho
country Is upon tho OF financial prosperity and
the resumption OF specie payments. would DO moth
lag less than a crime, and ought 10 be denounced by
ali prudent iacn. irrespective Of party"