New-York tribune., 1878-07-09
POLITICAL NDiLS.
D.tr-It'oIl

Wcbbcr is SAID to be q 5000 lar That is
about = dollar 4 lie.
Z,ch Chandler would be full ~ popular v it.
les, a, Ms. Jyuh,. fla, testimony would b. read
One member of the Potter Committee has bitten
In, dust aul the people have only just begun to
get mad, either.
II appears to bee 4 melancholy fact that General
Tgtl,r', love iuI the woIhmgmlu exceeds the work
mans love for G,n"idi Butler.
The Solid south hows >gus of assuming the po-
,itron oi a milestone about the neck Of the Demo
cratic party, and OF dong 1t with malice aforc-
thought.
The Georgia Democrats are positive that they can
return a sphd Democratic delegation 10 Congress
next Fail. m spite ul the fact that the coorcd
voter, have m.Uorliy IN several ulStTlot~. IA We
can't uutSutc you We can Outcouut You Sccf
The latest report about Congressman Poster. of
Ohio say, hc viii probably consent to run. If nou!-
Inatcd in Mr. CoA's district. He lives only a few
feet from the boundary line of two districts. and
owns property III both. lie cannot bc elected IN his
own but stands a good chJncc IN the other one.
Tho Bourbon editors in Georgia. who created from
their inner consciousness such tremendous poPu-
lar reaction against Alexander stephens IN hi own
district, are left badly IN tlc lurch by the rapidly
succeeding votes of county conventions demanding
unanimously his reelection. There ~ not sign of
an opposition movement any Nhcit.
Sneaker Randall sent to the Editor OF The Onooata
Hcrad TIN, Fourth Of July sentiment: When the
iron rule of stern necessity darkcns every household
I'M the land extravaganza oh the part of the peoples
servants Is an uupard"nabc crime. He might
have added with great lcrtiuency and force " TN
less concealed under the bcgulhng title of De
hccnccs
Postmaster General Key expects to stay in Wash
ington all summer, because the law says hlS place
can bc filled only by the first assistant. and Mr.
Tyu.r is still abroad with the Postal Congress. Mr.
Key is IN good spirits partly because the news
papers are letting him alone. aud partly because
the Potter Committee hasn't found anything yet,
and never will find anything. he investigation
has developed Il rascaly crowd and that is ALL
A. tor his political bias at present. he gives il as
follows IN sentiment hc proposed on the Fourth of
July: Hasten the day when there shall he no
Eastern party no Western party. 40 United North
and no Solid south but only United States.
peaceful and prosperous,
General G. NJ Dodge of Iowa, has been spending
a good deal of time with General Grant III Paris,
and sends to The darlington Hdrheye II rather
significant letter concerning him. He says the cN-
President is thoroughly informed about American
politics, and is outSpoken about the future OF the
Republic "IIo is outspoken in his belief that
loyal men must still control our Government. and
has no faith in the promises Of unrcpentant rebels"
General Dodge closes hls remarks with this pre-
diction: Unless read the times wrongly 1t will
not be long before the United States will demand
nt It's head "A strong Government, and a man no
can preserve it against al comcrs and all issues, and
that man will be Grant
That first nomination of the Greenback party in
Maine Is likely to prove a good deal too much OF a
burden for the young party to bear The nominee
Of the convention foolish enough to make a
speech, and he said just enough to show his con-
spcuous unftness. IL had been charged, he said,
that lo was an educated man. lie wished to correct
this He had not been to school sinco he was six