New-York tribune., 1878-11-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

Not peep yet from Moses Manton Match Marble,
gent
There is not wild popular anxiety about the fu-
tuIc OF the Buzzard Dollar
Nephew Polon has not yet returned to Cipher
Alley to face an indignant uncle.
Does the Administration begin to suspect that
it is tine for II to catch up with the partyf
Keamcy shakes off the dust of his brogans against
Boston, but trlgcaliy threatens to Ieiur-I-f-rn.
The Democratic movement to vindicate Tilden by
renomnating him in 1850 does not forge ahead
with much Jury.
Kcorncy. Anderson and the jerks have passed
from the public gaze. There IS material here Tor
special thanksgiving.
II the Solid South represented majority instead
of minority there would he less Democratic ab-
hOrTcuc" OF sectional politics
The Southern press is quite hearty in supporting
Randall for another term as Speaker The Northern
press isn't, but that does not matter
No calculation on the Democratic chances for
1850 can be accurately made till the next Congress
meets and grappes with the great question OF elect
ing DOOrkeepcr.
Before making an accurate estimate OF the DEM
ocraic majority IN the next House. it will be nee
cs-ary to know how many Democrats Clerk Adams
proposes to elect.
Mr.. Alexander Stephens's retccnce on the subject
of cphcrs is natural. He understand, now why the
Democratic House wOuld not let hIm make the Pot
Ter inv estIgatlOn twO-sded one. They didn't dare
to.
There Is a perccptbc Democratic plan TO keep
the Southern claims question out OF Congress till
after 1850 in order to be able to say that the party
has no interest in the payment of them TINS will
not be sufficient. The party must vote 10 make
such payment impossible before the public uneasl-
ness will be quIcled
Ben Hill has been making a speech In Georgia
which contained this covert alusion TO the cipher
cnparceuy and it's failure: BY frauds and cOrrup-
tion, which should make every honest man in
kucrica blush for shame forever, we were cheated
out of the Presidency THIS is undoubtedly a
scathing denunciatIon of the aguc-smitten pariahs
OF the South. who would not yield To the seductive
proposals OF gentlemen like Moses.
There is slight public yeamng for few further
remarks FROM Mr. Leverett SaltOnstal of Boston,
if Minister NOyess card has left enough of him to
express an opinion. Why does not The Boston Trar.
eIIer which has led Mr.. Saltonsta into this scrape
by drawing him out in the first place in an adrolt
interview, and subsequently publishing Mr.. NOyess
meTclless reply, hunt him up again ana let Ills know
how badly he is damagedf Ii Will be interesting
whether or not he realizes how sharply he has
been hit
There is good deal Of discussion in Maine con-
corning the election of Governor by the Legislature
According TO the State law the House, which is
Democratic. will nominate two of the candidates
voted for by the people. and the Senate must elect
one of the two. The House will Of course send IN
the names of the Democratic and Greenback can
didates. The Senate is Republican, and the men,
bers of that party divided in opinion to which
candidate they will vote for. Aside from their
financial views, there is little difference between
the two candidates. The Democrat has stIffened up
a good deal in bis hard money sentiments since
election and the Greenbacker has toned down his
soft money rawlings, but Delthcr is so sound as
he mil ght be. There IS some talk OF the Repubh-
cans ii iyiding their vote equally between the two,
thus ridding themselves of all responsibility and
allowing the GTeenblckers TO elect their man. The
Democrats say this Is a cowardly programme but it
does not strike the outsider IN that way. There
would be- a delicious flavor of rerlbutiOn about il
for the Democrats They have used the Green
hackers as catspaw, aud If the latter hold on to
the chestnuts nobody VIII weep
The Democratic leaders ara good deal bothered
TO decide what to do with the Potter Committee.
They are afraid to let it go ahead without taking
up the cipher question: and they are equally afraid
to have that question opened. If the Committee
goes out of existence without further labors 1t will
be a confession of failure for the past and cowardce
for the future. Any report which 1t can make will
he ridiculous in spite of Democratic ingenuity, for
# must contain confession that the only testimony
which has been taken TO sustain the charges made
ot the outset came from sef-cOnfessed perjurers
whose words are of no possible value on any sub
iect The coparcenerS are ready 10 see the Commit
lee lapse without further struggle. They do not
care to testify before anybody, with the IncOnye-
nlent restriction of an oath TO hamper them; but
whether the Potter Committee dies not, they
will have an opportunity to defend themselves be-
fore Committee.
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