New-York tribune., 1878-02-04
POLITICIL NOTES.

II speech is silver, there promises TO be plenty of
il circulating in Congress this week.
That handful Of mud which the Democratic press
lad ready to ding at Justice Bradley will have to be
dropped.
The Louisiana lunalics and their Washington
abcttols are probably convinced by this tmo that
the sherman family don't scare worth cent.
Mr.. Hendricks took care not to discmbo,lc him.
self in his letter to The HGdH. He only inserted
the corkscrcw far enough to let a little whn of the
contents out.
Senator Jones will ignore statistics in his forth
coming speech silver. He evidently believes with
the English statcsman that there is nothing that
will lie worse than figures, unless II be facts, y
when they are applied To dollars ANA cents.
General Ewing's auditors came away from the
Cooper Union meeting in IA dazrd condition of mind.
uncertain whether they had seen a storm plcntfully
Matched with thunder and lightning. or hId wt.
ncsscd "A torchilght procession passn. through II
tunnel.
Asks Mr. Hendricks: "Should silver bo restored Z
hare thought so' That is not the question, Mr.
Hendricks. Your past cOgitatons are of not the
slightest importance to the public. VIVA, people are
interested in knowing Is. what do you think Of
making 90 cents pass for 100.
Here are the figures: Should the Bland bill
become n law grccnbacks and bank notes Will de
crease in value about $67,000,00o, and the United
STATES bonds about $17OO0O.OO0. Total $237-
900 900. SO much Tor the argument that unlimited
silver will restore confidence anu revive business
by making money plenty.
The Democracy may shout reform and purcr poll
ties until il is hoarse but so long 1t makes con-
spicuous failure IN finding an honest and competent
doorkccper lor the House of Representatives It's
professions will be regarded but as sourtng brass
and tmkling cyml ais. party that cannot manage
ani,gniicant office IS no. hcly To be trusted with
the manarcmrnt Of the executive buslno 81 OF the
whole country.
Congressman Candlcr, of Georgia. is constantly
giving evidence Of his want of soundness in the
Democratic iaith. He voted against the Bland bill
and defended his action IN Il letter to his constitu-
ents in which he made earnest argument in favor
or p.od and honest money And now it is reported
that IA chairman of the Sub-COmnittec OH Elections
he has decided 20 report against Mir. Dean, the Dem
ocratc contestant for the seat now occupied by Mr.
Field OF the Third Massachusetts District. Eyi-
dently Mr. Gambler needs bracinS up.
Mr.. Henry G.. Baird is another economist who
wants nothing to do with "abroad." But
when Mir. Baird and the rest of his kind
arc casting about for an to justify
or palliate fresh perlidy. they at once
begin to rake over all the discreditablc records
of other countries, in order to find some
parallel basencss, and, if tho search is
fruitless, they can be trusted to manufacture
lirst-class inamy toOrdcr,and credit it to England
or some other crunblmg despotism. The standard OF
pubic virtue recognized by this school of moralisIs
seems to be- that any slippery dealing On
tbe mart of the United States is praiscworthy pro-
ydcd il is moi much more shameful than some
choice precedent of national dishonesty with which
the history of some other country has boon dec
Grated.
The fate of Senator Chrlstancy should convince
everyone deslrous of compromise with the silver
lunaics of the futty of any such an attempt His
effort to get IN honest dollars worth of silver in the
silver dollar is treated with derisiOn. Tho most
promineut iver organ Of the West charges him with
disappearing the people of Michigan" and con-
aeuting 10 become tho tool Of the gold clique in
working out this new outrage" Ho Is called tie