New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

Pretty clear case of didn't dare to- Mr. Potter.
Nevertheless, the cipher campaign is not over yet.
Sounds as of one dancing jig come from the Ark.
The Democracy will not send out a scapegoat but
Will 90 itself.
Don't rejoice prematurely. gentle coparceners for
the end Is not vet.
Funny isn't it, that the Democrats should be
afraid to - show up" lot of bogus dispatchesf
Mr.. Tilden must feel hurt TO have his stentorian
demands for an Investigation so rudely ignored.
Not a cOpareener walls against the cruel injustice
OfdenyinG him chance to "ylndcate himself.
Whcnevcra Democratic CONGRESSMAN has nothing
else To do he Introduces bill to worry the trade
dollar
A Democratic Congress may be said to have for
mally affirmed tho accuracy of The TRIBUNE trans
latlons Of the ciphers.
Nephew Peiton might as we'll return now to No.
! . Cphor-aley, and stop that bill at the GIlsey
House. The public understands the little game
BY refusing to unload the cipher coparceny the
party has virtually decided to renOmiuate Tlden in
1880. Jupiter Ferctrius, but the future is crammed
with fun!
Mr. Potter is credited with saying that the cipher
dispatch business IL rolled up like a scroll" Does
he think also'that TideH, coparceners aud party
rolled up in 1t He viii dscoyerthat fact presently.
Mrs jerks will be delighted at the decision of
the Potter Committee, for she las pued sadly under
the Obsrurty which the ciphrTs threw about her
tongue. Mr.. Potter WILL of course, be glad TO set
her aeCiug again.
The Democrats have determined to advertise
themselves in future, and if possible, crowd HE
TRIBUNE ont of the business. They have made
good start by confessing Judgment on the cphers,
and lHE TRIBUNE delights in giving them full
credit for it.
1t is safe to predict that the talk about Southern
election investigation will END ike that about a
cipher inquiry, IN nothing. The Democrats 10 not
dare 10 touch either question tor fear of making
bad matter worse They prefer 10 stand as the de-
fender OF cipher morality, bul!doziHg and ballot
DOX-stuDing, and no Republican can wish Tor any
wiser course.
The ord desires to know when THE TRIBUNE
will "lay that petition the Speakers table ask
ing the House to investigate tie cipher business"
Blrs, You. nephbor, this isn't TIE TRBUNEs
funeral It's investigation has been made, and if
the Democratic House Is willing 10 silently approve
the results TIE TRIBUNE wont complain, especially
as it has The Worlds distinguished authority for 1t
that IiIden's denial is no denial at al.
1t is noticeable that no Democratic Congressman
has felt moved to upIft fraud cry in this session.
Even Fernando Wood ard funny Mr.. Cox refraDed
from mngling the familiar cry in their combined
ing. This shows that even a Democrat is capable Of
learning something, provided the idea to be abb
sorbod is driven INTO his head with sufficient force
ana pertInaclty.
Mr.. Hendricks begins 10 see what has, hap
peued TO him. In his address TO the Michigan law
students tHe other day he said while speaking about
the wisdom Of entering politics. II successful.
don't stay too I0ug often think stayed too long.
Remain in politics long enough to learn public life,
81 VAN gta and
by your profession, It will stand by yOn.7 lt is
pleasant o. observe this philosophical spirit N the
great man, tor il shows that be VIII be abe TO bear
WITH serenity the disappointment which Is likely 70
to tim n1SSO.
Democratic authorities differ widely on the ones
ton of the negro's inclination TO vote the Demo-
cratic ticket. The Northern party editor wishes
TO believe that nothing is more reasonable than TO
calculate that the negro ia exceedingly likely TO do
il nine times out of ten The extraordinary reyolu-
tiOn IN south Carolina is explained every day on
this basis and the explanation is pronounced cor.
rect by eminent bulldozers. Yet TIE TRIBUNEs
correspondent was unable to fluid any proof to JUS
tify il when he visited the S.ate His conclusions
are now entirely corroborated by Dome ratio edi
tor of Mississippi who says IN The Columbus Demo
Crqt that he hears frequent remarks about the ne
gro voters getting their eyes OPEN, bet that tn hlS
certain knowledge the influx Of light through hts
eyeT-expandng OrbS has no effect upon the hue OF
his politics. Ii there is "A ticket in TIE field opposed
TO the Dem, crate ticket he is pretty sure to vote
", II he votes at all" This fact Is the undoubted
first cause of tile tIsSue-balOt
Strange to say, no Democratic editor in this broad
land has felt moved to call upon the Hon. James L.
Campbell, of Charleston, s. C., for truthful Demo-
cratic account of reform and redemption election
in that State Mr. Campbell announced his will
lingness to furnish the narrative more than a week
ago and he is still waiting for the returns to come
in He might rs well give up waiting and turn over
his evidence to the Republican editors, otherwise it
Will never see the light. The Democrats will never
meddle with the Southern election question, mark
that. Their buster about GOin4 II and making the
inquiry a twO-Slded one, as ~ Include bulldOZl
in Massachusetts has subsidized already and upon
all sides rbeTe 10 unanimous Democratic demand
for the House to attend strctiy to business. This
is deli ghtfuI plan for the Republicans IL coutem-
plate for puts The red-shlrt with It's tSSue-ga!iot
pendant over till 1880, when. in company with the
undrped aud unexplained ciphers, they will furnish
such u fund of campaign ammunition as no party
ever was blessed with before.