New-York tribune., 1878-07-20
POLITICAL NOTES.


Overcome by the heat is written all over the
political field.
The National party is in imminent danger of sun
stroke unless 1t Gains itself
Independent movements in the South should be
encouraged il for no other reason than that they
make the Bourbon unhappy.
Why do the wOmen's rights sgitators always con-
vene in the hottest weatheri No rational woman
wishes to agitate for anything save her right
tO a bathing tub.
Chief-Justico Sanford +. Churchs friends i'm
prove the temporary lu in State politics by bulg-
ing out again with a nomination OF him for United
States Senator It Is the most solemn joke Of the
epoch.
An appropriate coat OF arms for the Democrats Of
the XXIst Pennsylvania District would be mule
rampant They meet once a week. vote half-dozen
times for nominee for Congress. and adjourn with
out decision. There three candidates, all pre-
tematnrally pigheaded.
Mrs JenlSs has reappeared in Eew-Orleans with
an announcement that she has stl IN reserve large
fund Of information which she did not draw upon
at all during ber two weeks sparrng with the Pot
ter Committee The same thing is probably true Of
all the other Louisiana witnesses. AS they draw
entirely from their imagination, OF course exhaus-
ton is virtually impossible.
General Butler at last declares tho precise object
of his hunt lie says that all he cares TO do is to
show that Packard was rightfully and truly elected
Governor of Louisiana and was traded of by the
Administration. He proposes to make this clear TO
the people il il takes till the ih of March to do it.
Unless he has better luck than has blessed him here
tOfOre il will take good deal longer than that. lie
led Senator Kellogg carefully aud labOriOusly up to
an answer showing this very thing, and the Sena-
tor cruelty answered that it was no such case. II
anybody knows just what did ppe Kellogg does
1t is fact not generally know that General Ew-
\. aft fY,11x
around the National organization in this city, de-
cided unanimously that it would not be wise to
have much TO do with it in its present eruptive
dition General Ewing was at first rather anxious
10 make long speech before the partyin Cooper
Institute, but he departed for home suddenly leay
ing no appointment behind him. General Butler
came TO a similar conclusion, and before the SyFa-
cuSe Convention is dispersed BY the police next
week. several other statesmen with damaged cOun-
tenances will wish they had retreated IN advance,
also.
Congressman Danford, of Ohio, has returned to
his home from Washington, strongly imbued with
a notion that tho third term is pretty sure thing
He says Grant represents law and order to the pub
lie mind, and vast numbers of people arc calling
for his denomination. "They feel" adds Mr.. Dam
ford, that in his hands the country is safe from
domestic insurreGtion or foreign invasion. great
many Republicans think that Hayes has abandoned
the party in the South to its fate and that there
fore he isresponsbe for the prospective wipiDg out
Of Republicanism in that section, while II Grant
was once more the Republican leader he would, IL
need be- the powers of his office to protect and
uphold the Republican element in every Southern
State" A great many Republicans" also forget
that Grant had already decided that Southern Re-
publicanism had been propped up by bayonets long
enough. H Ht-f 1- trn.-i a
Alexander stephens is evidently enjoying himself
in his canvass for renomination. He rehearses
his controversy with Mr.. Potter with keen relish IN
every speech be makes. AT Thomson, recently, ne
said, while addressing an immense open air sather-
ing IL beloved Iilden was elected by far count,
and have as much nerve ss most people. never
yet shrank from danger or steel, but ! want no
more war. Hayes was inaugurated, and has done
what Tilden could not have done. said that Pot
ter was wrong; they thought it was l who was