New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-11
teral. At the recent State Convention it found
something better to do than explode in q quarrel.
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLIIICAL NOIES.
The Republican party will no. accept Democrats.
leadership Just yet.
The more Republicans don't quarrel the madde,
grows the disnterested Democrat
New-Hampshre has sat down hard on the Repuh
lcan end of the fraud" exploring exhibition
It will possibly occur to the Hon. Montgomerv
Blair that his name is especially valuable as dan.
ger signal.
The Ohio Senatorial contest is settling down into
a competitive mud-throwing exhibition. The Den
ocratic Odor covers the conflict as with cloud
The subsidy raid will be postponed till after III.
next election. or till complete Democratic ascendan
cy is secured. Meantime the Democratic appetite
will continue to sharpen.
IL Mr.. Tilden is anxious to be killed good dea,
deader than the Cardiff Giant the petried citizen
of Nevada, he wants to employ Mr.. Manton Marble
to keep Oh nominating him for President in $780,
Mr. Manton Marble SAYS the issues of the Deuo.
cratic canvass for 1880, and the candidates as well
have been Predetermined by "portentous EVENT.
This means that the fraud cry will be the plat.
form and Tilden the candidate. Do you hear that
Mr.. Hendricksf
Mr.. Fernando Woods grand combination invest.
CATION machine has been started again for the pur.
pose of turning all departments of the Government
inside out. The probable outcome of the business
will be to demonstrate once more the incapacity of
Democratic investigator to injure anything except
his own party.
What with its Legislature and its bankers. the
voice Of NewYork on the silver question is liable to
be well understood. More than any other State in
the Union, New-YOrk has been of service in stayin,
the tide of reputation. The dollar of the father,
is snug and warm in its coffin to-day chiefly because
the Empire State has planted its foot on the grave
As usual the Democratic press of the country
ridicules the /" fraud war cry. From its first out.
break to the present all the decent journals of the
party have opposed it. One reason Of this disap.
prevail is undoubtedly to be found in the belief that
If the cry gains much Roadway the party will surely
find itself thereby mortgaged with denomination
for Mr.. Tiden. Another reason is lively apprehen-
sion of the public disgust with any party or man
who seeks To carry an election by perpetually
exhibiting sore head.
Mr.. Hendricks has lodged once MORE A call for
meeting to give encouragement to the silver re-
pudiatOrs has been signed by about 600 Democrats
in indianapolis, but the name of Thomas A. Hen.
bricks is conspicuous by It's absence Uncle Jimmy
Blue Jeans has his in prominent place, and all the
other liehts party except Hendricks have theirs
on the list II il not because Mr. Hendricks has no
views lie has declared that he has some, but he
thinks il premature to disclose them now. IL LOOKS
as if his dodge were entirely unnecessary. He has
Democracy. When they commit themselves sOlidy
for reputation. he is committed too. lie fayOrs for
Senator the worst intationst Of the lot and that is
sufficient proof that he stands with bis party.
Professor Sumner did good service to the cause
of honest money by delivering fearless lecture on
the evils of the reconciliation of silver, in Chi
cago, Oh Monday evening. He was interrupted sew
eral times by foolish persons, who propOunded fool
ish questions, but he maintained his equanimity
and silenced all opposition by his conclusive argu.
ments. While in the city he was asked Though the
newspapers about the absurd charge of surrepti.
tous characterization. and gave this reply: "Your
correspondent goes to say that the West believes
silver was surreptltiousy demonetiZed with an
just design If the West believes, after the full
exposition of that matter which has been made, |
know not what arguments could expose the error.
| believe that / was one Of the few men in the
country who noticed that legislation with interest.
because il concerned subjects which study. was
not surprised that few people took interest IN 1t.
Coinage and currency difficult and technical
subjects, and people will not pay the necessary at.
tentiOn to understand them unless they are forced
10 do can speak from experience, because. be-
fore the panic Of 1873 never could get any one to
listen to discussions Of paper money L must con-
fess that il is ingenious to make the negligent folly
of that time argument for intentional folly now.
No act of Congress can be mentioned which at the
time il was passed more open, deliberate, just,
and wise, than the Coinage Act of 1873"