New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-01
POLITIC1L NOTES.

A Happy New Year. Miss Columbia! May your
enemies be cOniOunded.
If all the demag0gues turn over new leaf to-day,
what a rustllng there Will be.
General Butler got those bricks In just in time TO
repent and be less pugnacious in the future.
1t looks as if Mr. William f.. Chandler would be
able to command large salary now as a Democratic
editorial writer if he wanted to.
The Western rcpudiator complains of harsh treat
ment. Does he recall an instance where a man who
refused to pay his honest debts was treated gentlyf
The brightest aspect of the new year is the grow
ing probability that the Bland dill cannot pass the
senate over the Presidents veto The eyes of the
people are slowly opening.
Somebody has heard that Postmaster-Genera! Key
declined TO make any promises about filling offices
which will be vacant in February, on the ground
that he might not be in Office at that time This is
quoted as Significant which it is-ll true.
Il is tolerably apparent that General Buffers grip
of a brick 10 good deal surer than his grip of the
great science of political economy. There is some
thing rckcty in his idea that by repudatng ten per
cent of our debt we can best SHOW to the woi Ill that
we have reached hard-pan. II would be the hardest
pan tins Republic ever struck
Secretary Evarts says the Cabinet is as happy az
band Of brothers, that there is no discord there what
ever and thathe country and the party az peace.
there is such harmony in the Administration a po-
icy may b" agreed upon which Will save the peace
in tire party from approaching 80 nearly 10 the peace
Of death.
Uncle Dick Bishop rciteratcs his determination to
hold Oh to that railroad trusteeship and salary and
remarks with good deal OF fcryOr to Il Cincinnati
Commercial reporter that it is all bosl about the
salary being -, 900 year. The amount doesn't
average over ~ 300 a year. h. SAYS, and the great
man never dreams that the question OF pr0prl9ty
Ia, anything 10 do with the matter il he did, he
would refuse to retain the trIsecsinp. even IL tue
position gave him no salary Whatever.
No wonder that the South Carolina Democrats are
"dsgusted" at the recent Republican triumph IN
Sumpter County. The successful candidate is one Of
the few members of the Chamberlain Legislature
Lor,fused to stand ut the bar Of tie subsequent
Democratic House and say he was sorry for what
he lad DONE His seat was declared vacant By the
,nupuau,mous majority. because Of this "rccalc
trant conduct. and NOW, at the election to III tEc
vacancy L., he - returned by a large majority. Il
i proyocation enough To make the Democratic
u,itIot steal hallof-bDNts, ~ he did. but, foru-
nntrly the result Is too well known to give the iett
any consequence IN deciding the election. IL i Il
neat case OF buiidonnS the buiid"zcIs.
Senator Plumb OF Kansas. seems to have had
narrow escape from the very jaws of a Wall-lt.
shark or rather Of a whole school of sharks. lie
las returned to his native soil accompanied by
thrilling narrative of his adventures. He says New
York newspapers are " wcl-ngh omnipo'en.,' which
taken as a compliment seems to be rs just as 1t Is
compr,hcn-vc; that when they can't carry their
point by iatery they attempt TO do II by intlmlda-
ton and abuse" He cites stanley Matthews as an
example of the intimidation which is not good
illustration. if De- used to show the "omnip,i nee
ot the press. But Plumb has been Vicnm himself.
" When IN New York, lac says - was invited 10
meeting Of the Union Lea que Club. and = concerted
riiort was made nv business acquaintance to ulli-
once INV opinions" Bat il i needless to say the
effort Was in vain. Plumb gives a glowing account
of the way in which he routed tine concerted
effort d" and the tenor of his talk is not striking
rlhuto To Che persuasive OF the Union League
Climb