New-York tribune., 1878-04-04
POLITICAL NOTES.

An attempt to reform itself always gives the
Democracy CONFUSION.
Attention should be called to the unusual neglect
of Mr.. Cox to make spectacle of himself.
The Democratic editor no longer wrestles with tho
Southern claim problem. He is discouraged before
the tale Is half told
The Presidents friends announce once more that
he Is not trying to hurt the party but to improve
it, The style of treatment is based, apparently,
the heroic" method.
| The South says it has no interest in the $780,.
100000 worth of internal improvements, because
nearly all of them asked by loyal citizens. Then
why do the Southern congressman vote solid Tor
themf
| Fernando Wood will undertake to-day his great
feat Of showing the industrial interests of the
try that he is the only man in this Republic who
knows what is what on the tariff question. He is
sure he will win, but he has his faith all to himself
| The report is made on the authority of Re-
publican Congressman and published in The Cin-
cinnati Commercial that Jones, of Alabama, was IN
duced by pecunary consideration to reorganize his
conscience on the question of seating Dean, OF
Massachusetts,. This Is unlikely, for the party has
plenty of pressure and no money.
Voorhees, told his Terre Haute audience that it
was great comfort to him. when he was "strus-
Cling to do his duty at Washington, to turn bis
carr toward Indiana and listen for her voice in ac-
cord with his own heatt-beas. He SAYS ne heard 1t.
too 1t takes liberal ear to accomplish that ieat,
but nobody will doubt tina, voorhees, has It. The
wonder is that he is able to turn" 1t wlthouta
crank attachment.
Montgomery Blair says he thinks he can get
Mr.. Tilden in the White House in about sixty days.
All that is necessary is to have him declared the
rghtful President and then have tho Chief Justice
give him the OATH Just soon as he gets into the
White House, Mr. Tilden will announce his financial
policy, which will be vgor3ns," ard VIII at once i
lection of unmatched chickens on record ne worst
of it is that the whole calculation Is based on ness
of hOpelessly overJipe eggs.
Returns from the Western local elections do not
give great encouragement to the Democrats in their
efforts to catch the National vote. VOORHEES, went
all tue way to Indiana to convert the disaffeced
element there yet, in spite of his promises of
limited relief SO soon as the Democrats got control
of the Government, the Nationals voted solid for
their owD candidates. and actually defeated tho
generous Democrats. This shows that the average
National has rightly gagged the Democratic appe-
tite. He knows that if the Democracy gets Tree
ticket to the public crib, there viii be no chance for
any one else 10 squeeze nose LII.
The familiar report comes once more from New
Orleans that there is an impending split in the DEM
ocratc party of Louisiana. Governor Nichols aud
his conservative friends said to be utterly dis
gusted with the Bourbons, and to contemplate an
alliance with the negroes at the next election for
the overthrow of the haters. General Anderson's
prosecutions given the basis Of this fresh un.
happiness. The report must be received with gen.
erous reserve. The Southern Democrats are bound
not to split till Democratic President is installed
at Washington. They will grumble and groan, but
they will do nothing more. They growled about
the Returning Board prosecution, but finally turned
about and sanctioned the whole business so soon as
it looked like succeeding. Now that 1t has failed
they are liberal again, and angry about the Bour-
bonS.