New-York tribune., 1878-12-20
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POLITICAL NOTES.


The cipher barrel isn't empty yet patient eopar-
ceners.
THE TRIBUNE struggles 10 be worth four cents 10
TO you every day or two, Moses.
There will be cipher driblet along presently,
Nevy. which will interest you
Let Glover have his head. His ears must soon
cease to flap in the public eye.
Nobody ever heard of Cabel. of Virginia, until he
made a conspicuous ass OF himself.
Tilden bears the Democratic refusal to touch the
ciphers good deal more serenely than the party
editor does.
BY the way, Mr.. Potter what has become of that
bogus Sherman ctter' Are you going to New
Orleans to verify thatf
Moving, spectacle: The patient figure Of the tn;
Grecnback agitatOr who has sat down to wait till
resumption proves to be " disastrous tulure."
Why should Mr.. Potters personal relations with
Mr.. Iiden RESTRAIN him from conducting cipher
hunt Isn't 1t a blessed privilege to yindicate a
fTIendf
Senator Ransom's admirers ornamented his desk
with a mammoth bouquet the day after his en-
counter with Blaine, as o token of sympathy.
Arnica would have been more soothing to his head
Congressman Chalmers, of Mississippi is said to
have prepared a speech on Blaine which is 50 terri
bly, bitter that 1t Is doubtful If the Democrats will
let him deliver 1t. Hands Off and give Chalmers
his head! Blaine can stand it, ii he can.
1t is suspected in Ohio that Thurman's Demo-
cratic enemies started the scheme TO run him for
Governor purposey to kill him off. They knew that
whether be consented or declined TO run, the dam
age to him wOuld be equally great. The result at
tests their shrewdneSs
Several able Democratic editors, whose loyalty to
TlGen has been unshaien by the ciphers, lnti-
mate that bis enemies IN the party are preventing
| m n orip tO
This might be so if lilden were showing any eager
ness TO be investigated. The party is bothered
mainly with trying TO decide whether an !nYeslga-
tIon or a refusal to Investigate VIII hurt HIM the
more.
Misfortupes fall thick and fast upon the Demo
cratic party The ciphers smOthered its fraud cry,
and killed off its strongest candidate. Then the
bulldozers and the tissue ballots built up solid
North which more than balanced the solid South :;
and now along comes resumption, fifteen DAYS ahead
of time vludlcatIng Repubucan craftsmanship, and
throwing the bright sunlight OF publicity upon
Democratic pgbcadcdncss Verify, this Is bilious
season for " Reform"
Tden's barrel must have been a deep one or it
never would have held out to supply the expense of
"heaping up and cementIng in dcbanchment
aud dishonor the ground-work and primary part
| Of the conspiracy" which the COparccDers were
| managing in three Southern States. When
! strolling coparcener no more trusted than
| COYIe was, could draw lOl TItOOO Nuen-
! ever he felt thirsty, and get 1t, money must
have been plenty, and the restrictions upon paying
ont very loose 1T is safe % say that no man ever
| paid more for an office he didn get than llldcn did,
The sympathies of every right minded person will
| 70 cut at this time toward the aoft-mouey disciple
who has been that resumption could not pos
sibly be brought about by January l. The astute
and sclf-poised Benjamin Hill wanted the Resump-
ton Act let alone because the surest way to smash
| ~. pnpuII,cons vynuId bC N Laye rpsUmDtiOn
tempted and have it fail. Benjamin will not he able
| 10 survey the ruin his minds eye had pictured He
| had plenty of company his vision, however. and
! be will not be the only disappointed man now. The
| able editor who predicted that resumption would
not be possible till there was gold dollar IN tue
| Treasury TO he exchanged for every outstanding
! grreuback dollar, viii sympatAize with Benjamin.
! He knows how 1t Is himself.
The South Carolina bulldOzcr has turned his at
| teution for brief period, from the negro TO the
boudholder. The Legislature of last year created
a special tribunal for the adjudication of all ques-
tons affecting the validity of the public debt
| This body, which called the Bond Court has
heard the case, and was to have rendered its dec-
sion last Wednesday. Fearing that this decision
would be favorable to the bondholders, bill was
introduced III the new Legislature for the abolition
! of the court, and came within five votes of being
! passed. a, it was defeated on Monday by vote of
Gfty-seven to ity-twO. 1t is safe to say that but
| for the few negroes i'm the House il would have
pa Ssrd tor in discussing the chances for defeat on
Monday The Charleston Ae'rs and Courier SAID that
one OF the elements Of weakness for the anti-Tepn-
! diaion party the - loss of the cOlored vote,
| which was always solid against repudiation. s"
As change of three votes would nave secured the
| passage of the bill, the State oi South Carolina
has been saved from the disgrace of reputation by
| the votes OF few "niggers" who slipped into the
| Legislature through an oversight OF the buldozing
! "chlyalry."