New-York tribune., 1878-01-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

No country can aioTd to pay Sl1,OOO,0 900 year
for demagogues.
The silver agitaOr is about as much Nationa! ex-
pense an able-boded rebel.
Az the prospect for silver dsfeat brightens, the
buster of the demasogues increases.
The dread of the effect of veto Is emphaticaly
shown by the extraordinary efforts of the silver al
Yooate 10 ward lt Oh.
II the innumerable Jones family's financial bias is
correctly sampled at Washington, this country Is on
the brink of a ciisis.
1t curious and instructive fact that the at
tacks on Mr. Randall in the Washington Demo
cratic organ are sandwiched IN with beautiful
tributes To the worth of Congressman Cox and
Potter of New-York The attacks formerly pub
lishcd in John Kellys organ had the same pc
cuarity.
One of the most amusing comments on the Bris-
tow demonstration in Boston comes from Ken
tuoky The wonder ont there is. that man who
could not set the minority vote for Senator in
ms own State. should loom mp into Presidential
candidate when he reaches Massachusetts
General Butler, of Massachusetts,, indorses the
Buckncr idea Of stopping the wheels OF the
Government in order TO secure repudiation, and on
the same day General Butler, of South Carolina,
declares his purpose to vote steadily for the pre-
scryation of the public faith.
Senator Pendeton. of Ohio, may turn ont pretty
good statesman after all. 1t is fact well known in
Ohio that his conduct since his election has given
the extreme imitation wing of his party good deal
of anxiety. He has made two speeches, but has
in neither said anything about his future
financial questions. The leaders like Ewing. have
always mIsrusted his soundnesS" III the faith, and
they are quick To say he Will desert If he hnds II
agreeable 10 MS tastes 10 Stiuu on lhe other
side.
The doubtful announcement is made that Mr.
Hendricks will free his mind of its financial burden
on February 20 before the Indiana DeInocyatic
Association. Of course the production will be moth
ing more nor less than the same old straddle. He
never made a speech in his life that could not be
interpreted in two ways. and he never will. He
will remain to the end the same man rs he was in
Congress- when for the iirst time III the history Of
the world committee OF hyc was evenly divided
because Hendricks was on IL.
Another instance of Democratic reform is fur
nishcd by the House Committee on Elections. They
have decided to give the contested seat from CALI
forua to the Democratic candidate. To do this they
must overlook the certificate Of the Democratic
Secretary of State Of California To the Republican
candidate and the decision of the Supreme Court Of
| California, with Democratic Chief-,Iustice and a
majority of Democratic justices. also in favor of the
Republican candidate. This IL on u par with the
Colorado case. Perhaps it is good way To secure
q llSk III IL.
Ii il clear that the Democracy of Ohio has its
doubts OF Governor Bishop. That remarkable inau-
| cugal address has set the leaders to thinking. and
| the more they think the madder they become. IL
looks especially ugly to them that their candidate,
who was elected on q silyer-inlatiOn platform,
should deliver the longest address OF his life and
carefully say nothing about iinance-not word
| about the dollar of the daddies-not word about
Wall Street sharks-only paintiye plea for the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad. They suspect lour
luce Dick forcsees the ebb of the silver tide, and
has carefully gone ashore. 1t would be IN act wor-
thy the sagacity of SO practical statesman.
One of the petitions which the silver leaders sent
ont in blank TO be signed, has reached the domain
of Nlsby. and has been filed out and signed with
uncommon enthusiasm. : copy of it has been for
war.!ed by the gifted paIson himself to "tho Editor
of The TRIBUNE, or his minyuns.' As completed,
the document Ia great improvement Oh the org
inal. u is addressed to the Honorable Congress OF
the United States land the dimocrasy," and asks
for silver to be made legal-tender for all debts,
public and private, "paricly at Bascon's grocery
After The request for the repeal of the Resumption
Act these cminently appropriate words are in
serted "Hooray! Ennything too beat the mig
g.rs and the yooserperp On the outside of the
document are the inspirting words: "Hooray! Bas-
| com has sined Unlimited silver and unlimited 10.