New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-31
POLITICAL NOTES.

POLITICAL NOTES.
Politics are dull without the mud dIggers, but
they are decent.
The party which does the hardest work is the one
which will win this Fall.
A fOrtnig hGs rejection ought to be ample to show
Mr.. Potter what phenomenal mess he has made
of 1t.
Did the Potter Committee adjourn in order to
give General Buaer a chance to start his Massachu-
sets campaignl IL looks that way
General Butler is opposed to a third term because
possible defeat might tarnsb the ustre of Grants
fame. The General eau head of the catastrophe by
hushing his GreenDack nonsense.
Voorhees, is already on the stump in Indiana
bowling his loude5t for reelection, but Hendricks
still loiters and is not likely to get underway be-
fore the last of August. lie wishes to find ont
which leg Of the straddle is to be borne down on the
heavier before starting.
The Pennsylvania Republicans will begin their
canvass about the middle of September. They pro-
pose to make it as energetic and thorough as
possible, sending speakers and workers into all
parts OF the State. They are confident of success,
an excellent frame of mind in which to enter
fight.
Postrnaster-G General Key Is another Cabinet officer
who takes considerable stock in the Grant move
msnt He thinks that if there is anything like the
Potter investigation OF "a Communistic outbreak
threatening the public tranquility two years hence.
Grant would be nominated and elected despite all
that could be said against HIM. lie does't believe
the General Is aiding the movement but that he has
plenty OF Jealous friends who doing all the
work There j. no doubt about that; their danger
ia in too much zeal.
The Texas Democratic State ticket is a good speci-
men Of Bourbon straight. Every man on It served
in the Confederate army. The nominee for Gov
ernor was president Of the Secession convention,
and commanded Southern regiment. He is reg
ular fosszed Bourbon and is said to have been
put on tho ticket by the efforts of lawyers who
were anxious 90 get him of the Supreme Bench,
where be- now sits rs Chief Justice. The Bourbon
element controlled the nominations so completely
that there ~ some talk OF bolt IN avor OF Cover
nor Hubbard, as an Independent aud National can
didate.
The Nationals Of Schuylkin, Penn, furnish
another evidence that their party more prolific Of
rows" than anything else. Schuylkill is ono of
their strong holds, and both old parties have been
looking forward 70 its National Convention with
uneaslness. The body met on Monday, and fought
almost continuously for twelve hours, ending by
making nominations which will be apt to split the
party. Before the convention opened the two rival
candidates for Congress had an alteration in the
hotel lobby, which nearly came 10 blows. The de-
ieatod faction withdrew almost entirely from the
Convention before the ticket was nominated, and
though the candidates chosen have many elements
of strength the bitterness excited j. great that
fLe old party leaders much relieved, aud do not
anticipate serious trouble from the third ticket on
election day.
From all parts of the West come complaints that
farmers are unable to obtain help enough TO gather
their harycsts. In Wisconsin - 30 day is offered,
but even then there not laOOrers enough 20 Oh
the demand and the same thing is true Of Iowa and
Minnesota. Thus is a significant comment upon the
clamor Of demagogues that millions of workingmen
1
find H.. The work is plenty wages are liberal, but
tho workiugman does not appear. In all these
Western States the Greenback movement Is said TO
be stronger than ever. Its platforms clamOr for
" lief Tor the wOrkluWnan, yet when the relief
Is offered he does not take It. Tins Is fresh and
most conclusive evidence that the men who are
Leading this crusade against capital are men who
do not want relief by labor but by plumber. They
don't want to work for living; but 20 get living
without work.
Ex-Governor Wamoth, of Louisiana, gives the
-Tildon.Democr a hint that they will do we'll
to ponder He says the Democrats of his State will
support FOR President "any man who can carry In
diana, New-Jersey, New-York and Connecticut.
Left 10 themselves they would rather have Bayard
than ANYBODY else, but they will take Hendricks,
Thurman or Tilden to beat" That is the true
Southern atttude-the man who can beat" Ii
doesn't require much political insight TO discover
that neither Thurman nor Hendricks can carry
either New-York, New-Jersey or Connecticut. 1t
is simply notorious fact that if Mr.. Tilden cannot
carry those States no Democrat can. When re-
porier of The Cincinnati Inquirer asked Mr. War
moth what the exact feeling toward lllden was in
Louisiana his answer was " l think the Demo
Gratis were deceived in their expectation OF large
nscun,ary support If they would nominate Iilden at
St Louis Complaints were loud that money
enough was not forthcoming The politicians there
will not trust hun again unless they have to-" That
Ia trne of an the other Southern States. The
politicians don't want him. but they naturally
nrefer to win with man they don't ike than 10 be
beaten with a man who just suits them.