New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-17
POLITICdL NOTES.

The Democracy is steadily consolidating for It's
champion blunder.
The people should rebuke fraud this Fall by
squelching the fraud yepers.
If the Democrats attempt revolution they may
get more than they can handle before they KNOW IL.
Glover is bound not to be eclipsed by fresh
investigator, for he keeps on pulling i'll Democrat
day.
The independent voter is tearing his hair and
wondering how he ever was so blind as TO think
of voting the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Potter is so nervous about the safety of his
resolution that he did not dare to let Alexander
Stephens stand on his crutches and whisper to the
party admOnition to " go slow"
The President is said to have become convinced
that il is useless TO try to reform the Democracy by
means of Cancellation. and TO be on the point of
dropping that policy. 1t dropped Of its own weight
long ago.
The Southern editor continues to work himself
into rage over the atrOciOus conduct Of those
who are calling attention to the Southern claims
lie says they are all made by loyal citizens but
he does not propose any measure whatever Tor
obs ructing them. That is the only way to head OIL
the atrocty and the claims at the same time.
Judge Kelley is giving elaborate explanations of
the way in which the Tariff bill might have been
defeated if certain ambitious members had not
been so absurdly ignorant of parliamentary law.
Ii might have been defeated in much simpler way
if certain other members, Judge Kelley included,
had been able to fOTegO their desire To make
speeches on it sufficiently to refuse TO take 1t up
Yice-President Wheeler hits with his usual sa-
gacty on the two great benefits which to
follow the latest Democratic man9uyre one is the
consolidation of the Republican party. and the
other Is the demonstration to the President of the
amount of dependence to be placed upon Democratic
professions. Mr.. heeler does not believe the
Democrats will be able TO carry their point unless
they yield to the Republican demand for amend
ment.
There are said to be signs of a disposition to re-
organize a Republican party in the South Perhaps
there is such disposition but it is not visible to the
outside observer yet. The Southern journals are
somewhat exercised the proposition to send
prominent Northern Republicans down there to
keep an eve on the elections, which may be taken
AS an indication thas a Republican revival is not
looked forward to BY the Democrats with pleasant
emotions.
Southern Congressman revealed the true mo-
tive of the attack on the President in an unguarded
remark on Wednesday. reporter of The Wash
iagtOR Star asked him how the President could be
impeached for acts committed before his Inaugural
ton, and received this reply: Oh, you forget
that the men who perpetrated the frauds were re-
warded after Hayes got ill.," This is sufficient TO
show that revolution and not mere campaign am
munition is what The Democrats are talking about
and aiming at.
Mr.. Potter end his associates say that their
evidence of fraud is already accumulated, and that
they only want chance TO bring it out; that
within ten days after the resolution passed their
whole investigation will be ended. That is similar
to the proclamation which Glover made when he
started out. He knew where there was no end of
enormous Republican frauds all he asked was
authority to uncover them. He has been uncover
ing ever SINCE and every time he takes off the
Potter has had the precautiOn to do all of his un
covering in advance, and has put all the Democratic
cases back again deeper than ever LII this were
not the case he wouldn't be so dreadfuly afraid of
extending the inquiry.
In the two October States this year the Republic
cans have fair chances for success. They
have good issues, and have only to make a strong
fight on them in order to win. In Ohio the Legis-
lature and the Governor have done all that human
beings and Democrats could do to help the ReDub-
hcan party. weak and inadequate Winters work
has been rounded OIL with an infamous scheme to
redistrct the State according to commands from
Washington, and in direct opposition to the will of
the people. In Indiana the great question Of the
Senate OF course State which would elect Blue
Jeans Williams Governor Is not expected to be
sensitive about the disgrace which u man like
Voorhees, brings upon it, yet its experience cannot
but have had q beneficial effect and there
mIstakable signs that in the coming election the
cause Of the deagogue will be less popular than it
has been heretofore.