New-York tribune., 1878-04-12
POLITICAL NOTES.

Democratic hopes of a fruitful RepubllCan quar-
rel are blasted again.
Who wants to give 2, 9 or per cent of his
income to help pay a lot of Southern claims
Senator Edmunds is right. There is not enough
of the Administrations Civil Service Reform left TO
attack.
1--WE are men of business says General Butler,
speaking to and Of the House of Representatives
and he might have added, of small business,
mostly"
Mr. Blair has succeeded in having his /" fraud"
bill sent into Congress with kick behind it, for the
man who introduced it justly felt called upon to in
innate i'm self defence that he considered 1t pretty
bad rubbish.
Between 600 and 700 Republican citizens of Mil
waukee have addressed an open letter to the Presi-
cent expressing regret at Senator Howe's speech,
and declaring their warm approval of the course OF
the Administration.
General Butler is the only man who has derived
any glory from the DOorkeeper squabbling. He is
receiving dispatches of gratitude from all parts of
the country Good for Butler. Ii is real pleasure
TO find hIm doing something on which all RepuplI-
cans can unite IN congratulatlOn.
Secretary Evarts says the Cabinet is harmonious
and happy, and has not Presidential aspirant in
it, This announcement is n credit to the sagacity
of the Cabinet but it does not remove any stupen-
uOliS ODSldClc llOiu lllC PhbhhaJ VI
candidates
Springer is a rather Indifferent sample of an Alb
dcl but he is the best which the Democrats of the
House can furnish. 1t Is Springer who will illum-
nate the History of the Great Crisis in Bookkeeping
os the only Democrat who preferred a soldier of the
Union to an Egypto-COnfederate.
Glover is in trouble again about his experts.
When they tried to draw pay on Tuesday, it was
discovered that they could get none, because they
had not been sworn in. They took the oath in u
ifTy but the missing back pay only be obtained
by special act OF Congress- Inns GlOVer mas already
asked for but Congress is liable to conclude that
the experts have received all they have earned.
The Democratic journals are disgusted that such q
tremendous pow-wow has been made over so small o
matter as a change of DoOrkeepers They think it
,hows lack of Republican ammunition. 1t shows.
ON the contrary what q large scandal the Demo-
cratic party make out of the smallest office in Its
control which has any pap connected with 1t for
distribution The Republican party had the con-
troll of the same Office for years, and 1T was too small
for o scandal then.
Senator Lamar has sent modest letter to the
minority in the Mississippi Legislature, who OPP
posed a resolution of censure for his votes against
the Silver Bill. He says simply that he found it
necessary to exercise independence OF judgment and
TO vote against the views of majority of his con-
sttuents concerning matter OF grave pubic policy.
lie uOeSut seem 10 Iulnh llc w
for his conduct and merely says of it that he hopes
IL will help som of those who come after him to DO
their duty in similar trying emergencies.
There is disposition on the part of the Assistant
Democratic editor to sneer because the Republican
editor is backward about denouncing the arrest Of
Ex-Governor Moses for forgery as q Confederate
outrage" case Of political persecution" and a
breach of the understanding about letting by
cones be bygones." This is based on a misunder-
standing. Moses made his last appearance IN
politics as q stalwart defender of the fraud war
whoop he was sure that Tilden carried South
dianship of the Republican party and became a
"reformer.D The reform editor. who tnrns sson