New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-13
POLITICAL NOTES.

| What Mr. Wood needs IS the advice OF tara
expert.
Mr. Hewitt has detected tho fraud" cry from
! Hayes to himself.
| The Civil Service Reform machine seems to have
jumped into the future instead Of into oblivion.
| If Mr. D. A. Wells can start that beated Free
Trade landslide he ought to send it to the immediate
| relief of Mr.. Wood.
| There were three silver certificate bills intro.
duced in the House on Monday, but neither of them
| was Springer's An expert should be deplOyed to
cXcaYate Springer.
| Simple gratitude ought to prompt Judge Kelley to
leap to the defence of the Administrations Civil
Service policy. Ho is likely TO need another recon.
menda;ion at the next election too.
Patterson rises into the public eye again for
brief moment to remark that there is nothing in bis
connection with South Carolina politics 10 DO con.
cealed Which, being interpreted, means that the
cover has been.takcn off completely already.
The Spring elections in Iowa, unlike those in sorae
of the Eastern States. show gain rather than fail.
ing off in Republican strength. The party has no.
only held its own but has gained control in several
localities hitherto in the hands of the Democrats.
And Iowa the first State whose Republican Con-
yentiOn refused 10 approve the policy OF the Admin
istration!
Tie tremendous announcement is made that
General Ewing is not the author of his unlimited
paper money bill, but that he is tho igurehead Of
a combination of great American fnanciers, who
are sitting ncrvouslyln the back ground expecting
TO SEQ their discovery "electrify the whole world"
1t has done that already by showing that fnan-
clal folly has reached its highest development In
tho present American Congress.
The imitation agitator doesn't mean to be quiet,
whatever happens. In one day three bills for un.
limited silver are introduced in the House, and
;aI ly, f,rt ha 4aN
ton of Government bonds. The aim seems TO be to
make the bonds as worthless as possible. and then
tax he holders for their folly Ill trusting such
country as this. Ii Is an immense comfort to feel
that the aim cannot succeed even with this Con-
gress.
General Butler thinks the Resumption Act is
dead letter. having been killed by the passage Of the
Silver Bill which stopped the funding of the public
debt, and thus prevented the accumulation Of gold.
What is better" adds the eather-dollar inanccr.
cit has stopped contraction and shrinkage for this
generation-a generation of viDers and wreckers.'
The General doesn't say whether lie is a viper" or
a" wrecker" but he gives pretty good evidence OF
belonging to the latter class when he thus ia
the death of funding process which would lave
saved the country $l7.OOO,OOO year.
The probable future of the Wood tariff bill was
forcbly predicted by Congressman Walker, of Viz.
ginia. a few days ago. lie said TO a correspondent
OF me Cincinnati enquirer: " ihere Is not the
slightest show in the world for the bill pass tho
House. Let me state the situation automatically:
If it takes ii men four mouths to formulated bill
In committee how long Will IL take $50 men 10 pass
it in open House r. The House will probably give
up the c0nunirum If the bill ever reaches it, and
devote about live minutes killing the absurd COM
pllat0u.
There seems to be the lovelest kind Of n fight
brewing at Washington. The NcGarrahan SANDER
mill is at the bottom of the trouble and the delight.
fu prospect of it ali is fight between jeremiah 5.
Black aud Montgomery Blair One of tho men
smrchcd by the charges Black is stirring mp, was
the late Frank Blair. Tho Hon. Montgomery rises
to say in The Washington Post that neither he 10,
Frank ever received dollar from McGarrahan and
then adds: The Blairs have lived 10 little purpose
if old Black and his stain their eScutcbeOn
Old Back sold out that company when lie repre-
seute. the Attorney-Ceaeral." This means war of
su!phurous adjcctiyes If nothing eso