New-York tribune., 1878-03-29
POLITICAL NOTES,


The Administration is. serene even in its discour-
tesy.
General Butler is gravitatlng slowly into his old
place III the Democratic raDks.
Whenever General Butler " rises above party"
party is apt to he very nearly right.
Perfected Civil Service reform: All patronage to
be distributed by the President and Cabinet with
out advice from anybody.
1t is sufficiently evident that the President is not
"tryng to resuscitatc the party 1t looks as If he
were trying to make it impossible for body else
to do II.
Matt Carpenter sums up the situation in the words
of Horace Greeley: " There Republicans enough
for one partv but there are not enough for two"
That remark never fitted better than it does to-day
Speaker Randall had chance to vote on Wednes-
day, and sought another on Thursday He used both
to sanction an effort TO put into seat which
belonged to some one else. Whenever Mr.. Randall
doesn't straddle question, he gets OH tho wrong
side OF 1t.
Senator Howes effort to purge the Republican
party of its dross by the Bessemer process of blow
ing blast of heated wind through it does not
seem to have been altogether successful. If the
| experiment is ever repeated great care should be
| taken to secure clean article Of wind.
Mr. Representative Jones, of Alabama (Dem.)
enjoys tho distinction of being the only Congress
|
| both the Massachusetts, gentlemen who were con-
testants for seat in the House 4 conscience so
| nicely adjusted Mr. J0neS's ought to be vau-
able possesslon
Even the clergymcn begin to tire of the overlast-
ing complacency of the White House. The Rev. w.
II. II. Murray says of the President: If he should
| get his spunk up little quicker sometimes, and
have not only the courage of his convictions but
habit Of acting upon them before they became cold
we shouldn't exactly blame him." Neither would
| anybody else.
| The Democrats announce an intention of circuat-
ing Senator Howe's speech freely in the South, with
the hope that its sectional bitterness will keep the
party there solid for'lSS0 The party seems to be
toIerably solid already There are no indications
of ANYTHING but local splits. The Independent
| movements are as thoroughly anti-Republican as
| the Democracy Itself.
There is pcrceptible grin the faces of the
ant-rildcn Democrats over tho decision in the it,
come tax case. They hope now for judgment
against him, which will take him out of the field in
| 1850. The South and West would dance for JOY to
see the fraud cry thus brought homo to roos on the
| head of its author 1t would be an uncommon
streak of luck Tor Mr. Hendricks, for Tilden ont of
| the way thero would be nobody in the Indiana
statesman path except Judge Davis and the Judge
doesn't loom" very formidably at present.
Jones, of Alabama, is first rate specimen of the
| Democratic Congressman of tho period. He voted
| against tho seating of the Democratic contestant
| from Massachusetts,, on Wednesday, but on Thurs
day he turned about and voted for him for this
thrilling reason that while he thought the Republi-
can was legally entitled to the seat, the House
decided the other way, and he would bow to the
| will Of the majority. Which, being inter-
preted, means that Jones follows his conyc-
| lions till he finds them unpopular in his
| party, when he drops them and follows his party.
| when Jones stood up and declared his conversion
| on Thursday, the Democrats applauded with delight
| They might well do it, for Jones does them honor
lie is perfect product of the political morality OF
| his party.
| The Democratic House has voted out of his seat
another legally elected Republican and put in his
place Democrat who was not elected at all. This
is the third time they have committed this outrage
in one session. They have done it each time in tho
face Of protests from members Of their own party