New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

pushed aside after little 10 mdko looIn
for the unscrupulOus demagogues who WIN
votes by catering to the rabble. In the
present Congress, the Democrats have TWO
members of standing and ability from thls
region, who have been far superior IN merit
to the rest of the Democratic delegation Out
the party shows its desire to dive still deeper
by leaving those very members at home' II
is easy to believe that Messrs. Hewitt ana
Potter are willing TO get out OF Congress
more willing, indeed, than most men are TO
get into Congressman yet their political party
expects to obtain full control OF both houses
and of legislation. A hard-money Democrat
who wants no part in the dishonor oil DIS
country. and opposes Reputation III every
shape must find his position most palhIul III
the House. Had either Mr.. Hewitt or Mr'
Potter been able to command decent sup
mort or respect from his own party IN the
House, it is safe to say that he would not
have preferred retirement.
Having eliminated the men who did most to
make the Democratic delegation useful and
decent, that party has made the cut more
pointed by renominating Muller. Eickhoff,
Wood. Willis and Cox, i'll this city. Inc
career of Fernando Wood is not the proudest
page in the history of New-York. Nc. Cox
keeps his place by a fawning subserViency 10
Tammany, and an unscrupulOus counting OF re-
indicators. Mr.. Willis has advanced not at all In
knowledge or fitness, but very far IN the arts
which get nominations and votes from the
lowest classes, since he transferred himself 10
the Democratic party. Mcssrs. Eickhof and
Muller only serve to show what chan the
Democratic party can select to represent 1t III
the city where its majority is greater than III
anv other. Nor are the nominations in other
ncighhoring districts Of better character
Mr. "Lurry jerome" is well qualified for
congress of wits or for caucus OF brokers,
but he will hardly be able to get seat in
Congress even by gilt. The candidate IN place
of Mr.. Potter Is consplcuouSly unknown, ana
does not command the full support OF MS
party. In the Xth District IN place OF MI
Hewitt the onc-man power has invented
candidate who was unknown at the hour OF
bis nomination t. nearly every delegate III
convention. but it is to be hoped that if
elected he will at least emerge from political
obscurity as far as Muller, and as tayorably
ms Wood. and, because little is known ot nlm'
there is a chance that he may become the
best member of the Democratic delegation.
The nominations Of Covert and Bliss in the
Ist and lVth Districts were hardly needed to
show that the Democratic party does not
mean to select any person of special capacity
or worth If it can help it.
Such is the stuff from which the Democratic
party proposes to take representatives in
Congress, for the vast commercial and manu-
facturinC interests of this city. Is there n
single candidate in the whole list who ought
TO be chosen TO represent such interests aud
such city7 Certainly it Is not Mr.. Wood.
His bomdlcss blundcriug at the last session
made even his own party ashamed OF mm
and his abortiye Tariff bill. His earlier rOpu
taton caused it 10 be continually suspected
by most ardent frec-tTadcrs that the mystcrl-
ous favorltism of the bill for certain special
interests was not accidental. Aud, while he
Disguised them and made his partisans
ashamed, he kept the industries Of the whole
country in turmoil and uncertainty for months,
and thus inflicted direct loss OF many mil
lions upon the business men OF Ncw-Iork.
Or is il Mr.. Cox, the lend man Of the
Tammany minstrcls, who tippantly courts
rCpudiatOrs and secures the nomination Of the
Grepnback partyR DO the financial interests
OF New York need to send. as a reinforcement
to Western repudiators, any of the men who
have been selected by party which rejects
Messrs. Hewitt and Potter for their opposition
to initiation
The Republican party las made better nom
nations than usual tins year. Its selection of
solid and worthy representatives Of the busi-
ness interests Of this city, especially in the
doubtful districts, ought to be sustained by
substantial citizens of both parties New-YOIk
has been misrepresentcd long enough by the
mere wooden puppets Of Tammany. The Re
publicans have not repeated the mistake Of
nominating any candidate like Mr.. Groom
they have selected men who deserve the CON
fidence and support of all who care for the
public faith and the permanent prosperity of
the country 1t will be n grave mistake II
the solid men Of New-York do not show b.
their votes that political party can afford to
make nominations which command their re-
spect. "
CALL NOSES AGAIN..
- Anv one ~ the ycnal crew acting soma