New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

Tlldcn is 4 "bIgcr .man than old Grant" as a
tOugue-hOlder.
Don't say anything unless you wish to. Moses.
LIS "a free country.
THF TRIBUNE still continues to advertise gTatui-
tously and gladly It's pets tn" gontle coparceners.
Fernando Wood will begin presently to repeat his
favOrite performance of backing down by uneasy
stages.
Up to the time of going to press. Mr. TIldens card
demanding cipher inquiry, had not been received
al this Office
Senator Bayard has once more shown his superb
orIty to his party, which viii proceed, probably
10 show It's intcrlOrlty to HIM.
When Mr. Potter thinks Of those ciphcrs and the
trouble OF lodging them he wishes the present
,ion Of Congress were Ii uIted To fifteen seconds.
IL was a groat DISAPPOINTMENT TO the Democratic
editors that Blaine didn't put more bloody-shlrt
into his speech That IS way they think he made
political mistake
The Democratic press is aluost unanimously
silent on the party's action in lodging the cphers
The able editors seem TO be unable to comprehend
bow q refusal To nvesti gaze can secure ylndIca-
ton Tor any body.
with all possible gentleness it must be said of
Mr. Cox that he is a fraud. The whole country was
delighted, when Congress met, by an announcement
that he was to head an attack on the National
for two weeks now. SItl in, Dir. Cox, an give MS a
urst-class joke once moro
The Southern politicians are said to be pretty
generally dissatisfied with Senator Lamars I'M
fortunate attempt 10 answer Blaine They think
he ought TO have kept sieIt, acting on the Well
understood principle that any answer would hurt
him more than 1t would Blaine. They say no South
crn member has emerged from COLLISION with Mr.
rdmuuds keep, Ia badly dCmOralized condition,
aud they right Mr. Lamar won't get caught
again.
The authoritative statement is made in the As
,iston- Democratic press tnat the Potter Comm ttee
wi not take the initiative in a c her inquiry, an
less specia ly instructed DO by the House, and
even # so instructed it wall not begin an inquiry
TIL tho work originally mapped out is completed
This, the same journals tell us, means that the
81 yhcrs Will not touched, Nothing is said about
what the Committee would do were Mr.. lildrn to
"clauor' Tor = yiudicatiOn AID IL is unnecessary
that there snouId De,
Mr.. Potter has at last been able to say something
about a cipher inquiry. According TO the Washing
ton correspondent OF he Cincinnati COMMERCIAL he
said on Thursday We are waiting for PROPOSE
tIons from the Republican members who. under
stand, arc comforting upon the natter
When informed of this statement Rcpub-
lican member laughed and said: "You may
tell Mr. Potter that the Republican men,
bcrs have consented, and have agreed unanimously
that it is the duty and privilege of the Democrats
10 investigate their own corruption" That is pre-
clsaly tho conclusion reached 10y TIT TRIBUNE,
after it had done It's best to set the corruption be-
fore the party in ITS most enticng form.
AZ present lHE TRIBUNE rs sitting back
i'm serene satisfaction, contemplating the
amiable expression of cOuntenance with which
tho party is Surveying the display. The more Mr..
Potter and his assistants wrggie the greater is the
delight produced III this office Tins denRht in
creased by the certain knowledge that the whole
country is looking Oh and Is cOmprehending with
entire accuracy the significance of the perform
anCc.