New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-03
POLITICAL NOTES.


President Hayes has earned a vacation.
The fro-cracker VIII break out now in place Of
Beck.
Montgomery Blair says it jca3 q back down. That
settles il.
The Turner's roll from the public gaze more mixed
up than ever.
The conspiracy to spell Nation with small IN "
has once more collapsed.
The extra pay steal was a Characteristic death
clutch OF The nrst Confederate session.
The Democratic congressman don't march away
with the proud bearing of conquerors.
Tilden has a notion that his party isn't in position
to growl any more about his weak back.
There seems to hayo been some difficulty in play
ing off the caucus a coordinate branch.
Judge Davi,'s platform Of soothing syrup and
nuinne beats TIIdeu's combination of hOt-cOrn and
taiiy hollow.
Springer will reach home just in time TO set his
mouth agoug and furnish free fireworks to the
whole state OF ILLINOIS.
Free quinine will make fever and ague so cheap a
luxury in Ncw-JeTsey that even the Mcclellan
boom ought to shake itself into motion.
Atkins thinks it would have been money in the
DemOcracy's pocket if the extra session had never
been born 1t would have been million in the
Governments pocket.
exit from Washington yesterday made up the most
melancholy procession which ever struggled out of
the National Capital.
with the possible exception of Senator Thurman,
the Honorable Samuel j. Randall Is the worst soiled
and most diiapdated Statesman who skunk away
from Washington on Tuesday evening.
The Democrats threatened to starye the Govern
ment into surrender. They actually shut of little
mora than one per cent of the supplies thoy were
called upon to vote. mild attack Of famine, that
Si.ver-bI Warner suspects tine Democrats were
only feeling around TO see if the President had
backbone when they threatened to tip up the cOun-
try. As usual. they found a good deal more than
they were looking Tor.
A competent statistIcian can now earn the coun-
try's gratitude by making a trustworthy estimate
of the amount of political capital accumulated dur
ing the special session by the David Davis party
aud the Greenback party.
There used to be q slow-gOing railroad in Illinois
whose initials were T. p. and W. It's exasperatcd
passengers dubbed it the "Tip-up and Walk-back
Road Why no. call the extra session the IIp-up
and Walk-back Congress
Tho Summer excursions which the patriotic
Democratic Senators voted themselves will cost the
Government from 100000 TO $4,000, according to
the smallest estimates. If the weather is not, and
The committees possess the average Democratic
thirst the bills will be much larger.
Three Democratic deyotees of free ballot in
Cincinnati have been convicted by the United
States Courts of tampering with election returns.
One of them has been sent to prison for yoar and
the Other two have been lined Such outragcs as
tbi, against Reform would not be possible were the
election laws repealed
The Maine Democrats have q good deal to be mis-
erabe about. They nominated Governor GaTcelOn
last year not because they liked him, but because
he was as good as any other man to be defeated To
their surprise hs slipped into office. Usage said he
must be renominated, and as he would not decline
he was renominated when no tried TO thank the
Convention for the honor, which the Convention
wanted him decline, the delegates arose in body
and left the hall spelling his fresh aud original
Joke about a lively corpse. The Republicans Will
be mercitul and re love the party Of him by defeat
ing him IN September.
A Democratic editor and politician of Indiana
has returned 10 his State from Eastern journey
full of information which is calculated to start
Hendricks boom. lie tells a reporter of The Indian
apolis JoarRai that he several leading men in
New-YOrk politics and learned from them that
Hendricks will undoubtedly carry the full delega-
ton from that State in the next National Conven-
tom The men who furnished this startling news
were Chairman Purcell, of the State Democratic
Committee and Colonel Payne, John Kelly's lieu
tenant" Both Of these mon assured him that Hen
bricks was tho first choice OF the New-iork Dcmoc-
raoy, aud Colonel Payne sure Hendricks would
| carry the State by 10000 more votes than lilden
| could poll. The visitor also discovered that John
Kelly will control the delegation u the National
| Convention, that Kelly was devoted to Hendricks,
and that 1lden would struggle for c0htro IN VAN.
| He also learned that tho barrel" never emits