New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-05
POLITICAL NOTES.


bauks'
Nephew Pelton nobly rcfrains from sniug The
| UOrd for libel.
There is certain fitness after all in having the
cipher hunt move like a funeral.
Why does funny Mr.. Cox remain in the shade 50
persstcntlyi The whole country thirsts for joke
from him.
Tiden's Presidential stock is rising. chiefly he.
cause he Is the only candidate Of bis party who
| owns a 8" barrel"
No Democratic Congressman has introduced an
ant-S0uthern claim amendment yet. General
! Bragg Is missing great opportunity.
How does a bankrupt and repudiated Nephew
manage to 1--we at a hotel ana ride in a cab Does
he have a secret tap to his unclcs replenshed
barrels
Mr.. Potter has a few shadowy chances for Pre,i.
dental nomination. and he should remember that
a party which is so determined upon a perceptble
bach bone IN ITS next candidate viii be shy OF
who afraid of CIPHER barrel
General Ewing has been suppressed by the Demo-
cratic caucus and the House has sat down with
painful force upon the latest silver measure. 30 that
tie financial lunatiC- may be said to have been rem
dered harmless tor the rest Of the session. lHeY
have nothing TO do now but TO watch for rrsuup
ton to taIl.
What u the reason the Seymour movement in
this state does not boom9 1t has been started with
great ability, but for some mysterious reason or
other it does not ahead any. The eloquent nom.
inatIon of Seymour for Governor by the OsWegoeoT
has been seconded by no journal IN the parry and
there no slells OF enthusiasm any Where EYl-
IDENTIFY that dodge to head OH Mr. lllden wont
WORK.
That uprear about obtaining the ciphers By
"surreptIfiousr means dwindled suddenly to a very
small squeak and has now died out entirely. II
was an unnecessary waste of wind The surrept'
lions means proved to be a supply of copies from
member of the body which had calmly absorbed
the originals and made not the least sim Of the
remotcst intention OF investigating them. The Ne
calciHant member of the minority, who insisted
that they should not be thus suppressed, deserves
NOre Of thanks.
1t is announced from Indiana that all reports thai
Hendricks has lost his grip upon the party there
are false and OF evil origin. The great straddlerl
declared 10 be rs firmly ntrenched in the hearts Of
his brethren a. he ever was. This may be trur yet
il is also true that the Indiana Democrats, like
their brethren all over the country, were nevers
deeply impressed IA AT present WIN the neceSNlV
of having u rich man for candidate next year. AZ
they their fingers down the list OF aSplrants ne
on Y name which has millions attached 10 II = III
deu'S, and their feelings are shaped accordingly.
Glover has never made a report of his various fish.
ing excursions but some of the methods by which
he expended several thousands Of dollars Of the peO'
pless money revealed by the list of items on the
CONTINGENT Fund Report of tho House. Under the
ignonlnlous head of Disbursements for Fuel and
Oh.r a correspondent of The Cincinnati Commercial
has discovered thc great name of J. H. X. Wilcox,
expert credited with $40 for alleged services.
The gifted exponent of UnIversOOgy Is mixed up in
discriminatory with oil. coal and a mysterious III.
stIument which is entered "a a squirt can" There
are "A dozen squirt cans and one lllcOK, which make
just a bakers dozen of squirt cans in all.
The furry which Thurnan's Democratic enemiei
stirred up in Ohio politics few weeks ago hai
subsidized, and has left the political situation aboui
as it was before. Congressman Foster IS now. as he
was then, the most probable Republican candidate
for Governor, and Uncle Dick Bishop is likely tC
have his hearty desire gratiiod by a denomination
on the Democratic side These results would, IN al
probability, have come along in the natural pro
gress of events if Humans enemies in his Own
party had not seen tit to stir up temporary shIndy
for the purpose of blackening his Presidential
chances Their little game succeeded perfectly,
and Thurman is able to see now how well he heIped
il along by declining nomination so TAR III ~.
vance. If he had kept perfectly quiet he would nor
have been damaged.
Congressman Carlisle, of Kentucky, thinks liden
will either be the Democratic candidate IN l-So or
will name the successful man. He tells correspon
dent The Cincinnati Epqtrerthat Tilden - certain
IL looming" and may be nominated BY acclama-
ton. as he "has very long head and knows what be
il doing" II he can only prove his innocence ofhS
cipher business, as his friends declare he can, W.
Carlisle hasn't any doubt Of his denomination. He
thinks that Tllden's second choice is BIyafd, al
though he Is known to have 4 strong personal
friendship for Justice Field of the Supreme Court
As for Seymour there Is chance for him, since ne
Is threatened with softening of the brain and coud
not live through the excitement of canvass VT.
Carlisle Is assured that the breach between lll9sh
and John Kelly is completely healed. and that III
den could unquestIonaby carry New.l9mIA
AGAINST any Republican that could be named. h9
mas had long talk with Hendricks. aud ~ conhdens
he would not consent tn accept the second place on
the ticket again. This obscr alton, like thai 3DGus
New York State shows that Mr.. Carlisle is taiNlns
with great freedom about things which me- does 'V'
understand