New-York tribune., 1879-01-17
POLITIE.iL VOTES.

Does your new key tit that cipher published yes
tcrday, Moses!
Whoput you up. TO the job Of packing tha, Florida
Committee, Ncyy
Peruse Sociniau Peri Perry Smith is an appro-
pirate name for r5O0OO coparceucr
The Democratic ConggcN,men will give mp hold
inq caucu3e4 presently aAd resolve themselves into
coroucrs jury.
The American language is Gkrly to be enriched
with some more hig.-shOdid, red words when
Moses mounts the stand.
TIE TRIBUNE Will continue to translate a fresh
ciphcr or Two occasionally IL order 10 retain the
cOparCencTS a. Substitutes.
Moses is in tremendous perSpiration over that
new kew He has To fit II not only To the cipher5
but to IA record of political events as II stands in
the ne" Spapcr mes.
If Pei;on was not backed up by hiS Uncle how
was il thai he was able to have his OWN way 50
easily with the party lclder,' He is not. Of him
scl: one of the fcw who are born to command.
Where has the Bayard movement drifted to? 1t
no longer stands as . buwark against the southern
and Western alliance for the de .trucon OF the Ma
tioDal BANKS he refusal of ;he Democrat, of the
House To follow Bayari's lead on The Ejmunds
Electoral bill possibly discouraged Ii.
In spite OF Democratic hopes 10 the contrary,
Senator Cameron is likely to be reelected by the
Pcnn,, lyauia Legislature, on Tuesday next, with
on: much opposition from his own party. He is
confident Of ,ucccsS without help from either Demo
Gratis or Grecnbackers and he has reason To rejoice
over that fact.
An observing correspondent remarks that the
meeting of Thurman and Hendricks III the senate
Chamber the other day was not marked by an eitu-
sion of cordaIty on either side. Why should II be!
Ueudl,cks nnT,r1 the Iag-bahy ou the SIS 10, years
and as soon as the infant became large enough To De
"a help 10 him. Thurman suatcLCa II.
There is a curious notion abroad that the coparce-
rcrs are likely To produce key which will give
an innocent Interpretation to thr cphcI,. II can't
be done, for many reasons; but suppose could be,
how would they explain Mr. Tdcn's DENIAL that the
dispatches were ever shown to ini Ii they were il
noccnt why were they kept frou hin! lie gave away
tie copdrccncrs when he SAID ia hl, DENIAL that he
did not see the cipher, at the time. but heard OF
tnem aftcrw.rd. If he heard OF them. ahd they
were lnuo,Cut, why didH't he drnl the correctness
Of Tur TnIBtNrS trnu,iatiouS9 !lut this whole
talk uf a new key Is Ch1ldiSh1rSs anyway. ln"S
might Us we'll talk Of a ne" multiplication tabi''
Frederick Douglass responds with goot deal of
jn>t.iahle feeling to charge that lac SAID OF the
Southern negro hat le must suticr and wait. and
wait amt suffer-" but that nothing can be done for
him. Il have said he writes 10 The ttmiIG Id
reJiiycr that something can be done we can ex'
pose fraud: can drnounce violence; We can KIM
de the moral indignation Of the country against
meanucsy and crime ; We can bring out the facts 10y
investigation; We can exhaust al legal means for
the protection of Republican voters al the SOUTH
and If hcse shall al we can adopt Such Other rem
eGlcs ~ The wisdom Uf WiSc,t men VIII suggest
and approve. Ia all tnIs. time is an important ee-
mcnt." That is an admirable summary OF tue aims
oi thr Republican party IN Its present controversy
with the Solid SOuth. The moral INDIGNATION Ot
the country ; the most effective weapon with
lipl In iullt
General Butler has written an astonishing letter
TO somo unknown person III Minneapolis, on the sub
ject Of Jefferson Davis. II is youchcd for rs gem
ulne by The Tribune of that city, In il he SAYS that
be voted lfty-scyen times for Jefferson Davis as