New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-09
POLITICAL NOTES.


Mr.. Thurman's candidacy is fast becoming bar.
rem ldeality.
Mr.. Tildeu Is looking hard at the Park Commits
sion. There l. blood in his eye.
The Tammany tOmahawk is a dull and feeble
weapon. IL should be LAID away ON the shelf
The Yahoos Of Yszoo are reposing after their gal
liant ylndcation OF Democratic principles.
Massachusetts, is not as badly scared as usual at
the advances of that bold, Dad man, Butler But
she IL ltte tremulous, nevertheless.
Local elf-govornnent is the current South
ern euphemisn for State Rights. The new rhetori-
cal sheepskln doesn't hide the teeth Of the wolf.
Governor Stones way of dealing with the Yazoo
buldozers to write letter to the Sheriff oil the
county. As the Sheriff headed the mob, he must
have taken the letter as good joke.
Here is straw for Greenbsckes to chew upon.
In Portsmouth, n H., within sight of Maine, the
Greenback city ticket got 1875 votes last year. At
the local election last Tuesday 1t got only 60.
II Mr.. Evsrts should conclude to take the English
Mission himself. tho country would expect to sec
that perennial annoyance, he fisheries question
settled speedily and finally, and in the right way.
The World sagely remarks that our local Govern
ment is a Government of universal suffrage, tenn
pered by thimble-rGging. 1t fails to call atten-
ton, however to the deXterOus way Mr.. 1ilden has
been moving the thlmbes about of late
Mr. Thurman is the little boy blue of politics.
He under haycock fast asleep" somewhere up
IN tue mountains of Virginia, while out IN OHIO the
Ewing sheep in his meadow and the Tilden
cows his corn. If be doesn't wake up before long
he will never harvest his crop of Presidential expec-
atoms
"The'white people of Yazoo are the friends of the
colored man-but he must not conduct himself in
such manner as to destroy the peace and prosper
lty of the county," SAYS The YdzOO Herald. This
gentle hint that II the negro votes Tor anybody but
the Democratic candidates he Will get dose or
shotgun argument
This Greenback party" said Congressman Frye
in of his Maine speeches, lis what heard 1t
described by a rough customer in Major Briggs
office up in New-Hampshire last year. Here Bill,
you Greenbacker, how you said the Major. and
Bill was mad. Amt yOu a Greenbacker, BllP
said the Major, and he snapped out No. SIR and
added The Greenbackers remind me of the run
drinkers bottle Is temporary consolation, and
eternal damDatiOn."
One by one the roses wither and one by one the
Democratic candd dates for the Presidency disap-
pear. David Davis has collapsed. Thurman is well
down on the political horizon. Hendricks troubles
nobody but WattersOn. Bayatd is a vanishing
sentiment No one rises to second Joel Parker's
nomination. Hancock Is hardly mentioned. Mean
while Uncle Sammy tigntens hls twist on the party
aud sereuely surveys the prospect.
The latest feature of the Maine canvass is the
lively bargaining at county conventions between
the Democrats and the Greenbackers over coalition
tickets. sometimes trade is spoiled by the greedi'
ness of one party or the other or by the stubborn
ness Of a few old-fashioned Democrats, who so
behind the times 10 imagine thai their party has
some principles remaining which must not be COM
promised. As a rule however, the negotiations are
concluded without much difficulty.
One thing is plain to all observers of the Name
canvass-the Greenbackers are making an unex-
pcctedly vigorous fight. They pushed forward
by the Democrats to take the brunt of the battle
Against the Republicans, and are evidently we'll
Supplied by their allies with the sinews of war;
They are a party of Aduamites, without principles
that they can clearly define to themselves, but they
have sufficient incentive to action in a desire TO get
possession of the State offices this year, and to go
into the Presidential contest next year with an
organization strong enough TO enable them to drive
a hard bargain with the Democrats for coalition.
Jere HARRISON, the Alabama colored leader. thInks
Secretary Sherman stands the best chance to get
the vote of the delegation from his State to the
National Republican Convention. He does not be-
lieve Grant Will be q candidate. eff my people
don't run after Washburne," he said the other day
to a Washington correspondent, 81 think Sherman
will be their favorite." Talking about the negro
immigration movement, Mr. HARRISON made the
sensible remark thar while Congress u raising COM
mittees to investigate labor troubles III the North,
Southern exodus movement and let the country
know the true cause of the dissatisfaction among
the colored people of the South.
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