New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democrats sat up all night simply TO blunder.
Even the Democracy can't be so stupid as to try
to starye the Army.
Peton and Weed in consultation-is the Innocent
about to be deceived again
Watterson may take the responsibility, bat his
party will have to take the thrashing.
Fernando Wood will be subjected to caucus disci
pine next. He Is giving tho party away TOO freely
If Congress votes to abolish the Army the abolish
ers should be sent to do the Army's duty on the
frontleE
1t becomes more and more evident each day that
the Republican party has no reason to regret the
delay III the backlng-d0wn process.
Ifit ever comes to be question between abolish
ing the Army and aboishlng the Democratic party,
there is no doubt about which way the country will
strike.
Iti to be regretted that tho amendment provid-
ing for the payment of Congressmen's salaries in
Buzzard dollars was lost That is the best use that
dollar could be put TO.
The beligerent Northern Democratic Congress
man vino Is sure that his party is unanimously In
favor of starving the army makes u dreadful mis-
take. The Northern War Democrat is an honorable
exception, and the party needs his vote, too
The pressure on Thurman to run for Governor of
Ohio still continues, but he persists in his refusal
He undoubtedly sees that he lose the Presiden-
tiai nomination just as surely by not running by
running. Ii he doesn't, everybody else VINO has
eyes does.
The California Republicans are sanguiDo that
their prospects for the next election have been
Frightened by the adoption of the new Constitution.
Separate tickets by the W0rkIngmen's and Demo
cratic parties will inevitably divide the opposition
and give the Republicans a good chance Tor eectlDg
all three Congressman.
The Ohio Democrats are clearly enough doing
THAR hest to stir up "A ouarrel between Taft and
Foster in tho coming Republican Convention. They
are catching eagerly at all manifestations of de-
sire for Foster as the head of the ticket and are
sare he Is much too great man 10 be put OH Win
the second place. This transparent dodge Is having
little OF no effect on the Republicans aud laft con-
tinues to lead as betorc.
Poor Judge Davis He whopped off the fence
into the Democratic bear garden for the purpose of
winning the support of conservative Northern DEM
ocrats and Independents as a candidate who took
judicial and non-sectional view OF things But the
North failed to huddle up around him, and now to
make matters worse, the South shows disposition
to take him up the man VINO viii DO sure todo JUS
tcs TO their claims. After this there 10 nothing Tor
the Judge to do but to revive his Ihrd Party OF
One.
More trouble Every time Mr.. Watterson at
tempts to act as peaeemaker he simply stirs up
fresh bileiu the party. His denuncaton of Hendricks
as a conspratOr has called forth not unexpected
howl Of wrath from the Hendricks tin-whistle III
indianapolis. The charge of conspiracy is de-
nounced as sheer falsehood, disgracefui to the
paper which published and 10 the shallow, rattling
liar who wrote it," This sounds rs if the devil
may-care Kentucky veTnaculaP had spread over
into Indiana. The editor evidently considers 1t
too weak for the OCCASION for he adds alphabetically
at tho close of half column of II that lt Is dt tult
to characterize the conduct OF man like Watterson
" without employing coarse terms. mt only Tor such