New-York tribune., 1879-05-27
POLITICAL NOTES.


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The rigdity of the Presidential backbone has
become chronic.
David Davis has actually kicked the fence over.
That at least was not judicial.
The Democrats are the sole authors Of their back
down and will be permitted TO 20 it alone.
General AIcCook may apologize for his contempt
of Congress, but the country won't follow his ex-
ample.
The funny man who used to comment on the sup
posed geatinous constitution of Mr.. Hayess back
bone, is now silent and detected
The passage of the Silver bill commits the Demo-
cratic party to the Reform and Relief platform for
1SSO-ciphers and cheap money.
That Tilden agent in the South has been heard
from at last. The rural Democratic journals in
Georgia are swinging out for the Innocent in $780,
The President will find Solid North behind him
in bis purpose to protect the Southern negroes who
wish TO omgrae beyond the reach of the bulldOzer.
DofU you forget that, Mr.. Bourbon.
Ii there is one Democratic statesman who has
made a more pitable political shIpwreck Of him
self than any other in these days Of general dsas-
ter, it is probably the Hon. Samuel j. Randall.
The Solid South has not failed once in this or the
last Congress to come up unanimously in support Of
any initiation or reputation scheme The man who
has doubt about how to vote on election DAY
Senator Thurman goes to North Carolina TO deliver
an address before the State University on June g.
of course it will be as much of political pilgrim
are rs he can make it, "SpOntaneous ovations"
will abound and hls platform Tor 1880 VIII be eX-
posed to public Wow.
The Congressional Committee of the Greenback
party announces that National Convention will be
held in 1890 and a Presidential ticket nominated.
This is good news for the Republican, party. 1t has
no members who will be straying OIL after foolish
ness of this sort next year, while the Democrats
have lots of them.
lf the State of ew-Jersey had not elected three
Democrats to Congress last Fall there would have
been three more votes against the Warner silver
swindle Nothing better was to be expected of the
much-marred Smith, but how will the constitu-
encics of Clark and Ross relish tho votes of tho
piedge-breakeTs who iDlsreprosenJ them "
Stanley Matthews has perfect faith that Ohio viii
bo carried by the Republicans this Fall and gives
an excellent reason for it-that tho Democracy
have shown an utter incapacty to govern the coun-
try as well as themselves" That is the root Of the
popular disgust everywhere. In ITS scramble Tor
the spOs of power the party has disclosed ITS total
uulitness for the power itself.
Hendricks denies that he is a conspirator to be
stunned by all men. Ho informed a reporter of The
Indianapolis Journal that Watterson must have
been drunk-crazy drunk" when he made the
convince him Of this condition of WattersOn but
no found further proof in another editorial article
in The C0lrier-J0URdl of the same date, in which
an actress who fell through trap-door in theatre
was so hopelessly mixed up with the gambling and
horse-raeng fraternity that nobody could make
ANYTHING OF it. As for conspiring with John Kelly
against Tilden, Hendricks says he is doing nothing
of tho kind. This throws the question back 10
WatteTson and calls for either apology fresh
rush of - devil-may-car Kentucky Vernacular."
A prominent citizen of the Westchester Con-
gressional District writes to THE TRIBUNE that he
cannot understand recent statement in this
journal that Governor Robinson said he had no
power to order a special election to fill tho
existing vacancy in that district. Tho writer cites
the law on the subject which was handed to him
by Charles UCOnor: "When the right of Office of
q person elected to be representative in Congress
shall cease las for instance, by his DEATH before
the commencement OF his term OF service tho Gov
ernor shall order special election" This fits the
case exactly, and there is entire justice in the
writer's claim that tho Governor ought to have had
a most excellent excuse for refusing TO give the
citizens of this district voice In this most impor-
tant session of Congress. As 10 such 10 ap-
parent 1t is natural that many Of those citizens