New-York tribune., 1879-02-03
POLITICAL NOTES.

Why don't Mr. Pottcr's deputy diggers slt in the
ATkf
Peton il avfully wicked, but his Uncle still pays
his hOtcl bill.
The deputy diggrrs must not forget to ask Iilden
the size Of tine cipher bi!l, and who pald It,
If Mr. Tilden wishes to run i'll 1850 decorated
with "A coat OF whitowdsh, let no Republican stop
him.
Peltons general cusscdncss was perfectly well
known tolls Uncle when the latter made him Chief
N.uConpOOp.
Does The Uo,Npropose TO give Us a series Of bog
raphies of the wicked copa ceuersl VIII Moses or
Weed be the next victim
The Porter Committee is going TO make one more
attempt to get the awful Chambers into corner
and hold Them there. Watch for the rupture of a
fresh r0Orback
Mr. Potter will remain in Washington probably
for the purpose Of preparing his promised fraud re-
port. He should reflect upon THE TRBUNE's pro-
po>al 10 make II Il preface to It's cpher pamphlet
While the sub-ciphcr explorers are about IT they
might as well 20 the full length in their tenderness
TO Mr. Tilden Why not allow he victim of the
wicked coparconers to whisper the story of his
wrongs iuiO Sprngel's ear2 Nobody could call that
n contracted audience
WHY are General Butler and Mr.. Potter both so
anxious to escape the test mOny and Z" vindicaon'
of Mr.. Tden2 1t ought to be a great privilege to
asS.t IN removing foul suspicion from a wrongly
accused man, and the closer the personal relations
the greater ought to be the sweets of the labor.
They cannot DO afraid he Will not be vndIcated.
The antI-Tllden Democrats should be wary about
allowing a pubic examination OF bank accounts
for the campaign of 1876 If the Solid South gets
glimpse OF the sums which Tden scattered among
the brethren, nothing can prevent their renOminat-
ing him in 1880. If he lives. The Western brother
t.l4 4 IL.lEF IN Ia lHt HfAI fla
same way, also That DaTl Is the most potent
weapon for Reform ever forged IN TINS country.
The Rev. DR.. Webster Is not loved by the South
Carolina budozcrs. that Is clear. Their principal
ORGAN in Charleston calls him reverend hypO-
cute," "caTpet-bag pol l'-ican and mischief
maker" who writes "lyng letters to Northern rell-
Cious newspapcrs" The same organ calls the adj
dress which the recent Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence AT GTeenVile adopted, II " "slandtrOuS political
document" intended 10 ald The Radical machine
The Southern Democrats follow consistent
course on the claims question. whatever else may
be said about them. They speak with great feryor
against the claims and then vote sOldly in favor of
every one which comes before them. They must
not complain, therefore, if the North overioOks the
speaking aud shapes ITS course in accordance with
the voting. Experience has TAUGHT II to do this.
The bulldOzer. under the lead of Hampton and his
kind, has declared most eOquently that ne IL III
favor of giving tho black man all his rights, Yet
when election day has come around he has insisted
i'm deciding which ights belong to hun and giving
him those alone.
There is no pleasing THE TRIBUNE'S critics. They
could not sufficiently express their vrtuou~ ind gna-
ton, few days ago, at TIE TRIBCNE's in
famous" conduct in STEALING the private papers of
gentlemen" Now that It has been shown that no
stealing was done, they remark with wIherng con-
tempt: "THE TRIBUNE needn't put on any airs
about its enterprise. The cipher dispatches came
10 it without any solicitation on its part. 1t OBJ
tained them by mere accident" Why. of course.
dear brethren. TIE TRIBUNE hasn't claimed any
thing. All it did was TO translate the dispatches
But don't YOU think you are tangIlng yourselves up
n little by scotfin. AT TIE TRIBUNE for not doing
what you haye already declared to be infamous
Chalmers has been allowed to let of his speech,
and may now pe pronounced out Of danger. The
fiery bolt had been held back long that il wasn't
dangerously hot when it escaped and 10 harm has
been done to anyone. The great mans mouth Is
a little under the weather from the friction ncylta-
bic upon the passage but it Will be in good VOL king
order again in a day or two. Meantime the subject
of Southern claims stands precisely where II stood
before There has been some more talk, but the
chance for the adoption of an amcndent making
their payment impossible Is as remote IL ever Gen-
eIal Bragg VIII Il the country great service -
well q. stirup some more llYelme>1, if he Will advO
cafe the adoption of such a measure as necessary
Democratic policy.