New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-26
NEW YORK. DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY DECEMBER &c 1879

| tatingly give handsome majority in advance rs
the exact their candidate is SURE to receive. i.
! is harmless weakness II their tai only counted
~ vOieS. General Butler would now he pcking out
hi. Cabinet but as II doesn't. lie IA engaged ~ tns
much more profitable business OF picking up clients
Garcelon saws he u proud OF what he he has done.
a" Ii il human to err, but devIlish 10 bra9 ont.
When the extra session laundering was ~ its
height, THE TersuNE offered a chrome 20 the Dem
crnt who would take oath that he enjoyed tram
ing in his party mt that moment and was proud OF
its position No applicant for the alleged work OF
art ever appeared. The chrome still awaits claim
ant and It seems fitting moment 70 make fresh
offer O ~. Ii will be given 10 the DenIocrai out
side the State of Maiuc, who Is happy ABOUT tno
G,rcelou business who viii swear thar he approves
of II am il glad that IL was performed, ana tnat ne
takes genuine pride aud pleasure in being Demo
crat at the present time.
Perhaps Pelton set up the Maine Job. It's success
Is the only reason for doubling his authorship.
IL Is noticeable that those estimable Democrats.
like Moses and Governor Robinson. who are most
unhappy about TIL TRIBUNE. declare that they
never see it. How do they know there is anything
in it to be unhappy about, then' 1t must be that
it Is the deprivation itself which makes thefn miser
able. his is the most touching OF the comDilmshts
Of the season which are now pouring In on HE
TRIBUNE
II the sanguine Greenbackers want a strong ticket
for next year. there are David Davis and ChiefJus-
tice Church. They are both Greenbackers, II they
are not backslderS.
voorhees, will become an exoduster himself before
he gets tar with his investigation
Boss-burgar Piilsbury is evidently afraid OF a
conscience panic among his forces. He IS gong to
assemble themnnd bulldoze the weak-kneed ones
into submission. Yet this same Pillsbury invented
the excuse for the theft that the Democrats pad
been bu dozed at the election. Ii Will be reinem-
bered that the Sou hern Ku Klux organization was
broken up because its members became Conscience
smitten. and started series OF confessions Wnlcn
ended IN a stampede. lhis IS an omInous precedent
for Plsbury.
One of the rammany organs The Star, has a conf
ELEMENTARY notice of the "pl iciDg' of Hendrickss
name at the masthead tor 1850 by the Indianapolis
editor of Hendricks. ethan this ilustrious states
man there is no better Democrat, no nober man, no
purer statesman" it declares. This will be great
comfort TO Hendricks. for it Is all the encourage
ment he IS likely TO receive; but il won't nominate
him. When he gets TO the National Convention ne
will discover that he and Tammany have one
striking point OF mountaineering each has little
following and less nope.
How lonesome that one honest Democrat In Maine
must feel
GarcelOn has the mpudence TO say that the citi-
zens of Maine who are protesting against his theft
are disturbing the public peace. Doubtless the mu
latto burglar who had such lively tussle with
General nendrIcksOn's plueky IRISH girl, the other
dav entertained the same untayOTaDle opinion OF
her shrekIng.