New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democrats will swagger but tney oaoA
down.
Bourbon stupidity is about to be put to the final
test
It's the cOrnered Democrats only solace 10 yen
" Fraud p Let him yell.
There Is less disposition to call the fresiuent
weak man than there was.
About the only thing nulfed at this session VIII
be the prospects of the Democratic party.
Springer is agitated lest the President defy Con-
gress 1t would be a wanton waste of energy to do
IT,
Now that Tlden has tapped the barrel he can
make no wiser use of it's contents than TO Duy OUT
the Last Ditchers and send Congress home.
The Republican Senators don't bulldoze any bet
fer than the President does No wonder the Demo-
Gratis are demorallzed when their chief weapon Is
poweriess.
Cox lodged the vote on the final passage OF the
Judicial bill, thus leaving Springer In CHEZ com
mand of the Last Diichers. Cox was evidently
jealous of SprngeTs WIND power.
1t Is the unanimous opinion of the Western Dem
ocratic organs that Bayards obstinacy is I'M
Democratic. Indeed it is. He is the only man IN
his party who has actually placed his conscience
above the caucus.
All the Confederate Brigadiers in Washington
are sure LamaTs words were distinct invitation
notice of them. 1t is hard for these sons OF
chivalry TO comprehend that the old notions OF
hOnah are defnnct rs it is Tor them to let Tue
issues of the war alone.
Simultaneous with the renewed activity OF
TIlden breaks out the solemn and familiar Joke OF
nominating Chief Justice Church for the Presl-
dency. Two of the devoted journals which DO TINS
work periodically have gone through it again
without a break in their SERIOUSNESS, 30 that tue
end Of the revival Is Ill sight.
Mr.. McMahon is good enough to declare once
more that if the President vetoes the Judicial bill
the Democrats will have the issue just where they
want it," Let us hope they will hold on to 1t tins
time They have had it in that very spot three
times already ana then have run away from III.
Mcllahun is sure the country viii support the
Democratic side, which shows how little he KNOWS
about the country.
Noman but Democrat would have the impu-
dence to talk about the President threatening"
Congress with veto. Congress came together
with the distinct threat that if the President did
not do as they wi she'd they would starve the Army
and the Government. The President declined to be
scared, and they have backed down from both po-
sItIous. Now they threaten to stop the Federal
courts if he still opposes them. lie threatens
nothing but merely keeps his oath TO execute the
laws. The 81 threats" are ali on one slde ana the
backdowus will all be Oh one slde too.
Whatever the party leaders in Congress may de-
eide to do, It is clear that the Democratic journals
are weary Of the fight. The editors who were so
belligerent few weeks ago are calm now-so calm
that they hardly mention the subject of surrender
ing at all They must he able to perceive by this
time how strongly popular sentiment Is setting
against the Democrats. The mere questions III who
Is right and who Is wrong in TIN. contest aside
there is W hat Lamar would call feeling of " I'M
InItIgated contempt Tor the capacity OF me Dt NJ
ocratIc party to MANAGE public affairs. This has
become so prevalent that even Democrats are IN
lccted by IL.
The final tussle at Washington will come on the
question which has been the real one all the time
whether there shall be pure election in this
city, or a free and fraudulent With the super
vsors of election in power, there can be no ballot
box stutfing, and consequently no bogus Demo
cratic majority piled w high enough to overshadow
the Republican majority in the rest of the State
With an unprotected ballot-bOX ia this city in 1850
the Democrats may possibly carry the State and
elect President; with ballot-boX protected by
honest laws there is sure To be Republican vie
tory here and IN the country. That Is what this
fight means, and the Democrats may well argue to
[ Themselves that no amount of laundering can harm
them SO long as they are rdined anyway If the laws
are neither uulliIed nor repealed The fact Is the
sacred cause OF cipner and tissue-bdlot Reform IL
IN tight place and desperate measures are neces
sary TOR ITS relief.