New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-03-22
POLITICAL NOTES.

Hasn't John Kelly made up his mind by this time
that it is best to give tho old man a chance J
The country mOurns but the Washington board
lng-house keepers rejoice.
If General George b. Mcclellan intends TO move
on the White House, il il high time he came out
from behind his intrcnchments. Mastery inac-
tiyity is kind of strategy that will not win against
the lively Old gentleman of Gramercy Square.
The Massachusetts, Republicans can sleep sOundly
now. General Butler is so fully occupied defending
Senator Cameron from the attacks of Widow Oliver
that it is impossible for him TO be connecting any
fresh mischief at home.
Speaker Randall had a brisk tussle with tho
Bourbon tiger in the Democratic House caucus, but
was badly worstcd. The animal is on the rampage,
aud the combined efforts of the few conservative
Northern Democrats Will be powerless to hold him
down.
Only Confederate brigadiers, colonies and ina
jahs" seem to have any chance for getting Office
about the Capitol nowadays No doubt the new
Democrat Assistant-Mcssengc whose duty it is
10 hoist the Stars and Stripes overt Senate Cham
Der will be somebody who spent four years trying
to shoot down the tag and the men who de-
Tended it.
Alexander II. Stephens is the latest victim Of the
Greenback disease. He may have had 1t lurking in
his system for years. but it did not develop WRIT
lent phase until Thursday night. At the House
caucus he insisted that Congress should relieve
the country by issuing S500,000,0 900 more legal
tenders. Mr.. stephens Is to be ptlnd HIS friends
have nearly recovered from the papcr-mOney cpl
dcmic and will have little sympathy for eleventh
hour victims.
Senator Bayard appears to be hedging He is re-
ported having said very recently that he did not
think the Democrats would insist upon all that
demanded by them at the close of the last session.
He thought the exciting political debate at that
time made both parties more obstinate than they
otherwise would have been.
The Washington correspondent of The Chicago
Inter Ocean tells this anecdote of the opening Of the
session IN tho Senate, aprOpos of the Confederate
raid on the offices about the CapitOl: hay-seedy
Albanian, who had just completed a pedestrian
match against time looked into one of the Senate
committee rooms and asked, Whose room is this !"
" Ii used to BE- Uncle Sans" replied the clerk in
charge; but l believe 1t belongs 10 Jen Davis
nOw."
Commenting the suggestion of some of the
country Democratic papers that Horatio Seymour
should be run for Governor, The Buffalo Express
says: "He is too od-tOo infirm-tOo rich-tOO
sensbe-to permit it," Nevertheless it begins TO
be whispered abOut that the Ex-Governor is of quite
q different opinion; that he thinks he was not
sensible IN refusing the nomination IN 1871 and
does not Intend to make the same mistake twice.
| Mr. Maurice Strakosch is reported to have said of
the Chnaman " He is Of no good to this country.
''s He docs not even drink or smoke. -'' He
| isnot man he is IN animal for what is the most
| striking difference between animal and man The
| man laughs the animal does not. Now. have you
| ever seen Chinaman laugh / Will bet
you anything you like that you have not.
The Chinaman is an animal. not man"
| The Chinaman is rather saturihe in his
! average moods but he does sometimes laugh
| heartily when he secs anything TO laugh at. Chl
namen III Cali fOrnia do not laugh much, as thelf
| ex lstence there is no laughing matter, and The
| average HoOdlum does very little TO amuse them
II is understood, however, that soon as CHINA
| men get back TO Canton they generally indulge IN
| little laughter-at the boast of the Melkan-man
| that ho lives in free country where every we'll
behaved person is entitled to the protection Of law
Cut 1t short The extra session.
Cut 1t short!
| Voters pardon all transgressiOn
OF the sort.
Subsidies should be subsiding;
Only jobbers are deridIng
"Permanence of legislation;
Cut it short!
Cut it short! There's ruin in it
Cut il short
Ninety dollars every minute
Isn't sport.
When the budget has been voted
peace and rest will be promoted
BY the flight of House and Senate.
Cut IL short!