New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-10

t,frI stories and any Id fool can believe her
who wishes tor That is Mr.. PotteTs opinion now
The Democrats Of the House have declined to
follow Senator Bavard's advice and adopt tie Hd-
mands Electoral bill. If the Senator wishes to lead
his party successfully he must come down 10 Il
lower level.
Speaker Randalps friends say that enough votes
have been promised through correspondence WIN
members Of the next Congress to secure his rerec-
ton. If this il so The country wOnid IKE to Know
the terms by which the support Of the SOLID S0uth
has been won.
roformer in the new Maine Legislature has " in
yestigatcd" the salary paid to the chaplain OF tie
House, and is asonshed to find that the rate Is
50 90 for each prayer. He is that satisfactory
supplicatIOn can be procured for less money. FER,
haps II might were the House not Democratic ana
Grtenback mixed
Congressman Foster thinks the Republicans of
ONO will choose Secretary Sherman To run Tor
Governor in case the Democrats force Thurman 10
accept their nomination. campaign with those
two men tor leaders would, we believe, have an
important bearing on the Presidential nomln9-
tons. Mr.. Foster has great faith IN Mr.. Shcrm u :
powers "a an organizer and Is SIRE the people Oh
Ohio have great confidence IN him.
The astutc Bland who is enormously styled the
father of the Buzzlrd Dollar, has emitted the
profound observation that resumption may last a
week. or possibly six months Ii he will promise
10 keep quiet until resumption proves failure, the
whole country will pledge It's word that he may
make all the nose lie wishes to after that. 1t
would be- an immense relief II al the othrr imam
cIal croaliorS would make the same promise.
The Democrats show signs of consolidating IN an
attack upon Secretary sherman. voorhees, dis
charged the first shot on Tuesday and Beck fol-
lowed hm in a similar TRADE Yesterday. The per
formance should not be intericrcd with. If after
their experience IN fighting resumption, the Dem
ocrlts " ssh now to continue the ght against the
man who has made Tcsump ion successful, they
should be gwen an unObstructed field
The only reference to anything less dead than
Andrew jackson which Thurman put into his let
ter 10 the Onlo brethren was his mtimatIOn that
ne forcsaw a conflict between tn" people and the
National banks. He put the point with great care,
bur he meant to convey an impression that when
the fight comes he will be ready to lead the attack
a. valIantly the immortal Jackson led ms
against the Bank of the United States. This
Is precisely the position the RcWbllcln'
wish ~ see HIM assume. II he can cOuoo!i!dt" Inc
West that -suc there will be no doubt about the
result IN 1850.
The public mind, IT Is much to be feared, is ethar-
gc. Those elaborate descriptions of the reign of
terror in massachusetts, darng the last campaign,
which The UOrId has published with such com
mcndable enterprise. have fallen, not to out too fine
a point on it, as fiat a. an unlcaycHrd slaWack.
Nobody is oblieing enough to snow any emotion on
the subject. Even the Democratic journals are shy
about copying the moving tales, perhaps through
fear that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts viii
,uc them for damages If they do. The Republican
ioamuls take 10 notice of the "cyldcntc' 1t all.
WhIrh may bc construed 10 mean that they are
oycruoWcIcd by the strength o. tie ease, or mat
they cannot find anything IN il important enough
10 ann a word OF contempt at. Even IhE IEIBuAEr
effort, 10 hep It's contemporary ON IN a., great
work by giving the subject column of calm anu
stafr,mauillc consideration, have been nearly or
quite IN vain.