New-York tribune., 1879-09-20

10 get the Presidents chair cannot be Gov
"ercd ND or denied" The Tammany cmei
means businesS-and blood.
The account that is given elsewhere %
political campaign in Scotland Is oi csp'ch''
interest lust now when our voters are getting
their annual reminder of the duties oi pohuos
aud the ways of politicians. 1t Is not hNeH
that any reader Will reach the end OF our cor
RESPONDENTS description of the plimi,INc
Scottish custom of "hcckling" without WISH
inc that some of our own platform orators
might be Put through the same excellent as
ciplne. The cable has just announced the
election OF the Liberal candidate. hh"Wieu-e
of that fact gives greater interest 10 the S'",S'
&c tbe contest was made directly upon the
issues raised by Lord Beaconsncld's admins
tratiOn.
The elevated roads have just witnessed a
curiosity ia strikos-a strike, not for mgher
wages bat against an official. Ihc engineers
and brakomcn, feeling aggrievcd at the re-
m0val bv the master-mechanic oi some oi
their comrades, without just cause, as they al
legc, aid feeling that they might some day
suffer in the same way, organized against
him. They resolved upon the extraordinary
course Of demanding his removal. and COM
mitlce carried that request TO the directors
There WAS q compromise The masteI-me-
chanic wac not displaced, but the power of
removing engineers and brakcmen was taken
from lin, and the committeeman were as
sured that they should not be punished Tor
doing what they had done. The singular con-
cession made to them seems to indicate that
there was Justice in the mems complaints.
The staff correspondent who has described
FOR TpIErNF readers the mineral fields or
Colorado and Dakota. contributes on another
na,-e the first of a series of letters from Mon
tana This deals principally with the journey
10 Helena and the facilities of approach rs
compared with the methods of fifteen years
aeoas wellas with the means OF communication
sure to be fully established within fe"
months. The railroad development OF the Far
West is indeed marvellous, and well worth the
attention devoted to one phase OF II IN thlS
| le,ier Its extent is not fully understood III
the East, and il is not strange to find our cor
RESPONDENT asking whether ON people " know
that during the present year no less than
.sthrce great lines of railway are being built
"to connect the Missouri River with the
"PaciGc Ocean," Probably only 4 small pro-
portion know also that counting one line as a
Pacific Road which seems certain to develop
into one. "the day is not far distant when
| 1.-THE tourist will have the choice of five
:" routes to California or Oregon
Two political campaign documents, as unique
as they are strong. are presently to be spread
/ broadcast though this State and the North
/ generally. One Is TR'vyNE EXTRA No. %,
entitled Songs for the stump" 1t contains
nearly all the satircal verse which has ap-
poared in the daily files of TIE tribune
under The title OF Bourbon Ballads ami
which has been widely copied by the Repub-
/ licn press East and West. These Ballads
/ have met with such general approval, and
/ have proved so striking Il feature in
| contemporancous politics, that this col
/ lection las been made in order that
they may have a still wider circulation. Sew
/ eral of these lyrics are set to music, so that
! they may be sung in the parlor as well as
| from the platform. 1t is the most complete
political sOng-bOOk ever issued. comprising
! ffy-fye ballads, and all the work Is fresh
and original. The price of this Extra is 10
cents. 1t is ready for delivery this morning.
\ On Monday TRIBUNE EXTRA No. 50, entitled
The Black List, or Reputation in the Solid
! South" will be sold over the counter for .
cents 1t will contain al the articles Which
have appeared in The TRIBUNE under the
heading The Debt-Shirking Party These
two Extras will be speedily followed by simi-
lar issues equally strong and effective fol
circulation curing the Fall campaign. The
amazing story of Mrs. Chsolm, given else
where in The TRIBUNE this morning, may be
one of these.