New-York tribune., 1879-12-23
The booms will bc allowed to take holiday. too

After all 1t isn't so strange that the Democrats
should show a little pleasure at the success OF the
Maine burglary. They have been trying so long to
steal State that success at this late day must nat
urally bring some qualification. They tried in 1876
to snatch Oregon. but failed tried next to get
South Carolina, and lost that, and finally saw
Florid, slip through their fingers because of the
nigl-shouldered diplomatic blundering of the poly
syllable Moses. GgrcelOn has been more successful
than any of the coparcsners, and the party has
right to be proud OF him.
voorhees, will retire from the exodus inquiry
within few weeks with his head bound up, and
saying with great energy; ! had no idea that the
cOnl0unded thing was loaded"
Bear II IN mind that without resumption this
would have been much less merry Christmas, and
send the compliments of the day to Secretary Sher
man.
Judge Lyman Trumbull is the first prominent
Democratic leader to make public defence of the
Maine theft At a recent meeting of the Illinois
Democratic State Committee, he opposed the adop
ton of resolution disappearing the crime, saying
that the Democrats were merely paying the Repub-
leans back in their coin for the fraud OF 1876
and that there was nothing wrong in the Maine
business anyway. There is something inharmOni-
ous In this defence The Judge has been charging
fraud upon the Republican party with great vehe-
mence since 1876. Nobody doubts his sincerity in
the matter yet he says that the Democrats are
having hack in the same coin. but are dong no
wrong Does he mean that fraud Is wrong when it
is committed by the Democratic partyf Or does he
that rd neTf u % 6 IN esDs shs sd the R
what has he been crying aloud about during the
past three years ]
There is one thing the Democracy can't steal
the public confidence.
Complaint is made by some Democratic journals
that there il too much Tildcn in The TRIBUNE.
Be calm, neigbbors; 1t won't be many months be-
fore you will discover that thereis good deal too
much Tilden in the Democratic party The
TRIBUNE is merely trying to spare you the misery
of too much crow IN the futuie.
A perceptible change OF front is visible in the
Democratic newspapers concerning the Maine
crime. Some of those which were at first disposed
to defend 1t are condemnIng it. and
which have not hitherto been able to express any
opinion have found voice against it. Thus The
Rafalo Courier grievously belied Its vell-earned
reputation for fairness by upholding the outrage
when il was 6rst announced. but ID has viDdicated
itself now by declaring that great partisan
wronQr seems TO have been committed. TIE Courier
ournal is enabled, by its warm devotion to Tilden,
TO see that this transaction completely silences the
Democratic cry Of fraud, and declares boldly that
the act is sucidal and that the Democratic press of
the country must wholly repudiaten il or the
party Will be ruined. These honest c,nfessions
had been done before the crime was committed there
might have been some use In it (; but, though the
crime was known to be decided upon weeks before
ii was committed, there scarcely any Democratic
protest against it from any quarter. Ii was looked
upon as rather a good joke. Condemnation comes
now only when it Is discovered that the Joke ID
bound to react disastrously on its perpetrators
An observing correspondent in Washington writes
that on Saturday morning he flock of more
than two hundred crows in tina Capitol grounds
Verify, the same Providence which tempereth the
wind to the shornlamb provided the game for the
coming Democratic banquet; yea. verify. with
generous hand, too for there is here forrshadowed
more than one bird apiece
Senator Kirkwood, Of Iowa. thinks the Grant
movement for third term Is peterng ont,r chiefly
because II begins 10 be apparent that third term
will not be acceptable to the masses. With Grant
ont of the field, Mr. kirkwood Ia sure that Blaine
will be the man.
In The indianapolis Journal intelligent Louis
lana Republican insists that there are twenty
seven Southern districts which are reasonably GER
tain to elect Republican Congressmoil In 1880.
provided the National Committee and srr'sssa Re-