New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-07


nah from British oppression." Mr. Henry c. Wayne,
the secretary aforesaid of the late Mr.. Justice
Wayne of the Supreme Court of the United States,
thinks this good opportunity for making an
attack upon what he is pleased to call Radicasm.
"Lctit b. remembered" saws he. that there is more
of political significance IN this Centennial Celebra-
ton than meets the eye We should say that
there was, and we should advise wcll-meanIng citl
zcns of Savannah to have as little to do with Mt
Wayncs celebration as possible.
The regular Democracy of Massachusetts, hold
their State Convention to-day, and will nominate a
ticket with about rs small "a chance Of electing II
% ever fell To the lot Of party. Bat 1t is hardly
necessary to waste any sympathy npon Them IT IS
easy hut il would not be precisely accurate 10 say
lhat they expect nothing. They may be right or
wrong in their politics, but mt any rate they viii
not sell themselves for which, so far NJ the
plrty Is concerned. would Ice perfectly meaningless
They may be Obstinate, bus hey are not grossly IN
consistent. Their nOmina ions may keep more than
one brother from going over bodily to the hybrid
Butler party and so they viii do good service IN "A
small way. They Ought 10 he glad, in these times,
70 be able 10 make themselves useful. IL * some
thing 20 be- honestly faithful even to gross pcili-
cal mistake.
n is reported that the night before the Democratic
Police Commissioners dey eloped their trick in the
nomination of Tammany inspectors who conId not
or would NOT serve. n cipher Dispatch. almost ~ the
precise words Of one that is already famous, was
sent To Commissioner MacLeaa from Gramercy
Park Ii was signed DENMARK" ard it read 1:
Utmost wclkn lorimcr buzzara swain mnutely
association moral mathematics achr0matic carpeted
neglected. welcome. Aggregate profound" Winch.
being translated by the hide dictionary, Is as fol-
lows: lis Your matter ceTtainf There must he 10
mistake. All depend, on Won. Answer quick Mr..
Commits ioncr MncIcan, do you understand, or
would you like 20 oiHcidate the matter further!
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Peltou's chance for getting on the Police Board
has vanished.
If Mr. Tilden really has given mp purchasing re-
nomination. it is slockiugly cruel in him not to tell
Mayor Cooper. and relieve that much distressed CO.
parCcncI from further antics.
Southern Democrats are laughing NJ those chronic
rumors Of a split IN the Solid South. They say that
the division. are on local issues onlv and that on
National questions both factions Will be solidly
Democratic That Is THE TMBUNEs view pre-
ci.clv. All talk abont Southern electoral votes for
the Republican Presidential. oanai late ~ 1850 ~
ia,r, on ignorance The south will Dee solid lur the
Democratic candidate, and viii remain 50 until
crushing defeat has shown the luiliiy Ot That
sohdlty.
II the Faneuil Hall Democrats sEond nominate
Charles Francis Adams today The fraud ssge would
be pushed TO the front, bat not in way to creaiea
will excitement.
Who il the mysterious person who invents all
these legalqubbles and dolgos for thc Ti!den mem
bers of the Police Board. and puts Mayor Cooper up
to all the tricks which he has been performing fog
the amusement and dcrision Of the Dublicf II
must bc the sam, person who lignrcd so darkly in
all the cipher business he who invented the elab-
CRATE cipher which was slipped into the hands Of
Smith Weed and the other pI. grims WHO went South
To watcn the Reform cause; aud he who sent al
the fine legal opinions To Soufh Carolina ana
ore electoral VOTE Nobody knew then who he was.
and nobody knows how. Bat everybody suspects
his name IS Pelton, of course.
Mayor Cooper is the man who pied gcd himself in
favor of n mon-parisan Police Board. on the eve Of
his election. l. hat what he has given usf
Congressman De La Matyr. who accidentally
an important parsonage because he may decide who
Will be the next President in case the election is
thrown into the House. seems to look upon General
Butler as the man who would suit him best for
President He says. however, that Butler must
carry Massachusetts this Fall IN order TO make him.
self y candidate. Ewing does not suit him at all,
because Of his "aiiilatony with the Democrats"
Hc thinks Hendricks is by al odds the leading eandl
date for tho Democratic nomination. aud speaks or
him warmly rs to leave >Nttle doubt that he
would east his vote for him. Yet lac must know
that by voting for him in the House he cannot
elect HIM. for his vote will only make tie. The
only way he can elect "a President VIII be 10 vote
for the Republican candidate.
Fx-Attorney- General Taft is answering
Grant man ever He does not believe that Grant
can be beaten in Ohio for the nomination even by
Sherman. and thinks that if Grant looms as a can
didate sherman will give up the contest Other
Grant supporters are ~ clated by his reception in
California that they are claiming his nomination
IA iully assured. and are talking about either Blaine
or sherman as "a good candidate for the second
place.
II is unanimously agreed in Massachusetts, that
the Greenback party of that State is dead General
Butler is supported therefore, by the heterogeneous
party of the DISCONTINUED. which II these times of
renewed prosperity means mainly the party of the
soreheads.
Hendricks is bearing down in a fearful manner.
in his Ohio speech, the atrocious crime of bring
ing Solid North against a Solid South. He Frances
about aud declares such conduct " treason" and
beg, the Lord to spare him The pain Of behold
ing any flag except that OF the Union. Ii is the
mission of the Republican party to SEQ that your
PRAYER is granted, dear Mr. Hendricks, and in pur-
suance of that mission it Is leading up solid North
To prevent a Solid South from snatching in peace
the flag IL could not shoot down in war. The
sooner Won take vour Solid South ont Of the field
the sooner will the " treason" come to an end.
Nobody who read the record of a Solid Southern
Congress, in Saturdays TBBUNF will vote in favor
of IA Solid Southern Government.
THE STATE CANVASS.
Perhaps Mayor Cooper is working" for
himself "A Presidential candidate.
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