New-York tribune., 1879-06-11
POLITICAL NOTES.

Having backed down. Congress votes to adjourn
The Democracy shows every symptom of genu-
Inc panic.
The market value of the Louisiana lie is sinking
rapidly
The Tiden boom seems permanently to have al
jouned.
Beck has opened his mouth long enough to emit a
plea for cheap silver.
Spofford ambes around and excaims d" These
Democrats can't be trustedF
Spofford ought to try Just one hostile witness.
lie might SWING around and help him.
There seems to be Democratic impression that
the business of making vetOes cheap was not
success.
The memorable fight for stuffed ballot-box is
about over and its failure means the lailure Oh u
pIer Reform IN 1880.
without the Democratic party the war for the
Union would have been failure perhaps, but tho
war against the Union would never have begun.
If Congress actually goes next Tuesday, the eX-
ira session will have been just three months long
three months Of the solidest biundering on record
The President has vetoed the enterprise Of tho
correspondents in nominating new Secretary OF
War. by saying that he will name no one TIL the
old one is confirmed as Judge.
aSenator. Hill is certainly an innocent states
man. He objected yesterday to paying Louisiana
witness for lying. W hat does Mt. hlil Imagine Inc
SpoffOTd troupe was hired Tor
The signal and peculiar mark of Mr.. Spofords
plan seems to be his absolute trust IN moral forces
Perhaps he has been taking a course Of easy les
sons in Reform at the Gramercy Park Academy
The Army's elaborate bill
Republicans brought TO the front,
When Democrats voted 10 XII,
Remarkng See here III you don
Want 10 pa-s il we certainly VIII, 49,
And If YOU 10 want to, we UORt y
Political authorities are pretty well agreed that
the Ohio Democratic nominations will relieve
Hendricks from the burden of declining any more
postious before they are offered to him. This viii
give him much leisure.
That is a noble idea of Spoford's, that no witness
shall receive fees who fails 10 testify as spoford
wishes him to. 1t is simply proposition to use
the money of the United States 10 buy testimony IN
favor OF SpotfOrd Ihls is LOulslana DoraiIty WIN
a vengeance!
Amer.eus Vespucius Rice has consented TO add
his ponderous name TO that Of Ewing on the Ohio
ticket His pretended reluctance has deceived
many people into a belief that he is really
stronger man than Ewing. He is rather his IN
ferior both ia ability and in earnestness. As Tor
financial principles, one man Is just as pau do '"o
other
After the Democratic Uranium is perforated py
the sharp conviction that Mr. Hayes Is neither TO be
bullied nor swindled the Congressional majority
cook up an idiotic hash in the shape OF BILL but
are careful to leave out of it all the State supremacy
which they've been fighting for. And after the re-
pubicanS allow the jumble to pass, these lhtelll-
gent patriots try TO make themselves happy Dy
screaming &" Ya-a-a-a-ah, we didn't Dack do"h'
We didn't back down )"
It's thought in Massachusetts that General Butter
has his plans so well laid that he will have hlte
trouble in capturing the Democratic nomination
for Governor this year. He is leaving the Green
hackers to train with the Democrats, and Will run
rs the regular Democratic nominee, If he runs az
all This will be awkward for the Faneuil Hal
squad of respectable Democrats. but they eau ~
venge themselves by voting Tor second term ot
Governor Talbot, whom the Republicans are pIet'y
certain to be sensible enough TO renomlnste.
The Republicans Of Pennsylvania will hold their
State Convention at Harrisburg July 23. Just
opo week after the Democratic Convention. lbe
call of the chairman requests all persons in favor
of an honest currency aud the faithful discharge Oh
National Obligations and opposed TO Communism
and the restoration to power in the National uoV-
ernuent of the influences which produced the re-
Lellion of 1861 TO combine IN the onoice OF
ticket This is the voice OF the party all over the
North, and it is the voice OF coming yictoryi
Senator Platt of Connecticut. has returned 10
Washington after q visit to his home, with the
cheering information that his state is surely RepuD
lean for 1850 by a handsome majority. lie Iound
the Democratic leaders disheartened by the blum
ders of Congress, and discovered that they were
writing anxiously TO Washington urging speedy
adjournment The Republicans, on the contrary,
were harmonious and confident OF victory los loAs
wear whoever the partyS candidate iof iIeslSeIhe
might be- they were also gaining accessi0ns daiy
from the War Democrats THIS IS true OF a'ety
Northern State. Any man who travels ABOUT WIN M
his eyes open VIII see unmlstakaOle proofs Vi 'N''
on every side.