New-York tribune., 1879-03-03
POL!TICiL NOTES.

Tie whole country grns az the idea Of fresh
fraud veil.
II fCongrcss fails 10 vote koaucy pension. Cali
f0ruId must give him one.
Mr.. Potter is wisc to keep nj fraud shrek apart
from hla cipher story. They don't nix well.
There w.'l be wild jubilatiou in CoLer Alley when
innocence Is condonod and cuDarceny wni,e"&shed.
The Reform ensign for 1850 Will represent Til
den emerging from : cipher barrel yelling: " / tell
you IT. a fraud.
The Congress- OF the hoojlum.. ba'Iot-boX suffers
and bul loz.rs VIII adjourn forever tomorrow noon.
Let JOY be- un,0uiaea.
The sprfghtly Springer should cudcayor 20 raster
tb GREAT tra.h tLat no MAJ ~ govern others I'LL
hc ur,t learns to govern himself.
The Democrats of the Cipher Committee should
no. devote so much energy to their fraud shrek
that they will have none LEFT for their apology to
secretary sherman and Minister Aoyes.
Why doesn't the Democracy warm up more 20 the
glorious work of vIndicating lIidcnf The Editors
oP the party do not even chronicle the triu.uphal
rrogrrss of the lIlden wave At present The
TRIBrNE is tho most joyful advocate Of his renoni-
nation.
II islt the fault of the Democrats that they must
crter tL. next campaign with burst gun as their
chief weapon The fraud cannon is all the arti-
lcrv tbey have The reform dodge Is so thoroughly
exposed that they dare not iry { aglIn, ard all
hcy can do Ia 10 ask tue country to Nludlcatc tie
Innocence of the victim Of his wick sci partners.
Wade Uampton has formally resigned his Office Of
Governor of South Carolina, and has been commits
stoned ~ United States senator He has written a
letter expressing his gratitude to he people Of the
state for their confidence IN himself but he did not
FOL ,,nyrl tn express auY regret that order to
send hlm 10 the Senate the same devoted people had
thought u necessary to stun iLe bIIoi-poXcS WItE
so many tissue ballots Vi course thAt Woul0 nave
been IN bad taste.
There IL nothing more beautiful in the somewhat
dsbased politics of the present day than the calm
spirIt OF resignation with which the Western Dem
orr,t- are accepting another dose OF Tilden Four
vears az, tney were much less resigned. They called
him 81 SORTS Of disagrocable names. and when he
,yq. nominated they took them all back with great
promytuess and many wry faces. IGd experience
taught them wisdom. Now they recognize the in
eyiiabe aud are making heroic efforts - say that,
on the whole, they rather ike II. Their dOciilty
should be lHitatcd by the Idmmany wing of the
party.
II sno wonder that the State Of Ohio has unanI-
mou.ly bestowed upon Governor Bishop the aticc-
tionate title of Your Uucc Dick. Il hts hm eX-
actly. lie has the open, conddnG nature necessary
for 4 universal uncle. Evel when talking about
his own political prospects he cOnceaiS nothing. lie
tell. correspondent OF The CHciAHdt inquirer that
hc thinks he could be reelected, because he knows
bis own strength. lie lost some friends by being
mIxod up IN the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, but
he gained more than he lost by going about 10 the
connty fairs aud shaking hands. Yes, Taft might
rnn against him. and # he did, would beat him as q
stump speaker yet ho is better mixer" than
Taft that il he goes around among the boys more
freely. As for Congressman Rice being the Demo
cratic candidate, Uncle Dick has no fear Of that.
since Rice has promised him not to be candidate
There has been great demand for the report Of
Senator Morton on the Chinese question: but no
enc has boen able 10 satisfy it. Whatever became
Of the partly finished document seems to be an i'm
penetrabls mystery. A correspondent Of Tie lS-