New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-05-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

| An old-fashoned hour of Beck would be boon.
! A Confederate howl for the Constitution is not
| impressive.
The longer that backdown is pat off the tougher
! IT becomes.
Democratic rush for free silver would be a COM
! Portable sort OF a blundcr.
The Democrats are discovering that the issue has
! them, rather than they the issue.
/ chrome will be given to the Northern Demo-
crat who has ever cast his vote amid " bristling
! bayOnetS."
This is a patient country, Mr.. Glover, but it won't
! stand anything more from you except an unbrokcn
| Obscurity.
The Democrats are once more making the capital
mistake of counting on the stupidity Of the people
| of the United States.
There is a Democratic call for an hour Of General
Jackson in Congress. If he were TO come it would
take him all that time to give his opinion Of the
party.
To the average NeW-YOrk mind there is something
dscordant in speech for pure elections delivered
In Tammany Hal! By John /. Hoffman, How ever
could he do 1t
Almost anything stupid may be expected from
the bolligerent Democratic editor in this trying
emergency but he does seem to be making himself
unnecessarily ridiculous when he tries to scare
somebody by accusing President Hayes of ambition
10 become deSpOt.
Since Mr.. Thurman's Presidential hopes have been
SO badly frOstbtten. he seems ambitious to assume
the position of end-man In the great moral exhibit
ton with which the Democrats are now entertain
ing the county. one more speech like his last viii
establish his claim to be leading joker anywhere.
Mr.. Carlisle informed Iammany, without so much
AS wlnking, that 4" there Is perfect harmony be-
tween the races" in the South all that is neCes-
sary to make peace pc mauent is for the politicians
TO let us alone" What spOllS the harmony is the
impairment conduct OF the North IN obectng be-
cause the negro is made harmonious" with club.
1t has been suggested in Washington that Con-
gress take a short recess presently, and 20 home to
see how their constituents feel. They can lind that
out much easier by simply shutting OFT their own
clamOr, and listening tor few moments 20 the mu-
sic in the air. The country has been speaking IN an
audible voice for some time. and II viii presently
raise IL into brief but teryent request 10 clear
out"
Senator Chandler takes the correct view of the
mere mud-snger of the press. When he was
asked the other day why he did not bring "A suit for
libel against an editor who had snndered him, he
replied that he once knew boy who encoun-
tered by skunk on his way home from Sunday
school. lie threw his Bible at the beast. but sue
ceeded Only in spUIhng the Bible without lHjurng
the skunk. lie thinks the Wise course Is To walk
away; and lie Is Dglt
Secretary sherman agrees with every other care
full observer IN the belief that this extra session has
made the Republican party more harmonious than
it has been Tor ten years He tells the Washington
correspondent of The Cincinnati Commercial that
Democratic backdOwn Is inevitable, or later
and that when it comes 1t will throw upon that
party the responsibility Tor all the evils ana ex
pense of the extra session. III the Democrats adj
jOurn without passing the Army bill, he 10 sure they
Will give the Republicans better Issue than ever
for they Will show the country that they provided
Tor their salaries, but left the soldier lighting
the battles of his country the frontier To starye
John Kelly announced at the close of the Tam
many celebration on Thursday evening that no
should invite other Southern Congressman to come
here and speak. OF course the subject Will be the
same pure elections and no bayonots at the polls
Ii is good dea and If Mr.. Kelly desires to get the
men who are the best authorities on the subject,
men who know how it is themselves, ho must not
fail to invite Shelley and Chalmers from the House.
and Hampton and Butler from the Senate. They
are experts. Shelley and Chalmers each purified
elections so thoroughly that Republican majority
of from 5000 TO 10000 was transformed at one
election into Democratic majority OF about the
same figures Hampton and Butler converted a
whole State ip the same thorough manner, by the
simple but effective OF tssue-balots and rifle
clubs. They know what the glitter of bayonetsD
AT the polls is. BY all means lot thom give their
experience In Tanmany Hall After John T. Hott-