New-York tribune., 1879-01-29
POLITICdL NOTES.
narrow.

If you want genuine fraud. Mr. Potter. call Moses
The Potter Committee has skilfully freed another
roOrbaCk.
The cipher hunt couldn't move slower if Tllden
headed II IN person.
There isn't 50 much talk about the .nvioa5iliy Of
dispatches a. there was.
The coplrc"nrrS are the CIPHER experts the couS
tTy il most tagcr 90 hear from, Nj. Potter.
It is in order now for the fiery Southern editor to
call Ben Hill an ass and a standard for ;ho sauGIng
I of ldioir.
The Poticritcs seem to be labOring under a delu-
sion that the Hon. Zach Chandler is fool. They
VIII recover from IT,
The man who couldn't be cipher expert with
TIE TRIBUNEs pamphlet to show him the way,
would be pretty poor Stick
The Nh. What, ',her-name, who sent Mr. Potter
that bundle of mola,ses candy knew what he
wanted. His committee looking iOr tany 10
give the public.
!, Patterson is SAID to be primng himself for ter
rife attack on the Administrations southern policy.
Don'l bo brutal. senator. Leave that corpse TO be
snatchcd by Ohio medical students.
senator Beck is evidently determined 20 be- boon
to the Rcpubcin party for in addition 20 tooppo,lug
resumption and layoring free trade, he now de-
maud, the payment of all Southern cllim.. What
"a bcautilul Democratic candidate Ac would make
for 1850!
The rnupus which General Bragg has stirred mp
bv h~ Southern claims speech is likely 10 give Ran
dali a good deal of trouble. The South is beginning
to see hat only hope for grab Is to organize
tr ur&t House in ITS interest ara 10 have D gcnu-
inc Solid Southern Speaker. There "ouid hc music
tnen.
That versatile swcarcr. st. Martin. declares that
he wa, 80 cnragcd when General Bu'er informed
him. IN ;hc presence Of the Potter Committee, that
he lied. that only his perfect command OF himself
restrained him from killing Butler Oh the spot Is
II so? one would think tn" average Louisiana Wit
ness would get used 10 mild lntmatohs Oi that sort
aud take them with entire compusute.
Nr Hendricks has carefully seated himself on
the financial fence agun. A reporter of The In
diaDop0Gs J0J,pal politely asked hlm how he stood
on the que, ou the other day, and he replied that
he occupied precisely the same position q, II the
| Iast Indiana campaign. Everybody remembers
about that lie mad" quasi sntf-moncy sp'tcti,S
an through rhe canvass. and then "n me eve "I the
election came down with a slam on MS harl-non"N
foot. thus restoring the scientific accuracy OF the
lifelong SirIddlr. that's where he l. to-day.
Ben Hill has mad, bpl stand on the southern
claims q,lrs,iou aud has drawn up platform Of
three plank> which would almost his party in
1,,o. were it 10 he adopted III good faith. 1t re-
main, to be seen Whether he has the backbone to
maintain hi, stand. He came Out with equal bold
ness on the SILVER question, bur bac%ed down most
/ iruomiunll>ly when his section protested against
III, ro,lfion. The pressure will bc even stronger
uov than ii Wa, then for there is practically only
| one sentiment III the whole south On tho claims
| question. and that l. 10 nay them lh' newspapers
i d3 not openly advocate payment, DUt thcA refrain
from adj urgtIug any plan Tor making payment I'M
po>Sbc aud abuse any one who does advocate one
M" pltNporket.
indie Chambers Patterson, of Jerre lIaute, has
disclosed curious piece of secret political history
concerning The Reform campaign Of lS7G The
Judge declares. according to- correspondent OF ihe
cincinnati fsqaire' that he was sent rs IN agent
from Hendricks to 1ilden about the last of June,
1876 10 nom the head OF the tickc, that the tail
wouid refuse to accept the ST. Louis nomination
unless the head would have his friends in Con Sress
vote for the repeal of the Resumption Act. lie met
riIJ,D at Pougikcrpsie ard they took the train tor
! Albany together rhc judge stated his mission
and IT'S peculiar effect upon Tllden l. thus described
| IN the JUDGES own Words "'Oh,' said lllden
'lrt'. say nothing about that; keep the suhject in
! thc hack ground and make the race on Reform.
And then he looked under and all around the seat
! and .ad: . | thought heard some ore. I'm AFRAID
of those reporters They are ubiquitous, and would
creep under mans house to hear hn talk" The
! .Judgr adds that he laughed at the old gentleman ;
fears. and insisted on his point, but i'll VAIN. lie
then proposed 10 send for Hendricks and liden as
seuted and suggested that they had better meet
accidentally al Saratoga" They did meet there,
| but could not ancr, Hendricks insisting on hlS
! point. The judge continues: "Iilieh took the
! matter under adyIsemcnt, and WAS assured that
| without Hendricks hr would be lost III the West.
aud perhaps in the South, aud then solicited the
second meeting and II took just long enough t0call
the roll of the House 0 have the bill pass and Hen
drick> accepted This Is "a curious revelation, bur
II ia. INTO historical facts with complete accuracy.
and contains al least one incident dcct0usiy chli-
| acterstic Of the Great Dofrauded-that search for
| the ubnluitous reporter beneath the seat OF the