New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-02
MIR UILL IVIl DuF

II j. pictty generally believed n ii the futurg
.f th, D.u.ocl at.r I,nrty dcpcud, in v'iy lar
1nca,uic upon what Che present Cou::!c>- HAY
do or refrain from d,iu-. ~ UPON all oih'r
uut ,tioiI., the ljrmUCrary are 'lydcd hy the
breadth Of til" heavens upon Tins. Outside OF
Congress- however, We should Judge there WINS
practical unauimiiv in the 0ll"'Un that the
best thing to do il to 80 upon tue theory that
the least said is soonest nicndrd; that the
wiscst policy Ii To pass the appropriations.
pull the Previous question on the suprrnbnnd-
ant slack jaw of the majority. put MP the shut
trrs. and go home. Speaker Randall l. -.id t.
be Of tins opinion, and one or two ncWSlmpclo
which have II sort OF Tlldcuphobia. OF are IN
interested in the Bayard or Other Blooms"
charge that he is ordering the business of the
House to this end. and using the almost dcs-
potc power Of the Speakers Office to effect
that purpose The suspicion IL bruitcd that he
IL doing this in the interest and under the
immediate advice Of Mr. Iildrn, III order
TO head of the Bayard BOOM winch de-
ponds for success upon talking session.
with financial questions at the front, ami Mr.
Blyard'e lcgal-tcndcr resolutions for text and
theme. And there are those who. making
deeper scrutiny into Speaker Randall,
motives, allcge that he has an Interior selfish
uu1po,c that he forcsccS Mr.. Iildcns defeat
before the National Convention, but has the
sayaclty to see also that, defeated or not, Mi.
TIldcn will name the candidate, and that 4
will he no small addition to the capital of
any asprant To be the second choice OF
G1amcrcy Park. We observe also that Sena-
tor Eaton Of Connecticut, has recently cX-
pressed the opinion with great confidence
and that gentleman is nothing If not con-
tidcnt-tbat Congress will adopt the TIldcn-
Randall policy; pass the appropriations a,d
adjourn. Very obviously the wish Is in this
case father to the thought.
Yet. with all due Difference to the opinions
OF these statesmen, we take leave to put on
record the prediction that they will not coDine
their action to the appropriation bills, but that
they will 20 of into debate of all Sorts and
very largely into President making that
they will repeat all their old folies and per-
haps add some new ones that they will be 10
session until the hot weather drives them home;
and that instead of breaking up early
feeling safe, they will stay late and 20 of
feeling sorry. They are like the inveterate
gamblers who never can set back their chairs
when they are ahead or even with the game.
1t Is angular CIICuunsJduCc tudb tuo bCTOnSceJ
man In the party to-day Is the only leader of
them oil who has the sagacity, shrewdness and
self-control to hold his tongue. And 1t Is
worthy of note that his strength lies IN this,
and this only. For he certainly has no per-
sonal popularity. His nearest friends say he
is cold and unsympathetic and selfish,
and his enemies can find no epithet
too coarse to apply to him. His position
In the party is unique. No other man in that
or any other party was ever 80 universally dis
liked at the same time that he STOOD among
the foremost candidates for its highest honor.
Il 10 because he holds his tongue when there
is a temptation to talk which few men could,
resist They say "Uncle Sammy is very sly.
a. He knows what he is about, and no does not
give anything away" 1t is the still. sly man
that arouses the fears Of his rivals and e1-
cites the curiosity of the crowd. And still
they can't initiate him. Nearly all their candi-
dstes have talked themselves out Of the race |;
and SsusAor Bsyard, whose "boom" really
contained some promise in 1t at one time.
learning nothing from the fate Of Thurman
and Hendrinls and tho rest, and apparently
unable to profit by the example Of reticenoc
at Grsmsrey Park, 10 In fair way to follow
them. None Of thsm except Tilden seems to