New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-06

must be required in the ninety branches,
leaving less than $38000,000 for Its main
reserve. Within four years this bank has lost
/ 900, 900 900 francs in god, or about two
thirds OF the reserve it held at the close OF
1876. 1t would be wise fer Congress to give
particular attention to this fact before legls-
lating on finance Ibis winter.
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Trouble begins again for the Democracy at Wash
IugrCn today.
Sneaker Randall is reported to express a hope that
the Democratic party Will make no more expert
ments Tie results of the partys exper mentng II.
cipher dispatches and forged letters nave Deeh us
cOuragIDg, t1aPS fact,
It's Illuminating spectacle for the country to see
the Republicans compelled to guard their electoral
votes from every possibility of Democratic trckery
as Il man would watch his pocketboOk when he
knew thieves were around.
Il must be with feeling of profound relief that
The lGday Argus the 4th of March, 1881,
approach g. when 1t can give to the Chief Magls-
trate Of the Nation his proper title OF President
With consistency that Is chldi<e for its sincerity,
that ur al has refused to designate the present Ex
ecutive as President or give the title OF Secretary
10 any member OF ms Cabinet. II has invariably re-
ferred to the President X. y. Hayes, and TO his
constitutional advisers as Mr. EVarJs Mr.. sherman,
etc. The strain to which its immature simplicity
has been subjected for nearly four years must at
times have been terrible, aud the re lief which will
soon will be cOrTespoudingy welcome It's high
moral tone could rcvel IN BarnuIns forged Chinese
letter and give ii conspicuous position on the rst
page day after day but 1t could never condeSc' nj
10 stu uish President the man whose tile TO
at Office had cen declared valid by the highest
Court IN the land. such euileessness Ought n!t 10
be lowed 10 drift INTO OOscurlt,, but should be
embalmed in wax or putty tor future fools to con-
template.
Pug, the newly elected Senator from Alabama,
is more fortunate than most Congressman. His
fame is made before he mas taken his seat. He will
be known as tho statesman with-hls-eye -sot."
Judge Hoadley must feel lonesome this year,
there is no bogus electoral college TO sustain with
an elaborate legal opinion.
It would be wen if all asprants for political
bonors mad the wisdom and discretion of General
Ben Harrison, of Indiana. He was written to after
the State election IN October, and asked whether he
was a candidate for The United States Senate. In
the following sentence lie explains why he did re-
ply until after the National contest had bean de.
cded d" | felt that until after the PTesidertlal
election was over It would be improper 10 distract
the general canvass by canvass within the party
for Senatorial romlnatlOn." If TINS plan was
mono generally followed there would be lever de-
feats 10 he investigated after election.
Blue Monday is a suitable day for Congress to
meet since il IS controlled by party whose pros
pects as dismal as the Democratic
Barnum has gone West He seems to have lost
all intere in circulating forged letters and bolster
ing them up with lying dispatches
Some of the .mocratlc leaders intend to force
their party to take q stand the tariff question. 1t
is an easy matter TO bring that party to take stand
on any issue, but the trouble is it always stands
the issue with both ieet.
If Congress reapportiOns the Representatives
among the various States this winter, the task o.
rearramging the Congressional Dlstricts.will rest
with Republicans, rs they control every Northern
LEGISLATURE with the exception of Nevada. This
will enable the party to give the people fair and
lust dyisiou. Experience has shown that gerry
Wandering does not pay either party in the long
rum This special from Indiana The Gin
cinnaf Commercial will illustrate this point
The last Legislature redistricted Indiana for par
tisan purposes, making, as the Democrats thought,
IA few districts that would give tremendous Re
publican majorties, and by placing the large Repu
lear counties in those districts they thought that
eight of the other districts would certainly elect
Democratic congressman; but the people looked
with contempt upon such action, and result the
wrong was rghted by the defeat OF the Democrats,
while they were chucking in the expectation that
their political mauipuations insured them ma
iOrty OF congressman from tnls STATE. ine hepuO-
| leans in the past also, when they once had the
| power gerrvmandered the Congressional Districts
of this STATE for political purposes, only che districts
were not rs strained made as crooked as they
| now But the Republicans lost as much by their
manipuatons then as Their Democratic brethren
| did i'm this last campaign" reapp0It0nment that
| commends itself to the people will strengthen the
party more than a temporary advantage gained by
injustice.
The first thing Senator Beck does to-day should
be TO Introduce resolution referring the state of
the Democratic party TO a Congressional caucus.