New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-13

describes to-day his journey to the mine
which General Grants name has made famous,
and explains why the development OF New
Mexico has been retarded. The reason Is
thrce-fold: Spanish blood, uncertain title. ana
isolation The physical features OF a con-
"tinuous prarie-dog village" are admirably
Denoted in this letter Mr.. White has gone
West primarily to study the mines. but a
trained observer cannot help using his eyes III
jouIneying between camps.
There is Democratic bitterness IN Alabama
and some of the faithful supporters or Han
cock and English are charging that the men
who counted in %, 900 majority Mt the State
election, are the same who sold out 1llden In
1876. The editorial article from an Alabama
paper supporting Hancock, which will be
found in our Washington DISPATCHES is the
most candid and outspoken discussion OF
Democratic frauds from Democratic point OF
view that the country has yet seen. The party
managers are reminded, with an Indifference
to the mOralites OF the matter when Is
fairly ludicrous that $4,000 or 10000 ma
iority would have done just as well, ana thry
are frankly told that their blnnder IN making
the majority so enormous has probably de-
feated Hancock's election by arousing the
country to the extent and character OF the
frauds. We commend this article to the at
tention of those able orators and editors VINO
have denied that the Alabama majority was
fraudulent, and who have displayed so marked
n preference for Democratic testimony upon
the subject.
1t is understood that the Hon. John Fox Is
dissatisfied with the harmonious state OF the
Democracy in this city, not desiring to play
lamb to Mr.. Kelly's lion with the lion out
side. 1t is even intimated that at the meet
ing to be held to-day Mr.. Fox may cry aloud
and spare not. 1t will hardly be of much use.
If he has the courage to do it, the combined
strength of the factions will be used TO choke
him into silence. "Anything to elect Han
"cock" is the watchword. No law on the
statute-book, no principle which members of
the party may entertain, no personal griev-
ances, will be allowed t. stand in the way OF
this result. But the imagination fails to pic
ture the scratching and caterwauling that VIII
begin when the pressure OF the Presidential
canvass is withdrawn and the factions, which
are now keeping their mutual hatred down III
growls, are resolved into their original
elements of tooth and claw. Then MIR. Fox
can have his innings.
So the tissue ballot Is to be discarded also,
with the shot gun and the bull-whlp. The
letter of correspondent in South Carolina
gives an interesting statement of the causes
which have brought about this additional
change in the buldozers' plans. The
reasons for putting stop to the
whipping and shooting are obvious and
familiar. The reasons in this case also
carry conviction with them. The tissue-bal-
lot was clumsy and manageable. Too many
were voted, and the majJrities reached a
figure which was of itself proof of fraud.
Awkward accidents happened such as when
an untutored counuyman opened his bal
lot in the presence of a crowd, and
spilled dozen tissue-hallots. Then too, the
process Of stirring up the votes i'll the box
with q wire, so as to scatter the ussue-ballots
through the mass, did not work to the salts
faction of the South Carolina aristocracy
Counting and counting only, will be the
means employed hereafter to work up the
necessary majorites. And counting is sufli-
Gent. The late William NJ. Tweed was
never heard to remark that he cared
not who cast the ballots of nation,
SO long as he WAS allowed to count them,
but he must have cherished that opin-
ion, for he steadily acted upon it. 1t is III
structive, to say the least, to witness the
adoption by the eX-patricians OF SOu:n Caro-
lima of the worst devices of the wicked old
chair-mender of the Sixth Ward.