New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-24

something. He must not only snatch it. Garcelon
did. but lie must be able 10 hold on TO II aftcrward.
If he that income-tax suit. therefore, the back.
bone snouters ought TO 90 satisfied.
| .The Name briaands emptied the State Treasury
before the Supreme Court routed them. Every dol
| lar which they could reach was taken. and when
| the Republicans came into power they found O
| bankrupt Treasury. In recent speech in the AS
sembly. advocating the payment Of the $4,000
which tue GarceOn raid cost the Hon. Eugene Hale
specified some of the grabbing which took place.
Every appropriation, he said. remaining over with
a dollar was seized by the Governor and Council.
lie had occasion the othes day to look at appro-
praton for the female vi9,tors to the Insane hos
ptal and only about third of it was drawn for its
legitimate purpose but every dollar OF the other
tw0-thlrds had been taken by the Governor and
Council for other purposes. One man had drawn
80 600 from the high school fund for advance work
which he had never done. Every appropriation
which had any money bad been nnlawluily pill
LACED ~ this way, and no vouchers were lett. 10
was o clean sweep, and the more the voters OF tho
State contemplate il the more thankful they arc
that the State House itself was left.
Does Tilden expect to strengthen his reputation
for sagaclty by showing that ne trusted his for
tunes during the electoral controversy to the gnd-
ance of 80 ludicrous biunderer as Proctor hnottf
There is perceptible lull IN the boom business,
but there is a growing conviction among RepubfS
cans that it is much more important to elect man
than TO nominate hun.
Not Democratic newspaper in this land Of re-
form has heard of its parys latest project of steal
ing seat III Congress-
A private letter has been received in Washin gtOn
from Cuba, giving al account Of the way in which
General Grant received the news which General
Logan sent bim& bout the action of the Harrisburg
Convention. The dispatch was handed to General
Sheridan while the Grant party'were at breakfast.
He read it aloud when all the company sat silently
awaiting General Grants comment on Don Cam
erOp's work. After a second, Grant said: THAT'S
quite a surprise and alluded t. the subject
again. General Grant and the people OF PennSyl-
wanna seem to take precisely the same view OF It,
The Republican section of the rural editors of
Illinois, who assembled at Chicago last week.
seemed TO be pretty evenly divided in their prefer
ences between Grant and Blaine with slight ma
jOrity IN favor Of Blaine One forlorn person said
ne bad hOsted the name OF David DAVIS NJ the
head of his columns, but he seemed 10 look upon 1t
more a signal of distress than anything else.
Shall dcmagogue Dlunellv be put in position TO
elect the next PRESIDENT And If he is, what will
be demagogue DOnnellys pnce :
It is rather surprising that the Democratic states
men who are laying stress upon Nh. Tildens ne
crepiude and senlity are the most ardent support
ers of Mr. Seymour. The oldest inhabtant calls to
mind the tact that Mr. Seymour was at Albany
helping to make laws for the Empire State before
Young Samuel had completed his studies. If Mr.
Tdcn should wait until the campaign of 1884 he
would be 10 older than Mr.. seymour is to-day.
IL may be that Mr. Tden's eyo Is dimmed
and bis natural force abated, and yet
during the last two years he has made
more money, and done more stubborn fighting in
the Court, to keep what he has gathered than Mr..
Seymour can show The record Of bis entire three
score years aud ten. In athletic contest. like
railroad wrecklng or Judging United states Reeve
nue. Assessor, Mr. lldeu could give Mt. Seymour
heavy odds to-day. Mr.. rllden may not be proper
candidate for his party but II cannot IN justice DO
urced against HIM hat he too old to look ont for
himself. At all events, he is "A good deal younger
than Mr.. Seymour will ever be- If he lives hundred
years.