New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-26

Il will he wisc to MAKE the most of Wade lIamp-
toms confession before he denies A.
The. Senate resumes again to-day and ii il posi-
bile that it is weary enough of it. own talk 10 brcah
the dcallock within day or two This belief Is
cherished however. only by the most orthodox
optunl~ts.
Ex-senator Brown wcro a WISE man he would stop
poLing his own record. II may not L. dead
Issue. hut every time hc stir, II there - emitted an
o.lor which Is FAR from pleasant. hnrSi 81 silence
l. the most discreet thing which hr. - palPitaiing
Presidential candidate. eau indulge IA just AT
present.
The colt-tails of Blackburn the Wiper are dis
,pcty visible m tine vicinity Of the siar-route scan
dial. lIc has . chance to de- some wiplng on his
own account now.
Wade Hamptou's confession is fully sustained by
m, leading Democratic journal Of South Carolina.
The Charleston Ncws and Courier. That journal
claim, that the " irregularities" were ju,tihablc
bccaus' they were the only means of escape from
hilunical government. and whacks the denying
Northern Democrats over the head by saying: IL
j. maulier To rest the right of revolution, what
ever form it takes. than on drnlals which do not
carry conviction and on cYaSiOuS which deceive
nobody worth dcccyiug" This is n frank position
10 take now. but il would have been more manly
10 have taken IT several years ago. II - taken now
only after rrpcated cNpOsure has made lnrther
denial useless. The confession appears sinuiia-
p,ou,ly with n declaration that the "irrrgn-
I,iti,. are no LONGER indispensable. A. The Nccs
and Conr,r puts il: b" The people VIII not put mp
with this Kind of work any longer. The Democratic
r,,..s,. cannot be- whipped or spurrcd mp to the
mint If taking the chances of Albany Penlcniiary.
II a. NOT ri,,ht that they should. for there il not the
,J ,,oy, tLat thcup wa, before What il the
,,.,n that II /, not worth while To- run the risk of
ttc nrnit,utiary any longer! Simply because the
tis.i. bnllot operations have become too extensive
f,r the comfort of the Democratic party. When
,, v.hr, to get an Office. all he has 10 do Is To stni
in ballots enough To- elect HIM. n Ihc Ners ana
Courier more elegantly expresses II; " The means
which can he justified when the very existence of
the people ~ at stake are unendurabic when the
obirrtiVe point IL the qualification ot individual
ambition and the satisfaction of personal greed
The long and short of which Is that the chvalry are
tired of t>slic-baots, not bcCause the use OF then
10 criminal. but because they are making trouble III
the Democratic party.
There srcma to be growing impression among
the Democrats of this State that il not advisable
10 dance in a promiscuons manner upon the trailing
tails of John Kelly under the present circun
stances.
That collection Of tar-route figures will give Gen
cra Brady opportunity for some athiotic denying
Senator Brown should rotire 10 the background
for time now. thus giving his colleague, Ben
Hill n chance TO show what hc can do toward
sustaining the glory Of Georgia in the Son
ntc Mr. Hill in n moro entertaining orator than
Mr. Brown. lie docs not Z" give himself away with