New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-22
Holla! Here's Governor Foster going in and ont
of the Cabinet with the old regularity


Hoa Here's Governor Foster going in and ont
of the Cabinet with the old regularity.
1t is an inspiring spectacle to behold the august
Senators relaxing their dignity in order to grab for
big appropriation with all the zeal of a Congress
man.
President Hayes has frst-cass opportunity for
saving his Administration from the tame ending
which has been predicted for it. A pair of veOes,
one on the Rounding bill and the other on the River
and Harbor swinde, will enable him TO step down
and out amid the applause which is sure to follow
brave ard patriotic act. His extra session vetoes
did more than all the rest OF his public acts 70
strengthen him in the esteem and confidence OF the
people Hsshare of responsibility for extra sessions
increased his popularity, and if he were to make
another extra session now he would gam by IL more
than no would lose III popular respect.
Poor Garfield He has had to sustain the burden
of a visit from "Jimr ScOville, of New-Jersey. Yet
he bore 1t amlaDly.
Senator Conklng is said TO be greatly amused at
the newspaper efforts to find out what he said to
General Garfield, and well he may be- Several
journals published yesterday morning halfcolumn
or more Of the remarks of gentleman in position
to know" who had confded to Cleveland CORE
spondeuFs capacious ear the substance Of the con-
vcrsation which probably passed between Messrs.
Garfield and Conklug. AS news the information
was entirely vaueless, while as an effort OF the I'M
aginatIOn It was very feeble. there seem to oe sew
eral uewsgatnerers IN the neighbOrhOOd OF Mentor
who are studying hard for admission to Home Tor
luCurAble lmbecles.
Senator Pugh is a whole-souled grabber He asks
for $40, $50 for tho raging TallapOOsa River on the
ground that the House neglected that mighty
stream If this basis for an appropriation becomes
general there will not be an unimprOYed mud
puddle in the whole country few years hence.
General Garfield will leave Mentor next week. and
that besieged town viii henceforth look Ikea de-
serted village.
Senator Hereford, of West Virginia, takes the
chrome as the biggest Rrabber of this epoch The
appropriation for West Virginia. as agreed upon by
the House, was $4,000. Mr.. Hereford raises this
at one Jump to 5000, adding $685.. 900 to the
already generous amount. Mr.. Reagan's enterprise
IN getting the House to vote him $3.50 900 for Texas
has excited unbounded jealousy in other Southern
States. but Senator Coke has raised the amount
ronnd 100000. probably because West Virginia
was pulling close behind These Two States seem
To be unlimited in their capacity for improvements.
1t is much TO expect that either tue Senate or
House will decline 10 grant the prepOsterOus
amounts but II may occur To the President thaJ a
veto on the whole bill Will be wise and patriotic
stroke Ot business.
A gifted Democratic editor in Pennsylvania. who
bestows the benefit of his genius upon The Washing
ingon Rcriec and Examiner, remarks that the famous
BeltZhoover letter is now known and admitted on
all hands to have been clumsy forgery" and
adds: Yet we blush to say it, Tar As the origi-
nal authors Of its publication and circulation are
concerned, it stands to-day unretTacted." so it
does chiefly because BcltzhOoYer himself decllnes
TO retract II. Perhaps the awful spectacle OF the
aforesaid editor blushlng" Will arouse BeilZ-
hoover TO a rettacton. II 1t does. and he aixes an
affidavit to II, there will be some fun.