New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-25

General Grant SHOWS no more tnah OIuihdAy
shrewdness in recognizing the death of the third
term scheme
May it be Secretary Morgan till the end of Presi-
dent Arthur's administration. No man has more
reason TO wish that than the President himself.
The harmony among the local Democracy is be-
coming so fervid that somebody will be embraced
To death presently.
Acknowledgement MaeVeagh's peremptory resig
nation has been cited by the Star Route operators as
evidence that he considers their cases weak and
despairs of procuring convictions This is very
cheap talk and also very foolish There has been
abundant evidence published already to convict
these persons in public estimation and If they Will
be patient they will get their convictions in court
Mr.. MacYeagh does not mince language in speaking
of them "These men are branded" he says to q
correspondent of The PhjIddelPhiG Press. They
will always wear the brand of Star Route thieves.
That has been fixed upon them by Mr. James and
me. Their operations have been unesrthed The
people of the country know that they are thieves,
and nothing will change the publics verdict"
There Is iirst-rate ground for libel suit in that eX
preston of opinion. 1t would he interesting to see
these abused patriots avail themselves OF 1t.
All the Republican quarrels in ttS State have
persisted in spite of the careful nursing of the Demo-
Gratis
The prospect fo- Bourbon defeat in Virginia is
excellent All the correspondents agree that the
Malone party has every prospect of success
correspondent Of The Boston Herald a journal
which Is SO severely independent that it is oftener
Democratic than anything else says that if ali the
people who are longing TO assist Malone were able
to vote his ticket would have 10000 majority. OF
the principles at stake in the election, the same
correspondent gives his entirely accurate sum
mary People at the North, who inclined TO
look only at the financial part of this campaign.
would be surprised to how little the debt ques-
ton enters into it here. There is no party in Vir
glnia that proposes 90 pay its debt, and | venture
the prediction that there are not 100 men IN the
state who to-day IN favor OF paying the debt.
The debt quesi ion is not worthy OF being cOnsid
cred By any who desires b. know the real facts
about this canvass. The Democrats would to-day
father the most obnoxious scheme OF repudiatlon II
IL would help them to carry the State. There are
greater questions than the payment OF the state
debt which wait upon the result OF this contest,
questions which seriously affect the future of tins
country and the future of the two political parties
The Democrats understand that II IS light Tor the
II ture, and that the success Of Malone this year
means the political freedom of half dozen other
States OF the South bound hand and foot 10 the
Democracy 10y inst such methods as have kept
Virginia so long in bondage
The popular verdict on Tyner is that he step
down aud out and say as little about il as possible.
lie onglt to have sense enough to know that when
postInasfer-ienera James says he Is not ut man
for the Office that settles It.
We don't hear the Democrats of this State shout
ing about Cipher Reform yet that is the main issue
set forth in their platform.