New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-02


That ranking fraud investigation has been tucked
away to sleep. Somebody seems to have gwen IL q
dose of parcgOric Was IT Mr. Cox
The Republicans in the Ohio Legislature appear
to be getting ready to lose the State next fall by
aliena ing the German vote It's way they have
i'll years following Presidential campaign
The preponderance of newspaper guess-work
points to Cabinet made mp follows: Secretary
of State. James g. Blaine. of Maine; Secretary OF
the Treasury, James +. Wilson or William b. ALI
son. of Iowa Secretary of the Interior, Francis A.
Walker, of Connecticut; Secretary Of War. IN
known and hardly mentioned, probably an Indiana
man Secretary of the Navy. Glenn W. Scoded or
some other Pennsylvania man POstnastei-General
Thomas l.. James, of York Attorhey-CeEe
raj, Rcbort Lincoln. OF Illinois. This Cabinet Is
well enough put together to last day or two.
bin is pending in the Senate providing for CIV
ing the Indians lard in scvcralty II apps*rsto be
good msasnre, but of course it will not pass no
gUUi thing is likely to come out OF this Dep"cratio
Congress
The Democrats are quietly digging the grave OF
their M0rgaa-Blcknel Electoral Confront res'lu-
!lon. l. has been straneled by tho resOlute Ropnb-
loGn minority in the House.
Senator Lamar has Incurred the wrath OF the nm
reconstructed ladies' of Memphis by his remarks in
favor of putting General Grant OH the retired list.
number of them have written bin a letter accls"
ing him of randering to the powers that be-" IL
snuatlng that he Is a " tlmesrrving POLITICIAN"
and closing with this whitening blast: We are
conquered, we know il; wc are hated and sandered
other people ever were. We are powerloss to
change tho hate escape the SANDER but at least let
MAINTAIN own seli-leEp"ct; let H. Staud erect
and lock cOnl IN tho face ana 40. TALL a.
their feet and fawn and crEge III the mean hope OF
head"
Lamar IL IA gallant man. ANA will 10 doubt tako this
feminine lecture seriously 10 heart
There is fresh tax Of Robert Lincoln as of the
men already down on President Gar0ld'H Cabinet
slate. lie was an enthusiastic Grant man at tine
Chicago Convention, and is said to enjoy the friend
ship and political backing of Senator Logan.
Other questions come aud CO. but the Ponca ques-
tiOu abidrth forever. Ii is fast becoming az tedl"s
and conrrail"t,jry AZ was Onys the Schieswig-Ho'
stein question. which. Lord ral'nrrstrn SAID. was
never undt rSt iol by but 40 men, OF whom h. was
one. The other man WAS lead and no had forgotten
all about II.
If Congress means to hoii OF the French Canal
project it nd better make haste rbout It. DE Les
sera Is going 20 begin digging in the spring.
There is g!ut OF 81 and 81 notes in Indiana. 4
bn,n.>, man in indianapolis writes To Treasurer
Glbllan on the subj ct and oilers the following ex-
rauatjnn of tjs singular financial plcnome1on
d" Tia" glIt Of sn,all nC."S here can he easily ac-
countrG T. 1t is vcll-krown fact that The Drnlo
cratic lr.I~r- crrnlat II thuT-ant1 Oi thtal l't ~
toiri aud .tOyrmheT--Ot rubr-c not with Il view OF
y chasing votes. but with charitable latortiuns
merely
The complaints in sons of the Democratic gamers
about lhc 3 ,ara.a1ce of ;kr N'w-Yolk Legi>!a-
latutc l.,d, HE iHWg ErIess T. o. ec co"lp"rl-
son hrt Ycen tie krruriican Assembly, Of iSH" and
the u, mrrratc Assembly of 1871 i'll tie nat+er of
the number of employees and tire pc dieh cost of
the tSr sessions. II appears that tie bcm'critlc
A.s,inhy employed 1913 persons. while the Rs?abii-
can Assembly, rot along with 0n!y 65 The total !
;IV of H. I'r'uO'rptC cnpiuYeA Was ~ N'5 ~;
IA n of tie Z pubIran empiINe. W - TiA,S3' Inc
l. islatLrt uf 1871 cost ~ |" - tor edcE day II
sal i.nt OF $50 cost bat :,.'i, H. DAYS ses !
suu. afhr II. ui tie nr:IOctAt e papers Will |
un douit .nl,llt" that COMPARISON ro OiOuS, ILI
prulcut du"p he snhlr t.
Tie theory that his tiovrrana L belongs to half
a. zen senators l. not likely to rn'yiyo another Adj
mInI-tI1tion.
For six years the Democratic lave contT, Zee 'hN
Iol.c Of Representa- ives. During that tllc the, /
have mad three iea"r,. The first wa6 General !
i-,lltrv the second was G,Eeral Incompt trrey. I
amt the 'I>t. uuLrT whom they now sewing, II
C'rucILl Debility.