New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-17
The River and Harbor bill Is good deal more
costly than an extra session

The River and HarbOr bill Is good deal more
costly than an extra session.
A perfect bonanza of Democratic fraud has been
slrnck by the Franklng Abuse Investigators, yet
the CHAIRMAN of the Democratic COMMITTEES under
whose nose the fraud was committed says he knew
nntnnV about il. He IA as innocent as barhum'
Hunt the TaScal5 DOWN.
b ackburn tried to keep uphis character as the
Wiper in the Speakers CHAIR and would fam have
wiped ou, all incOnveneut parliamentary rules had
not the ,xasDeTatng Mr.. COnger objected. Twas
ever thus with the wiper.
A SYNOPSIS of jefferson Davis's forthcoming Rise
ard Fall If the ConleleraleG Government 10 PUBLISH
c,l, and If it be accurate, thai much-advertsed book
will be re arkabe solely tor lts stupidity tie DEFENDS
sc,rssIon aud goes drearIlv NIL the old argu-
mcnts M support of the doc rne of State Sovereign
~. Their. II likely to be nothing IN the book wbich
las not been ~a before and never SAID WORSE. we are
assured that he will take qulie friendly view. oi
President Lincoln" pecc o! maShanimly i0r
winch the whole country should be profoundly
grateful
senator Thurman's friends announce that he
would not accept supreme Court Judgcship II 1t
were OF red um BY either PreSId mt Hayes or Pres
i!ent Garfield aud that he Is ANXIOUS for nothing
save relief from the and burdens of public life.
TINS fortunate, Tor he II one al TIE lew men
who DE sure of getting precisely what they want
most
The River and Harbor bll as at present con-
structed is an orga uiZed swndle. An extra ses-
SION purchased by the defeat of this bill, VIII be
stroke al tcOuoEIS LOT Tue U"EeIuWEht' vote tue
swlndle down.
Alr. Cox should hunt down the rascals who forged
his name on the wrappers of the Democratic docu-
mrnts. lie has bls hand on the Reform
plough ard should 10; J. ok back
P.rhar. thr forgrrs of franks forged the Morey
letter Look t1t. Blrnum.
All Of the Dtmpcra newspapers are declaring
that the R.pubhcaus carried Indiana last October
Dy buying vote>, AMI they are surrounding their
declarations with cOrruscatonS of vrtuOus udIgna-
ZION. suppose they try 10 prove hat Mr.. Dorsey
any other Republican manager bought up the State.
Ihey won't ger far with their demonstration before
bringing ont the fact that thu only ground for their
wrath Is that the Immaculate ,rnum tried tn buy II
up and tailed IL IL entirely prob, ole tn u the DEM
ocrItIc campaign managers 10y tnrIr bogus iTanklng
operations chrli eel the Il vernu emf OUT of $4,000
or $50 900. All this was done IN the interest OF
Reform, of course. IL Is Il sweet party.
Looking out for the Deestrct" always has been,
aud probably long will b. The most absOrbingOc-
cupat'On OF he American statesman.
The establishment" of the Reorganizers is the
amusement of Tammany. the great New-York
Democracy was never in condition OF loneliness so
utter as at pre- 'ent.
Two weeks from to-day President Garfield will
take his seat yet no man can tell how his Cabinet
will lie constructed or what will be his policy. He
has been Su Ije ted to the most mercess pressure
ever brought upon PreSident-elect, but has kept
his mouth closed III spite Of IT all The ermness lie
has shown preSageS of the most straightforward
and successful Admin STATIONS the country has eyer
had.