New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-10

Taken by and large, the present Congress cannot
be called a lively one.
The pertinent suggestion is made by The 1lbdny
Lreping JourndI that one of the brass medals he
presented to the Hon. Paddy Ryan. lie has earned
one in the usual way.
Mr. Tildrn is unfortunate in one Of his most
windy tooters The Quincy editor who is urging
him for denomination as the grand old man is
the person who had the distinction in August last
of being the only editor in this othI5 county
cowardly and mean enough to rej)ce publicly over
the shooting OF Garfield. He said then in his news
paper that he regarded Guiteau as just as honor
able as the man he shot" and predicted that when
Garfield died there would be national sorrow.
For these Gendish utterances his fellow-citHens
burnt him IN etiigy alongside with Guiteau. Now
when he writes eulOgy OF 1lUcn all the iIden
organs copy IT couspicuouSly ut hail 1t as happy
drliyeIanCc of Democratic sentiment Probably
10 u.s.
There ought to be a spartan Band medal as well
as 500 medal II sbould have likeness of Mr..
Platt on one side and Mr. ConkIng On the other,
both PROSTATE un0er the fury of crazy press and
people.
The Southern Democratic press is practically
unanimous against the partyS attack upon the
National banks. This seems to be a fresh split.
viii the ticket he Tildcn and Hendricks or
Tilden and Montgomery Blair Mr.. Blair has
earned 1t, certainly.
Tammany charges the regular Democrats at
Albany with bad faith. The Tammany members
say they were promised certain things if they
would support Mr.. Patterson for Speaker They
saw Mr. Patterson and he ratified the agreement.
Accordingly they voted for him. but no sooner was
he elected than the regulars declared there had
been no bargain and refused to grant the terms
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believe this is q true version. John Kelly is not in
the habit of making a fight simply for the privilege
of backing down All the evidence is in favor of a
belief that he had distinct promises before he con-
scented TO Mr. Patterson's election The atter's
delay IN appointing the committees is ore item of
this evidence The Tllden Democrats are famous
for their inability to keep their own promises.
They are bogus Ret0rmerS and why should they be
more hon, rable with their own Associates than
they are with the public III general?
Who is responsible for the unusually dOce be-
havor of the Democrats in Congress at this session
Is Mr.. Randall the man who Is holding in Springer
and the other sprightiy members of the party Ii
he is he is entitled to great credit. for he Is per-
forming task which was supposed 10 be impossl-
Bile.
General Beavers spontaneous candidacy for the
Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsyl-
yania has not been faVOrably affected 10y the brass
medal announcement He was running pretty well
before that was made, but since then his campaign
has seemed TO lose Roadway Yet he has not been
administrative in showing the people that he has
claim to one of the medals.
Those accomplished stratcglsts the Regular
Democrats. have once moro rrsoted to the brilliant
manpuyrc of restoring harmony in the party by
kicking John Kelly. The result is the same as
usual.
The sneak thief who stole dispatch, and lied
about the way he got it, is not so busy proving that
Garfield was build zed by his friends as he was.
Ia, tine 4, How heard some hing