New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-17

sons time, there Is the party's persistent oppo-
stion to resumption. Why not commemorate
that in some way
These are the more conspicuous living
Democratic statesmen and measures. AS we
enumerate them we are not surprised that the
party prefers to go back a long way for its
inspiration. The best part of the Democracy
does in fact appear to be dead, az its leaders
| confess. The confession does not strike us as
frst-class reason for intrusting the party
with power, but we may be wrong about 1t.
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| "He who looks backward" said Mr.. Watterson
in his address at the IrOquos dinner, to his fellow
Democrats "shall share the fate of Lots wife,"
| But this warning will be entirely thrown away
upon Mr. Tilden. lie persists, as everybody knows,
| in looking back to 1876. What fOllOwsl Why,
this follows If Mr.. Tden succeeds in controlling
| the Democratic National Convention Of 1884 the
ticket which it places in the field will be headed as
follows:
For President,
Pillar of Salt,
of NewYOrk.
| 1t wouldn't be strong nomination. To defeat the
| Pillar it would only be necessary to put to the
American people the conundrum If the salt has
lost its SAVIOR whercwith shall it be saltedf
Yes there is an ancient proyerb running, The
receiver is as bad as the thief"
Philadelphia may be an unequaled player of the
intricate game of chess, she may be behind none OF
her sister cities in swinging she may
| be equal to witching the world with noble back
gamnonship, she may be The champion elucidator
| of the mysteries of muggIns, she may have few
equals and no superlors at mumply-peg, tit-tat-toe
and jacksraws But il is painfully evident that she
has much to learn before she command the I'M
qualified admiration of the Pacific Coast in
the field of applied poker. We are reluctantly but
unavoldably led to this conclusion by perusng the
opening sentence of leader contained IN The Phtd-
delphid Press of Wednesday. In this sentence a
| well-known fnancier is represented as holding
" bluff hand " and admitting the public to
sight at his hand before he calls the game and rakes
in the pot.v Now we are informed on what we re-
gard as trustworthy authority meaning first
citizen of Leadvile who is temporarily sojOurning
in the metropolis, that gentlemen holding bluff
hands were never known to "call the game" The
Press by addressing a line to William Nye, of Table
Mountain. can verify the sOundness of this Lead
Vile criticism. Our esteemed contemporary excels
in detecting undetecting detectives, but-in case
this first citizen of Leadvile is correct in what he
says-it. has something yet to learn il regard to
practical poker
The curious inquirer who looks first at the annual
salary account published under authority Of the
City Controller, then looks for some of our
Jus.ices-Police and Civil-at the times when they
are supposed to be on duty, will very likely be
struck with the appOsiteness of the Princes obser-
walton concerning Fdstah in Henry W." but
one ha' pennyworth of bread TO this intoerable
deal of sack" Salaries are at a maximum, and
work at a minimum. People who have cases pend |
in NOT mite certain whether not
they will get a hearing within reasonable limit OF
time. The Bar Association has here fresh field to
explore
1t is reported from Albany that the Tammany
members are hereafter to be excluded from the
Democratic legislative caucuses. Well We guess |
Tammany can stand it, if the Democratic caucuses
can. Last fail Tammany was excluded from some |
thing of infinitely more account than Democratic |
caucus even from a Democratic State Convention |
She survived that terrible snub and has since taken
terrible revenge OH those who did the snubbIng. |
If. now, she is kept out of the Democratic egislat-
i've caucuses she can be depended upon in her own
time and way again TO get even with her enemies.
1t was telegraphed all over the country that that
Iroquois banquet was to possess considerable pollt
zeal Significance" Any gentleman who attended it |
and is able to state what ii any political signf- |
canoe it did possess will oblige curious public by |
promptly appearing III C|Iu Va "a pIdHdtlOh' ALO
common impression is that it possessed immense DO
hJical insignihcance.
The most sensible OF all the contributors to " the
intellectual treat of the lrOquos dinner was ex-
Governor Seymour Realizing that the least said
about the past, present and future of the Democratic
party the better Tor the peace of mind of sensitive
Democrats, realizing also that the cOuatry long
since acquired habit of bursting out laughing
whenever Democratic statesman begins to decam
against Decentralization" the sage of Deerield
wisely kept his letter out OF politics. devotng Il to
a review of the history OF the lroquOis Indians
PERSONAL.