New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-04
after the great panic. We hope it may be an omen
Of activity and prosperity for long years to come

Guiteau need not have divided his New Year
callers into three classes: High toned, middle
toned and low toned" The last classification would
| have covered them all.
The 'late Mr. Bookwalter has been indulgiDg IN
some remarkably sound and truthful observations.
| He says: | am not n leader of the Ohio Democ-
racy. | am private individual. | will probably
! never DO a candidate for Office again" In the
whole United States there is probably not q person
| who will Guestion the entire accuracy OF these
assertions. his IL great trluH pm Tor MI book-
walter He has been elected to "a permanent seat Ill
private lite by unanimous vote OF nifty millions
| of people.
Senator Pendleton admits very frankly the real
cause of his zeal tor Civil Serl ice reform. lie SAYS
to a reporter Of The Cincinnati Enquirer: rs par
tisan Democrat am strongly in favor Of reform.
believe il will aid greatly in getting into power
If my bill should pass it would parayze the efforts
of 100000 incumbents fighting to retain
800 900 600 This of itself in an election as c,osc
rs that OF 1876 or 1850 would decide the contest III
our favor But what would become of the reform
after Slr. pendletons party got INTO pOWerf DOES
he suppose for "A moment that the Democrats WOhIu
consent to have the power of ne 100000 oihce-
holders permanently paralvZed =
II is once more apparent that the Tilden wing Of
the Democracy can make faces at John Kelly, and
call him harl Names but that he bosses the party
whenever II reaches a Crisis.
Ex-senator Sargent, as a possible Secretary Of
the Interior. gets tins handsome recommendation
| from that most out.and-out Democrat Senator
| Beck: THAT would be 4 very good nomination TOT
| the Republicans That fellow Sargent is a terrible
! hard worker lie never has anything to do but he
| masters the subject. He used to know what he was
! talking about and he knows the Navy and the In
! terror Departments from top 10 bottom. When ne
had charge of an appropriation bill on the ioor you
| could not ask him question that he was nor pre-,
pared to answer right II. He's the most lhlelleGtuaI
man. too that ever knew. and the most persistent
He would carry his point in the llou when neither
Blaine nor Garfield could He'd Just hang 70 1t TIL
for the Repnbiirans for led do what they'd ask
him with wonderful strength and ability"
General Grant says squarely that he thinks Cen
eral Fitz John Porter has been mlsudged. There
is n wides pread desire TO hear from Senator Logan
The promise of the party's nomination for Gov
ernor next year would probably appease John
Kelly.
The stupidity of the South Carolina Bourbons is
illustrated again. They lift wall IN their princi-
pal organ because the negroes are leaving the
State Entire plantations have been left without
laDorerS" they cxclaim and it is mpractIcaDle to
tell what is the extent of the movement. The col
orcd people the foundation of the whole agricul-
turaI system of the State Without their labor
large part of the State would remain uncultIvated
until white emf rants could be obtained TO fill the
gap White laborcrs would not be satisfied with
the wages and ratlons which content the colOred
people, Yet the Bourbons are merely reapng
what they have SOwn. They have denied the eel
orcd men all their rights as citizens and by hem
rifle clubs and red shirt brigades have made LIE
terror for hem Had they been less stupid. they
would have iore,ccn long ago that the present
exodus was inevitable unless they altered their
methods of conducting the politics OF the state.
Another step toward complete reputation has
been taken in Louisiana. The original debt was
scaled by the Democrats 10 per cent, and 1T was
then announced that the state was able to pay
ONLY per cent on the reduced principal. The Stale
pledged herself pay this and the pledge was IN
! corporated in the revised Constitution which was
adopted by the people. Now the Legislature in
extra session has passed a revenue bill which APP
portions only one mill to the interest fund, though
it has been demonstrated that u levy on that basis
will not raise more than twU-thirls of the interest
on the debt promised to the creditors re Ncr-
orleans Ficdyupe calls the bill the last dltch OF
shame left 10 state and "a the bill X Demo
cratic measure. and Ibc PicdgURe IS a Democratic
! t1,r Ina. tfp II