Year: 1879

The Political LuIl Before the storm.


The organs of both sides in this State are
suddenly silent on the one subject which
yet is nearest their hearts. The republican
papers publish columns of speculations
about what the democrats will, must or
ought to do; and the democratic papers are
filled with representations of the probable
republican policy. But about their own
policies both are just now very close
mouthed.


The republican Convention will meet on
the Sd of September, and the democratic
candidates, who are less numerous than the
republican, will be kept on the anxious
bench until after the republican nomina-
tions are made. The suspense is doubtless
hard to bear, but you will have to be
patient, gentlemen. This is an important
year. and it will not do to make blunder.


One thing seems to be certain. Mr.. Til
den assures everybody that he is very anx-
ious for General Ewings success in Ohio,
and all the republican papers return the
compliment by eagerly advocating Mr.. Til
dens nomination next year. 1t is quite o
happy family arrangement, and simple
minded reader would suppose that MIR. Ill
den was Fastening out to Ohio to electioneer
for General Ewing, and that the republican
papers were all going to support Mr.. Tilden
Tor President next year. But things are not
always as they seem.


Meantime we advise both parties to make
up their minds to nominate their best men.
The November election is enough to make
anybody anxious who hopes to get snug
living out OF the peoples taxes. Just think
of it !! A Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Secretary Of State, Comptroller, Treasurer,
Attorney General, are all to be chosen-a
whole State administration, in fact. How
much better and simpler it would be, by
the way, if the voters had only to make up
their minds about the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, letting the former
select his Cabinet as the President
does. But we have not yet told the
whole story. The Governor elect will
nominate superintendent of public
works, superintendent of banking, SUI
perintendent of insurance, superintend-
ent Of salt springs, three canal appraisers,
three state assessors and endless harbor
masters, health officers and other subordi-
mates. The State Senate will have voice
in the confirmation OF these officers, and the
Legislature will have to choose Senator,
Mr.. Kernan's term expiring.


1t is really like small Presidential cleo
- Al.
they are awed at the importance of the
struggle Let us all be thankful that the
average citizen is not exposed to such wear
ing anxieties as nowadays beset our politi-
cal class. We who do not hold Office or
wish to may sleep soundly. We hope all
the voters will remember, as election day
draws near, that we are not now saving the
Union That is safe and in reality it makes
very little difference who is elected this
fall nobody will dare to serve the people
very badly; and as Mr.. Tilden is not going
to run for Governor he will probably agree
with us in saying that nobody who will be
elected will serve them supremcly we'll. It
will be with the Governor elect as it has
been with poor Mayor Cooper. Two par
ties flung up their hats for him last fall.
and both have been kicking at him for six
months past.


The plain truth is we make a great deal
too much of elections. II both the Septem-
Der conventions and their candidates and
wirepullers should go down in an EARTH
quake the rest of the State would go on all
the same. Nevertheless we once more adj
wise the politicians of both sides to nomi-
nate their best candidates, on their best
platforms, and when November comes to
get out all the voters they can. The people
are very cool this year.


Another Fishery Trouble.