Year: 1878

not everywhere appear to be unanimous. In
the With Congress District of New-Jersey. their
convention went on in such way that the pres
ident, with tears in his eyes, begged them to be-
have themselves. Z" Are we not ashamed OF our
selves" he said for such sceneT Hunger for
Office may be assigned in most cases as the cause
of these tremendous bObberies. They come OF
personal fight for place and power. We may set IL
down as pretty sound rule, that IL party cannoS
govern itself in convention, it is hardly fit to gov
ern anywhere else


There is made Just now IN certain quarters the
annual protest against horse racing at agricultural
fairs 1t Is further avowed that politicians who
know nothing about farming are selected, on ae-
count of their celebrity, to deliver the annual
addresses. This mistake in choosing the orators
might easily be remeded, and frequently Is In par
tcular cases but the " trials of speed have last
ened themselves so firmly upon the fairs, as>an at
traction, that they can hardly be got rid of with
out an effort. Occasionally, maybe oiten'
the real business of the exhibition is ne
elected for these trotting matches. while a
lot of fancy men, sports and iOckies who hardly
know potato from a pumpkin. make all disagTeea-
Bile to the sober bucolic mind by betting. drink
ing, and by other dongs not in the least connected
with the real business of an agricultural talr. we
do not. therefore wonder that good many exhibit
ors are anxious that the racing feature should De
dropped Most Of the fairs are under the control OF
societies which might easily effect reform II dis
posed to do so.


Somebody asked Mr. MantOn Marble the other
day If be did not intend to say anything about the
cipher kilograms in The TRIBUNE to which he re-
piled with freezing dignity: Il never read TIE
TRIBUNE, sir" That Is unfortunate, because THE
TRIBUNE contains great many entertaining arti-
ces and of late il has printed number OF things
in which Mr.. Marble would feel strong personal
interest We should be pleased to have
some friend Of his take copy Of The
TRIBUNE, enter the Ark wherein Mr. Mar
BILE has shut himself up along with the Shechinah
of our Self-Government, and let that gloomy and
retrospective statesman know what is going on out
side. In particular we should like to have DIR.
Marbles attention invited to a cipher telegram adj
dressed to him at Tallahassee two days before the
final decision of the Returning Board, in December,
1876. ana containing curious reference to Lima"
the meaning of which we are sure Mr. Marble Will
be glad to explain.


Puck has an irreverent picture Of Mr. Peter Cooper
sitting at the feet of "The." Allen, and listening
with beaming cOuntenance while the distinguished
gambler, temporarily debarred from the pursuit of
practical politics by his imprisonment on charge
OF homicide, commits To the good OLD phllahthrOpsI
the apOstleship of the Greenback gospel. One does
not like to see Mr.. Cooper exposed to ridIcule but
If be will place himself in ridiculous position the
world cannot help laughing


II is reported that when Mr.. Smith NJ. Weed
failed to talk down the Syracuse Convention, and
upset the plans of Mr. John Kelly, he went to the
telegraph Office and repeated verbatim TO Gramercy
Park one of his cipher dispatches Of 1876, which
reads, when translated: Situation unchanged /;
they are all idiots"


Mr.. Smith NJ Weed and Mr.. Marblel What
coparceny was going on at Bamum's Hotel, Baltl-
more, on the Goth Of November 1861