Year: 1878


The Old Line Whig has arisen-to sling a brick
| at his best friend.


| It will do the Administration no end Of good 10
| get hopping maj.


The INSTRUMENTATION Republican editor looks
upon himself as " no slouch +" OF prophet.
| II fGoyernor Nichols can't control his own party
| in Louisiana he should give way to an energetic
| carpet-bagger.


| The Reform editor is so busy yelling fraudo
that he can find no leisure to peruse the wicked
historical extracts about Judge Whitaker


There doesn't seem to be any necessity for another
financial speech from General Butler. He showed
how much he didn't know in his first one.
The thoughtess malignity Of the Bourbons in
Newt Orleans may havo the unfortunate effect Of
making the rascality OF the carpct-baggers COM
paratively respectable.


Williams, Kentucky's new Senator. seems to be an
emotional economist of the most advanced variety.
His views on "flnanciering" set forth the other
day in ilatulent grafton, prove him to be as empty
as Voorhees, end as impudent as Bland.


The more moderate silver advocates are showing
uneasness over the report of second burst of wind
from Voorhees,. They beg him to conane himself to
silver and let paper alone. But he won't. Ho
knows he is only little in advance of the whole
silver party.


The XLVth Congress is at its best, that is, il
appears to be nflicting the least damage upon the
country when 1T is engaged in receiving" somo
work of art whether painting or piece of sta;u-
airy, and when it IS emitting funeral osatory over
some departed statesman


Western economists are prancIng with delight
over the fact that our bonds returning from
Europe. Would it augment the working capital Of
tine West. and "set the wheels Of industry in mo-
ton if the East should gin to fOreclOse the mort
cages which it holds on that lively section OF tho
country.


DOOrleeepcr Polk seems to be thoroughgoins
practical reformer. He not only doubled the lawful
number of pages for the House, but he found room
on the payroll for his son and daughter The latter
did her work at home, but drew her pay with beau
tiful regularity. Mr.. Polk seems to have been .


limited nepotist solely because his family is limited.


There is talk in Louisiana of introducing bill in
the Legislature for paying the services OF the liden
electors The idea is to have the Legislature ex
press its belief that the Tlden electors were chosen
by the people. 1t is argued that the moral effect
will be good. 1t will be wise to walt a niue. mo
country has all it can do now to absorb the moral
effect" produced by the contemplation OF Whit
taker.


II is now about year since the Administration
undertook the contract to reconcile the South,
to regenerate the Civil Service, to furnish the
country with honest money, and resume specie pay
ments. Assurances that " the President Is cheer
full will be likely to lose some of their encouraging
effect during the second year of their daily reera
tion, unless they are reinforced now and then by
some very visible and tangible achievements IN the
line OF promise.


The good news comes from South Carolina that
Governor Hampton is openly opposed to even the
slightest reputation of the States debts, and will


fight all efforts to adopt the Bond Commissions
port to repudate two-third of the bonds. 1t is also
announced that the forty-two Republican members
of the Legislature will vote solidly in support of the
Governor. The total vote of the Legislature is l57,
but it is believed that Governor Hampton wiil DO
able with the help of the Republicans, to carry is
point and save the credit of the State.


Senator Christiancy Is a bold man, or be never
would have dared to say he would favor woman
suffrage when the majority of women desired it.
HASN'T he ever heard that women are Oppressed"
and don't know what is best for them' Did he
never hear of the pous spinster who found herself
so filled with righteous indignation that she could
obtain relief only by going alone to her room lock.
ing herself in. and saying " Deyllr when the next
National Women's Congress meets to torment tho
Washington statesmen into submission, Mr. Chris
tancy will be lucky man if he isn't taken to sel-
iaTy apartmentt by an nn5y ny Pl br cbos "oe


The most amazing thing about the silver agitatOr
is the GOODNESS with which he avows his desire to
cheat his creditors. He declares openly that he
wants a cheap dollar because he can pay his debts
easier with it than with an honest one. He is in-
different about the proposal of the Eastern capital
lists to grant further loans except on gold basis
THAT will not effect past contracts" he says and
those are all we care anything about. What We
want to do is to get rid of paying onetenth of hat
we owe. We want To make 80 cents take the place
of every dollar we have borrowed. and so we want
the Bland dollar" This is not the exact language,
but il is the exact meaning of what Is said every
day by such journals The ST. Louis Republican, Inc
Cincinnati Commercial, and The Chicago Tribune.


Here and there Washington correspondent de-
clares that he has evidence which justIfies the pre-
diction that the Bland bill will not pass overs
Veto but that compromise silver measure will be
adopted Such men as Blaine, Randall and Ran
doph are quoted as coinciding in this view. The
specific grounds on which this prediction is based
are given and the surface it seems hard work
to find them. The signs of break in the Senate are
anything but promising now. The Senator who
has made up his mind to vote for silver will allow
nothing so triling as facts TO swerve him from hy
COURSE The only thing that will influence him VIII
be a conviction that u vote for silver Will end his
political career. 1t is Il melancholy fact that the
honest portion of the people is not active enough IN
expressing Its opinion 1T present TO produce any
conviction of this kind.