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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

become terror to quiet and law abiding
people, it will not be the fault of the legisla-
ton framed with great care to. secure that
result.
II is matter so small as to 10 hardly worth
mentioning, but Mr.. Sweeny OF course does
not get through Article Seventh without
displaying his exceeding thrift in Section ~
by turning over the Police q Life Insurance
Fund to himself as City Chamberlain.
This fund now amounts to si6i,7J1 20, is the
reservoir into which flow all the fines, amount
ing to about $1,000 per month, and has here
tOfore been reserved for the benefit of the
aged and infirm members Of. the force. Mr..
Sweeny, in taking it away from the present
Trustees, is good enough to declare that al
"anDuites now chargeabla, upon said fund
"shall be maintained inviolate y yet he care
fully Omits to give anybody power to make
any further inroads upon it. Bat this spoliasion
Of old men and cripples who have grown gray
or been disabled in the pablo service. is an
Oilense so venial compared with the atrociSy OF
the general effect of Article Seven that 1t can
almost be forgiven. The Ring is threatening
us with an army of its desperadoes disguised as
policemen, unlimited in numbers. and so despotl-
caly controlled in the interest of the l2Siess
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

Judge Bingham of Ohio has often reminded
us of that ancient image which began ill a fine
quality of gold and ended in very poor clay
but he has never more strikingly recalled the
old story than in his Postage bill, just intro
duced. He wants letter postage reduced to two
cents, and he proposes to get ready for this most
desirable end by the enormous and inexcusable
addition to the dead weight now resting on
our postal system, of free transportation for
all newspapers or periodicals throughout the
State of, or ,cithin hundred miles FROM their
place of publication! If this inexcusably fragrant
proposition is intended to secure the favor OF
the newspapers, we trust and believe that
it will signally fail of its object. No newspaper
fit to live needs such a cheap and nasty sop
as this, and we do not believe that any will
receive it with other feelings than those of
disgust. Will Congress understand that news
papers and their readers want justice, not
favorsf We want the question of postage
reduced to q plain business basis, with no
gratuites, no leaks, and the lowest possible
rates. We want to pay for what We get, and
we want other people, including Congressman,
to do the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08
THE INDO-EURUPEAN TELEGRAPH.

We have to-day London dispatch giving
further intelligence concerning the lndo
European telegraph line, to which we made
reference few days ago. The portions of the
line now alluded to- which are new, and which
give prospect of uninterrupted communication
between Europe and the East Indies, are the
land wires running across Persia, and the ad-
ditional cable in the Persian Gulf. The over
land line from the head waters of the Persian
Gulf westwardly which has heretofore been
employed had its course across Turkish Ara
bia and this line has had such bad fortunes,
and has so often been interrupted by the
Arabs that it has only been of service very
irregularly. The new line runs from Busheer,
on the southwestern border of Persia, to Te-
heran, the Persian capital; thence northwardly
to the Black Sea, which is crossed by cable
connecting with Odessa, in Russia. 1t is a
safer and in all respects better route than
that followed by the other line; and the wires
have been put up with great promptitude and
facility by an English company acting under
the authorization of the Persian Government
The new cable in the Persian Gulf, from Blu
sheer to Jask. which at the latter point con-
ncvts with Bombay by land and submarine
lines, VIII duu SItdtiy W 'hO "N
TO the business power of the Anglo-Indlan Tel
egraph.
The London dispatch of to-day gives us the
tariff of messages from this country to two
tclegraphic points in the East Indies, by the
line now in working order. The prices seem
to us remarkably cheap-taking into account
the distance and the heavy expense involved
for the construction aud maintenance of the
different land and submarine lines through
which dispatches must be transmitted. They
also seem remarkably cheap to us when COM
pared with the cost of messages from New
York to the more distant parts of our own
country, such, for example, as Utah and Cali
fornia.
We suppose the price of messages by the
Indo- European Telegraph has been put at the
low point indicated in our dispatches in order
to attract business to this line before the COM
pletOn of the Red Sea Cable which the Great
Eastern is now on the eve of submerging, and
which will connect Bombay with Western
Europe by way of Suez. The advantages of
the latter line over the overland line are GER
tainly very great; but there ought to be
abundant business for both lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08
rrw-yoRx DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY o. low

prognostics of the approaching sess'oD sat,sf,c.
sangune that it win be whole OF oa aonaro,
tory measure. Fixity of tenure Is 'nv ~ will
demand of Ireland, but the GsVef'".s con
doubtless commute the term in.o -.
"rity of tenure" which is another 'u u"it,,
We are informed with some "u'"o'"'
that while the Government Will alS''io Nv
property rights, it will make UNJUST e''''on'
improbablc or impossible. Evidently our soo'n-
savers are still at sea- and Mr. Brights speecn'
which contains no hope for his ola Scheuo
for making peasant propretors alter P"''e'a
of the great Prussan land SYSTEM does no'
mend matters. Nevertheless, fair reason eNis's
to respect the assurances which have oeen
given by liberal Englishntn, and py at 'eas'
one liberal Irishman, the ODonoghue: lie ao-
yses his countrymen not tolDut imphcit TRUST
in any Cabinet; but afiirms nat if they make
their wishes clearly underfood, any measure II,
they agree to support in tie Commons VIII
pass. if it be in itself just, "no matter no"
"povel are its features or how violent 'ho
"oppostion it has to encouner."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

TRIBUNE are in full accord. Everything else
should be postponed or subordinated to this
Will the Democratic party secure us such
elections7 For reasons indicated in our ias.,
we fear that it will not but, if it WILL we shaii
very heartily applaud and support It's ac''o y.
VIII any portion or faction of our Democratic
Legislature attempt to give us such eiect'ons
We fear not but, should any Democrats 10
this, we entreat the Republican members OIL
the Legislature to cooperate with such Demo
Gratis in etfecting such reform. No matter VINO
or what they be, Democrats who VIII combine
to put an end to illegal voting and false count
ing arc patriots Cat least pro tenn with whon
every Republican should counsel and work I'LL
the great end is secured.
H. We beg the reader to mark the clear ad-
missions of The Horld-tO wit
I. Our City is most corruptly. villainousiy
misgOyerned;
. Those who 80 misrule it are Democratic
" thieves
3. The chief fundamentally whereby their
SWAY is perpetuated is ballot box -stuffing;
A. No reform is practicable, or would avail.
until these gigantic election frauds are stopped
and precluded.
3. These frauds 0isgrace tne DeHoClauo PaiJ'
exciting such prejudice against it that the Peo-
ple will not intrust it with power over the
Republic: hence our partisan victories"
III. The World charges us with helping to
break down our late Board of Education.
That we did, upon promises of retrenchment
and economy which we believe in process OF
fufllment. If they are not, we shall help
break down the present Board as readily as we
did the like TO its predecessor. AS to having
more Republicans in the present than in the
late Board, we care nothing for that, and
never did. Make the Board wholly Democratic,
and we shall still support it, on the single con-
dition that it refrains from stealing and from
connving at theft by Others. That is all our
support of the present Board costs and one
composed wholly of Democrats can have it on
exactly the same terms.
". The World asserts that there is more
stealing at Washington than here. We think
not; but there is some, and We are quite as
anxious to suppress the one as the other. We
shall try to serve all peculators alike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

The gravity of the decisions by the Supreme
Court on the Legal Tender act, to which we
surrender the greater part of our second page
can hardly be overrated, whether considered
in reference to interest on State Debts, or to
a thousand other forms of Indebtedness, in
Cured before 1862. The opinion of Mr.
Chief-Justice Chase speaking for the majority
of the Court, does not go to the question
of the right to make United States notes a
legal tender in all contracts made after the
passage of the BILL but its general tendency
is plain. Get your houses in order,
is the meaning of the warning yes
tcrday sounded to the whole business COM
munity from the bench of the Supreme Court
This decision means a speedy resumption OF
Specie Payments Stand from under!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08
rRayKJNG-PUBLIC ECONOMY.

The World says--as if in contrast with some
policy championed by TIE TRIBUNE
The saving OF three pences in the frank shall not De
palmed of on the people as atouemat lot tne Squanu
Ing OF millions"
This is a very old trick. You cannot urge
retrenchment anywhere without beng met Dy
the cavil that there is more need OF 1t some
where else. We have found IN practice that
those who turn up their noses so c0ntemptu-
ously at reforms within reach are never on
hand to press the greater reforms they vaguely
indicate, except when their party is out OF
power.
The abolition of Thanking is no three-penny
matter. II will save at least One Million per
annum in Postage, and a like sum in Public
Printing, Binding, Folding, Mailing &c.
Neither will it impede other and it may be
larger reforms. On the contrary, 1t Will
promote them. at is the first step
THAT COSTS" says the French proverb ;
and it ia easier to keep the car OF
retrenchment going than to get II
started We want the Navy Department In
structed to sell at least half our laid-up yes
sells, even if they can only be sold for tie
yalue of their materials We want half DIR
Navy-Yards broken up and sold out. we
want our Army list reduced by at least hve
hundred superfiuous officers. We wart the
pay and allowances of our higher Army officers
cut down. We want the useless drones ex-
PEELED from the Departments and the Capitol
In short, we want Mr.. Dawes programme
fully carried out If the Abolition of Franking
shall be contaminated, we shall hope to see IL
followed by most if not all of these reforms
If it breaks down, we shall have little hope
Hence we are anxious FOR the success OF the
DiOneer measure,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08
PARLIAMENT.

To-day, after an unusually thoughtful interval.
the British Parliament will be opened. In the
cautious. but unenthusastic, tone of Mr.. Bright's
late speech, and in the earnest and business
like character of that of Mr.. Forster, we are
advised of the probable temper of the Com
mons Everything predicts busy and import
ant session. a bill for General Education, a
bill for Trades Unions aud for Naturalization,
and possibly measures for the adoption of the
ballot and the abolition of religious tests in
Universities, will'be brought forward by Mr..
Gladstone's administration. Other topics beside
these will be touched upon, we presume; but,
perhaps in the crowded and protracted debate
of the session, the Government will not finish
much more than half the work which it has
proposed
By far the noblestyand most laborious task
of Parliament should be the passage of Land
bill, which shall render substantial justice to
the Irish people, and place British legislation
above the old reproach that it has tinkered
and tinkered in vain. We dare not predict
that the English Commons will do this. All
that we can say for them is that they promise
much and that, too, with heartiness which
we cannot but commend. We may add that
one of the. ablest of the Irish politicians, the
ODonoghue, has in reciprocal good faith
recognized the good faith with which the
better part OF England have resolved to pom
der Irish affairs, not entirely in the spirit of
English selfinterest, but with something like
democratic sympathy.
Mr. Forster has announced the true Irish policy
of England to be "an absolute disregard of all
distinctions between England and Ireland
when English interests are concerned, the
utmost regard and consideration for Irish
feelings. Irish wishes and Irish interests
"when.Irish affairs are concerned Mr. Forster
has surpassed Mr. Bright in the confidence
with which he has spoken of the expected Land
measure and, both have emphatically admit
ted the duty OF conciliating Ireland by justice
rs that unhappy country has never been con-
ciliated before. What kind of measure Mr.
Gladstone win present is not known. nor do the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

We are surprised to find Mr.. Sweeny per-
hitting his Friday Frear to introduce bill 70
regulate the conduct of ELECTIONS in the civ
of New-York, which in most respects is care
fully drawn to prevent any regulation what
ever except in the interest of fraud, aad YET
contains this extraordinary proviso: "But no
"poll shall be held at any place where liquor
"sold." Nothing could be better than this, nn'
the prohibition is of such undoubted Repuon-
can parentage, and so onerous upon the 10
mocracy, that we fear the rum-sellers pinlns
for the profits found in the old fashioned eieo-
ton orgies will set up such a howl that MI
Sweeny will be forced to practice rs he has
preached, and strike out the obnoxious Repuo-
ljcau feature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

The vote on the question of arraigBips NJ.
Rochefort stood 299 yeas to "a nays. fester-
day, however after an appeal by NJ. CremieuK
against the arrest of NJ. Rochefort. and per.
sistent speech by NJ. Olivier, the Government
of France was sustained in the Corps Legis-
latif only by 1919 yeas to As nays. Accidental
causes will not entirely account for this gain
to the Rochefort side of the argument. M.
Theirs, and, it lis said, Count Daru, suspected
that the arraignment was not the best oil
measures; and the question Of the arrest seems
to develop that suspicion among larger OPP
position than usual in this particular case. N.
Rochefort, consistently with his character as
revolutionist, has refused either to attend his
trial or give himself up quietly to the autbori-
ties. No Ultra-Radical would have it other
wise. The Editor of the Marseillaise will ap-
pear and disappear in the character of vio'
lated representative of the people. What, them
will become of Prince Pierref
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

The brutal shooting of a peaceful party OF
Americans in Havana shows that if the recent
story of wholesale massacre by the Volunteers
was not true. it might have been. The new
murder has given the Captain General an occa-
sion for the lavish display of his indignation.
He has offered thousand dollars reward ior
the assassin, and we doubt if he will ever nna
him. But there are plenty throughout Gun"
who would do the same thing and escape
The Captain General is said TO h
in a fever of zeal to make all
amends to the United Statts, and well he may
be. 1t is not particular individual so much
as the general spirit of revenge and murder
which, by more than one massacre, has eees
licensed In Havana, that should be denounced.
Had we advanced as far among the willing
Cubans as we have among the unwilling DO
mincans such things might not have been
recorded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

Basser, Erastus Benedict, Egbert Benson, Wal
ter Bovine, VIM. Chauncey. Aaron, Clark, Nathan
C!Ely. Morris Franklin, David Graham. VIM.
f! Havemeyer, Murray Hoffman,. Joseph Hoxie,
James Kelly, A. C.. Kingsland, John A. Ken
ne,iy, Gideon Lee, Thomas McElrath, Edwin D.
Morgan, j. Phillips Phoenix, Frederick A. Tai
nladge, Daniel F. Tiemsnu, William Tucker.
Isaac j. Varian, ALrsm Wakeman, b.
u. III. Ward, Jacob A. WesteF~elt Amor
j. Williamson, and dozens more Of
their stamp, in our Comaou Councils. But
times have changed; the Kuickerbocsers arc
forgotten; a new race Sits in the seats Of
power. Let the reader compare their names
and their doings with those We have men
toned, and vote them few more extra clerks.
SO that the public records may not shame the
memory of Lindley Murray.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

Instead of seeing anything reprehensible oil
ludicrous in the idea of turning the dens OF
vice and crime in the worse parts OF the city
into schools of religion aud virtue we consider
the movement as one deserving the sup
port of the Christian community There was
good achieved by the Water-st. movement a
year ago, and we believe that good will be
effected by the Water-st. movement which
yesterday had its outward sign in the turning
of rat-pit and rum-hOle into mission house
Nothing is more needed in our city than that
the doctrines of temperance. morality, and the
Gospel be brought home to the debased multi
tudes who wall0w in crime and drunkenness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

OF course the Aldermen readily concur in
giving the Board of Assistants two additional
clerks, for whom the City must pay six or seven
thousand dollars year. Taxpayers may think
it rather hard that the pensioners d party
should thus be saddled upon the whole people.
But there is one point that they probably over
look. A large proportion of the members of
the Common Council are incapable of writing
ineligible English, much less of constructing
grammatical sentences, and the main
duty of these extra clerks is to put
into respectable language the brilliant ideas of
their patrons. Sevcn-eighths of the resolutions
reports. and ordinances proposed require merely
the filling in of blank forms, work that any
one can do who can write at al but it some
times happens that there is really something
new, and it becomes necessary to write page
or two of foolscap. AS many of the City
Fathers cannot do this themselves. they must
have help; and their own salaries are 50 insig-
nifcant and their labors 81 great. that
perhaps there should Ike no complaint
even If they were to vote private secretary
60 each member. This was not necessary when
We had such men as Stephen Allen, Isaac D.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

As a general rule Investigations are bepe-
fetal The business Of an investigation ~ 70
throw light upon the investigated. The Legis-
lative Committee appointed to- examine the
condition of the life Insurance and trnst com
panies of this city took a different view
of their functions, and decided tn eI-
clude the press. On the other hand.
the companies peatiSned the committee.
urging that the sessions be public. Tho
astonisbed committee refused the request
Then the officers Of, the companies came
forward with boOl-s, stateEaents, and accounts
the committee made a short examination that
amounted to nothing, and adjourned to Albany.
There is a back parlor there, whittier the in
surance officers are to be summoned, and exam
nations continued on tho heeus tSps lucendo
principle. The companies court publicity
but there is something to- be extracted from
them that nobody must see. And the pub
lie may suppress its. curiosity, ror no com
mittee will investigate the investigators.
We can prOmse them, however, that the press
will be glad 20 do what the cOnmittees could
not. An Investigation of tho investigators
would disclose some amusing facts, as, for
example, that these three worthless who ara
undertaking to decide on complicated quea-
tions of business management, Involving scien-
tific study and thorough intellectual training.
have had the liberal preparation secured by
the duties of a clerk in the City Hall. AND
occupations of ike nature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

We are glad 30 note that Judge lngraham.
in his charge, yesterday, az the opening of,tbe
Over and Terminer came well up to the feel
ing Of the people in the matter of delay IN the
trial of criminals. While his Honor conGedes
the effect of the great Democratic victory in
these words: Il regret to be compelled TO say
"tD, you that of late crime has much
" increased he adds, "the best remedy
"for it is speedy and prompt trial and
punishment" Good. The Judge presides
for this month over the principal Criminal
Court He is reputed an able ana upright
man, not to be used by politicians. He com
plains, however, that the forms of law cause
delays that are improperly charged to the
Judge. These forms are nursed and increased
only by bad Judges; we are glad TO End
Justice Ingraham on the right SIDE. Let him
deal out speedy justice to the nurderers and
other criminals that may be brought before
him, and he will not only earn and receive
the thanks of all good men, but largely in
crease his enviable fame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

The nominations 10y the President for the
vacancies on the Supreme Bench are. after all,
a surprise Judge Strong of Pennsylvania has
been often mentioned in connection with one
of these places but Mr.. Bradley of Newark
has hardly been regarded in the light of pos
sible candidate. Both are reputable lawyers,
but, in the present state of feeling concerning
the Supreme Court, their confirmation is sure
to be the subject of earnest if not angry dis
cusson. We still regret that the President has
not seen fit to select of these candidates
from the Southern Circuit. and believe that he
must yet SEE that this would have been wiser
cOuyse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

An election of Police Commissioner IN place
of the Hon. Joseph s. Bosworth has oeee
ordered by the Legislature on Thursday anu
if the Democracy are anxious to give any e'i-
dence that they can deal justly with ui's
City they will designate Judge Bosworth -
his own successor. He is qualified Tor tno
position. During his long service in the foi'es
Board no has often offended partisans on oo'n
sides, but he has undoubtedly gained Wv
respect of good citizens of all parties. IL .he
theory of the law that the Metropolitan Police
system is non-partisan. and IN no way ca"
be carried into practice more eficctuaip u's'
by the selection of such men a. Judge o''
worth rs Commissioner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-08

We are glad that Mr. Kelley of Penn. yester-
day submitted to the House bill "To estab-
L" lsh an international metrical system of Coin
cage" The coinage of all Cmistendom ought
to be assmilated, and may be. We judge
that the French franc should be the unit, OF
perhaps the American dollar, with the French
franc slightly increased in value, so that five
francs shall he dollar and twenty-five francs
a pound sterling. Or make the English pound
sterling the unit and make five dollars the same
as the pound and twenty-five francs equal to
five dollars. But the franc and the napoleon,
with their Italian equivalents, are SO widely
recognized and in such general use that
we believe it will be less difficult to conform
the American, British and German currency to
that as a standard than TO unite on any other