New-York tribune., 1872-03-23

siSanl Dislricl-Atorncy Sullivan has also IN
tcrcS,ed himself IN the case. and will receive
the thanks OF the public if he succeeds IN
breaking up the Elias gang.
Still another railway accident, in consequence
of n broken rail- is reported. This last disas-
ter WAS on the West Pennsylvania Railroad
two persons were killed outright, and thirteen
were injured more or less severely. Is there
absolutely no safeguard against railw"y
catastrophe by broken railsf These are nc
coming the commOnest pcrils OF the roao'
Council Bluffs seems to have won the VIC
tory in the Union Pacific Bridge war. Inc
Companv has commenced running trans
over the structure; but though Council Bluffs
is the practical terminus of the great Trans
continental Railway, the trains will be made
mp at Omaha, as heretofore. 1ms arrange
mcnt will not, however, be of much moment
to the travelling public
British lawgivers are struggling with one OF
the difficulties which embarrass our people
party professions. Fenian demonstrations are
permitted in Dublin and other cities OF Ire
| land; but Orange professions are lnterdlcted
| at Londonderry. The Fenian affair is expected
| to pass off peaceably; the Orange demonstra-
| is sure to create riot; so 1t. must be sup
pressed 1t is suggested there, as here, That
| so long as this spirit of intolerance prevails,
neither parade should be allowed. Either all
must be permitted to exist peaceably, or all
must be forbidden.
Although the Senate and House have each
passed bill to remove the duty from tea
and coffee, it must not be understood that
those articles are now placed on the free list
The Senate has greatly modified the bill as it
passed the House, adding to the simple
proposition to abolish the duty on tea
and coffee a large number of amend
ments, amounting to revision OF the
whole tariff. This goes back now to tho
House. but will never be passed in its present
form, though, as both branches of Congress
have united on q concession to the demand
for ga free breakfast table," we may expect
that this session will make both tea anc
coffee free.
Senators Ferry and Wilson opened theil
Connecticut campaign in NOrwalk last nigh
with a reconnaissance in force. They devel
oped with great freedom their ideas of tht
scope and drift of the contest, and claimed
that the result would be regarded as a verdict
on the Administration. Mr.. Wilson avOwed
that within a week Gen. Grant had indicated
his hopes for the success of the party regard
less of the candidate. In the light of that
declaration, and remembering Connecticuts
Republican majority of barely hundred
votes last wear, Messrs. Ferry and Wilson would
better stick to the text and make sure OF
success to the party rather than strive for the
Endorsement Of the Administration.
gThe House of Lords was in worry again,
Yesterday, over the Alabama Treaty, as
though its provisions were matters yet open to
parliamentary debate. The Earl Of Derby
was irritated that the newspapers should
discuss this question while the House
of Lords could not. Other Tories
were anxious to know if Great
Britain were really going to abide by
the Treaty, as though there were some doubt
if a solemn covenant meant anything. 1t is
singular that all of the fretfulness about this
business comes from "the law-abding and
coyenant-keeping Briton." The fussy and
| laWlpSS la0koe is WlluHS tO sutinu vi idii w
the Treaty, and believes that that document
ends all discussion except before the Geneva
| Conference.
| The Convention to be held at Cincinnati on
the first day of May is to be Republican
Convention. Neither the Grant nor the Demo
cratic party can participate in its deliberations
| The nominees will be Republican, and 1t will
then be the province of the people to de-
termine whether or not to elect them. Nc
mans vote, who may choose to give it, will Ol
can be rejected. The inquiry as to what may
have been his views in the past will not be
made. Although all Republicans favorable to the
movement are invited to attend, it is expected
of course, that the representatives OF the dlf-
ferent States will meet separately, and de-
termine for whom the vote of their respective
States shall be given, as is the case in all
National Conventions. This will put it out OF
the power of those who might contemplate
mischief if it were simply mass meeting.
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| Many of our readers will have seen, though
probably few have taken to heart, the prOpO-