New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-08


organization of President MacMahOn's powers
as will prevent the declaration of the Republic,
they certainly will have no inclination to adopt
that in their programme.
AS the warm days come on, interest in all
manner of outdoor sports increases. The full
reports which we print on our second page
to- day bear witness to the activity which pre-
walls in what for want of o better name we
call sporting circles The resume of the mat
tiers relating to the boating and regatta season
| will attract attention by its fullness, and not
a few of our home readers will applaud the
statement that the boating center OF America
is, after all the Harlem River.
Including to-day, Congress has thirteen work
ing days left, provided an adjournment is had
on the 22d There yet remain, however, many
important measures pending and unfinished.
Washington dispatches, summing up these in
complete pieces of work, mention the Dill
| for the distribution of the Geneva award.
| This is too weighty matter to be dis
| posed of out of hand. But there are TWO
| or three parties to the divisions OF the House
bill; and it looks very much as If the question
of the rights of the insurance companies would
push the whole matter over to another session
of Congress 1t would be strange. indeed, If
an agreement should be reached in time for
the passage of the bill. 1t would be stranger
if bill now finished should meet with gen.
eral approval.
| The convenient practice of pardOning GRIM
| inals on condition of their emigrating 10
| America was adopted many years ago by
| various countries of Europe. 1t Is easy 10
understand that unusual vigilance is required
of our authorities effectually to prevent our
country from serving as a penal colony 1or
| States which are unwilling to bear the our
dens imposed by their own social Affections.
II is a matter of astOnishment, however, that,
| among all the Governments to which remOn-
strances have been sent, as appears from our
Washington intelligence, that of Great Britain
is the only one which has failed to give salts
| factory promises where these were requested
1t is the duty of our Government to insist
upon the observance of obligations which are
dictated by international comfy.
Nobody need be surprised by the resignation
of the Indian Peace Commission. The labors
of the six remaining members OF that BODY
have been self-denying and difficult Ihey
have not met in the various branches OF the
Government with which they have come in
contact the support and sympathy that they
| had right to expect. The President specially
desired the creation of such Commission In
| order that his favOrite Peace Policy might
have a fair trial. Incidentally, the question
of honesty and economy in Indian affairs
became involved in the rest of the duties of
the Commissioners. This latter complication
has ruined the whole scheme. Inside and out
side of the Interior Department there has
been continued hostility to the Commission.
| The thieves have made it impossible for the
| Commission to do their whole duty by their
wards and by the country. This is humil-
iating confession; but this is the whole story
| in few words.
The absurd bill for regulating commerce by
| rail between the States, just now before the
Senate, receives an unusually sharp thrust In
the open letter from Charles Francis Adams, Jr..
which we print on the third page of this morn
ing's TRIBUNE. Mr.. Adams makes very brief
statement of his qualifications to discuss this
question, in saying that he has had more
| actual experience as Railroad COM
| missioner than any other man IN
America. He states tersely the result
| of his experience in saying that we
make the greatest possible mistake in estimat-
ing the force of public opinion on the man
agement of railroads He describes the
ridiculous adaptation of means to ends, which
the bill indicates, as running round in search
of a constable when properly directed remon-
STRANGE would produce the desired result. And
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law and gospel on the subject of the United
States control lOf railroads, when he says that
reason, backed by public opinion, is great
deal stronger than any United States marshal.
A meeting of merchants interested in the
repeal of the moiety laws will be held at the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at /
o'clock to-day, and we trust it may be largely
attended. An emphatic expression of opinion
from the business community will perhaps
rouse the Senate to the demands of the hour.
The impression in that body at present seems
to be that what the country chiefly needs this
year is the collection Of a good round sum OF
money for election purposes, and that the best
way to get it is to harry the merchants by
means of special agents and other moiety
hunters. 1t is just as well for the Chamber
of Commerce to look the matter sQuarely in
the face The merchants were listened to in
the House of Representatives for the justice
of their cause but the Senate cares for moth
ing so much as the influence of the Custom
house in the Fall campaign.