New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

licited; and it may here be mentioned that
| the country.
Fears have been entertained that the
demonstration of workingmen," advertised
for to-day, might precipitate disturbance.
Last night, however, there were indications
that large portion of the wOrkingmen OF
the city disapproved of the procession,
and would take no part in it. 1t'sOmetlmes
happens that noisy section OF great organ
ization succeeds in creating the impression
that it represents the whole; that may not
be true in this case, but If we may believe
the representations made to the Police Com
missoners yesterday, the industrious, steady
going workingmen do not approve of and
will not participate in the demonstration.
The long-threatened strike of the Pennsyl-
vania coal miners seems to have come at last.
At the meeting in Philadelphia, few days
ago, the operators and the miners did not
finally agree upon basis OF compensation /;
the matter after discussion enough to draw
out the opinions of both parties to the contract,
was postponed until Jan. II. Now, as the case
is understood, the miners decline to wait any
longer for a settlement of the question, and
in some districts have quit work III antlclpa-
ton of the adoption of a reduced rate OF
wages. The matter liz yet pending, however,
as the conference next Saturday will deter
mine the original proposition as well as tins
new complication which has arisen.
TRIBUNE correspondence from Trenton shows
that since the General Railroad law has re-
moved the most prolific source of legislation,
there are few questions of importance to come
before the session of the New-Jcrsey Legisla-
ture, which begins to-day. Aside from the
constitutional amendments, there is really no
other subject of dominant interest. In this
absence of business, good subject for
investigation will be found in the expendi-
lures for public printing. In the Controllers
report, an abstract of which Will be found
elsewhere, some suggestive recommendations
on this subject are made; these the Leglsla-
ture will do well TO consider THE TRIBUNE
showed, two years ago, that the public print
ing cost the State at least Onc-fourth more
than it ought, but the Legislature did not
choose to attempt reform
We said, yesterday, that the House of Rep
rcsentatives would have an opportunity to de-
clare It's convictions on the question OF addi-
tional taxation. 1t had an OppOrtunity-three
of them, in fact. And it must bc acknowl-
edged that the House was equal to the occa-
sion, and embraced each one. First, MI
Keley's resolution in favor of the issue OF
new class of low interest bonds was approved
by large majority, though not adopted, as
the needed twO-thirds vote to suspend the
rules was not obtained. Next, Mr.. HOlman's
resolution declaring it the sense OF the
House that there is no necessity for
any increase of the public bonded
debt, nor for the increase of taxation, was
adopted. Lastly. the House adopted rcsolu-
ton offered by Gen. Hawey affirming that the
national expenses may be met by revenue
from existing taxes by economy, and that
there should be no increase of the obligations
of the Government. The House is reported to
have laughed and applauded when this last reso-
luton was adopted. No wonder; it had voted
on all sides of the question offered. If there
had been a chance to vote once more, we
should doubtless have found Congressman
lust as eager to vote down all they had voted
up; and this is the House which is expected
to repair the national finances.