New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-08

out in terms of just indignation against the
Louisiana outrages. Congressman elect wins
uttered the verdict of the people when he
SAID, "Grantsm, which has always bean
"odious, has by these outrages become IN
Famous
The real condition of the house OF Henry
Clews g. Co.. as revealed by the schedule
which has Just been filed in the bankruptcy
proceedings, end the substance OF when Is
elsewhere published, will prove remarkable
illustration of what may be done in the way
of banking in New-York on the strength OF
Administration encouragement.
The compact entered into by several lead
ing railroad companies at Saratoga last Fall
has rested so lightly on the parties thereto
that there have been grave suspicious all
along that it was made only to be broken.
1t is not q surprise, therefore, that the Michl-
gan Central, Michigan Southern, and Toledo,
Wabash and Western Companies are about to
withdraw from it on the plea that 1t has been
violated by the Pennsylvania Company.
In his famous "bandtti" dispatch, Gen.
Sheridan went out of his way to include
Arkansas as o scene of White League terror
ism. 1t is not surprising that the clergymen
of Little Rock, as well as the Legislature OF
the State, are swift to repel the charge. We
have no reason to believe that there is a
White League in Arkansas, and there have
been no reports of outrages in that State since
the officers elected by the people have been
allowed to exercise their rightful authority.
Mr.. Irwin is still held in contempt for de-
clining to answer certain questions OF the
Ways and Means Committee, but he continues
Ito give an occasional hint as to how I'M
pOrtant testimony may be secured. The Com
mittee cannot 60 far wrong in acting upon
these suggestions. In the meantime, MIR. John
Roach may feel called upon to give some ex-
PLANTATION about that check for 100000 with
which his name is connected in Washington
dispatch printed this morning.
| The appointment of Thomas s. Brennan as
a Commissioner of Charities and Correction is
another illustration of the large common
| sense which Mr.. Wickham brings to the dis
charge of the duties of the Mayoralty. Mr.
| Brennan is young man of good ability, am
bilious and, moreover, practical man, famil-
! lar by long service as Warden of Bellevue
! Hospital with the larger duties of the higher
station to which he has been called as it were
from the ranks. He will be expected to give
to the department the practical direction which
| it has long needed and needs more than ever
! Just now.
| There ought to be something inspiriting in
the expression of Don Alfonso that an era of
real liberty, peace, and forgetfulness of past
discOrds is about to be opened in Spain. But
these brave words have something in them
cynical beyond his years, when read in the
! light thrown upon them by another piece of
intelligence which comes to us in the same
| telegram. Two Protestant newspapers have
| been suppressed in Madrid The liberty which
is to be enjoyed by the dominant party alone
may be real SO far as it goes; but it is hardly
calculated to bring the blessings Of peace and
good will which the young man anticipates.
| The recent gross Outrages upon the rights
of citizenship perpetrated in Louisiana by
| + federal troops in obedience to the orders of
President Grant are not to pass without fit
ting rebuke from the people and those whom
they have placed in authority. In addition to
| the reports of Indignation meetings already held
or proposed to be held, we now learn that not
less than four Governors have brought the
matter to the attention of the Legislatures of
their respective States, and called upon them
to take appropriate action in view of the
dangerous precedent established in the
State House at New-Orleans on Mon
day. The men who have stepped forward to
take the lead il this movement are Governors
CASTOR of Massachusetts, Allen of Ohio,
Brown of Tennessee and WOOdson of Mis-
souri, We expect others to follow speedily,
and that the Legislatures to which such elo
quent appeals are addressed will respond in
protests of no uncertain sound against the in
dgnities so patiently borne by the people of
! Louisiana.
The first Intercollegiate Contest, whether con-
sidered with reference to the ability of the
work which it evoked, or the character and
numbers of the audience gathered to witness
it, or the enthusiasm which was displayed,
proved a much more marked and significant
success than even the best friends of the
undertaking had anticipated The judges
in the contest in essays gave very careful
attention to their task, and presented
a report giving at some length the reasons by