New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-08

which the law provides. and which honorable candi
dates of both parties have hitherto always suffered
| to 10 made without delay. If other proof were
needed the fact that Col Briton DID not dare to al
low the ballots to he counted Is proof enough itV
he was conscious he was not legally elected Indeed,
in an affidavit asking an Injunction TO prevent inc
! recount he declared that it wonld do hun iriepar-
! able injury and nobody has been able to explain
what injury it would do him # he were really ceo'ed'
! Yet. ON a frivolous technicaity Democratic
Judge issued the Injunction prohibiting "a count Oh
/ the ballots, and Democratic court aitor"did suS
! famed it, holding that the boxes could not DO
/ oDcned until November next or thc legal chaiac-
ter of this decision If is enough TO say that by indie
peuden;s and by some Democratic lawyers ana
members of the Council it is denounced AZ nanolS'
| The UcsN,chc Tost-the paper of which Senator
Scburz is a Observation-Disclosures it mOle Infamous
even than Durelis decision in Louisiana. But, sup
ported by this decision the Council. composed OF ID
Democrats and Republicans, which had formally
refused TO inaucuTate Col. Britton by vote OF ID
10 @. on the ground that the returns did not show
that he was legally elected, finally led 10 inau-
eurate him by a vote of il to II, four Democrats
resisting to the end He took the oath OF office to-
day.
What has mere city election to do with national
poitics1 Nothing, if independent voters beheVo
that the Democratic party in the natonls declueu!
more honest more pure, and moro Tree from DANCER
ons tendencies than i'll this city; very much IT they
believe that il is not Suppose that they see in other
localities also desperate and parisanship
which haIs at no fraud or shame in order to triumph
and get Office What if they conclude that Re
publican frauds and false decisions in Louisiana arc
no worse than Democratic frauds and false decisions
in st. Louis What if they ask whether Catholicism
threaten, free schools else here by ruling the same
partyi What if they conclude that party which
links itself in fraud with the worst whisky thsycs
of this Administration is not preferable to the party
which Expose. and discards such mon!
II is only the truth to say that, in portions Of Hi
nois near this city, where German Independents arc
very numerous, such feelings are commonly OK
pressed as in this city. There well as here, the
rejection Of Schur1 for a Confederate iniiationist
was regarded with Indignation. Nor have other ILL.,
cidents been wanting, in this and other Western
States TO produce that feeling of dis1lst which the
defeat of SchUz and the recent election here may
easily kinde into hostility.
Abortive efforts sometimes leave a deep impress
unon the public mind Last year agents were sent
all over this State and portions OF Illinois and other
ncighborng States 10 get up war-clams Tor properly
/ of Confederate sympathizers destroyed duiIng the
! Rebellion THIS State appointed Commission,
/ which accepted such claims, amounting 10 Two OF
three millions Of dollars and issued State certificates
| of indebtedness TO the claimants 1t was found I'M
/ possbe however, so powerful was the opposition
from Democrats rs well Republicans to have these
certificates recognized by the last Legislature. BIT
! Constitutional Convention had been called, ana
the persons interested in these claims sci themselves
TO elect members friendly to them. In some III
stances they succeeded; i'll how many Is not known.
Bat the natural suspicion and irritation caused
by these performances were not by any means re-
moved when the Convention elected as it's President,
T,,s. nat4,o hn re
members, bnt the Hon Waldo Z. johnson, whowasex-
peod from the United States Senate in 1861 for dis
LOYALTY and whose habitual public boast ii has been
that he has never been reconstructed nor paTdoned,
and does not consider him self citizen Of The United
States nor of the State. The Convention Is still in
session, and beyond much foolish ranting Of HE un-
reconstructed SORT has done nothing very objection
able thus far but It's very organization helped TO
irritate Union Democrats and Independents.
In Illinois, also, the independents were very much
CALLED by the disreputable performances Of the Leg
islaturc. which certainly received moro unanimous
censure and hearty contempt from the press of both
parties than any other that State has s"cn For
once Democratic papers like The Chicago Times and
ST. Louis Republican and Times fully agreed with Re-
publican papers like The CkicagO Tribune and 81.
Iops Democrat: the incompetence Of the Legislature,
its neglect of grave interests, lis frequent and dis
graceful quarrels and its exhibitions Of extreme
partisanship, disgusted fir men Of ali sides.
This review would miss the marrow OF the diti-
Guilty. if ii failed to point out permanent cause of
disagreement between Independents and Partisans
of either sort OF the Wcst-a cause perhaps more
potent than any other. The Independents are hide
pendcnts. They acknowledge no party allegiance,
wear 10 party collar and openly criuoise both
parties But they have fixed and strong convictions
which are more nearly satisfied by the platform Of
L. L IL I. Il,
With these sincere beliefs, what do they soei The
same Democratic organization, speakers and press
supporting in one district Kchr, hard money
free-tradcr, and in the next Stone, ayowed
protectionst, who voted for imitation. The
same party supports, with equal zeal, corrupt
knaves and honest refoTmeTs, hired attorneys
Of railroads, and extreme anti-TaiTOad GTangeis
In this State and Illinois these contrasts
have been peculiarly calculated TO create the belief
that the Democratic party has in reality no sincere
conviction nor honest purp0se-that it is merely
congregation of outs trying to get i'll. This idea Is
certainly not weakened by the recent alliance
between the Democrats and tie officials of the
Whisky Ring Nor has the Republican party shown
itself sincere honest, in respect to the vital
questions Of the present and future It's platforms
have been cyasiye. 1t has supported men pf the
worst antagonistic bcliesas for example, Stanard,
an opponent of the extreme policy at the South,
advocate of sound currency and of tariff for reve-
nue. and al the very same time in the city,
Wingate, extreme Butler man, an iniiatiOnist
whose notions, if LIE means what he says amount to
reputation and protectonlst Is it strange that
the Independents here disposed to look upon both
parties with cOntemptf Men apt TO judge the
whole of a party by what they Of it near at hand
When both parties seem to he quite destitute OF
principles, if forced to choose between the two, In
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has less prejudice against Union men, less hos
.il5tx IN FREQ sclonls loss ition tn rncn,t