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New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

server was able to see only a part of it. The
members know the localities with which they
have to deal, know the character of many wit
ncsses, know the temper of the leaders and
voters on both sides, and are therefore i'm
mcasurably better qualified to form an honest
and correct opinion, so far as knowledge OF
the surroundings and of the previous circum-
stances enables men to measure the credibillty
of conflicting evidence, than any of the North
ern visitors. In freedom from party bias, it is
much to be regretted that some members OF
these boards do not appear to have been well
qualified, but they may justly claim that they
have shown quite as much of that virtue as
many of the visiting statesmen sent to inspect
their work, and more than the Governor OF
Oregon, for example. We have not yet dis
covered, in any State, the machinery by which
an absolutely impartial decision IN case of dis
puted elections may be reached Above all,
bo their qualifications great or small, these
boards are the legally constituted authorities
to decide these questions. Until there is
such evidence that properly constituted body
of higher authority reverses their decision, the
action of these Returning Boards is at once the
law of the land, and 1t is the highest proof yet
obtained of the true result of the election.
As such it is entitled to the respect of every
law-abiding citizen.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
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New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

When Mr. Hayes is installed in the Executive
Mansion, is put in possession of the Treasury and
other departments, and is made COmmandcr-n-Chief
of the armies and nayies of the United States, he
will have become de facto President so Mr.. Horace
White is convinced, possibly de Jdcto President Of
high degree. and as such his acts would be valid
against third parties. But he viii be usurpcr.
and something must be done to counteract him. Mr..
White only admits the public into the antechamber
of his scheme for subverting Mr. Hayes, and this is
the glimpse which an interviewer gets OF the inte-
rior. Mr.. Tilden is to swear himself in as twenty
four carat de je President, and Iesde at the seat
of Government. Gas against third parties" or any
other parties, he'll not amount to much; but then
he can keep himself busy preserving the continuity
of the Government" Meanwhile Congress viii
look after the public credit, the mails, the courts,
the revenue, the pensions and hold society together
in general democratic sort of way, and--welii !
this is about as far along as Mr.. White has got
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
THE FLORID1 COUAT

Gen. Barlow's report throws before the cOun-
try, in the strongest possible light, the vital issue
of the whole disputc-the very issue upon which,
in the end, the decision will probably turn
namely. this: Shall the decision of official
bodies, required by law and sworn to asccr-
tain the truth, be set aside by partisan clamor,
or e1 pdrtc evidence, or incorporate asser-
tiOns, or vcrdicts based upon partisan in
quiries and warped by partisan wishes' In all
this discussion, no one has made it so clear as
Gen. Barlow has, that the most careful OBJ
server, acting with the strictest judicial i'm
partiaIty, must have found grave difficulty in
answering the questions submitted to
the Returning Boards Of the disputed
States. We know of nothing more shameful
than the clamor of partisans that their candi-
date "must have carried" these States, and
that any decision to the contrary "must be
fraudulent" 1t is high time for the Amcri-
can people to rebuke with stern indignation
these revolutionary claims. If, at every re-
curing Presidential election, this gamblers
game of bluff is to be employed, in order to
arouse paTtisans to resist the lawful decision
of the constituted authorities in case that
decision does not suit their bets or their
wishes, we shall soon have Mexican elections
and Mexican freedom.
The result in certain States was in great
dOubt-so great that decent men, cOnscien-
tiously investigating the facts, must have
found it not easy to decide. In that state of
facts what shall we do2 Shall we insist upon
our own preconceiyed notions, born of preju-
dices or personal interestsl That way lies
revolution, and anarchy is not far behind. We
are bound to accept the decisions of the con-
stituted authorities. We are bound to support
them whether they please us or not. We are
bound, at present, to accept the decisions of
the Returning Boards until some competent
authority has reviewed them aud found them
in error. The man who proposes anything
else is blatant revolutionist who is not fit
for part in free government.
1t is the night Of every citizen to form bis
own opinion, bat il is not his right to set that
opinion against legal decisions. The Return
ing Boards at the South had all the evidence
before them, and the most painstaking OBJ
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

negroes. Meanwhile five subcommittee have
been appointed, which will go about the State
in search of more dispositions of the same kind.
The Republican Committee has not yet got TO
work, but when it does we shall doubtless get
heaps and stacks of Republican testimony
bulldozing where the whip and shotgun were
always Democratic and the victim always Rc-
publican. Much of the testimony on both SIDES
is likely to be true, and much OF it Is not
But if the House Committee goes On as 1t has
begun-and that is a way House Committees
baye-and the Senate Committee follows its
example, we are likely to know as much about
this Louisiana business as we did before. The
honest citizen will be compelled to strike the
best average he can between the two.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
AMERICAN WATCHE.S.

In almost all the reports made by European
visitors to our Centennial Exhibition, the sue
cess of the American watch manufacture has
received marked comment Even observers
whose pursuits or tastes had not led them TO
a careful consideration of this subject have
been struck by the progress made, and
have expressed their unfeigned surprise at the
excellence of the watches made In this country
CONSTRUCTED from first to last by machinery
time-pieces in which each part is made abso-
lutely in accordance with its fixed pattern,
so that every watch of given grade
is fac-simile of all the watches of
that grade, and the corresponding parts of all
are interchangeable. To considerable extent
our own people have become familarized with
these facts. The superiority of American
watches is generally recognized here. But to
many of our European visitors it proved an
unwelcome novelty.
We present to-day O translation Of an ad-
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
THE MIDDLETowN UNIVERSITY TROrBLE

THE NIDDLETOWN UNJVERSITY TROTBLE.
II is not very important matter; but i'll
another column space has been found for
letter from Middletown University, reexplain-
ing why Miss l.. J. Ellis, who was elected
Glass Poet declined that tuncful Office. This
lady appears TO have acted wisely; the honor
of the appointment was not enormous nor the
loss of il of a kind TO destroy the happiness
or 10 thwaIt the success of life. The class
poem is not usually production of the high
est order, nor has one epic OF the sort won
impcrishable fame. Generally they seem very
much 10 amuse all who are in the secret,
though utterly unintclligible to the initiated
The principal objection 10 Miss Ellis as
Class Poet, If we understand the affair, was
that she does not smoke pipe. " Class day.
saws our correspondent, "ls gathering 10
" smoke the pipe of peace and ring ont nVely
measurrsr It might be supposed that
womal's voice would add not little to the
harmony OF the lively measures" unless the
songs happened to be Gas they sometimes are
in college) OF a kind in which respectable la
dies would hardly like to join. The young
gentlemen of the Middetown class, it would
appear. did not want ladies to be present at
all. miss Ellis,n Mr.. Haven observes, "could
"not. nor could any lady, represent our class
" in this kind of exercises" the pipes, to wit,
and the Jolly songs. If this is (as we are toldD
the "hue cOlIegian's idea of Class Day" II
that festival be sacred to singing; if no lady
can represent "the class" which can
only be represented by young men who
smoke, the natural conclusion Is that no
lady should he member. The authorities OF
Middlctown University not having full sense
of the importance of taking tobacco, or OF Mu-
sic. heavenly maid, in somewhat loose attire,
have actually admitted several Young ladies to
he regular members. 1t may be reasonably
suggested that Glass Day, as the day OF the
whole class and not of the masculine portion
of it, should be made pleasant to the feminine
minority. however small. If it is so observed
"a TO drive them away, independent OF all
other considerations, it is not a Class Day ut
all. but only the day of part of the class.
It is precisely upon the festive occasions IN
colleges that the presence of ladies is deSira-
bic. The fun may not be quite so furious,
but il can well afford to lose the zest of coarse
ness. Meanwhile, what does the learned Fac
ulty of Middletown University think of au-
thorized meetings of students which it would
be improper for modest women to attendf
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
TRIPLE SHE E T
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-M Jules Simon's declaration has been
fayoraby received by nearly all the Paris Journals
- Russian agents are said to be melting the
Bulgarians to demand Russian occupation. -
Seryia has requested Russia to have Gen. lgnatich
represent her at the Conference 80 Gen. ROcha
has arrived at Brownsville, intending to capture
MatanOros.
DoMEsrrc.-The Mikado of Japan sends his con-
pratulations over the Centennial to President
Grant - Evidence of intimidation by Repub-
cans has been taken by tine Democratic Committee
in Louisiana - The losses by the Little Rock
FIRE amount to $4,000. A fire broke out in the
town of Bolivar, Tenn which involved a loss OF
100000.
hCoNGREss.-The Senate appointed conference
committee on the appropriation bill to pay the eN-
pensos of the special Southern committees. The
debate took place on the Oregon case. - Inc
House debated Louisiana affairs and passed the spe-
cal committees appropriation bill after reducing
the Senate item from $50 900 to $50, 900.
Cry AND SUBURBAN.-Mayor Wickham has ac-
cepted the position of receiver of the Security Life
Insurance Company; it Is expected that several
other companies will fail soon. - The City Gas
Commission rejected the bids of tho companies for
1877 - Gen. Varian was appointed Snperin-
tsndeut of Markets in place of Thomas r. DeYOe.
60 The coroner's inqncst on the Brooklyn disas-
ter was continued and several public buildings i'll
New-York and Brooklyn were inspected. -
Gold, 1878 1914 1914. Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close 92 SO cents Stocks ac-
tive and feverish, closing unsettled.
THE WgATHER.-THE TRIBUNE's local observa-
tions indicate clear, cool weather. Thermometer
yesterday, 2So, 80, 2G0.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
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SsooTu,s THrKrER.-1:30: "King Lear" s: Richard
I'LL" - 49,, a. .cohool for
Scandal" ,o-,t.a .ooo
IYCFUM THHATER.-1:3O: "Otheilo" 8: "MercnanV VI
Venice" Booth ,,.
.PARg TuEATRR,-l:30 and 9 MuSette
sAN Francesca MISsrRELs-2a ana D.
Tony PASTORS NEW THEATER.-Varlety - -
TwENTY-THIRD STREET OPERA HOUSE, ana o. he'V
,yS1oS sorSTr THEArER.-1:3O: "Miss Mutton" 81;
"Led Astray." - , s,.hr,,, -
WAILAcKs TIEATEE-1:3o and 81: "The Shaughr1un'
ACADEMY OF Decentralization Art Collection;
AcADENY OF MUsIC.-.Day and Evening Grand AR: ar,
RRooKLYE ACADEMY OF MUsIc.-PhiihailhOnlo Non00'"
fSJIMORE's GARDTS.- Equestrian Festival. ,,,, ,d
HgIIER's WoNDEn TIIEATER-2 and 3; MasicA anu
Musical Performance. - o.,,..,o,
NEw AMERICAN MUsEUM-Day and Evening
NFw-YORK AoUARIUM.-Day and Evening" co,u
ITSIoS LEAGUE ETHEATER-2:30: Lecture Dr' L. oduNour
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
TIRE EASTERN CONFERENCE

Succeeding the rosy CLEANS which have re-
Gently been flashed abroad from the sessions
of the Conference Mt COnstantinOple, we now
have reports of blush tinge. There is not
that sweet accordance on all the principal
points which almost made the Marquis of Sal
isbury and Gen. Ignatieff seem like two smil-
ing cherubs, lacking only the basis of rest.
Far from it. The very point which held out
promise Of the spcediest settlement-the con-
cession of a strip of territory, with seaport,
TO Montenegro" met with opposition from
"several sides" And it is stated that Russia
has undertaken to decide for herself the
boundaries of Bulgaria before she has any
evidence that her proposed occupation OF the
province will be accepted. The prolOngation
of the armistice is asserted and denied III the
same breath. In short, the success OF the Con-
ference will remain an uncertainty until the
articles of agreement are drawn up and signed
by the representatives of all the Powers
The principles involved, and the probable
results of the policy which Russia has now
clearly indicated, still continue to be earnestly
discussed III the European journals. lhe Con-
ference must of necessity accept the main
features of that policy: otherwise it might as
well dissolve now as later. We must not for
get that the change of opinion upon the East
ern question is almost wholly due to the
development of Russia under Alexander
II. In proportion as she becomes a
free, intelligent, and tolerant power, her
dominant position in the East will cease to
excite fear or jealousy. A portion of the Amer
lean missionaries in Turkey, and their friends
at home, are doubtful-and with some reason
how much liberty she would allow to their
labors in case sho should possess Turkey yet
the path of progress upon which she has en-
tered cannot stop short of its natural goal.
The time is fast approaching when every ma
ton which claims place in the civilized in
tcrcoursc Of the world will be compelled to
hermit the utmost freedom of conscience and
Worship 10 all within its borders.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

whims is worth the most lavish expenditcrs
on a gift which would suit hundred stupid
men. And lastly, in your charity remember
that there are "poor and lame and blind" who
are full in pocket and sound in limb. There il
the soured old woman, the neglected foreigner,
the morbid ugly girl. Not the pleasantest
guests to summon to your Christmas feast Of
love and good viii perhaps. "They cannot
"recompense thee; but thou shalt be recon-
"pensed.r
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

The Gas Commission rejects in lump all
the bids of the gas companies which were eyi-
dently made in cOllusiOn, and directs that new
proposals be received for lighting the streets
for the first three months of the year, in order
to give the Legislature time to do something
about the matter. What they are to do is not
yet stated, and is not very clear. With the
contest adjourned to that body the companies
would have a considerable advantage. Ihey
can buy votes and the city cannot. The pro-
iect of compelling them to come to terms oy
a resort to some other mode of lighting the
streets for time, at least, may not be tound
unavoidable.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

it goes. If the trustees can now build up the
means of instruction on a scale as great, they
will have done much to make Princeton what
its friends wish to believe that it now is
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

The United States Senate took hold of the
subject of mileage yesterday, and threw it.
Witnesses west of the 10th meridian are to
get seven cents mile each way. general
migration of the American people toward the
home of the setting sun may be looked for
Immediately.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

Party fealty is of slight account in Mexico.
Instead of going as Minister to Berlin. Gen.
Rocha has Joined the Iglcsias party, and is
now before MatamorOs, which is being plum
dered in the name of law by a Gen. Rcvueltas.
Should the city surrender, she will have recog-
nized three Presidents or Dictators within one
year.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

There is evidence of sharp awakening on
the part of the Insurance DepaI tmeDt OF this
State. 1t is hoped that Acting Superintendent
Smyth Will carry out to the letter his eN-
pressed intention of thoroughly investigating
the affairs of all the life insurance companies
doing business here. Hitherto he seems to
have been bound by the traditions of bis
Office, where it was customary to accept the
sworn statements of insurance companies as
akin to gospel truth. At all events the policy
of nursing weak and moribund companies is
at an end. There are many of the old, strong
companies whose sOlvency is past question !;
they are camorOus to have their books and
investments examined, since the more thor
oughly they are OveThauled the more fully
will their strength be demonstrated. 1t is for
the interest of the whole community that
these examinations should he pushed with
rapidlty as well as thoroughness. In proper
ton rs Mr.. Smyth bestirs himself now, Will
the public be inclined to condOnc the previous
layity of his Office, for which, however, he is
not to any great extent responsible.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

We publish this morning letter of special
interest from The TRIBUNE'5 Paris cor
respondent, upon Gambetta's recent speech to
his constituents at Belleville. 1t is usual, in
poll les, for q man to define his position upon
every question. as it arises, in order to justify
his claim to leadership; but Gambetta has re-
versed this process in very remarkable man
ncr. He wins his leadership first, and explains
.afterward. 1t is hardly likely, however, that
his present declaration is the key TO his past
career: he is close and shrcwd observer, no
less than an impassioned orator, and speaks
because he at last feels sure of the proper
policy to be pursued and the proper time to
avOw it. BY separating himself from the ex-
treme Left, he gives such strength and COM
pactness to the Republican party in the French
Assembly that it will be able, henceforth, to
determine the policy of the Government. He
probably foresaw the approaching Ministerial
crisis, and his attitude was therefore one of the
clements which have brought about its speedy
and satisfactory solution.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

In the House of Representatives: No, Sir!'
-"Oh, yes r'-"NO, SIR" Now, you sit
"downg' This is parliamentary eiOquence.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16

DIR. Leonard Bacon takes his stand. in let
ter printed elsewhere, upon the bold statement
that "the reconstruction attempted in the
"neyro States "-meaning those III which the
blacks are nearly OF quite in the majority
has been a failure" From this he proceeds
to consider, not the remedy, but the cause.
This he holds to have been the blunder OF
universal suffrage without distinction of race
/" or color" which cnfranchised the ignorant
whites with the ignorant blacks, and prevented
that commingling of the two races, which he
believes would have taken place if intelligence
had been made prerequisite Of suffrage. The
failure of reconstruction is shown con-
clusively to his satisfaction in the inability of
such Executives as Gov. Chamberlain to sus-
tain their own governments except by force OF
Federal arms. The discussion which DIR.
Bacon invites is suited for more peaceful
times than the present, but it is by no means
an idle one. There can be little doubt, how
ever, that while many of the deplorable re-
suits of universal suffrage in the South were
clearly foreseeu, it was then the settled con-
yictOn of many of the wisest men of the
North, as it doubtless still remains, that there
was no alternative; that whatever evils might
follow, the ballot was necessary to protect not
only the freedom and prosperity of the negro,
but his very life. This logic seemed inexora-
BE; it remains to be seen whether it was de-
fectiVe.
New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
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AT a late hour last night, Mr. William III.
Vanderbilt finally apitulated-signing the sur
render of the New York Central and the agree
ment for an advance of freight and passenger
rates which the other lines have been pressing
upon him, with the freight discrimination
against New-YOrk unchanged. 1t is the end
of the railroad war, but an end In which, as
at present advised, we cannot see that New
York has much reason to rejoice. Already Mr'
David Dows has established a commission house
in Baltimore, and if our own railroads, after
the most solemn pledges, fail to protect our
interests, it will not be surprising to find other
leading houses initiating Mr.. DOws's example.
A New-Orleans letter, on another page, gives
a careful summing up of the most important
considerations to be taken into account IN
reaching a decision on the Louisiana case. lt
deals exclusively with the condition of the
buldozed parishes, whose vote gave Illden
most of his majority on the vote actually cast,
and the rejection of whose vote did much to
transform this majority into one for Gov.
HAYES. 1t shows that while much of the violence
and crime cited by the Republicans to sup
port their claims was probably not political IN
its intent, it was 50 in its results, inasmuch as
it established reign of terror, making free
ballot impossible in some sections at least.
Now that there is high Democratic authority
for the existence of intimidation in Louisiana,
there will be renewed interest in the subject.
The letter referred to gives good deal OF IN
formation which partisans on both sides VIII
find indigcstible.