New-York tribune., 1876-12-21

Several other very able men who have been
mentioned in connection with Mr.. Tilden's
administration in one way and another have
SAID that Gov. Grover obviously meant well
and that he had shown great deal of courage,
and that it raised a question, &C., and might
lead to thorough investigation and eventually
IN Mr.. Tilden's being declared elected. And it
is only fair to say that almost everybody who has
at any time entertained hopes of being called by
Gov. Tilden to assist in reforming the Gov
ernment from the inside, agrees that it was
q noble thing in Grover to " take the bull by
{" the hornsn We presume Grover himself
thinks so. Likewise Cronin. They are COM
ing this way now, just as though they both
thought so II happens, however, that several
other Governors of States had precisely the
same case to meet, but perhaps be-
cause none of them had the statesmanlike
grasp of the situation that Grover had, or per-
baps because there is only one Cronin, not one
of these Governors had the temerity to " take
" the bull by the hOrnsn and issue certificates
of election TO minority candidates Grover
WAS the only statesman who did that. He backs
it up to be sure, with an Opinion in a
pamphlet which he brings with him under his
arm, but we very much fear that when
he arrives he will find that decent men of all
parties will say to him that they have their
own opinion of the transaction, and don't care
to hear his. Gov. Tilden, as we understand,
has already given his opinion of it in the
statement that he should not think of accept
ing the office if it was to be awarded him on
the strength of the Oregon vote.
And so we fear that disappointment awaits
II tvin otn o
sensation But they will have the satsfac-
ton, to say the least, of being congratulated
ON having "taken the bull by the horns"
The Democratic party always does that When
Jefferson Davis and the rest took the
bull by the horns in 1851, the party
stood off and admired. So it did
when ValandiGham took the bull by
the horns; so when Andrew Johnson
did; so when Tweed did in 1868 in the
New-York election; so when Thomas w. DorT
dld years ago in Rhode Island; so when the
Border Ruffans did in Kansas, and the draft
rioters in New-York. There never was a
party that stood so ready to applaud taking
the bull by the horns as this one. And then,
after all, suppose fellow does find himself on
his back over the fence, with a sore head and
torn clothes, there must be considerable
satisfaction in having some of the most
distinguished persons in the land looking
down at him through their eyeglasses and re-
marking, "Well, it was a noble thing in him
"to take the bull by the horns" And If to
this is added the calm delight of having read
over Elm before he gets up mile and a
half of solid argument by a Cincinnati lawyer,
proving concusiyely that the bull had no busi-
ness to be there, what can fellow ask more
in this world of unappreciated philan-
thropy and unrcquited toll 7 These Oregon
gentlemen now are entitled to sympathy.
They ought TO have it, together with the
usual miIeage-from Mr.. TIlden. We suggest
to them that instead of going to Washington
to create a sensation, in which they will be
disappointed they present themselves at
Gramercy Park as the persons who took the
bull by the horns. And the very least that
Gov. Tilden can do will be, after looking
them over lauglIidly with his dropping eye
and saying, "Well, you look so n'-to ask them
TO dinner And he may pay them mileage.
Who knowsf