The New York herald., 1876-07-25

years or more, to take note Of Mr..
Marble as man of executive talent.
If we are biased by our profession the bias
would be more likely to operate against him
than in his favor, for rival Journalists are not
apt to be indulgent judges of each others
merits. But we suppose that nobody who
knows anything of the management of
metropolitan journal can doubt that it re-
quires greater executive skill, and more
great journal than to administer the gov
eminent of State. Mr.. Marble was not
merely writer in his newspaper he main
tanned q constant supervision of all his de-
partments, financial as well as political and
and literary; and a man who besides study
himself, takes care of the details of all
the departments of q metropolitan newspa-
per must excel in administrative ability. AS
to the social duties of the Governorship it is
safe to say that no man in our long line
of nlustrious New York Governors has
dignity and urbanity than Mr. Marble
would if he should be the choice of
the electors Of the State. He would make
one of the most admirable Governors of our
time, and we should be proud to see . citi-
zen who has acquired his chief distinction as
journalist occupy that honorable position.
The Garner Funeral and tho Mohawk
Disaster.
The funeral rites over the remains Of the
late Commodore Garner and his wife and
Frost Thorn, Mrs. Gamers brother, were
performed yesterday in the presence of an
immense multitude Of people, gathered
together to testify their respect to the men,
ory ofa map singularly beloved in life and
sincerely mourned in death. If Commodore
Garner had met his death peacefully, as it is
the wish of most men to die, there would
have been mourning and grief over his de-
mise, but his burial would have lacked the
elements of one which only great calamity
can inspire. In reviewing such an event, so
solemn in itself and so heartrending in
all the details which it suggests, it is es-
pecially painful that we must turn from the
contemplation of the bier and the grave to
consider the causes which led to the disaster
whereby these accomplished men and this
gentle woman lost their lives We
wish we could join with the coroner's
jury in acquitting Captain Rowland of
all blame. We wish We could even go
SO far as to say the absence of any criminal
negligence on his part is so clear as to make
no further investigation necessary. This
would be pleasure, for then the terrible
disaster we all lament would be the act of
God, to which man must submit with pa
tience. Unfortunately this consolation is
denied us. There are many reasons why
the acquittal and discharge Of the sailing
master of the Mohawk are unsatisfactory,
and the principal of these is the fact that the
investigation was not sufficiently thorough.
Captain Rowland ought to explain why he
was aware of the approaching squall, and
if he was unaware of it why he did dissuade
Commodore Garner from getting under
way until it had passed. Especially ought
he to explain why he was not ready for the
emergency which overlook him, and why
such orders as he gave at the time were not
obeyed on the instant. That the condition
of the crew was censurable is plain
enough, but the public desires to
know who was responsible for it's
condition. On none of these points was
the evidence sufficiently explicit. We have
hints concerning them from Quartermaster
Palm and others and from Captain Row.
land himself, but no satisfactory eYplana-
ton concerning any one of them. Then,
again, the position of the centreboard at
the time of the disaster is another subject
for inquiry. 1t may have played an i'm
portant part in the disaster, and it is due to
the yachting interest and the public that all
the facts in relation to it should be known.
These considerations induce us to hope that
all investigation is not yet at an end. Some
more responsible and intelligent body than
a coroner's jury must undertake the inquiry
which this disaster demands. The whole
subject is as important as if great steam
ship had been sunk in the harbor by the
dereliction of the captain, the insubordina-
ton of the crew or faults in her construction
and management. The green grass must
not be allowed to grow upon the fresh grave
of the dead Commodore before the respon-
siblity for his death and the death of his
companions is clearly established.
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