New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-23

the advocates of army supervision VIII sug-
gest right here that the longest terms possible
are those of army officers.
| Now that we arc no longer waiting with
anxiety to know how the elections in France
| have gone the pleasure remains to us OF n
| es,rely enjoyment of the last notes OF the
campaign, just as we hear the thud OF the
cannon-shot long after we have seen the
smoke. Gambetta's speech to his con-
| stituents in the Red Republican district
| of Bellcville, which we hear to-day, through
the medium Of a London letter on another
page, was spoken Just on the eve of the election,
and was fraught with all the fervor of that
ardent campaign, while at the same time 1t
was so moderate as to preserve order, and
| thus disappoint the seven regiments OF SOL
| dicrs, who waited close at hand, az well as
the larger world of Monarchists beyond. 1t
Is impossible to do more than describe the ad-
dress within the limits of letter bat enough
| Of it is given TO show that this speech de-
serves place in the history of France
If, az is feared 232 lives have been lost in
a coal mine near Glasgow, Scotland, the High
Blantyre explosion will nearly if not quite
head the list of such accidents as to the num-
Der of miners killed. Of similar occurrences
in English coal mines, the Hartley accident Id
! 1862, by the fall of portion OF the smart,
buried alive 202 persons the Lundmll ex-
plosion, in 1857, cost $50 lives. There are
few instances of great fatality in French and Bel
GUM mines, but the details have sometimes been
suppressed. In the Avondale disaster in Penn
sylvania, los persons persisted 1t has been
often remarked that accidents of similar kinds
are apt to follow each other with rapidity, as
if, by some unknown law, they happened III
| groups. This fact was noted at the time of
the Avondale disaster, and has often been OBJ
| served in regard to railway accidents In the
present instance, the explosion at High Blan-
tyre follows within a fortnight the destructive
one in the Wigan COliery.
| The ticket which is understood to have been
! agreed upon by the Conference Committees OF
| the Anti-Tammany and Republican organiza-
| tons, and which was nominated by the one
party last night, and is to be nominated also
By the other, is well constructed to draw
| large vote. Judge Brady's nomination was
forgone conclusion. The name of Jacob
! Hess will give the ticket great strength among
! the Germans, and is altogether a good choice,
! Mr. Hess being known rs young. honest
and popular Republican and tbs strength the
choice of another German for Alderman-at-
| Large will doubtless increase. The name of
| Andrew H. Green, also for Alderman-at-L Large
will lead many to support a ticket which con-
! tains at least one seepless opponent OF all man
ner of jobs. Mr. Green was sometimes thought
to be an expensive luxury as Controller
but as an Alderman he can do a great
| deal of work in resisting fraud, and Will be
! beyond criticism on any of the old grounds.
Mr. Green can do the city great service in its
| Legislature. These are the strongest names on
| the ticket. OF the rest, not so much Is known.
| II is clear from the Russian official ac
count that the Roumanian attack on
! the second Grivitza redOubt was q trivial
affair, disconnected with the general
| siege operations. 1t is even admitted that
the ROumanians, advanced 10 farther than
the trenches where they bravery held their
ground for an hour. Since General Todc-
ben assumed control, he has discouraged
! ill-advsed attempts Of this kind, and it is not
likely to be repeated Under his guidance.
thousands of sappers have been at work day
ana night in trenches leading to the stubborn
| defences of Osman Pasba. AS these
| approaches are not retarded by the
Turks, it is generally conceded that the
fall of Plevna is inevitable. The pros
! spects based on this Ottoman inactivity
are improved by the retreat OF Suloiman,
since that movement will enable the Care
witch to dctach troops to aid those beseg
| ing Plevna. AS the Porte is sending every
soldier it can spare to Armenia. it is unlikely
| that it can cOuntcTact the Russian reinforce
| ments by dispatching any troops to Bulgaria.
Last nights meeting at Steinway Hall in
| favor of the Constitutional Amendments, was
! n large and intelligent gathering, and served
| to demonstrate to some extent, at least, the
| feeling among New-IOrk taxpayers and rent
PAYERS on this question. The harmony of the
meeting was interrupted in a way to which
| American audiences are unaccustomed. for 1T
| is considered fair play here to let each side 10
controversy meet without disturbance from
the other But the knot of Tompkins Square
! Communicative had come to the meeting for the
express purpose of Obstructing it, demonstrated
nothing but their own foOlishness. While they
! were allowed to be noisy, they succeeded in
making an impression. but when they were
compelled TO show their numbers, they were
! ashamed Of their weakness. 1t was Mr..
! Samuel ID. Babcock who thus cleverly turned
the tables on them. The addresses at
| the meeting were those of men who
understood their subject, three of them
! coming from members Of the Commission which
| framed the observation-disclosures Oswald OF
tendorfer. Simon SteIne, and Henry f. Dimock