New-York tribune., 1877-03-12

tracted popular sympathy. The people OF this coun-
try have q penetrating discernment, ana they can
dissect the motives Of public men with anatomic
keenness. Every ono could recognize, and was
ready to applaud, the transparent honesty Oh DIT.
Hayes's intentions. lie was making no reprisals,
gratifying no grudges jealousies, discbargng no
arrears for service rendered, seeking no emolumeht
for self for friends for faction or for party.
And then there a self-cOntro and steadiness III
his bearing which testified to his possession OF pluck
and bottom. He showed no indifference contempt
for public opinion no bravadO, no childish intemper-
ance he breathed forth no threatenngs and sounded
no "rosting challenge" to an opposition but with
ouiet and level determination he took position,
and everybody felt that he had resolved to stay IL
there had been any suspicion of stain upon the
purity of his purpose, any suggestion of a bargain,
any appearance of self-seeking; If he had shown
any tremOr OF timdty, any fussiness or yehemence'
anything like rude or bluff stubbornness. or ike
sullen deiance if he had acted in any way other
than exactly he did, the result can be imagined.
I'm the light Of this suppOsition are prepared to
estimate the gains that have been made-the graft
tude that is due to the President and his advisers
and the hopes that are encouraged to cherish for
the future.
We have endeayOred to make THE TRIBUNE AL
MANIAC for 1877 the most complete handbook OF
election news ever issued in the United States and
the uuprecedented sale which it has had shows how
well we have succeeded. Under the pressure OF
popular demand for the facts and figures or the po-
Itical canvass we made extraordinary exertions 10
secure accuracy in execution and to avoid delay IN
publication. The first edition was published early
i'm January and from time to time, as new editions
became necessary have revised the pages ana
brought down the news to each new date OF issue.
-. b. ,,lNrf fhD pr1l-
lie with full information concerning the electoral
controversy, by reciting the facts connected with
every Presidential election from 1888 to 1876, with
tables of the electoral and popular votes. and the
text of the Twenty-second Joint Rule. We now go
still further We shall issue on Wednesday new
and snpplemcntary edition of the Almanac, with an
appendix OF 16 pages, containing the text OF the
Electoral Commission bill and o succinct account
from the official records of the proceedings OF the
Electoral Tribunal and the two Houses of Congress,
in Joint session, from the opening to the close OF
the count The price of the Almanac in this ell
larged form will remain the same twenty-five cents
per copy postpaid, to any address.
TIE TRIBUNE's suggestion of March /, that no
better Illustration of civil service reform in the
country could be given than by the rcappointmcnt
of Postmaster James, has borne speedy 1rult.
Learning that his commission WouId expire oh lhc
18th Of this month"; business gentlemen have already
taken the matter IN hand. The Board of Trade
have passed resolutions earnestly recommending his
reapporntment, and calling upon the business men
of New-York to ask for it. Petitions to the same
effect are now IN circulation among business men.
and are being largely signed Mr. James himself
has had nothing to do with the movement. and will
probably first learn the particulars from this para
graph