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New-York tribune., 1877-08-18
POLITICAL NOTES.

Even the demagOgue fails to impart any
lasting liyeness TO Midsummer politics
Not single ''outrage" comes to the surface to
gladden. the heart If the enemy of the Southern policy
If Mr.. Cox would come ont in a small card,
taking strong ground against subsidies his chances Tor
the Spcakcrship would cease 10 De ridiculous.
Republicans who are eager To give aid and
comfort 70 the Democracy can accomplish this result
most readily by diversified and ndiscrminae ADJUST Oh
tne administration
The second speech of Mr.. West has proved
that he capable OF making very RAPID progress in pot
lea science lie ought 10 nave gone 70 school ior fo''
night at least before he delivered his FIRST orailoh
Judge Vests last speech has the merit OK
being GOOD deal more sensible on the financial ana Ia
bor questions than the platform he stands on s There
Is gIin comfort in il Tor the silver dollar disciple.
There is a little talk about Republican
ticket In Virginia but Is likely To amount to not Eg
The Democratic party united under Col Holiday And
n Republican candidate would be a mere fOrnalty with
a majority OF from 10000 to 10000 against him.
Ii is all well enough TO charge Senator Nor
toms illness To indigestion and fatigue, but tine real
Is the suphurous aud yaregated swearing a Portland
IL is wonder that any member of the Committee got
OF it alive The descent into the crater OF vcsnylu
is nothing compared with lt.
The Maine Democrat is as solemn as his
brother in ONO. The tremendous respec,abiy OF tha
head OF the ticket is what Expresses him. lie tres 70
warm himself up the work of the canvass but the ef
tori is as vain as It is laborious The party cid
enjoy voting for an old Republican and never Will
The Virginia Democrats were so much 0c-
cuped with state questions that they forgot say an
thing in their platform about the Presidents policy.
This * Involuntary evidence that Virginia. like tho
rest of South. busy pking Itself a
devote time 10 making President three cara
In advance.
The President told n Pittsburg gentleman
last week that he thought the labor trouble was about
ended ana that labor aud capital would reconcile
themselves and prosperity would return 70 the country
lie uttered nonsense about National Labor Bureau
and took such healthy view of AFFAIRS that the despOnt
ent visitor went home more cheerful IN spirit.
A Republican oiicialn who has been tray-
elng Ohio business has returned to Washington
in most lugubFious frame oi mind. lie fears defeat Tor
the party unless something done TO repair the mistakes
already made The mistakes he discovered were the 70
moval OF oiccholders from politics. aud too mnch otsn
Icy Matthews aud Carl schurz influence in the Admins
traIion. Tue "ofcal ia especially unhappy about hr
sohurz who, he says offended many faithful niohn
Of the party by his cavalier treatment Of all politicians
Gen. Robert Toombs is the same old SIX
pence. He has been tho Trading spirit OF the Boaroohs
IN the Georgia Constitutional Convention. opposn
attempts to recognize the great progress OF events ou
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18
SECRETARY SBERMAN,S SPEECH.

The Secretary of the Treasury addressed last
night an audience larger by some millions than
the population of Mansfield, Ohio. He spoke
to the whole Nation, and wherever the news
paper penetrates his words will be sure OF
attention. He is one of the chief officers of
the Government his department of the Ad-
ministratiOn touches most nearly the daily in
terests OF the whole community he speaks at
a time when questions of finance and business
have an oyershadOwing importance, and i'll
locality where these issues OF the day are
defined with particular sharpness. But
he does not c0nfine his attention to
the affairs of the Treasury He told
us that he meant to speak for himself
and not for his chief or his colleagues but he
has really given us an exceedingly able de-
fence of the whole AdministratiOa-fOrcb
because it is founded ON solid truth, adroit
because it is sllillfuily planned and happily
worded. Reminding his hearers of what many
of us have forgotten, that the Presidents dis
establishment order expressly recognizes the
right of public officers to express their views
"On public questiors, either orally or through
"the press" ne surveys the political field, and
throws upon some OF the most bitterly disputed
DOlDlS Oh CURRENT tlctuhHioH tIt SiiONS ilENt
of a plain cOmmon-sense. We do not re-
member to have seen anywhere so good a
statement of the Southern question, so clear
an explanation of the Louisiana problem, or of
the Presidents solution of it. lie does not fall
into the common blunder, which Judge West
committed the right before, of treating the
Presidents action at the South as an expert
'ment' to be judged by its consequences and
not by its motives !; but he makes it plain that
neither in Louisiana nor in South Carolina
could Mr.. Hayes have constitutionally acted
otherwise than he did and that whether the
Bourbon Democrats do their duty or not, the
President at any rate has done his
One branch of the Civil Service Reform move
ment-namely that which attempts 10 release
politics from the control Of ring of Office
holders-is relieved in Secretary Shermin's
sensible exposition from a great deal Of the
rhetorical nonsense and impracticabiliTy with
which some Jealous hght-weight theorists have
contriyed to discgcdit it. The other branch,
which seeks to conduct the public bu :
ness upon rational PRINCIPLES, is " II
illustrated by his narrative of the iri-
provements this Administration has nj
ready effected in abolishing sinecurcs. limit
ing the abuses of patronage and reduci ~ the
expenses. These are positive achievements of
which the President and his assistants have
good right to boast. SO, too, have they reason
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18
Tgr pENyyYLvAYL4 REPUBLIcANs

PENNSYLVANIA comes next The Republi-
cans hold their State Convention a fortnight
hence and the same rumOrs are rife that flied
the air before the meeting Of the Conventions
in Iowa, ONO and Maine. Yet not precisely the
same Before the other State Conventions were
held we were told often and at great length
and with much circumstantialiy of detail,
that the inevitable split in the Republican
party was now at hand that there was Bit
ter, very bitter feeling against the President
on account OF his Southern policy, and
no end of dissatisfaction with his position to-
wards the Office holders and that no power on
earth could hold this party together. There
was to be a rupture Immediately, and the
party was to 90 to pieces with the assembling
of the Convention We believe this line of
prophecy has been given up. We do not hear
that the Pennsylvania Convention is sure to
break up in a quarrel over the policy of the
Administration, but that there is no enthu
siasm anywhere that the party workers are dis
heartcned and the leaders dissatisfied, and that
everything is going to the "demnition
"bow-wows," with General Apathy in COM
mand. The programme for a split has failed.
Some weeks ago the opponents of the Admin
lStiHilOn Ntit lUbblHE tiiflI ustnuS ana
cluckling with great glee, "When the Iowa
" Il ,pubiican Convention meets therc'l be mu-
sic by the full band.m The performance was
not by any means up 10 the advertisements
Then they said, "There's the bitterest kind of
feeling in Ohio. Ben Wade is outspoken against
the policy OF the Administration. Therel be
" trouble when that Convention comes ON But
there wasn't any. And they said, "Well, Just
"wait for Maine. Blaine viii never be satisfied
"wihout pntting the Maine Republicans on
"rcco1d rs squarely opposed To the Admins
"tIatlcn.' But Maine disappointed them. The
only consolation they derived from any Of
these States was from the fact that the in
dolsemcnts of the President WAS not so hearty
and unqualified as they used to be under the
Grant administration.
30 they seem to have given mp fof the
present all hope of violent disruption ana
the organization of m Opposition to the Pres-
dent within the ranks Of his own party. ard
to have mHa;iai their expectations. If not their
desires. They do not set their hearts ON the
prospect ri ,rrGblc III the Pennsylvania Con-
vcnton, but they are hoping for such lack
of interest and obsnncc OF enthusiasm ns will
effect Tho same result. Circumstances be-
"yoad our colirol," they say, "havc compelled
tie pcs poncmcnt of the great demonstration
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

TO plume themselves upon the steady advance
they have made toward the equalization OF
cold and paper the manner in which they
have thus far carried ont tle provisions NJ the
RESUMPTION Act, and their fixed purpose OF Ma
tlonal honesty.
Mr.. Sherman does not speak of the silver
question, but he treats at considerable length
of fhe methods of resumption, and throws out
n number of suggestions which deserve more
careful consideration than we are now able to
give them Of course, it was impossible for
public man to address public meeting at this
time in Ohio, without proclaiming views on the
relations of capital and labor Ii is pity
because this part of the address is not sensible.
Mr.. Sherman does. indeed, denounce the law
lessness of the strike against free labor, ana
the mob violence against corporate prop
erty. He uttcrs on this subject no uncertain
sound. But alas ! like Judge West and
four or five thousand other statesmen,
he has his specific for the cure of all the labor
troubles. 1t is Federal supervision of the
railways as channels of communication be-
tween the States the Government fixing the
maximum of freight charges in order to pro-
tect the farmers, and a minimum of charges III
order to protect the employees of the road
Surely it cannot be necessary to make any Sc
rous answer to the proposition that law can
insure a man a good income by forbidding
him to sell too cheap.
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18
WITH SUPPLEMENT.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-M. Ristics has become President Of the
Council in Serva; il is supposed that she is drifting
into war with Turkey. == President MacMahon
declares he does not seek the triumph of any paTcu-
lar party - More arrests have been made for
conspiracy in Spain.
DoMEsTIC.-The President will spend Sunday
with Mr.. Evarts at Windsor, Vt. -= Gov.
Carroll has announced to the President that
there is no longer any necessity for United
States troops in Maryland == The State Senate
has resolved to remove Mr. Ellis, though exon
Grating him from intentional wrong.
CRY AND SUBURBAN.-The Trunk Lines refused
freight 70 the Wabash Railroad. == The Denmark
sailed the Spain being held IN her place. ==
Pooling telegraph earnings is under consideration.
80 No lawsuit is now expected fIom the old Syn
dicate disagreement. == Mr. Mccarthy was
found guilty on some charges, and will be rep
rimanded. = Donahue was committed for
five DAYS longer. 80 Oliver Co!ter accused
Brooklyn official of receiving brbe
from a liquor dealer -= J. Echert, West
Hoboken silk-weaver. murdered his wife by throw
ing her from window. = Gold 1898, 1855
1858 Gold value OF tine legaltender dollar at the
close 81 90 cents Stocks active and higher, but
closing fevcrish at a reaction.
THE Mammalian, NE local observations indi-
cate a continuance Of fair weather. Thermometer
yesterday, 73o, Sc, 77o
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

SO little news comes from the seat of war in
Bulgaria that the faintcst rum0r commands atten-
ton The inacton of the Russian Army since the
defeat of its right wing mt Plevna has aroused the
suspicion chat there is much sickness in the camp.
Every forty-eight hours comes u vague report that
the army has been stricken with plague, and
that the hospitals are filed with soldiers who
have not been wounded. When the army
crossed the Danube it was in splendid condi-
tion, and according to all accounts the weather
has been very favorable Only one army corps has
passed through the marshes of the ill-famed
Dobrudia. where the French army was crippled in
1854. The seven corps which form the main army
OF invasion are in the heathest section OF Bulgaria,
where the climate corresponds to that OF Southern
France. Although the morasses and low lands near
the Danube are especially unhealthy after a late
Spring and an exceptionally rainy season, the
southern banks are nigh and the army is not exposed
To malaria The temperature has not been excess
syey high and if the troops have been we'll fed there
is no reason to suppose there is much sickness in
camp. The French soldiers died of cholera in 1854
aad il WAS the same plague that decimated
Diebtsclfs army in 1929. The Russian Generals of
the last century used TO fight disease by enforcing
the discipline Of the camp The terrible Marshal
Miinuich once left Lacy to besiege Azov while he
himself marched against the Crimea. During the
siege fever broke out IN camp and made great
rayagcs owing to tie prevalence Of n;emperance
among Ihe soldiers. The Marshal determined TO re-
sosc the health of the army 10y military discipline
Ii ssued an order iorbmding amy one to be sick
under penalty of being taken from the hospital and
bu.ed alive.
Oregon has been as silent vault ever since
th'- in'lictmcnl for perjury damned mp the iux Of
testimony from stiles. But wait sill Cronn roads
th-: memorandum of the late Thomas Jefferson, and
the ~. vii bs full of mdsic. How the meteor glo-
res of That beak will burn when Cronin learns that
in Jelcrsos schome tho certificates of tho Execu-
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18
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"tive Of any State shall be conclusive evidence thst
the requisite number of votes has been given foe
leach elector named by HIM as such.7 II the pro-
phetic eye Of Jefferson had seen Cronin booming
the continent, he could have made no more
benefcent preparation for the trunpha progress ox
that statesmen. And why did not the great-grand-
daughter of Jefferson discover this time-stained
paper in February and send it to H0adcy. Single
handed and alone stood Hoadley battling agaiDst
the disestablishment Of the Cronin College, while
few miles away slept reinforcement which would
have put to rOut the hosts which were beeaguering
that doomed institution. 1t was cruel chance; and
If Cronin and Gobble do not yet make Oregon howl.
and if Hoadley and Beebe and Charles Francis
Adams do not serve an injunction somebody and
make loud demand to reopen the count" Demo
cratic patriotism is dying Of marasmus.
The credit of Virginia will be dragged downward
by force as strong and steady the attraction of
gravitaton, so long as Gen. Malone keeps up his
fire upon the bond-hoders and the repudiationiss
continue to manifest snch rampant vitality. The
untimely death of Mr.. Daniel creates vacancy in
the State ticket, which can hardly be filed by an
other Virginian who is controlled by the same old
fashioned ideas ofbusness honor The rising states
men of that Commonwealth are saturated with the
notion that there is some other way Of adjusting"
an honest obligation than squarely meeting it, and
until this notion is utterly dispeed. investors viii
steer clear of Virginia securities. Reputation, par
tIal or entire is quite rs disgraceful in Virginia as il
is in Minnesota OF in Georgia, though it is dis
guised under the euphemism of adjustment or
"readjustinent"
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

After all the heat and excitement of the con-
vention that tried the Rev. Mr.. Mccarthy last
MAY, their determination to administer only
reprimand to him appears rather mild But
Judging from the hilarious way in which the
reverend gentlemen seems to take it, there
may soon be occasion for its repetition
This week adds another to those which the
Russians have lost for offensive operations
both in Bulgaria and Armenia. As the recent
movements in Armenia occupied less than two
months, it is still possible for the invaders TO
make serious effort to capture kars before
the cold weather sets in. In Bulgaria they
have likewise ample time to retrieve the dis
aster at Plevna. and perhaps regain the posi-
tions they lost south of the Balkans.
The art Of the silversmth, though among
the earliest in which civilized nations acquired
proficiency, has been considerably facilitated
if not advanced 10y modern invention. To-
day We give one of a series of letters from an
expert, describing the process by which silver
is shaped into useful FORMS Many of our read
ers will doubtless drink their tea with great
er relish upon knowing how the teapot is
made, unless, indeed they are of the number
full in the dollar of our daddies.
A comparison Of the scores of the rifle teams
that will engage in the international match is
certainly very favorable to the hopes of our
marksmen. Only one member of the British
team has yet scored an average a. high as the
lowest of ours, and his average score, which is
considerably above that of the rest of his
team, is a trihe below the entire average of
our men, The comparatively low averages OF
the weaker members of the British team are
noticeable it results that, if the total figures of
the two teams are compared, Ours are at pres
ent over 100 shots ahead-more than one in
fifteen.
The Senate's verdict in the Ellis impeach
ment trial will be generally accepted as rea-
sonable and Just. They do not consider Mr..
Ellis as guilty of intentional wrong in the
management of the Bank Department; nor did
the evidence show that he was. For the ordi-
nary run Of the business of the Superintendent,
Mr.. Ellis was perhaps fairly fitted; with Its
GREAT emergencies he could not cope. He
halted and hoped and hesitated when he should
have acted. His incapacity was the means OF
bringing loss and sorrow to hundreds OF poor
denostors. The Senate could not do less than
remoye him, and that they have dsDe.
Tn the comparative languor which prevails in
the insurance business, 1t is satisfactory TO
learn that Canadian policy-holders have PAID
American life companies nearly $lS,O0O,OOO
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

Judge Donohue's exceedingly short sentence
of Imprisonment of Striker Donahue will oc-
casion at least a general surprise. The decision
of the Judge Is couched in terms that are evil
IDENTIFY intended to explain this unexpected
leniency. The offence charged vas "cOntempt
"Of Court" There was no defence. The SEN
tence is said to be for as long a period as is
customary where this offence is proved. Ac-
cepting the explanation, the public will
ask whether this Is all the punishment
to be inflicted upon the leader of a
riot Why is he not already indicted and tried
for the larger crime? 1t is hard to be patient
with proceedings which will certainly provoke
people to suspect that BOnahue's trial may
have been adroitly managed to tide over
the public interest in the case, so that ulti-
mately it can be smothered. Unless an indict-
ment follows close upon the heels of this trial
it will have been little more than sorry
farce
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

OF course the officials OF our Indian Bureau
think that nothing is to be gained by adopt
ing the system of dealing with the savages
that has proved successful in Canada. These
oldectors TO any Improvement say that the
cases are not parallel. True; but the diyerg-
ence at the end of the story is much greater
than at the beginning. Canada has fewer
Indians and more spare territory; but she
manages her aborigines well, while we misman-
age ours mserably. The present condition OF
Canada in respect TO spare territory and num-
bers of Indians is much the same that ours was
many years ago; our problem is now more COM
plicated but there is not the less need for us
to take lessons from those who have so far
been successful in solving it.
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

Major Powell is preparing a report as Di-
rector of the Geological Survey of the Terri
tories, showing how small portion of our
Government lands is desirable to settlers
This report will he probably more elaborate
presentation of the view upon that subject
which he took in an essay delivered last April
before the National Academy of Sciences.
which was duly reported in abstract IN
THE TRIBUNE. Major Powells conclusions
seem to be somewhat arbitrary, and give an
extreme view of the case, although he presents
many facts and figures. 1t is not to be dis
puted, however, that large proportion OF The
public lands has been ruthlessy squandercd in
gifts to railroad companies.
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRR-" All Sin" and q.
NIBLo's GARDEN Poor of New York" and q
PARK THr ATRT-" Baby"
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" Pink DOmnoos.'
WAILACKs THEATER-" Biuebsaid."
GUMORE's GARpEN--ConCerf
NEw-YORK AQUARIUS-Day and Evening
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

since 1869, and that last year our agencies
received nearly as much as the Canadian con-
Germs and considerably more than the British
corporatlons doing business In the Dominion. I'm
less the Canadian Inspector is wrongly reported
he appears in very absurd light when he
says that the best protection for poilcy-holders
would be afforded by the Government under
"taking the functions of life insurance" nntu
the new Canadian law goes into effect next
March A Government acting as life lnSlr-
ance company for six months would be novel
spectacle.
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18

In the comparative languor which prevails in
the insurance business, it is satisfactory to
learn that Canadian policy-holders have paid
American life companies nearly $ls,OOOOOO
New-York tribune., 1877-08-18


The rest of the annual reports OF the saw
ings banks in this city being now furnished by
the Department, their total figures can be
compared with those of last year. Both III the
number of accounts and III the amount depos-
tied there has been considerable gain. Tins
is indicative of the general welfare of our work
ing classes, since if the increase OF deposits
had stood alone it might have been attributed
to an endeavor on the part of persons in easy
circumstances to get interest on their money;
but the proportiOnate number of new deposit
ors shows that the individual amounts con-
tibuted were small. and chiefly from those
whom savings banks were meant to benefit.
President MacMahon's declaration that he
docs not seek the success of any particular
party is another indication that he is disposed
to keep himself distinct from Fourtou and the
other adventurers whom, in an iil-omened mo-
ment he placed in authority His zeal for the
triumph of those principles which are
"the foundation of society" is not, however,
a hopeful sign, since in the slang of French
politics this means SIMPLY that he is opposed
to Republican institutions. Perhaps when he
has seen more of the people in the provinces
he will be less alarmed for social order and
national safety.