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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05
SETTLING THE ESTATE.

! While Senator Morton was breathing his
| last, watched by the sOicitOus eyes OF SYM
pathizing people, a Democratic Senator from
North Carolina made formal application for his
seat in the Senate Chamber, and sat with
cranng neck and Outstretched foot, ready to
spring for the vacant chair as soon as the breath
was out of Mr.. Morton's body 1t is natural
to suppose that the news of the last sad scene
must have touched the hearts of most OF
the Senators, and filled them at least for
a few hours with that solemn awe which
comes over the most callOus of men
when an associate is removed to
the other world. All party schemes and
quarrels are petty in the presence of death.
But for the Carolinian the tOlling of funeral
bells was only the signal to gather up his
books and papers, take his hat and move. We
can imagine him chafisg at the delay imposed
by the decencies of etiquette, and longing to
tear down the Grape, clean out the drawers,
and square his elbows comfortably In his new
place, as the impatient heir fidgcts under the
formalities which keep him out of the enjoy
mcnt of the estate until the last owner has
been put under ground and the will been read.
The Carolinian, however is not the only South
binary haste to come into the expected pos
session of Republican property. Here Is Mr..
b. II. Hill for instance, who has been In the
Senate such a very little while that one would
think he might be modest but no he has no
sooner got III than he applies for the seat of
Senator Conkling, apparently having no doubt
whatever that vacancy is going TO happen
there IN a very short time, and that it be-
hooves him to be stirring if he wants his
choice of the good things that are to fall in.
1t is very indecent scramble these hungry
Southern gentlemen seem to be engaged in
They fancy that death and Democratic victo-
ries are making fine places for them, and which
ever agency may chance to be at work, their
eageness outstrips it. They are counting votes
that have not yet been cast and hustling live
men into Their collins. Tomorrow we may
look to see Ransom hobblng in on Morton's
crutches, and Hill in front of glass trying the
fit of one of Conklng's old coats.
Merely as a matter Of taste these transac-
tons are sufficiently unpleasant to demand no.
tice. As indications OF the prevailing state of
mind among the Southern Senators, they are
still more remarkable. 1t appears to be the
general opinion on that side of the Chamber
that the Republican party is so nearly dead
that it might as well be buried at once, with
ont any vexatious delay, and the Government
is so nearly gone to pieces that the "Confed-
"erate Brgaders" may as well help them
selves promptly to anything ont of the wreck
that pleases their fancy. Is not this settling of
the estate a little prematurcl Remember,
gentlemen, what King Henry V, in the play,
said to the French Herald: "Tho man that
"once did sell the lions skin while the beast
lived was killed with hunting him.
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ANI-srMENTs-Sd POOe-6th column.
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BANkING HOUSE AND BANKERs-7h Pd0e-5th column
BOARD AND ROOMS-6M F0Gc-6th column.
BUsINUSs CHANCEs--6h Fdgc-6th column.
BUSINESS NOTICFs-4m PGGc-1st column.
COPARTNERsUIP NOTICLS-3d Pdge-6th column.
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DEN1IsTRY-7M PGQc-6tn column.
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EUROPE AZ ADV ERTISEMENTS-6 Pdge-6th column.
EINANCIAL--7M PdGe-5th column.
FURNITURE-3d PdGc-3d column.
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ICR CREAM-6h PdQe-ith column.
1NSTRUCTION-6h Pdgc-2d and 30 columns.
MARRIAGES AND DEArHs-5h Pdge-6th column $50,
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ETFANEIs. OCEAS-6M Pdge-4th column.
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WHIT ABOUT JOHN MORRIsSEYf

Can a decent citizen vote for him what
ought a man who really wants to help purify
notifies to do in such contest as that be-
tween Morrissey and Mr.. Augustus Schell7
The question is perplexing, and honest men
of the same general way of thinking in poll
tics may easily differ fatty about it. But there
are two or three considerations which, at any
rate, every intelligent and conscientious voter
will weigh, before casting his ballot.
And first, the contest is not between Nor
rissey and Mr.. Augustus Schell. Mr.. Schell IS
merely the dummy. The contest Is between
Morrissey and Kelly.
1t is Mr.. Kely's personal appeal to voters
for an Endorsement of his refusal OF practical
reform. He resisted Morrissey's effort to cut
down Mr. Richard Cookers salary from 3d.
600 a year to $4,000, and he asks tax
payers to say it should not be cut
down. He resisted MOrrlssey's effort to cut
down the salary of the Commissioner of Jurors
from $4,000 to $4,000, and asks taxpayers
to say that it should not be cut down. lie
maintains that no reductions ought to be made,
excepting in the pay Of policemen, school
teachers and firemen, and vote for his can
didate is n vote to approve that declaration
Certainly then, a sensible taxpayer ought not
to vote for Mr.. Schell, who is merely Mr..
Kelly's personal representative in this personal
fight he is making for Endorsement on these
very points, in his home district
But how can a decent citizen vote for
prize-fghter and gambing-house keeper, even
if he did vote right on these questionsf Well,
it's hard task Every one must decide for
himself whether he wants to use such
., 1orl- Of he
to beat down Kelly. But one thing is certain:
Those Republicans who once shamefacedly and
by stealth went to the polls, in the name Of NUM-
cipal Reform, with tickets for " Jimmy" O'Brien,
can well afford now to march up with flying
coors, and the band playing, to cast their
ballots for John Morrissey.
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1HE CANlL CONrR1croEs FRLENp.

The showing made in The TRBUNE's AL
bany correspondence on Saturday of Allen
c. Beach's record in the Canal Board was
with reference only TO allowances made to
contractors outside the ordinary course of
their contracts. They were made for "brcaks,r
for damages Of all sorts, for the use
of tools, etc." for expenditures which were
asserted to have been made by the contractor;
on the surrender of contracts, and on every
other pretext which ingenious canal thieves
could devise. The payments to close con-
tract upon its surrender were not strictly extra
allowances, but, as they were made, were usu-
ally no less fraudulent. The total of these
allowances cannot be accurately ascertaned,
because many even of those given on Saturday
named 10 figures, and were simply increases
of price on certain articles in the contract II
must also be remembered that this state
ment did not assume to give all the al
lOwanccs which Mr.. Beach voted, but
the most conspicuous ones and only al
luded casually to his invariable vote
for the unbalanced contracts. But tho total,
even of this imperfect list, may interest
the taxpayers of the State. The sum, then.
of all the cases mentioned in which exact
figures were given is 1912, OS1. OF this amount
$72 671 was voted to Willard Johnson and two
of his partners or co-wOrkers IN Oswego
So, S13 to Jarvis Lord son and a partner ;
and sd 49l to Denison, Bcden & Gale. These
were merely the little perquisltes of the Ring;
the systematic, wholesale stealing went on else
where. These were simply the crumbs that
fell from the Canal Board table while Mr..
Beach was at its head. And in no one instance
&C oil thnsn ,yiVon did Mr. Roach Gp.l- IN
reduce, or, so far as can be learned, to inquire
into these claims; and lie always voted for
them. For four years Mr. Beach invariably
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Since September 1, 1873, we nave WITH
drawn from use about $1,5O0,OOO in legal
tenders by retirement. and about $13,3OO,OOO
by increase of the Treasury balance, but the
voluntary surrender of bank circulation has
been nearly S3O,OOO,00O. This surrender
has continued notwithstanding decrease
of the aggregate circulation much below
that of September 1. 1873, and it il, there
fore. as clear as demonstration can make II,
that the outpouring of legal-tenders after the
panic. which did no immediate good, has only
inflated the circulation for years, rendered the
adjustment of prices to natural level more
slow and painful, and retarded recovery from
disaster.
The Secretary steadily increases his legal-ten-
der balance 1t is also an encouraging fact that
the coin balance in excess of coin certificates
has been increased $54,795,716 since Novem-
Der l, 1876, and SOS, 100, los within the last
womonths, without any unfayOrable effect upon
the price of gold. One year more of similar
success will raise the coin balance in ex-
cess of coin certificates to 1852, 900, 0O0 will
reduce the outstanding legal-tenders, not in
the Treasury, below $300,000,OOO, and will
probably extinguish the premium on gold en-
tirey. Whatever increase of business appears,
under such conditions, will be safe, legitimate
and enduring, and it is altogether probable
that such an increase will appear "a soon as
il is certain that the healthful effects of the
Act of 1875 are not to be interrupted by any
madness of initiation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05

FoREIGN-In France the Duke de Broglie has been
defeated as a candidate for Council-General. =
The Russian forces are before Deve Begun, Mukh-
tar's defensive position in Armenia - In Bull
garia Chevket Pasha IS retreatng west of Pevna.
DoMEsrIC.-Senator McCrary has refused to order
an inquiry into the charges of Dom Piatt about
General Ingalls, and General Marcy with the moth
contract =-A new swindle upon the Indians in
beef supplies has been discovered. = Secretary
Sherman urges that the Government estimates
tins Winter shall only call for the exact
mount of money wanted. = Earthquake
shocks were felt in many places in New-YoIk, New
England aud Canada, yesterday morning. = The
remains of Senator Morton were placed in the
indianapolis Courthouse and reviewed by a large
number Of persons. == Both parties i'll Pennsyl-
wanna equally hopeful.
CoNGRESs.-The House Of Representatives only
was in session. An effort was made to have
the bill repeating the Resumption Act made
the special order for November 10 but OBJ
lection was made, its opponents being
determined to keep the bill within the morning
hour. Two Silver Bills were introduced, one Of
which was referred 20 the Committee on Banking
and Currency, and the other to the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures.
CITY AND SUBUBBAN.-The political excitement in
n the New-YOrk canvass is concentrated in the With
Senate District. Michael OHara was Killed IN
political quarrel in that district Saturday =
Brooklyn Republicans expect success. == Several
Albany witnesses testified concerning New Capitol
contracts. -= The Erie Railway is to have
third rail between Binghamton and Susquehanna.
e. Kcly's last financial statement is criticised
by members of the Committee of Fifty. -
Michael Cavanagh was murdered, Saturday by his
mistress, at No AZ Thomas-st. -= Incoming
steamers report very stormy passages. == Gold,
1925 1925 1925. -= Gold value of the legal
tender dollar at the close, 974lO cents @= Stocks
dull, with limited transactions, but prices steady.
TIE WEATHER.-TRBUNE local observations indi-
cate gradually increasing coudiness, preceding rain.
Thermometer yesterday, 40, so, Az.
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amusrments an> alrrtlnos 60 Might.

BoorH's THEATRE" Rip-Van-winkle.n Jefferson.
BROADWAY THEATRE runhild" Nine. Jananse,neA'
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-" CHIMES OF Nor'n"nuS
NIBIO'S GARDEN" MasanielO.' . -
PARK Inv tTRF-" The Crushed TraGediau."
SAN Francisco MINsTRELS.
THEATRF FRASCAIs-" The Lady Blanche
UNION ARE THEATRE" Pink DOminos.'
MAILACK's THEATRE" Marriage"
AMERICAN INsr1rUTE-Annual Fair. .,.
GrLMORF's GARDEN and :; Circns ana ManaEerle'
MFApT,s HALO and .. "The MdGeis"
NTw.YORK AoUARIUM-Day ard Evening.
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DAILY tribune Mail Subscribers SO per annum.
SFNI-WFrKIY TRIBUNE, Mail Subscribers, $3 per an.
WEEKLY TRBUNE Mail Subscribers 81 per annum
Terms cash in advance.
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support he did give practical measures for
resumption. With Senator Morton gone, and
with the tendencies to soft money every day
more clearly revealed among the Democrats,
it is by no means certain that the Senate
can longer be counted upon to stop the House
repeal of the Resumption Act. Mr.. James
A. Roosevelt calmly said the other day that
he would as lief see a Democratic Senator
elected next year as not Do his fellow
merchants think it is good time for trusting
another Democrat on the Resumption question,
when one or two more Democrats may turn
the scale Are they so sure of the capacity OF
the few bard-mOney Democratic Senators to
resist the overwhelming tendency of their
party, as to be anxious to put more power into
their hands ?
1t is well understOod-and THE TRIBUNE
makes this statement on authority which
seems cOnclusive-that Governor Robinson was
ignorant of the record of ex-Lieutenant-Gov-
ernOr Beach in the matters of his mileage
and his votes in the Canal Board, which The
TRIBUNE has lately exposed, when he sent Mr..
Beach's name in to the Senate for Superin-
tendent of the Bank Department. THE TRIBUNE
knows that it is not making an unjustifiable IN
ference from this statement when it declares that
if Governor Robinson had known of the existence
of these facts, he would never have nomi-
mated Mr. Beach for that responsible office.
Inasmuch as the two nominations which he
received for this position constitute Mr.. Beach's
only tangible claim to Endorsement at the
hands of Governor RobnsOn-Mr. Tilden never
Endorsed him at all-this statement seems
highly significant. viii the members of the
Tilden- Robinson wing of the party cast their
votes for a candidate whose election would
be an insult to their leaders, and triumph
for corrupt men7
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which we confess The tribune is partly responsi.
ble-that he footed it instead Of employing mora
aristocratc means Of conveyance, has given him no
offence. For il may be he is sensitive upon the sinh
jcct. We remember hearing of a young woman who.
being just married and on her bridal tour with her
husband was politely asked by the landlady Of the
little village inn where they alighted il they had
travelled far. "Travelledw said the bride, with an
indignant toss of the head "well, guess not wa
didn't travel we rid" 1t may be we have given
Mr. Beach similar cause of offence in intmatipy
that he travelled" $4,000 miles in four wear,
Perhaps he 'rid."
Mr.. w. w Astor made a manly little speech 10 tho
colored voters in his district the other evening
which ought to gain him votes. 1t great thing
for any Assembly District in a city like
New-York TO secure for a representative gentle
man so thoroughly beyond the suspicion of any
but the most dsinterested and patriotic motives for
entering the public service; and the community
ought to emphasize its gratitude TO men Of this
class by tie handsome majority with which it will
send Mr. AstOr to Albany
II is certainly good general rule TO reflect faith.
ful Judges and the eminent lawyers Of both parties
who certify in The advertisement elsewhere printed
to the fidelity and capacity Of Judge George Shea.
say no more than the simple truth when they say
he has been capable and upright Judge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05

It is grossly unjust to Mr.. Clarkson n. Potter. to
hold him responsible for the embarrassing necessity
for a reorganization Of the Pacific Railroad
Committee. Mr.. Potter was not consulted
in any way as to his appointment to the chairman
ship Of that committee. If he had been he would
have said at once that it was impos
sible for him to accept 1t. As it was,
he said so in letter written within
an hour after he heard Of the appoint
ment. Men of less scrupuOus proprcty
Of conduct would have hesitated long be-
fore throwing away Craftsmanship with
committee room. clerkshp. and other APP
purtenances thercuntO belonging and Alr. Potter,
ranking, on his side, among the six or
seven oldest members of the House, had
clear claim to the Craftsmanship of some
important committee But he did not stand on
this for n moment. Long ago he became inter-
ested in n small road in Pennsylvania, which in the
course of time was absorbed by Don CamerOn'S road,
which, in its turn, was in of time absorbed by
Colonel Scott So it happened that blr. Potter has
been consolidated into 4 remote association with
Colonel Scott. He. therefore, instantly refused to
occupy a position where he could be called upon
to sit in judgment upon Colonel SCOTS APP
plication for n subsidy. Ii is not true, however,
that his refusal to compels the nomination of
a subsidy man to the chairmanship There is no rule
reouirng Speaker Randall to promote the second man
ON the committee to the vacant place. He is at
fpu liberty to select the strongest anti
Subsidy man he can find in the House. and
mako him chairman instead Of Mr. Potter and
he will doubtless do SO.
We hone all New-York business men resident III
Ncw-Jersey, will make their arrangements to-day to
remain AT home tomorrow, at least long enough TO
east their votes if not also TO give the day to the
work of bringing laggards to the polls We
have already referred to the bad characters Of
some of the Democratic nominees in New-JerSey
especially in the counties of Bergen and Hudson In
the former the Democratic candidates are about the
worst they have ever had, and their election would
not be a credit to the county. There is some revolt
and much dlsquiet the part of the better class of
Democrats and prospect of their defeat, although
the county is largely Democratic. This result can
only De accomplished by getting out every Repub-
can voter. We therefore trust that every New-York
business man will remain at home on election day,
and cast his vote for the Republican candidates,
who are men Of superior character and ability
Francis Rowland, candidate for State Senator has
few II any superiors in the State And NJ. C.. Gill
ham and Oliver Drake Smith are Young men Of good
standing aud in every way capable Of represent
ing the district in the Assembly while tho candidate
for Surrogate Christian W. Christie, has peculiar
qualifications for that Office. They ought to be
elected.
1t is quite possible that the general impression
that Mr.. Allen c. Beach made his 10000 miles on
foot during his four years of public service may be
roneous We sincerely hope that the suggesion-for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05

The defeat of the Duke de Broglie as a can
didate for a Council General must exceedingly
mortify that dangerous Minister, and bring
home to him the foolishness he has dis
played in allowing the Bonapartists to reap
the beneft-such as it was-of the recent
MonarchIst campaign. Should the other cleo
tons for members of the Councils General be
as significant as this, the Republican cause is
assured a speedy triumph in the Ministerial
dispute.
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and painfully repaired the defects of the laws
of Congress. The following compares the pa
per circulation, exclusive of fractional notes, on
the 1st of September, 1873 and 1874, and the
LIST of November, 1877, the currency balance
in the Treasury at each date being deducted;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05

1t is quite possible that the general impression
that Mr. Allen c. Beach made his 10000 miles on
foot during his four years of public service may be
roneous We sincerely hope that the suggeston-for
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THE NEWS THIS MOANING.

MONDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1877.
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Legal tenders 1856 100000 $3.50 O16691 80 4go5SS
Bank notes. 3i614i,06s 35O332,653 3lo'''o'ill
standing SOP 4t4 O6sI S732, 4O9, $50 SG7l ,266OO3
In Treasury. 12,O63,69lI lo'llo'SfV -''o'o,o-
In ,so 5000 3so az s7I6,80 80 SGl5, 7O1
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Singularly grand and impressive ceremonies
marked the funeral Of Henry MeiggS, the rail-
way contractors at Lima, Peru His tomb will
be appropriately placed within sight Of the
ocean, and of the peaks Of the Andes which
his labors have sumounted. AS yet, it is
in,nossible TO estimate the wealth which
lac has left 10 his children and grandchildren !;
but it is certain that the Peruvian Government
was largely indebted TO him, and the pro-
eramme of his will for the management OF his
outstanding contracts is judiciOusly conceived
The capacity for managing great Interests
which Mr.. Meigg 50 often exhibited, is shown
T. some extent by these provisions of the will.
There is one aspect of the death of Senator
Morton. to which business men of New-Iork
would do well TO pay careful attention. The
Senator's financial course did not always give
satisfaction to his Eastern critics; but we
probably never made sufficient allow
ance for the tremendous set OF the
tide in Indiana against him, and
were never sufficiently grateful for the
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NElu.llork Dailn Gribll1lG

BY HORACE GREELEY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05

During several successive years the Bureau
of Statistics has called attention to the made
Quacy of the information as to the amount
and values of goods passing by railway be-
tween this country and Canada. The dis
crepancy between the official returns and the
facts is estimated for the past year, as to
our exports to Canada alone, at more than
S13,OOOOO0; being about One-third of the
whole amount. Manifestly, some means should
be adopted for rendering the reports of the
United States Collectors more trustworthy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-05

Ocean steamers that encountered Fridays
cyclone had terribly boisterous voyages, worse,
it is said, than have been experienced in
several years. a few steamers are somewhat
overdue, but there is as yet no special cause
for anxiety about them. There are sew
eral instances of wreck and abandonment of
sailing vessels at sea, but none are reported
of steamers. The fury of the storm upon the
lower lakes has left long record of shipping
disasters. There is probably no record of a
cyclone in this country that was so rapid in
its approach, so brief i'll duration, and so vio-
lent while it lasted.