New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-09

hers who have certificates from both Cover
nors: in another, he kicks over his own princi-
pie and refuses to put on the roll member de-
clared elected by both Republican and Demo-
cratic courts. His browning wcliedness, however,
is the exclusion from the roll of the member
from Colorado who bears the only certificate
issued by the Governor of the State and has
as clear right to his seat as any member OF
the House. If Mr. Adams supposes that he
is to be allowed to reverse the verdicts of
States in this high handed fashion, he
mistakes the temper of the American people.
This injustice, at least, must be corrected at
the start. 1t may take all Summer, but 1t VIII
be well spent in defense of popular rights.
Some further hints of what Mr.. Tweed Will
tell us when he breaks his long silence, are
given elsewhere. 1t is satisfactory to know
that Attorney General Fairchild is fixed in MS
resolution to exact from him the last Item OF
information that will further the purposes OF
justice in driving bribe-takcrs from puDhc
life rs well as in recovering stolen
money which can yet be recovered ana
furnishing thieves who can yet be punished.
Mr.. Fairchild is abundantly right in this matter
The restitution which Tweed can make Will he
too small, at the best, not to seem altoSelher
Inadequate if he has suppressed anything which
the public has a right to know. ms
must be complete surrender; MI.
Tweed is not in position 10 make
terms, or to bargain to save this man
or that. The public has right to know all
the facts and all the names. Several Pubic
spirited men have devoted themselves in times
past to the work Of breaking up the Tweed
Ring and cleansing both State aud local Gov
ernments from its unclcan touch; but none OF
them had the facilities at his command which
Mr.. Tweed has Mr.. 0'ConOr tried and did
admirably; Mr.. Tilden tried, and did no less
effective service. But there are fragments OF II
about still. Let Mr.. Tweed make an end of
the Tweed Ring
The Chickering Hall meeting was encour-
aging, both in the size aud character OF the
gathering, and IN its spirit. il is a good sign
that men of the stamp that marked this meeting
have been reused to sense Of the evils which
burden them and the whole community
under them, and to n sense also OF the
present opportunity to throw them off
forever. Secretary Evaris's speech, which was
necessarily the chief feature of the evening,
was especially NdlutDlC DIS SCOtlhS loith WI
tain important considerations on the proper
observation of which the adoption of the
amendments doubtless depends. Mr.. Evarts
shows that it is the duty of good citizens to
support the Charter Commissions scheme, at
least until something better is offered, for
it. will require all their earnest, united
efforts to secure the adoption OF any
scheme, and, if the men who should be
working, spend their time in criticising,
the day is lost. He shows, in response to the
demagOgue cry of dislranchiscment that the
great cities of the State are only claiming now
the same privilege which has invariably been
accorded to the villages of the State, that of
restricting the power to make debt to the
men who must pay 1t. He show too, that
the laboring class which is the one most
likely to be deceived by the demagogucs, that
they are vitality interested in the matter for
"up0n them rest in the last instance all the OPP
pressioDs of taxes and bad government."-1hi
meeting has begun the work well. 1t remains
now to follow it up by proper agitation
of the subject, and a relentless pressure
upon the Legislature. If every bust
ness man who is struggling to pay
heavy taxes and large rents will form himself
into a committee OF one to urge this question
upon his Asscmblyman wonders may be done,
even with the Ncw-YOrli City delegation.