New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17

supplemental by earthquake. hurricanes, yauer
fever, weevle in the wheat, cut worms IN the
North and Gotten worms in the SOUTH hoous
and drouths and yoOnivcrsle room anu dis-
aster elect the next President Give us all these
with choice assortment NV other disasters anu we Sc.
win, for the people will be very Gpt 10 say tnal atcr oil
Dlmekratic Administrator co0dent DC Wuss we WnhO
room for a while to make tde Dimocrisy end0orable
With these cOndshcns we Kin go IN ouf !eefs from om.
say ali tins for the benefit NV others ez TOT me- iog
before the Hayes is up shell be IN prematoot
grave -Four yeers more NV Niger IN the postoIs ny
be sushen for that BascOm will cut of supplies eI soon
ez he knows that amt goin to hey pace anu de
all is over. NV mtutored bowels never KIN enuoorr
water any more than my InOrel nacher KIN hadken'n
The text of Judge Bradieys opinion in the
Oregon case published by The Ne'rdrk ADVERTISER IL
is very close and able argument The puDhc mas never
manifested much interest In the techhcaiihes Vi 'hiS
case and certainly 1t has none now Judge BradIey
concusop however is so wholesome that il is repeated
here: My belief is that when the public come 10 I'M
dersand las they will do in tm) that the decision come
to is founded the Constitution and the laws they VIII
bc better satisfied than II we should attempt TO follow
the caor Of the The sober second thought OF the
people OF this country is in general correct But, while
the publc satisfaction is always desirable 1t is poor
method II ascertanng the law ard the truth TO he alert
in asceriang what the supposed wishes or the pup
lie Aud to deciding the case on techncaltes, 40
know that techncaites invoked on the one side
more than the other In drawing the true boundary
line between conflicting Jurisdictions and establishing
as these. it is impossible TO avoid close
and searching scrutiny of written constitutions
and laws. The weight due to words ana
phrases has to observed well the general spirit
Gniry becomes ncce ssity And IN such close political
canvass this. in which the decision of Presidential
election depend not only on single electoral put
single individual vote the greatest strain IL brought 10
every part of our constitutional machinery ana
il Is impossible TO avoid close examination OF every
part. There is natural fondness for solving every
doubt Oh some broad and general view OF he sn)e1t IN
hon RPoa md
and clearly applicable, undoubtedly TO be pIelerreu
gH eS w If G aSr 20 to- carry Es into regions
ana slriity. The only rule tat Is always anu
over cost Or and pains tho true and exact com
msndS OF q Constitution ana the laws, ana iWphciy
10 obey them"
Mr.. Geo. William Curtis continues more
vigorously an ever the assault upon Senator Conhng
which be began year or more ago. Here is sample
brick from the latest attack After reciting the efforts OF
Mr.. Conkng to the Presidential nomination ana
the efforts OF Cornell to obtain the nomination Tor
Governor and the appointments that were made III ths
state during the last days OF Gen. Grants Administration
MI Curtis concludes his article III the last NUMBER OF
HarDcr,s Veekly as follows "How penicious the
spolls system is in the ptul spectacle OF
of the ability, the personal integrity, the naughty
spirit Roscoe Conkng STOPPING from his great place
work despcabe He cannot wonder that sympathy
and support OF those IN his party with whom ne Would
naturally associate withheld from him. ana that Dis
oroest supportcrs arc not his peers but those whom
his breath has made. The system which he sus
tains is degradation Of the public service Whlch
every honorable in public life should withstand ~
makes the civil service not career but an opportunity
for punder Necessarily it cOrupts politics The puDic
Is defrauded; office becomes mere spoi!s Tine eager
passions OF mutudes inamed at every election
with the hone Of Selling it, The decentralization that en-
sues is ncaculaDe and the peril TO our whole system OF
Government is plain. The fury Ofhe expiring hours OF inc
late Congress and the dangerous uncertainty U me Iist
four not chiefly due To horror OF fraud nut
to the of bated greedincss for the spols Inc
tratn Of President Hayes is largely due to the same
causes. All paCuOuc and sensible cltncns, VINO Know
that the system whose practical operation we nave now
described OF the chief causes OF party fury ana OF
public currurtOn will unto i'll cordially sustaining the
President III his determination TO do something 10 reform