New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-14

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venerable officers now profess 70 have known
little or nothing of the affairs of the compa-
nics in their charge. They merely signed doc
umrn's. or made oath to them, IN per
fmctory way, without asking questions.
If such excuses could be accepted, there would
be au end of all responsibility from men in
office. great saving in salaries might be
eft ctcd, however, since anybody who could
write his own name would be competent to
fll the position Of president secretary or
treasurer
Those who believe that the reconciliation
"of the old silver dollar" that is TO say, the
declaration Ivy statute that i12l2 grains Of silver
are lust rs good rs one gold dollar, will he
al that is necessary to restore silver to its
old relations TO gold, will be profoundly inter
cetcd i'm certain late news from London
The London Times Of Yesterday made, in its
financial column. this interesting remark: "in
" consequence Of Gcrmany's selling some silver
cat 543i pence per ounce, the market
''hcrc Gn LondOn) has become completely
" disorganized. There is an entire alb
scnce of any disposition to purchase,
and no quotation can he given
Add 10 this that Yesterday bar silver was
down to 51i instead of 5iai pence per ounce,
aud the effect of throwing q little silver on
The market socus to be brought ont with quite
sufficient clcarnc>s.
The scheme to bring Belgium under the pro-
lection Of Germany springs from military con-
sidcratious Germany secs with concern tint
her frontier is open to Invasion from France
by way Of Belgium, and that important
positions might thus he assaulted more
readily than through Alsacc-Lorrane. She
disccrns. lil wise, that with Belgium mt
her disposal she might send troops promptly
into France. and repeat the strategy which
completed the overthrow Of Napoleon after
the victory nc Waterloo. The project is, how
ever. likely to excite the livclicst jealousy IN
France. and provoke hostile criticism in England.
where Belgium has been always regarded with
specill soliciudr II will ho apprehended
that Holland will also he expected to join
the German league, especially rs she
could Offer less resistance than Ecleium,
which has 100000 Of people and Is
better prepared to defend her Independence
should Germany, however. he resolved 10
carry the proposal into effect, both The Bel
eiqu and Dutch may have t. give way before
the military and political necessities of the
Empire.
We had SO much Of Purroy yesterday, and
such a Smorkabc quality Of PuTov Tint IT
becomes q great satisfaction to reflect upon
1onc's broken jaw, and remember that when
Puuov put That amiablc Democrats nose ont
Of Joint. h. also put himself ont of public life.
He made an addition yesterday his well known
T. cory Of municipal government in tie dcclaIa-
/ ton that NJ. StehbiuS's name should be re-
/ ic-tod, not because he was not a good man,
but SIMPLY because he WIS q Republican,
and gave a new illustration Of his fami-
/ lar theory flat The city owes politicians
living. When Alderman Rowland said
that i'm two years. connection with the Board,
be had not once asked the Park Department
| for patronage, NJ PuToy graudiloqucntly eX-
claimed: "TLen you have neglected the poor
oman who hclrcd - seat You in tins Board.'
Then when the Aldermen came to consider
4 ia. estimates for 1879, Mr.. Purroy wanted
/ them TO pass upon $50. O0C 900 OF appT0nri-
! ati0ns in q lump, simply because the
! SUGGESTIONS which the Board WIS allowed
/ and expected TO make would not necessarily be
ADOPTED. Finally he closed this days dongs
with an effort to compel Commi -sioncr Camp
bel TO conduct certain operations by the waste
ruI system of days work. Altogether, NJ.
Pmroy seems 20 he quite irrodfcmable, and he
is certainly cxaeparatag. Fortunately, on Jan
uarv l he will be Alderman no longer. For
which let us again be grateful TO th9t obscure
bat useful jew which accomplished so much by
breaking.
Mr.. CMttenden fairly mounted the tribune
in the House yesterday, If the Clerks desk can
be dlenifed by that name, and gave sharp,
brisk talk on resumption. The text was ten
dollar bill which lac held up before the
House, and the talk was a compact and telling
summary Of n business mans opinions of all
the attempts to repeal the Resumption Act
These Mr.. Chittcndcn Squaroy and truthiuly
denounced as downright reputation. His
opinion that the National faith was never
50 imperillcd as it is now, will star
tie some good people in Congress and
out, who have not yet walked up TO
n consciousness of what the dishonest and
crack-hrained iinanciers of the House have
been doing. Mr.. Chttenden is sagacious
business man, neither theorist nor an alarm
list. and his warnings will arrest public atten
ton. The rich may find food for thought in
his question whether the same men who have
voted to make ninety cents a dollar would
not vote to make ten cents a dollar, if the ex-
igcncy should arise and the poor who have
been misled bv the camOr of demagOgues like
Ewing and Bland will be apt to ponder
Mr. Chittenden's declaration that the final
passage of this bill would take $4,000, 600