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


enough, it seems now that Frederick Douglass
will owe his confirmation to Democratic votes,
and one of the most honorable and consplcu-
| ous Democrats has already offered to go upon
| his bond This exhausts the limits OF the I'M
! possible. The nation is flO0red, and anything
/ can happen that wants to.
Ex-Postmaster-G General Tyner deserves more
| than common thanks for consenting 10 remain
as second in a department OF which ne mas
been tho chief. He has a thorough iaihliiar-
ity with the postal service; he made an I'M
commonly good Postmaster-General, ana the
department will be greatly strengthened by the
[ assistance he can give to Mr.. Key. 1t IS
another of the cases. like that of Mr.. Fred.
| w. Seward, where superior men show by their
willingness to accept moderate station no"
| much this Administration has already ele-
waited the public service. Thanks 10 MI
| HAYES, we are getting back to the oid-
| fashioned notion that it is credit to serve
the Government.
| It is about the highest compliment 7 can
pay to n public officer to say that he was SUR
! of retention no matter which President hau
| come IN This is what can be sald WIN trulh
| of Postmaster James, if the assurances OF inc
| Chairman of Mr.. Tilden's National Comlhittee
were binding on Mr.. 1iden. Certainly any
ATTEMPT at his removal by Democratic Al
ninistratiOn would have been resented by the
business community as an outrage upon the
civil service. Under Republican Admins
tration there has never been the least doubt
of his continuance in Office, and his nomina-
| l. 4sri1lt
tributes to a faithful officer by President and
Senate which the citizens of New-I0rk VIII
! approve, without distinction of party.
Probably Mr.. Selkrpgs last official act iii the
State Senate will be the submission OF reso-
luton inquiring into the printing contract
! That contract has lain heavy on his conscience
we'll let us rather say mind-ever since II
was awarded to persons not after his own
heart. and this resolution is one OF series
which he has offered, debated, and then seen
die. He is always alleging that there is gong
70 be great fraud in this contract. None has
been found vet, and Gov. Robinson and Mr..
! Bjgelow, who made it, say there never Will
be. Mr. Selkreg thinks otherwise neverthc-
less. and keeps offering his little resolutions
and making his little speeches, apparently III
nervous fear lest somebody else is r0bbing the
State without allowing him to be present at
the ceremony.
Sir Stafford Northcote's statement places it
beyond question that England has proposed
amendments to the protocol which have been
sent to the Russian Government Tor consider
alton. The arrival of Gen. lenatieff in Lon
don will probably prevent further delay
since he appears to be invested with power
70 act for the Russian Government, and has had
sufficient authority to come to an understand
ing with Prince Bismarck. The opinion pre-
| walls. however in official circles i'll England,
that the protocol will not reGstablish order III
Turkey. Diplomacy has yet to deal with %
disarmament in Russia and Turkey, (2) peace
between the Porte and Montenegro, and (3)
the insurrcction in Bosnia. Should Russia con-
tinue to incte discomfort among the Turkish
Slaves, any Of these problems may be rendered
exceedingly perplcxing. The Oriental troubles
are in fact confirming the aphorism that
nothing is settled until it is settled night.
President Hayes Is not making all the good
appointmcnts. Gov Robinson follows the
amendment of Louis ID. Pilsbury as Super
| IQtpnuent
George b. Mcclellan for Superintendent OF
Public Works. The nomination is so good
in itself and so much better than what
at one time seemed possible, that the people
of the State will, we feel assured be glad
to see the Senate confirm it promptly. The
nomination of Democrat was inevitable, and
indeed the nomination of Republican could
hardly have been asked in fairness, in
asmuch as all three Canal Commission
ers whom the Superintendent will dis
place are Democrats. Gov. Robinson deserves
the general gratitude for naming Democrat
whose professional qualifications and personal
character are alike beyond question, and who
is not likely, after having once received nearly
two million votes for President, to put his position
to small political uses. The Governors action
is all the more cOmmendable, because the
noliticians have begged scrambled and fought
for this nomination. But as between Gov.
Robinson and Gen. Mcclellan, we are inclined
to believe that what pressure there was, was
exerted upon the man who takes the Office
rather than upon the man who gives it.
Another life insurance company Is probably
about TO sink INTO the oblivion of a receiver
ship. This time it is small one, which for
some years past had done no new business
There is no hope that its assets will bear a
fair proportion to its debts, and the history Of
the World Life Insurance Company will prob
ably prove as disastrous, compared with the
amount of its business, as that of the other
concerns which have recently gone down
A much more astounding piece of insurance
literature is the evidence as to some of the
transactions of Mr.. Furber with the