The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-15

In his annual message Low ROBINSON
informed the legislature that all that was need
cd to set The new Offices OF Superintendent Of
Public Works and superintendent OF Prisons in
running order, was the passage OF a law liking
the an cunt Of their salaries and bonds amt that
as soon as tins WAS done he would send to the
Senate for confirmation or rejection the names
OF his ippuintces. lie further suggested that
any sleo4l legislation In regard t. the new de-
plrtmenis could DO | ken up aud carefully CON
sidered later in the session.
We understand that the more moderate Re-
publioaus desire to carry out the views Of the
Governor ON TINS subject, but tn It some Of the
desperate leaders insist upon passing "a COM
ple,c lttlo code OF laws tor tho regull-
ton Of these departments before they Will
give the Governor 4 chance To nomin ,te the
superintendeuts. II this policy prevails, the
Legislature Will very likely come to a deadlock
on the passage II the bills and. perhaps, adj
jlurn leaving these two Offices vacant. This, OF
course, would hs setting the Constitution at
defiance; but did not the Republic ms do that
very thing last winter by refusing to pass an
Apportionmcn. law2
However, as pretty nearly all the present on
GERS Oh tie canals and IN the prisons are Demo-
Gratis the Republicans may not obstruct the
necessary legislation for setting the departments
asuiIS though, AS a last resort, nm crlpuous
leaders rpay attempt to checkmatc the Governor
on his nominations for ,pcrlutendeuts.
Another duel has been fought by an
American. Mir. CANTON, Il New Yorker, called
out by an IfaliAn artist whom he had Knocked
down for spr,lSing lightly Of American women,
wounded his man, md thus yindiclted the good
name Of his countrywomen. Mr., CANTON per-
hans did well In Furnishing the slanderer, but
our women did not need the vinlication. when
such reproaches that OF this Italian are thrown
ut them, the utterer betrays a foul Imagination,
but the objects OF his dsparagement are uniniur-
ed. Tie freedom eniOyed by American women
provokes, IN some men Of nations where women
arc held to a different conventional rule. iujuri-
Gus comp lrison- out they grow out of ignorance
OF the result Of the greater liberty on our ladies'
Sti we adyi,e American womon lrlve hing IN
Europe TO keep In mnd tho prejudces Of tho
people among whom they sojolrn.
The Charleston Nctcs and COuricr-refer-
ring 10 an article 10 a Georgia news, aper attrb-
utng to GOV. HAMPTON cert ia acts and expires
sions relating to Mr.. IILDEN which the Cover
nor nas ca irlcteriz"d "A fll,o aud unfounded-
discloses a secret that ~ worth noting. IL SAYS
that after the cleo ion, ana while the proceed
ings against tire state Clnva-sers of Soutn Caro-
una were ponding IN tho Supreme Court, tho
direct offer Wls made by the representatives II
the tionh Republican Committeo To with
draw the Federal troops from the state aud
leave CHAMnERLAlN to his fateit Gen. HAMPTON
would conrede the election Of the HAYES cleo
toIal tlcAet, an OFF, that was rejected. The
consequence was that United States troops were
used to prevent an organic alton Of the legally
chosen Legislature by an arbitrary and lawless
interference with the seating of members, IN
defiance Of the State Courts, and in contraven-
ton Of the rights of tho people. All this
would have been avoided. and Gov. HAMPTON
would have been put In possession Of
his office unquestoncd, II he mad permitted
his own interests, or even the hope Of rsdeeming