New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-18

interest; but the quarrel between the members
of the committee, which grows out of an ar
dent desire on the part of each political party
to shield its representatives, Is growing monot-
onous. There seems to be quite as much
politics in the committee as in the witness.
The withdrawal of Edward Cooper, James
DAILY, H. O. Thompson, Deputy Commls-
soner of Public Works, and ex-senator
Hugh II. Moore from membership in the
Tammany Hall General Committee. ard the
probability that Others of like influence will
follow, are significant facts. Mr. John Kelly
seems to have devoted himself during the past
year and half to quarrelling with the best men
in his organization, with the very men whose
connection with Tammany Hall made it re-
spectacle, and gave TO his apparent effort to raise
the character of tho Democratic organization
a look of eanestDess and a promise Of sue
cess Among these men Mr.. Cooper was fore
most, and yet this year he was compelled to
force his way into the State Convention as
the head of a cOntrsting delegation, willie MIR.
Olney the only representative OF this class
whom Mr.. Kelly allowed to go as delegate,
was fiercely bissed bv the Tammany Hall del
egation for his solitary vote for Bigel0w Mr..
Kelly evidently has the faculty of reinforcing
his opponents and they could not ask him to
do more than he has done to organize his own
defeat.
Reading the majority report of the Silver
Commission is like looking at land objects
through an astronomers telescope; it gives
view of things upside down. The commercial
panics and industrial distresses throughout the
world since 1873, are traced in this report to
the decrease of metallic supplies from the
"mines, and consequently the decrease of
metallic money relatively to population and
e" commerce." With such a basis of argument,
it is cutie natural TO insist on the re-
mOnetization OF silver. We are gravely
informed that resumption Of specie pay
ments is impossible while gold is the
standard, but great disaster and loss must
follow on fruitless attempt to resume.
Whereas, on the contrary, numerous and plen-
tful blessings will pour into our laps II silver
is remonetized. A dreamy consciousness that
the facts as generally accepted do not
boar out their assumptions, seems to have
foated across the minds of the Com
mission, and the opinion is ventured
that "the total quantities (Of gold in the
western World are much exaggerated In the
average estimates of statistcians." 1t is EVIL
dent that entire new sets of facts and figures
will have to be created, as to the finances of
the world in general, before taking steps to
usher in the silver millennium.
When the Russians crossed the Armenian
frontier, last April. they lift n force before
Kars, while the main army proceeded south
ward in the direction of the SOghanlu Noun
tans and Erzerum. This movement compelled
Mukhtar Pasha to leave Kars, and protect his COM
mmicatons with Erzerum by holding = positi on
at the Soghanlu Mountains. Here he repdlsed
the Russians, compelled them to retreat north
ward, and likewise abandon the siege Of Kars
Encouraged by his success, Mukhtar, followed
up the Russians, and determined to prevent
them from repeating the former move
ment by barring the way to ETzerum. He
posted his forces at Vezinkoi, five miles east
of Kars, occupying strong position which he
fortified with entertainments. The Russians
retreated to the historic field of KuruI- dara
| (about twelve miles northeast of Kars).
Mukhtar thereupon spread his army over
tho whole faLk of the range of noun
tains, which runs from Kars Ivy Vein
koi, eastward to a point half way to the Rus
sian frontier at AlexandrOpol, from which to
the latter place level plain extends, with a
well-known road. The Russians met this
strategy by counter movements, designed to
keep the Ottoman forces distributed until their
own army was sufficiently strong to renew the
conflict. The rout of the Ottoman force on
Monday was the elimination of this
plan of campaign. Attacked at vul-
nerable points, Mukhtar could not resist
the Russian onslaught, and retired with the
remnant of his army within the defences of
Kars Had this victory been won early in the
campaign, the Russians would probably be
now in Kars. As it is, the season is too adj
vanced for them to reap the full fruits OF
their triumph.