New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-04

ably necessary. but men OF all parties
will hope that Senator Gordon, whose
personal reputation has been so good, VIII be
able to clear himself. AT the same time 1t
must be admitted that THE TRIBUNEs latest
disclosure respecting the South Carolina bi1-
berry puts graver complexion upon the Sena-
tors case than it wore before.
II is reassuring to be told by London ad-
minlstration journal that when the facts In
the Newfoundland fishery dispute are put
before the public the men of common sense
in both countries will soon arrive at a
friendly agreement. But it is fippant to as
sumo that because "no two well-informed
people think alike any gwen subject ="
there should be no concern at the disagree
ment between Secretary Evarts and Lord
Salisbury. II should be borne in mind IN
London that these officials represent their re-
spective nations and that such differences OF
opinion too often entail disagreeable cOmpii-
cations.
The contemplated purchase of Deiagoa Bay
by Great Britain would be in harmony with
tho foreign policy which has added the Fiji
Islands, the Transvaal territory and Cyprus
large STARE of Afghan soil, if the Ameer and
his Russian allies do not stand in the way.
The payment of T3,000,000 in these hard
times for DelagOa Bay would doubtless be de-
Tended on the ground that it is n commercial
post OF some importance, and that so long as
it remains in Portuguese bands ii may be
made base of supply by hostile nations. AS,
however the purchase has not been ratified at
Lisbon, it is probable the matter will be the
subject of further negotiation.
A staff correspondent sums up the political
situation in Connecticut in way that makes
what may be safely denominated interest
ling reading" The exertions of Senator
Barnum to secure a reelection to seat which
he seldom occupies have secured the return
of suspiciously "goOd times" in all the doubt
ful districts, money being plenty and the
prospect of Democratic gains being such as
to give great encouragement to the thOught-
full patriot The Greenback defectlOns, how
ever, are so numerous that our correspondent
finds the Democrats to have hardly more than
an even chance of carrying the Legislature,
which, in the not improbable event of a fail
ure by the people to elect, will choose State
officers. In the Congressional delegation a
Republican gain of one seems highly prOba-
bic, and another may be added to 1t.
The proposal to make gold the legal stan
dard in British India will tend still further to
disturb the monetary world, and justify the
cautious policy pursued by France and other
nations in the Latin Union. The Indian cur
rency has not been disturbed since 1885,
when the silver rupee, reckOned of the value
of As cents, or two shillings British. was made
the monetary unit. In the seven financial years
from 1870 to 1876, the new coinage alone
amounted to over $500, 1000. 000 while the State
paper currency redeemable in silver circn-
lating in 1876 was upward of $55,OO0,00O.
This large volume of currency will be at once
affected by the new project, which will even
tualy disturb the whole financial system OF
India. Until it is decided how many rupees
the sovereign is to be worth in the new coinage,
buying and selling in India will be attended
with the evils of a changeable standard.
A Republican Congressman from Kentucky
would be political miracle of the most edi-
flying kind. 1t seems that this extraordinary
manifestation is looked for with confidence as
a result of to-mOrTOw's election. In the
With District there are four candidates, and
the Republican is expected to win. He stands
for hard-money against BlantOn Duncan's
rawlings for imitation, and against two Dem
ocratic candidates of the same loose principles.
This would be gratifying, because it would be
the result largely of a stand for honest prin-
ciple, and would prove how firm the sentiment
of the whole Republican party, in States
in which it has no voice as well as
in States which it rules, has become
on this question. A sanguine prophet
declares, in our Washington dispatches, that
there may be two, and possibly even four
Republicans in the next House from Kentucky
But this is too much to hope for, and one will
serve as landmark just as well.