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New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
HlfELY REIDING.

TnE TRIBUNE has recently issued three
extras, which are in very large demand, and
viii be found during the next fortnight espc-
ciaIly useful to Republicans who wish to put
plain facts before intelligent voters. They
are:
TRIBUNE Extra No. 42-A plain and con-
yincing exposure of the real aims of the
Greenback party, together with the opinion
of eminent statesmen on irrcdeemable papci
money.
TrrRrSr Extra No. 43-Thc results Of TIE
TEErNE's scarchc, among official documents
at Washington for the gross amount Of South
crn claims, Rebel war claims, etc.
TrIBrSE Extra No. 4f-Tho cipher telc-
grams complete as far rs published,
including the ciphcrs themselves. keys,
yoca6ularic, etc, and the full stories
Of attempted bribery in Florida, South Caro-
lipa and Oregon.
Nos. ~ and 43 are furnished at 81
per hundred, or So per thousand
No. ~ Is furnished at 81 per hundred
and either will be mailed to any address post
paid ror five cents. The attention Of Cam
paign Committees is especially invited to these
documents.
In answer to many applications, THE
TRIBUNE Will also supply to newspapers
desiring it, copies of its Cipher Tcle-
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New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
TILE LEnLnN or HONOR.

In France the decorations OF the Legion of Honor
boye at times been 50 literally bestowed that they
ceased to be a desirable distinction. This berality
established class 1t Is true, but IT, was so nume-
rous that the individual member almost lost IN
II. At the fall OF Napoleon che First oi the mem-
her, of the Legion, numbering G0OO, thero We're
= 600 officers and soldiers who had won their
honor by gallantry in the field. In 1913. under
Louis Philippe, there were p, 600 members. Under
tho Empire the Legion increased to over 100000
members and numerous were the jokes which
Punch aud tho other English satirsts perpetrated
unon this lavish distribution OF the decoration At
nresent the Legion contains about 100000 NOM
bers but the present laws tend to decrease rather
thaA increase this body. The greater proportion OF
the order consists Of cheyaliers or knights Next IN
numbers come tho officers, then tho commanders,
ben the grand ocors aud lastly tho grand crosses.
The knight OF choyalier wears red ribbon at
tbe button-hoe when he is m civilians
clothes, and silyor-mounted cross when
bs is in uniform. Artists authors and IN
yentors get no pensions but must pay fees
for the right 10 wear the Insi gna Founded by Ma
nolcop when First Consul in 1902, the order has
suryiyed through all changes, social and political
IN France, and ia spto Of numerous adverse inhu-
ences has maintained It's rcspectabiity.
When bestowed upon an American the decoration
of tho Legion Of Honor is indeed distinction, be-
cause the number of our oOuntrymen obtaining Il Is
necessarily tew We have no grand crosses nor
Grand officers. Mr. Mccormick is made COM
n,auder; Professor Barnard and Ar. w. W. Story
are made officers. The other Americans decorated,
!, list of whom we published yesterday, are made
cbevaliers or knights. Messrs. G. H. Mccormick
and w. A. Wood Cnevnllors of 1867, are also pro-
NOTED 10 be officers. Particular mention should be
mado of Mr.. Tiffany, who is honored for his silver
ware of Mr.. Edison, the inventor of the phono-
Graph; of Mr.. Gray, the inventor of the telephone
of Mr.. Brewster the earriage-maker; and Of Mr..
Bridgman, the artist. These are Americans who do
not receive the ribbon er-OfciO, but as the reward
and recognition Of their personal merits.
IL was much TO the honor Of Napoleon, and not a
slight evidence Of his sagacity, that when he de
vsed the Legion Of Honor. TO take the place of tho
various ancient orders-thOse of the Holy Spirit,
Of St. Michael and st. Louis-he did not fail to
proyide for the recognition of civil rs we'll as Of
military merit. This was much when war was the
principal business Of France, and everything else
was made subsidiary to military glory. II tho
Emperor had no great love Of literature, he at
least understood the Importance or the mo
chanical arts, of science. and Of an in
telligent civil service. II no gave tho
highest places 10 his generals aud made none
generals who had not well earned their rank. he
we'll enough understood that France could not exist
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
CALL NOSES AGAIN..
sIect.

Any one % the vcnal crew acting sepa-
"rately," said Mr.. MantOn Marble in his letter
on the Electoral Commission, " could himself
" alone deliver what he deemed conclusive
" title to the Presidency. But it was not there
" and thus that Mr.. Tilden sought to compass
"tbc defeat of the Republican conspiracy.
Whatever the irish, or the less absolute integrity,
" or the more customary morals, Cf any dcUoted
"ddherent, no such transaction 1COUd he consent
"to, nor connire at, nor permit" This passage,
written and printed before any attempt had
been made to translate the cipher dispatches,
calls for a distinct explanation.
Mr.. Marble intimates unmistaEably that he
knew of corrupt practices by some of
Mr.. Tilden's "devoted adbeTents" He could
hardly have made the statement palmer if he
had SAID. in so many words, There were con-
fidcntial agents of ours at the South who
"tried to buy the Returning Boards" Who
were they9 Does he mean himself or COyle,
OF WOolley, or Smith Weed7 Are we to re-
gard these mysterious sentences as a confess
sion OF an attack Do they refer to the
proposition" forwarded by "Moscs" " "to
"hand over Tilden decision of Board and GER
" tificate of Governor for 100000" :" OF to
devoted adherent to give "vOte of one Re-
publican of Board. or his concurrence in
court action preventing electors vote
from being cast, for half hundred best
United States documents - or to the
inquiry of "Fox," MAY WOolley give
hundred thousand dollars less half for Til
Z" den additional Board member " or to the
answer of PeltOn; "Will deposit dollars
agreed" and Proposition accepted if done
"only once ~ Or did MIR. Marble, imagining
that his own transactions were too well COW
cred by the double cipher ever to be revealed,
try to hit only Smith NJ. Weed and his $780,
900 contract at Columbiaf
These are questions which ought to be
answered Mr.. Marble has made public and
voluntary statement that he was aware of
corrupt transactions by Tilden's friends or
representatives.. He should be called upon to
declare what those transactions were, and
who we're engaged in them and when ho is
compelled TO stand forth In " the keen bright
sunlight of publicity" and submit to an ex-
animation under oath. we trust that the in
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
anner 10 AopernsemenIs

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New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
THE REAL SPIRIT OF THE GREENBACK

I1hIl.
Those who contemplate joining the Green
back party will of course want to understand
its real spirit. Behind all platforms, which
are often masks, the inner spirit and purpose
of party rules and shapes its dOings. Avery
large proportion of the people in these Eastern
States are either holders of United States
bonds, directly OF through savings banks, OF
have "A great interest in institutions which de-
pend upon such bonds for sOlvency. A great
proportion of the savings banks, national
banks, life and fire insurance companies, would
inevitably fail, if there should be successful
attack upon the United States bonds; ard
while more than twO-thirds of the people OF
the Eastern States are either depOsitOrs IN
savings banks, or in these other institutions
many more hold bonds themselves. But what
is the spirit of the Greenback party toward
the bOndhOlders9 Let its own official docu-
ments answer. We quote from tract called
Meat tor Men," issued and widely circulated
by the National Committee of the Greenback
party, and from it's "ht adquarters," the FOL
lowing address to bOndhOlders:
You have ignored the rights of the people,
" YOU have turned the mislortunes OF war you
"prolonged to your great advantage and the
"people's disaster, and you deserve to have
"yOur banks broken open, your houses plum
"dered, your spoons and furniture stolen,
"your Ill-gotten gains wrested from YOU
"your possessions confscated, and your North
eastern States held as appendages to Il
United West and South, hand III hand CO.
Operating as the New America"
1t SEEMS incredible that such stuff as this
should be issued in campaign document by
the National Committee of a party which Is
even now seeking the votes of Eastern men.
But the entire paragraph, beginning on page
Q of "Meat for Men" is of the same tenor,
and the infamous document has been very
widely circulated by Greenback committees.
10 break all The savings banks, to ruin the
banks and insurance companies, and to rob
the bondholders-that is the ayOwed Object OF
a patty which will need the votes of holders
OF bonds and depOsitOrs in savings banks and
holders Of insurance policies, before 1t can
ever hope to rise above scattering" in any
Eastern State.
Who hate tn, holders of United States
bond,2 Those who tried TO destroy the Union
and failed. Who caused the failure Those
who loaned their money to the Gov
crnment and took its bonds. The hatred is
perfectly natural-lor traitors. Is it natural
for any other class of citlzcns1
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

as a military nation only, tough the artor CT con-
quest sometimes made him forget his best wishom'
The distinctions which come TO our american
citizens have no stain of blood upon them. IESy
speak of the victories of peace mot less renowned
than those of war; of the trIumphs Of mind
over matter; of contributions TO the useful
as well as the artistic resources Of the time Our
chevalers have set no squadrOns Ia the field their
glory is not the glory OF seges won. of campaigns
successful, Of territories gained by the sword.
Their competitions have beeu those Of industry OF
thought, of patient invention. They have sought
to promote the happiness and the comfort not the
misery and destruction, of mankind. In capital
which has been more than once invaded, ana
which has sent forth enormous armies 10
occupy the capitals of other countries, our
Americans carried the products Of peaceful industry
and found them honored The titles of military or
Ranization were borrowed to be bestowed upon
these innocent vctors. To their short roll must be
added the longer one of Americans who have re-
ceYed medals OF honorable mention. Happy IS
nation wise and honorable enough to encourage such
competitions, and happy those who successfully en-
gago in them.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
NEE. YORK IN CONGRESs.

1t cannot be said that the Democratic nomi-
nations for Congress in this region reflect
honor upon tue party. But that is not the
worst. These nominations are discreditable
to the chief commercial city of the country,
and involve, If approved by the voters, a
surrender of Its vast business interests and
of the precedence in legislation to which
such city is fairly entitled. 1t is notorious
fact that for years the splendid concentration
of enterprise and intellect, wealth and COM
mercial power, seen in the cities of New York,
Brooklyn, Jersey City and their suburbs. has
been most pItifully and contempiby repre-
sented in Congress. In the Senate it has
been compelled to look for representation Of
itS interests to Messrs. Conklrng, Herman and
Fenton. from other parts Of the State. In the
House it has been almost voiceless and power
less, and the few members of marked ability
and high character who have at times
tried to give dignity and usefulness
to its delegation have usually been
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

FoRE1GN.-Renewed hostilities are expected in
South Africa - Twenty British cotton COM
panies report losses during the past quarter -=
Robert Duncan Wilmot has been appointed MIN
lister without portfolio In Canada. -- Mr.
Grettons Isonomy won the Cambridgeshre
stakes at Newmarket yesterday. - The whole
italian Cabinet has resigned. go The British
Chancellor of the Excbequer intlmates that there
may be a renewal of war on account Of Turkey.
DoMEsIIC.-The St. Louis GlO6eDemo0at says
that Mr.. Tilden is engaged to be married to a ST.
Louis belle =- The Cotton Exchange of Mem
phis has decided TO resume business. == A
stone was thrown at Speaker Randall at a
political meeting yesterday. narrowly missing him.
80 The Government estimates for the next
wear will be based upon last Winters appropria-
tions. - General Woodford spoke at Elmira
last evening. - The project of a new line of
steamers TO run in the interest of Chicago, in
n direct gram and cattle trade with England, is
being agitated in Chicago. - The Chairman Of
the Ulster County O.. " Greenback Committee
charges all the candidates of the party with
IeacheFy
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The combination ticket
against Tammany was completed yesterday. ==
Dodd. Brown g. Co.. who failed in st. LOUIS, owe
Hew-York merchants nearly $75O,OOO. == The
great Catholic fair at the Cathedral was opened
- W. W. AStOI H. II. otIduaIl, III l. l.
HAYES and others were nominated by the Repub-
Icans for the Assembly. == Counsel for the
contestant in the Vanderbilt will case asked for
more time. 60 Essex County IN. j. Re
publicans nominated a county ticket. ==
Smith N. Weed made q partial denial in
regard to the cipher dispatches. == Three
women at Bath are accused of the murder Of Mrs.
William Is. Cooper. == Gold 1009le 1O0l2 1902
Gold value of the lega-tender dollar at the close
9961o cents. Stocks were generally dull and lower
butrecovered and closed feverish and irregular.
THE WEAIHER. .-TRBUNE local observations indl-
cate cloudy and rainy weather, with little change
in temperature. Thermometer yesterday, $50, CO.
B8o
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

There can be no excuse for building an insecure
arch. Although 1t is not always easy to ascertain
just how great load given structure Will bear,
1t is centuries since the essential principles OF the
arch became sufficiently we'll understood to make
the building of ordinary spans comparatively easy.
Given a solid foundation, proper material and the
length or the chord at the base of the arch, and it
requires no great skill in engineering to determine
what the shape and thickness Of structure should
be in order to support itself and the load that is to
be placed upon it. If it falls there must have
been bad engineering bad construction, or bad
material There will be no difficulty in DIS
covering the FAULT in the arch at Forty
second-st. and FiIst-aye. which fell second
time on Sunday morning. Its insecurity was
notorious, and had been noticed even by per
sons who were not experts, and it's certain fall had
been predicted by civil engineers several days be-
fore it occurred. 1t is a disgrace TO the Depart
ment OF Public Works and to the city, that after
one fatal accident. the cause of which it was easy
enough to discover the engineer and contractor
should have been allowed TO go on with their work
without correcting former mistakes. After this
second warning lot the proper authorities see to 1t
that the work IS not patched up again. and that
man-trap is not left on East Forty-second-st. in
which more lives will be lost.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
POLITICAL NOTES,

The Ark will be turned into a coparceny coffin.
Last words Of Pelton; "oh my prophetic soul.
my NuncleP p
Mr. Havemeyer Is more Suspicious and has better
hearing than MIR. TIlden.
Has Mr.. Potter resigned from tho Mud Diggers'
Committee Us we'll as from Congressf
The Democratic editor yslls for proof on the
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

An cmbezzler is no less u criminal because hIs
friends coutriyc to scratch together money enough
I'D enable him to make restitution. Prosecuting
Attorney Barbour, Of Hartford, Conn, seems to
think SO. Thomas Brlknap, late of the High School
Committee Of that city, having stolen $4,000 Of
the school money Intrusted TO him, near relative,
after Belkuals arrest, wa, kind enough to pay the
amount necessary 10 make his account good. He
expected of course to be- discharged and SO he was
iur "A short time; but the attorney has caused
a, rra.rus., tad declared his purpose OF lndicting
and trying iIIu. The lact OF restitution may prop
.rly enough be considered in determining the SEN
tru,o after conylcuon, but it does not afeot the
character OF the crime itself. The least plunderer
can do is to give up his booty THIS consideration Is
more important, because combinations Of felony
have become altogether too common or course. 1t Is
for the interest of person who has been robbed to
yet his money back but 10 equally for the interest
of the pub c that the wrong dOer should not escape
the consequences of his misdeeds and public must
rlways be considered before private interests. The
No questions asked plan has worked a great deal
of M schief and the management of criminal cases
bypriyato detectives has given to several Of the
worst scandals Of the day.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

The ticket for city offices which was framed
by the Republican Committee has been ac-
cepted by the Conference Committees of the
Anu-Tammany Democrats, and the fusion
of all elements of opposition TO Tam
many is now complete. 1t has been ac-
complished with much less friction than
was anticipated, and it has produced
a ticket of much better character than is
usually to be expected from a combination of
several parties against one. Now it only re-
mains to be seen whether the union
is to be as hearty and thorough as
the hopes Of many are inclined to
make it appear. This will depend
on the good faith of each party to the COM
bination, and on the firmneSs with which all
conflicting interests are subOrdinated to the
general aim. If these requirements are full
filed, the work of yesterday will doubt
less have secured to the people of
the city the election of a good ticket
including an unoxceptionable Mayor in
the person of Mr.. Cooper, and an excellent
District-Attorney in the present incumbent of
that office. Mr. Cooper's name at the head of
the ticket will undoubtedly give it much
strength. He has large local interests, and
possesses an unblemished reputation; and
every intelligent citizen knows that no would
exert himself to secure a busincss-like munich
pal administration.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

The British Board Of Trade returns for Septem-
Der s. continued decline in the commerce of
the United Kingdom, greater than can be ac-
counted for by any decline in prices that has
taken place within the last year. The falling of IN
the value of exports during the first nine months Of
the present year. when compared with those Of
1877, has been nearly $15,O0O,0O0, and more than
$50, 100000 since 1875. The decline in the value
ot imports in year is even greater, beng $i9,-
100000. The continued depression of business
ia Great Britain, aud tine tear that the
worst has not yet been realized, cause
great dIscouragement to British merchants and
manufacturers. The Government, too, finds its
.eyenues fLlng of at the very time when it Is in
curing extraordinary expenses and the hope ex-
pressed by olr stafford NOrthCOte III his speech at
Birmingham on Friday night. that it would not be
necessary to put increased burdens of taxation upon
the people, sounds very much like whisting to keep
up courage The hnauci bubble burst IN Great
Britain two years later than in the United States,
and It now LOOKS though at least two years
in advance Of in the recovery. The daily list of
failures in London and Glasgow certainly Is not n
very encouraging s.gu for the revival of business in
Great Britain.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

terrogatories on this point will be searching
and relentless
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

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New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

The suffrage ladies Of Massachusetts, are appa-
rently suffering from IN embarrassment of riches.
The Republican candidate Tor Governor, Mr.. Talbot,
thinks that women shOuIt vote, and gives his money
IN .urport fLe cause. bo tHneul Hall Democratic
Platform covers woman suffrage by language
which il not capable of evasion" General Butler
nominated by the National party and the Worcester
Democratic Convention, has been for years an
ayowcd friend Of woman suffrage" The Prohi-
hilton party, which nominated DR.. Miner,
admitted thirty women delegates to its State Con-
yeuti0n. Under these circumstances 1t is admitted
by The ladies that men who favor their cause may
vote for whichever Of the candidates for Governor
they please There isn't any more reason for voting
for ono than another far as the question Of
suffrage Is concerned. Hence it is also the opinion
of the ladies' that n strong effort should bo made to
carry the Legislature, Good men of all parties are
TO bo appealed to for the sake of their wives
mothers sisters and daughters, taxed without
representation and governed without consent"
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23

Friday next has been set apart by the Woman's
National Christian Temperance Union as day OF
prayer for success in the work to which the assoca
ton has addressed itself On Wednesday, NOvem-
Dor g. tho fourth annual meeting of the Union
will be held in Baltimore, TO continue four days
The good women who are at the head Of this move
ment seem TO be thoroughly in earnest, and then
association has become in fact. what is in name
n National Union.
New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
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