New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-02-12

New indictments for perjury are TO DE
tried; this time against the president anu
secretary of the National Trust Company. IL
these officers are innocent, the form OF trlai
Is ate least such as to give them the
onnortunity to show their innocence winch
is far better for them. it they are
able to clear themselves, than methods
of suit which may be used to cover
ND the facts. 1t is, Mt all events
noteworthy that the average discrepancies be-
tween the true state of the affairs of the COM
| pany and what the officers made oath to are
small percentage, by no means comparable
TO the GORGEOUS falsity OF the insurance re-
| ports on which the officers OF the Security ana
American Popular Companies were found
| guilty.
The harmonious Democracy had little
family party In the House yesterday. Mr.
Durham, of Kentucky, asked MT. Bragg Oh
Wisconsin, not to act like demagogue, ana
Mr. Bragg said something very cutting about
ecotism later on, Mr. Durham wanted TO
know whether Mr.. Bragg meant to lnslnuate
and tpcn Mr. Bragg's denying that he meant
| TO insinuate, Mr.. Durham at once charged
upon him "grcss neglect OF duty,
| whether in refusing to insinuate or not. he
did not say. Then Mr.. Aiken, of South Caro-
lima, attacked the Appropriations Committee
| and the West Point Academy, and was sud
denly blown away by broadside from MT
| Hewitt. to which Mr.. House, of Tennessee
thereupon loudly referred as the speech OF
| demagogue SO the debate began and ended
with calling names. For party without as
sets. the Democracy find good deal to quar-
rel over
Mr.. Woods Tariff Bill is undergoing various
| operations at the hands of the Committee on
| Ways and Means. If the committees work Is
to be Judged by what is reported, it will not
help much toward putting common-sensc into
the bill. for it is said that the alterations thus
far made have been unimporant. Let us III
stance Schedule c. which is the present limit
of the committees labors. 1t says, "Hemp,
"manlla and other substitutes for hemp not
"otherwise provided for, $40 per ton; tow OF
/" flax or hemp, SIS per ton" Hemp
"yarns, cents per pound" How much hemp
can anybody suppose woud be I'M
ported at $40 per tor 7 The whole
bill is full of similar absurdities,
and now, to crown them, Mr.. Wood is stated
to have said that the duties which he pro-
poses TO put upon raw materials used IN
American manufactures were Intentionally I'M
posed His excuse is that this is necessary to
raise the required revenue. That is, having
made one series Of plumbers, it is needfnl to
make another series to counterfeit the first
The waste paper basket yawns for MIR. Woods
| taritf middle.
Although the character of the judge does not
1 e %l,.N tt.a hntnr
| il does often affect the conclusion. Especially
| when the Judge plays Rhadamanthus, it is in
| teresting to know what his own record is, and
| whether his virtue entities him to be severe
Judge Whitaker, who has been presiding
at the Returning Board trials, may not
have been unjust, but he has certain
" shown the defence no favOrs. This Judge
if he had his deserts. would not be Oh the
bench, bat in the prison not con-
yjcting criminals but breaking stone for
the benefit OF the United States. He has been
IWi.V ,-v"s''s.s~-, Oii' +I,o q n--",.,-
ment more than half million dollars. This
| is a strange Daniel come to Judgment, and a
stranger still seems to have been caught in
the jury box. Not to mention the juror said
to be under age, and the two colored men who
say they We're tricked into a verdict, one of
the twelve good men and true declared, ac
cording to General Anderson, a few days
before the trial. that the General was guilty
and ought to be hanged. A corrupt judge
and prejudiced and unqualified jurors do not
shed lustre on o verdict and it has evideltly
become necessary to try the triers.
The relations between Russia and England
could hardly be more critical. The announce
ment which the British Government made last
Friday, that five ironclads were ordered to go
to Constantinople next day, appears to have
been regarded as a direct challenge by
Prince GOrtschallOf, inasmuch as on Sunday
he informed the Powers that Russia intended
TO SEND her troops into the Turkish capital to
protect the Christians. 1t is understood in
Russia that orders have actually been sent to
the Grand Duke Nicholas to march forthwith.
The crisis is enbittered by the refusal of the
Sultan to let the British vessels advance In
England this will be construed as another
act of Russian perfidy, and unless permission
is granted we may expect to hear OF another
outburst of popular wrath. In any event. the
English war vessels are likely to advance. In
the face Of Europe, the British Government has
declared that their presence is necessary
TO protect the lives and property of its
subjects, and 1t cannot, without fOrfeiting the
last shred of dignity, admit that it meant to
defy Russia rather than to guard its own peO
Die. Russia will do well to maintain her self
command still further, but it must be conceded
that the prOvocation is very great.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
An important article in The London EcOnO-
mist on Prospects of Money for 1873"
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