New-York tribune., 1878-02-06

the charges already made against the efficiency
as well as the sufliciency of the Life-Saving
Service. His assertion that the ship was sea-
worthy, however, seems to be Outweighed by
evidence to the contrary.
Last Saturdays issue of THE TRIBUNE was
exhausted at an early hour or that day. The
demand for it having continued throughout
Monday and Tuesday, we have put the plates
on the press again, and are now ready to sup
ply all orders. The Gail Hamilton letter, for
which some of the orders specially called, VIII
also be found in yesterdays SEm-WEEKLY
TRIBUNE.
Mr. COnklng has been examining his last
batch of reconciliation petitions, and finds
them all to be ground out of the same MILL
One, however, varies from the regular Jones
type with refreshing boldness. Sixty citizens
of Montgomery, in Orange County, were frank
enough to inform the Senate that they "loolled
"with contempt upon the tissue of sophlstry
"and falsehood contained in the petition, and
regarded those advocating reconciliation as
"beng nearly an equal mixture of idict and
"knave." This Mr.. Bailey, of Tennessee, re-
sented as not being respectful language"
And yet nobody had mentioned the name OF
Bailey
The hostility of the more benighted grades OF
Democratic Congressman to an educated per-
son is increased, if that person happens to be
in the service of the Government. One House
reformer wanted yesterday to cut down the
pay of one of the West Point instructors,
which seems small enough, and another wanted
; box- i'm, N .inn
ters at Government expense. Mr. Hewitt made
this last reformer angry by mildly suggesting
that the instructor had no such ratiOns now, and
that the only way to meet the reformeTs views
about quarters would be to have the Govern
ment charge him rent, as the quarters are
already there. Mr.. Hewitt even went so far as
to hint that the reformer was ignorant Of some
things. Whereupon the ref0rmer said Mr.. Hew-
lit was another, and settled the matter, OF
course.
In both branches of Congress, yesterday. the
petitions of Ncw-YOrk merchants, praying that
the Chinese Indemnity Fund be returned to
that country as the contribution of the Amer-
can people toward relieving the horrors OF the
existing famine, We're presented and referred
! 1t is much to be hoped that the sentiments ex-
pressed by Mr.. Hewitt and Mr.. Cox will prevail
in both houses There seems to be little ques-
ton thatthis million dollars does not properly be-
long to the United States, and there could
surely be no better time to return 1t
than the present 1t should be sent back in
| Justice to ourselves, and in generosity to nine
millions of starving human beings. The
restitution can hardly be made with the
condition that the money shall be applied to
this purpose but the time and the manner
of the act would have a significance which
could not fail to be gratefully appreciated
TIE memorial of the bankers Of New York,
| Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. will have
its chief weight no doubt, in its Signatures
They represent all the great financial institu-
| tions of the four principal cities OF the East
where the banking business of the continent
is centred. The debate on silver must
have travelled long way on the road to
| folly and dIshOnor, if the unanimous protest OF
| these memorialists fails to turn so much as a
single vote. That the bankers could have COM
| manded a more attentive audience Ill Congress
| had they spoken earlier seems beyond
a doubt; but even at this stage OF the
| discussion their voice would be heard, had
Congressman ears to hear. They could hardly
hear and not be convinced. The memorial
wisely considers every interest in turn, and
! shows that the workman as well as the banker
would suffer by such change; it dIsprOves,
at great length, as the newspapers have al
ready done, the charge of sureptitiOus demone-
tization; shows that to remOnetize would be TO fly
in the face of the experience of other countries
and the practice of our own; that, instead o.
double standard, we should then have
but one, and that one debased coin OF
uncertain value; that such standard
would throw us out of relations with
other nations, and cause endless mischief i'll
our domestic commerce; that the Silver
Bill would rob savings bank depositors as
well as millionaires and "inyolve the Nation
Gin almost endless confusion and loss" To
all of which the silver agitator will respond
by yelling-"Wall Street sharks"
!