New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-26

mon her service but had hoped the breed was extine1
Is possible fresh litter has come 9En .Se to he p
poses ofthe President am not discussing DIS , ~
but his acts @ r tnI 6 ne snSs eSsnsp It
is not for me 10 dispute him. But II Is or me 70 say t
he has Offended both RepubneanSh aw no nnded them
Perhaps had Mr. Tilden been made Presdent events n
you'd have ts sp'S asS tn M na%p
ton would have been Governor r1,n 60 ~ lar t the
offence would have been precisely the same But that
would have been an offence. not og9s. NJ, ri
would have decided perhaps that Hampton and Nichols
were chosen Governors OF those states ano tnat 80
they ought 10 be recognized aud even not So since ne
had jurisdiction Of tine question, the world would nave
acgncsced In bis decision. ,.,..e, an,
but President Hayes made such decision. ana
does NOS mako 1t to-day. Mr.. filden would nave ,x,
cuded Packard and Chamberlain because ne aeeusu
because their election was disputed. Tie former would
have given erroneous Judg ana "0nia tnu ,h
Judgment to tho ro clubs 10 those otates-et the 10
make the decision which the Constitution ana he cot
bss nermtted proclamation 10 made in his name, that
when the rife clubs choose TO take the field III behalf OF
ticket that 1t necessary for them TO elect teh
ticket but only dispute the election OF the other;
The President cannot deny the title OF Governor PICK
ard and defend his lie cannot permit Packard 20
be ousted because he not elected and retain inc
Presidency HIMSELF because INC Great OoiliiS a.
NOT own my farm cannot honestly Keep possession Of IT,
although it be awarded to you by the Judgment OF the
And after ali this prolonged effort at pacifcation, this
outpOuring OF concession ana good Will the angel OF
he presIent sends the dove out tho angry foods
ANA night after light The bird returns weary and leaes
THE OUTRAGE OF TRYING ANDERSON.
In these very days, that government which rules
louisiana which was born OF Presidential grace, aud
not OF popular choice slDazed It's naratitude by an
act not less insulting 10 the President than atrocous III
Itself II has dared to accuse, Try, aud convict mem
her OF the state Board OF Canvassers OF the crime OF
forging the election nturns Of Vernon Parish for 1876
Remember sir do not complain because Anderson was
tried political offence II he IS guilty OF the oece
charged have not syllable 10 urge IN his DEFENCE
The point make against the government OF Louisiana
il ttat II prosecuted, not IN the name OF public
Justice, but Of partisan malice; mat ~ p TVS
ecued man guitless OF the offence alleged against hllh
and known 20 be gutess Anderson ls-t1e Vicuh' hOl
Of mistake, but OF malice; not OF personal but 81 pa
san malice He was prosecuted by that same fell spirit
of party which prompted Georgia forty years ago TO
offer $1,000 for the privilege OF prosecuting Grtson,
and which twenty years ago made South Carolina cap
her hands a; the whipping OF sumner Anderson s9nGs
convicted in "A court commissioner Dy 1oFefbof -,iSn
oils VINO In turn stands practically commissioned by
President Hayes Sir, have tried that case myself
propose TO make brief statement OF II 10 ths gand lh-
uuest and shall be curious to IT, IN this body there
can be found one man bold enough to affirm Anders0hs
guilt.
Mr. Howe then related the story OF the Vernon Parish
return in which the Republican vote was promulgated
s 1870 or I7s more than the vote actually returned and
the Democratic vote at 400 178 less than The original
return lie told about Littlefelds coming to Washing
ton with a story that he lad altered the return by
order Of j. Madison Wells, aud that he had been tod
the Treasury would pay 100000 for IT, ETC. Mr. Howe
denounced the story OF Liteheld as monstrous lie,
and pointed ont that II had secured the respect OF
neither the majority the minority OF the senate IN
yestigatng committee. He reviewed the weak points
OF the story at length showing the improOaDy OF Inc
whole fable. lie continued:
Andorsons conviction has been reversed by the sli,
preIne Court OF The Stale. have not seen the teAt ol
the opinion given by that Court nut understanu me
held return irOu4 efhon Parish
was not u record within the meaning o. tln Loasldbd
tie Judgment either as evidence that Anderson was IA.
nocent that he WAS known 70 be Innocent; rest
had no moro TO DO VITA altering the return from Vernon
Parish thu any man who died last century.
WHITAKER.
believe the Lisict Court outraged The body OF truth
10 procure a conviction. II anything can add to the
ghnsness Of this satire upon justice expect this addi-
uon will be supplied BY the answer to the pending reso
ntlon Unless an msinforned, that answer vii! show
that w. r. Whitaker upon the bench while Anderson
stood IN the criminal dock; that Whitaker denied ban 70
Anderson that Whitaker pcrced himself on LJtleieds
lie and Anderson 10 the pentenilay that hthsr
by the grace Of Andrew Johnson was i0rnlery
Of t,e United sGs at 10 ,S
Government ~ the sum OF more than nall million OF
dollars when he sent Anderson to PRISON. mat Whltta-
ler had been under indictment FOR that heavy embez-
Element, but that on the 18Th oi Alfu iast JUST as
had the indictment against Whit hor was mole prCsd,
and be was permitted 20 send Anderson to tlo penlten'
tiarl, where ne ought 20 W. Hhi9tiA'
Should these facts appear fancy the farce VIII be
complete Then we shall sec the Returning Board OF
tie Legislature which save judgment Qt GQfeIoE fGih
ard We shall see President Hayes taxing ms hish ONCE
mission 10 New-Orieans 20 aecGy I'M Les!..,4s mi
tho support OK Packard az the state House 70 tue service
OF Nichols at Odd Fellows Hall We snail see
HIN IN the maine OF Cancellation withdraw the National
from the protection OF the lMiu GoVernheh
of Louisiana We shah see him ssnai toe advance OF
Nichols az tue head OF ~ msurgent force We sbau
500 Whitaker, cieanscd from his cmneLLcment Il, tnc
crmiue thrpned du0u the Judgment seat equipped WIN
Lit. fields tipud lie hrg CHAINS upon those uluer
When that i.rce Is unrocd before the president,
think be VIII Oe able to understand that tho millennium
ciiato the south, he Will have 20 set up and 40 some
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
or tho Civil Service, of It's abuse and lis REFORM have
but little TO say The dea has been widely disseminated
that the President struggng to reform the Civil
Service and that Republican Senators and Representa-
lives were eEdcavorng to defeat that roicrm friend
wrote me days since, from Wisconsin, saying that
he regretted to see the Republican Senator'S
opposing the reform OF the Ciyil Service" An
Statesman from Kentucky recently made
pilgrimage to Boston In the interest OK civil Service re-
form. There ia sight OK mat great monument when
marks the spot where immaculate vaIor ded Tor I'M
mortal truth, he dared TO say thc cause OF reform ID
the hands If brave will not be put down or defeated
by.the SCOTS and derision OF Its enemies" asked nay
friend to tell NE what those reforms we're when inc
must that lie did not know"
Ia spite OF al ms VOc4elous Ptatc apo9t IeIornl oi
the Ciyil Service, no mas formulated Il, no man
has defined it, | do not know what they mean
by it, The President did issue an order t0rblddiug
those employed IN the Civil Service from acting on pOt
cal committees in political conventions. Is tha what
is meant 10y reform OF the CIVIL services II So the ffes
dent has already abandoned H. or am msinOrned or
il ne sull believes tuat means reform, he Is tne
only man in the Uuted States who does believe u.
That il not reform. That tyrnuy-tyrgnny which no
preaece OF his attempted and no successor win
venture initiate. Undoubtedly the first obligation OF
public officer to discharge his official duties. II he
neslUCs to do that he 0usAt u De removed. BuN no
dora that then President who removes him because
no attends political rUsOuJ mectiug, or because he
acts upon political committee, II trustee OF church,
the pONe OF removal moi - Regulate the official
conduct the Incumbent but To control lis personal
conduct. That Is tyranny 10 matter by whom practccd
WAS IndusrIOusy advertised that public officers
shoud not DO rumoyed Gurlng mir OeaL tcrns with