New-York tribune., 1878-11-09

call our country worth voting for or working
for. much less worth dying for.
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notwithstanding it was definitely announced
apparcutly by authority, that no negotiations would
be entered into with the dcsecratOrs Of MI Stew
arts tomb looking to the restoration OF The remains
TOR a pecunary consideration, reward OIL SZ0'oOO
Is now offered for the return of the body, ana Ior
ptorration which will lead to the conviction Of the
pariics who were engaged in the Outrage, while
liberal reward will be- paid for information which
will lead TO either of these results. We supposed
from the first that This course would be taken, the
tc,uptotlou to recover the body IN any way beng
tgo great to be resisted. AT the same time 10
will not be easy for those having III
thrir pnssrs,nn the secret of its cOnceament. to
make any movement Tor its return without COM
promising themselves. he reward, we take IT, Is
offered TO those who may be able 10 discover the
remains without bciIaying any completely IN the
transaction; there is no promise OF asking no
questions; and the offer Is in iact the one oIdnarly
made when anything of great value has been lost or
stolen Whoever tiuds the bOdy must be aJlc TO
tell a straightforward story of his quest and
discovery. The danger is that sone thlrd
marty ,or go-betweon may act Us the agent of the
thieves, and pay them for giving up 30 him
what he himself may claim to have nnOceutly
resurrcctionsts could first be found and ar
rested and the remains alterward retrieved
without any suspicion Of cOndonatlon. The matter
- q very difficult one to manage, the thieves very
well knew beforehand thar il would be- The pub
ilc, while sincerely sympatmzlng with the widow
and friends of the late Mr. Stewart Will watch the
case with great interest ana will be entirely salts
fed with nothing less than the arrest and punish
ment of the guilty parties.
Perhaps the most notable feature of the election
results in this State has been the number of Demo
cratic strongholds which Republicans have cap
tured Here is Brooklyn, for instance swept clear
Of Ring Democrats except one who now claims
an election by q majority of about hfiy
votes on q queer-loOking return. But here
the Republicans had Democratic aid. For a 81
non-pure Republican triumph look at Ulster County,
a rcgIou as stodly Democratic US Kentucky, where
nv General Sharpes hard work and the dillgont cir
cnIotion of The Kingston Fre7RdR-the only docu-
mcnt used in tho campalSn-the Republicans 'of the
Ist District turned Democratic majority of
about 900 last year into larger majority the
other wav; in the whole county two Republican
members OF Assembly were elected ont of three, a
good share of the county ticket was successful and
the Democratic majority on Congressman was al
,nost ounihilated. In Albany County also. which
~ usually DCnOcGHllc, 'Helo was d Clcah sweep W
the Republicans, from Congressman down,
and Erie County, which has often gone
Democratic, and always elects some Demo-
cratic Assemblymen. elected this year Republicans
10 all the important posts, at least, The Rockland
Comfy victory where General Hustled carried IN
with HIM almost full Republican county ticket
in an overwhelmingly Democratic county, has
already provoked amused and admirng comment
everywhere The year 1878 Ought to be marked
with white mark in Republican annals.
There seems to have gathered among New-Jersey
Republicans n pretty unanimous sentiment that
Mr. c. o. Cooper, Of Morris is the proper man for
clerk of the next Assembly. The Democratic Legis-
Ioture which rcdistricted the State iniquitousy
m order to retain their party supremacy.
vas the same body which, III defiance Of
decency, seated IN Mr.. COOpeIs chair the
man whom he had defeated sQuarely and unques-
tiouably at the polls The selection OF Mr.. Cooper
for this position would not only be poetic justice but
il wonld secure to the State the services OF a man
whose character, capacity training and experience
most thoroughly qualify him for the post.
"Young men," said the late Mr.. Tilden. in his
Gramercy Park oratiOn-" young men will you
mark these wrong g-doers OF 1875 with the indigna-
ton of betrayed, wronged and sacrificed people -
And the young men. and several old meu with
them, walked sternly up to the polls on Tuesday
and marked the evildoers of 1915 by large MAORI
ties all over the Solid North.
Butler gives Massachusetts notice that he isn't
politically Dead and that he proposes to have an