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New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
PUBLIC OPINION.

It does not seem probable that Senator Mat.
thews and Secretary sherman will he brought TO trial
louisiana Cincinnati Commercial tlndJ
There is nothing to be done by cheap words; !;
it is desperate fight between the North trying to keep
II IL can II so hardly won, and the South trying TO
steal back by stratagem what 1t fairly lost by the sword
-fRutland Herald (Rep.j
IF altering election returns is not a forgery
In Louisiana, II ought 10 be- Laws to suit carpetbag
times must be made, that in future, at least, the
crime can be punished, might just rs well give Up
the elective system faure.-INew-Hayen Register
Dem.)
The process of contraction has rln its course.
II the Treasury to do anything 10 prepare for
resumption il viii be TO sell bonds for coin The reserves
OF the banks In legal tenders and certificates become
equivalent coin whenever the Treasury Re-
sumption upon us, almost fact plishcd, and 1t
should be the starting point TO new prospery.-Utca
Herald tRep)
Secretary Schurz "estimates" that $1,000.
900 has been lost 10 the Government In the past twenty
years through timber depredaOns. As II unfortunately
happens that Mr. ScAurzs estimates" generally turn
out very much like his reforms, perhaps it would be Just
well for him TO trOt out the gUres before asking he
country swallow this yarn NJ l. Commercial AdVer'
tser (ReD.)
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21

not attempt to deny the genuneness OF the claims,
it merely blnnders INTO an attack on the S'upiaSy
of the claimants in coming forward now' .hi' %
the most alarming view OF the whole ques.non, o 40
THE TpIRrrNr has already urged. This $150.O0O,-
600 has been asked for in spite of the partys
strongest efforts to keep all requests IN
till Democratic power is secured. II th,s d u'y tbare
Oozes through the closed gates, what hooo 'n0'0
Will be when the gates are lifted
Buckner has had lucid interval OF suhiceht
length TO enable him to remark that Secretary sher
man is entirely right in refusing to pay out SILVER
except in exchange for gold since, If he did other
wise, he would only encourage wholesale SILVER
speculation The Western silver agitators would 40
well TO follow Buckners exampleand rest from their
perpetual clamor for vote Of lack OF conndence IN
Mr. sherman, The country has already agreed that
is has total lack of confidence in the present Con-
gress and a censure OF the Secretary by that Dody
would be interpreted as first-class lrdOrSemeht'
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITR.

From the came anonymous source from when
1000 have already come to us for the beneiit OF
the suffering poor in this city, the following letter
was received few DAYS ago:
DEAR SIR: am not rich far from It Dut
yolr appeal in tpdays TRIBUNE has stirred my heart TO
send you my mite help relieve the starving Chnese
incose check to for $500 for that purpose DeeV,
MS you saw the lime has come 10 teach Christianity as
Christ taught IT, Should not trouble you II knew where
en- send Yorrs etc A FRIEND OF HUMANITY.
DaRbury, March 10, 1873.
We have forwarded the $500 inclosed with the
above. TO A. A. Low, 81 Burling-slip, New-York,
who has already taken an active part in endeavor-
ing TO secure American aid for the suffering Chinese
and through whom we are sure that contributions
from any quarter will be safely and speedily con-
vowed to the scene of greatest suffering.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21

the course of the past lawsuits on this sub
ject can Judge of the entertainment to winch
Mr.. Thurman invites the Government.
And, finally, as is usual in efforts at
oyerreaching. Mr.. Thurman's scheme defeats
itself. 1t elaborately provides sinking fund
for the security of the Government, which,
after all, proves q sinking fund solely TOR
the security of the first mortgage bond
holders until their liens have been satisfied
Mr. Matthews, on the other hand, provides
sinking fund which passes into the absolute
possession and ownership of the Government,
and actually pays the debt.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
ynoes 10 Advertisements.

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New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGY-It is expected that the European Con-
press will meet April 2. Typhus is raging
among Russian troops in Asia. - The Haytian
revolt has been queled. - In Cuba, Spanish au-
thority has been fully restored as far as olguin.
DoMRsTlC-The statement of Secretary Sherman
70 The Senate Finance Committee is given to the
public to-day. - A Senator of long experience
says that, if he a business man, he would act
rs though the Tariff and Resumption Repeal Bills
would not pass. - Tie annual report of the SOL
diers' homes of the country shows that 5000 men
were cared for during the year. - Consul Beau-
champ, at Cologne, has been removed. -
committee OF Congress is discussing the
subiect of having the Treasury report upon
the standing OF the several banks to those
inquiring privately, as a means of protec-
tion to depositoTs. - Governor Il. L. Prescott. OF
New-Hampshire. has plurality of 1.514, and a
majority of 941. - The New-York Senate passed
the bill in reference to site for additional State
prison: the Assembly. IN Committee of the Whole
debated the bill for the protection OF life insurance
policy-Lolders. - James Graham has confessed
the murder of Armstrong, at Camden, n. j.; Hun
ter who was arrested some time ago, hired him to
commit the crime.
CoNGREss.-In the Senate yesterday. the Timber
Culture Bill was passed after brief debate; Mr..
Mitchell spoke in behalf of the Sinking Fund Bill
of timber depredatOns was again discussed by Mr.
Teller Mr. Dawes and others, without action OH the
bill. - In the House, bill in regard TO adyer-
tiSng for mall contracts was passed, being first
amended on motion of Mr. Hale, so as TO forbid sub
letting of contracts the Deficiency Bill was passed;
Nr Cox made remarks in regard to the pay of work
men at the Navy Yards which caused other mem
bcrs to accuse him OF demagogism; Mr.. Bount, OF
Georgia, spoke of the falling of in the revenues,
and this led to a short discussion of the proposed
tariff revision.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Goethe Club gave
reception to Bayard Taylor yesterday. &C
James McHcnry began new suit against
Erie. - John A. Grow tried on
a charge of drawing unclaimed interest
fraudulcntly. - The coal companies raised
the price of coal 81 More testimony was given
about Commodore Vanderbt's eccentricities. 80
The Board of Education discussed committee
reports. - People in tho vicinity of
East TLirty-eighth-st. were excited by re-
ports of the appearance of ghost. -
Expelled Brooklyn Democrats declared themselves
the regular County Committee. == Cold 1Oi1s
1O1ls, 1O1ls Gold value of the egal-tendcr dol
lar at the close. 9Solo cents. Stocks active and
higher closing buOyant.
The WEATHER.-TRIBUNE local observations in
dcate fair weather with occasional clouds. Their
mometer yesterday, 42o, 47o, 39'
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
YALE At TIE SENECA LAKE REGATTA

JULIAN KENsEDY TO REPRESENT The COLLEGE IN
THE SINGLE sCULL RACE-TALK OF SENDING
CREWS.
lFRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or THE rRInUSEl
NEw-HAyEN, March 19.--A boating meeting
was held last night to take into consideration whehee
or not Yale should send to the regatta which 70
be held at Lake during the latter part OF next
MAY by tho National Association. Tho association VIII
send at its own expense, the fouroar crew the pair
oar and tho single sculler successful IN this race
to England to row IN tho international amateur
race next Summer. Tho officers OF the association
have invited Yale TO send to this regatta ana
full representation Of the university proceeded TO deo
crate on the matter. The object OF tho meeting Wax
stated and President Hite suggested that the matter
should not be acted preciptacly; the navy, uhior
tunatey, was still in debt aud 1t was found necessary
to practice the most rigid economy In order to get aohs
In fact he sad matters had 10 the point at when
T. was necessary either reduce expenses or TO give up
rowing altogether As this matter would involve DO NV
lie expense t should receive very careful oonsner'
ton The officers OF the club said 1t woua 70
ouite impossible TO send UNDERGRADUATE crews
ut any rate. ana n crews were sent at AZ. a.
.ey must como frcm the graduates. Whether the PDs
deplia f1ur-the mention of which called forth hearty
appauss-could be brought together was not known
Bat in regard to tho single senll Kennedy had hesn
heard nom, and ho would bo glad to so: Norhwe.sr
ern Boat Club was trying to engage him 10 ss stvsss
woa nrecr tor to represent YaS II tho college would send
him. Captain Cook had also been heard from anu m Was
anxious tho college should send Kennedy who ne wa
sure would win the II suggested that a,, ,,
subscriptions could be raised outside of the +. "a
versity funds, and 1t was then unanimously 'o'''
send Kennedy. -- ssomsN
Julian Kennedy was q graduate OF 1879, shenss ,nn
Scientific School, and his boating record is wei kn"m
Ho 10 now superintendent Of the iron works AZ
town. Ohio, but keeps himself constantly In ~ hs
The meeting was adjourned until Saturday. ana y, INA
meantime efforts will DO made to provide for senanI nS
other crews II the graduates Of the college ars Alto
to bear tho expense Of sending the crews, - - NV
gether improbable that something may 10 DONE
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
TOO GREAT FOR PARTISAN TREATMENT.

THE NEw-YoRK TRIDUNE furnishes a list,
by title Of the bills and petitions now pending IN Con-
gle-s asking for appropriations for Southern Improve.
,ucnts End 10 compens the South losses sustained
durlng the war. The claims for indirect damages 20
property public and private are purposey left eank IN
oss than 900 covered by the papers herein
referred to. The Sl5o.O0O,0O0 now before Congress
gates were oncc opened. National Indebtedness would
outcome TO extent impossible nov TO predict
and then wOuld follow q corresponding decrease In
credit The inevitable result OF This dem0raizng nan-
cal assault would DO tho bankruptcy OF the Nation.
This is no longer partisan subject Party lines dwarf
before the possibility of such disaster Aside FROM tho
ouosuons OF how, by whom, Why these demands are
made looms up the vital inquiry . Can the Nation
assume so gigantic a debt aud YET llyel
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
POLITICAL NOTES.

Polk thought he was Doorkeepcr Of tho Treasury
The Anderson case will not constitute Demo-
cratic lever to Olst Hayes.
The Claim Agency party is afraid the anti-conclli
alton spirit viii ruin It's business
II looks as il the Government would fail to sell
enough 90-cent dollars for 102 cents to enable ii
pay the pubic deDi.
Mr Iialstcad continues to be unhappy about the
MOTTO ia God we trlstp on the 0G-ccnt dollar of
his choice. 1t looks like bad case of remorsc.
Mr. Wood is still at work revising that Tariff Lill
and tho industrial portion Of tho public is also at
wnrl, cursng Mr. Wood. At the end, the House
will do the revising. and Mr. Wood the cursing.
Presidential candidates for tho National party are
appearing here and there, but the right do not
seem to have been hit upon. Tho only appropriate
ticket would be Davis and Parker the Illinois SEN
ator and the New-Jersey Governor. There woud
be weight in that combination
Louisiana ought to be permitted to drop out of
National politics for q season now. There has been
perpetual Louisiana case for the last ton years
or more and it has been an unsavory ono all the
time The President can stir it up again by appoint
ing the wrong man for Collector but that seems to
be the only immediate danger of a fresh outbreak
Polk now looms up as sectional issue. All the
Northern Investigators want to abolish him, re-
pudiale his work, and turn over the bookkeeping
with its elastic emoumeDts to the illusrions Thonp-
son, Of Ohio while the minority, all Of whom rep
sescnt constituencies IN the Sunny South, can see
10 reason why he shouldn't be vindicated and set
mp once in business as u lobbyist and salary
uroker. They could hardly solidify on worse lot.
General Garfield has sent letter of thanks to
the business men of Cleveland, who commended his
course on the financial question. In his letter he
makes this cheering prediction: "The extreme
men who are not content with the legislation al
ready adopted, seeking to increase the vol
ume of our paper currency l hope aud believe it
will be possible successfully to resist this most seri
Gus assault upon the National honor and the busi-
ness prosperity Of the country"
The Democratic bewildcrment on the Southern
claim question is curious study. Tho party does
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
THE GoTERYNEYT RIILROAD BARGAIys.

TIE GOTERNNENT RiILR0AD BdRGAINS.
The speech of Mr.. Stanley Matthews on
the proposcd settlements with the Pacific
Railroads. is fine example of the
old and better style Of Senatorial discus
sion. 1t involved genuine debate, and
n debate dependent for its inter
est, not on pungent personalities, but
on the keen encounter of trained intcllccts
in the discussion of the highest questions of
constitutional right, legal Interpretation, and
sound business policy. In such an
encounter those familiar with Mr..
Matthew's high reputation at the Ohio
bar will not need the proof of this
speech to assure them that he was
more than match for Mr.. Thurman,
and. indeed, more than match for Mr..
Thurman and Nj. Hoar combined. This
will be all the more gratifying to them,
since it shows Mr.. Matthews relieved
from the unfortunate cntanglements of the
late political campaign, and asserting again
with incontroycrtible logic the sanctiy OF vested
rights.
The subjects involved in this discussion are
too large for hasty treatment But among
the points which Mr. Matthews has specially
brought ont, and made so clear that it does
not seem that they can be successfully dis
puted are these:
The settlements with the Pacific Railroads
can only he wisely considered on pure business
grounds. Whoever undertakes TO dispose
Of them, either according to his prcju-
dices, or according to the bargains he wishes
the Government had made, instead Of the bar
gains it did make, viii merely find himself
dovising fresh defeat and increased COM
plication. Purely "a a business question,
Is it best for the Government to make some
sort OF a settlement when it can, or TO let the
whole subject drift, rs mt present. with the
decisions in the courts uniformly against il
A bargain is n bargain-and the Govern
ment has no more right than private indi-
vidual to break it because it now thinks il
was not good bargain. We are
holding that the Fisheries Award must
be paid, not because We think the award a
Just one, but because we agreed beforehand TO
be bound by it. We have all been
arguing that the Government bonds
should be paid in gold, not because the terms
of the bond actually required gold any
more than silver, but only because
that was the understanding Of the
bargain at the time. With what
face can VIC demand the payment Of the Fisher
les award, or defend our ground as to the Gov
eminent bonds, and yet claim tho right to break
our bargains with these railroad corporations as
interpreted by our own highest courts Mr.. Mat
thews terscly states the common sense of this
subject in one of his running replies to Mr.. Hoar
81 deny utterly the power of Congress to de-
" clare that debt not due is due, and to
"makc the debtor pay it before 1t is payable"
Mr.. Thurman's effort to break the
bargain and force better terms could
only result as such efforts always do
in defeating its own purpose. The
bill advocated by Mr.. Matthews means a set
hement. The bill advocated by Mr.. Thurman
merely means more lawsuits. Whoever studies
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
DEMOCRATIC CLAIuS TO CONFIDENCE.


What is the Democratic party doing to en-
title it to public confidence and future sue
cess2 Certainly ii is fair to ask. The party
has been tried, in full control of one branch
of the Government and partial control of an
other. If it has the capacity or the purpose
to do WELL when intrusted with absolute
power, the purpose and capacity ought to have
been shown by its performances in the House.
AS to reform of the Civil Service, Il0meric
roars of inextingushablc laughter would greet
anybody who should suggest that The House
by which Colonel Polk was made DooIkeeper
was the right body to secure economy and
purity. The President has made some blum
ders, and his true friends have giievcd because
his promises of reform were not more strictly
kept But is there anybody who would think
it an improvement to have any one OF the
Departments managed after the fashion OF
Doorkeeper Polk? No outside influence has
interfcred with Democratic management
here. If that management has been intOleTa-
bly, loose, wantOn or corrupt, is there any rca-
son to suppose that Democratic management
of any executive department would DO better?
Here is a stencil in the nOstrls, and it comes
from the only branch of the public service
which Democrats entirely control. VIII 10
such stencil arise from each and every depart
mcnt, if the same party secures the powerl
Sound and honest Democrats say that the
action of the House in respect to finances was
dishonorable and Infamous. A knGyish bill,
passed by an overwhelming majority in n Dem
ocratic House, was so amended and recon-
structed in the Senate that its author would
- ,J,c
by the aid of n small number Of Democrats
who separated themselves from nine-tenths of
their party associates in order to defend the
public credit. Is there any reason to suppose
that a Congress Democratic in both branches
would reject the Bland bill, or any other
measure of repudlation? The ruling spirit OF
that party is known. Unhappily, it is hostile
TO the public faith, and yet there is 10 reason
whatever for expecting that p better split will
prevail, if that party ever gains the mastery.
The Republican party, under the lead oi
President Hayes, has effected settlement of
the Southern question. But another kind of
reconciliation IS demanded. No settlement
will be complete, in Democratic estimation,
or final with respect to Democratic votes, until
the South has "got even" pecuniarily. 1t
lost heavily, and it wants to be paid. Money
was wasted, property was destroyed, and the
growth Of States was arrested for years and
Democracy, if it has the power, will insist
that the country shall pay. Nobody can guess
how much it will cost to make the South sat-
isficd. The one thing certain is that the
Democratic party will vote whatever the Solid
South demands.
These are the claims of Democracy upon
public confidence: Reform of the Civil Service
d la Polk reputation, and Cancellation of the
South by unlimited appropriations. Is the
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
ANXIOUS ABOUT PRECEDENTS.
l...,, TfLs pdlriob Di.,,rfT, Drgl

The titles of our members to seats in the
next Congress must be so clear that not even the most
nronounced and uoscrupuous Radical majority in that
body will dare attempt to east doubt Oh thcm II trouble
comes all it will come from an utterly unscrpulous
Radical majority Nor must wc forget that the dOmi-
nant party the House In 1879 II they choose 10 move
IN this matter will have the example OF the Democratic
naiority in the House. Colorado is to-day
fused representation by Democratic majority IN tao
con1ct between the state and Federal laws TO tho
day OF the election or its member Can North Carolina,
can the South afford to leave seven Democratic seats IN
tho roxt Congress to the chance that RADICAL House
wiIl nor follow example set by Democratic pTed
cessorl W6 decidedly prefer not 10 leave 50 nporants
u.. rtqr d chance.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21
JNO. III. BEwLEY,
Secretary.

Ever since the Legislature of New-Jersey ran
AGAINST the Supreme Court, the Democrats have
bcon picnna up the piarrs nf their partisan laws
and taking account of stock to find out how much
OF their Winters work il worth anything. At the
hecinnng Of the session they advertised that
they would direct all the energies of prac-
tical slatesmanship TO one object OF para
mount importance. which was To carve up
the State in such n way to insure to their party
tbe pernanent control of the Legislature. Aud
now lust ~ the dStrctng was aristcally flushed,
the Supreme Court sponges the new lines Oft of the
map. Everybody saw the essential nqulty and lie
rality OF these performances, and Governor McCIo-
Ian might have made reputation for fair dealing
II he had protested against this unconstitutional
folly But with his recognized genius for blundcring.
he obeycd his keepers and threw tho opportunity
behind him. aud he is now pllloried by the rebnke
of the Court along with the House and Senate, and
Melted with rdoule and mockery. No one can
pness what madness the Legislature Will now be
led INTO in its efforts to circumyent the fundamental
law II ia even rumOred that tho majority
will now attempt to shift the boundaries of the
counties But there some outragcs which even
Democrstic legislators would shrink from attempt
ing. and it IL possible that, after gnashing their
teeth for awhile, they will adjourn sine die, and
crawl quietly ont OF sight
New-York tribune., 1878-03-21

The fact that criminal il an old man does not
always Justify pardon. IL man is old enough to
be convicted he Is old enough to know better. Nor
does tho case Of a criminal whose innocent
friends suffer demand any peculiar treat
ment. This suffering of friends is always
one of the sad accOmpsnments of crime
and its punishment. But after all no one will
have the heart to protest because the defaulting
treasurer of New-Jersey hes been released from
prison before his term of sentence has expired.
And yet it should be remembered that mere SYM
pathy or pity ought never TO havo u greater in
.luence over the power which parons than it is
allowed to exert over the court which sentences.