New-York tribune., 1878-12-18
nephew's pious example may sometimes bt
lost on the uncle.

lost on the uncle.
The Senate has justified the hopes that
were entertained of it by resOutely resisting
the annual raid of the Democratic House upon
the Diplomatic and Consular Service. Ihe
salaries which the House wishes to cut down
are restored, and the Senate has approved the
action of the committee. 1t now only remains
lor the Confederate Brlgadiers to fall back In
as good order as possible.
II ia somewhat anomalous that Spain, whose
| press is shackled and dull, should be, perhaps,
| the first nation to accord copyright expressly
| to telegraphic dispatches, newspaper articles
and parliamentary speeches. The value OF the
| law cannot be fairly tested in Spain, but 1t
will nevertheless be interesting to note its ef-
| feet on newspaper enterprise. AS for copy
right in parliamentary speeches, Dlogenes
himself could hardly find the legislator who
| would not look upon the publication OF his
speeches in any part of the world as KIND
| OF robbery that could not be perpetrated too
| often.
1t is forty years, lacking but three months,
since Lord Macauay described MIR. Gladstone
as {" the rising hope" of one Of the great parties
| of England. After this long and arduous public
career, he is still in tie prime of his great
| faculties, still strong in body and voice, and,
| to all appearances, as much the favorte
| of the English people as ever. Our cOrrespOn-
dent finds him making at Greenwich speech
''for which magnificent would not be too
"strong word," and draws a vivid picture
of the Liberal leader who, though nearly
FL taD ia al
this most laborious form of demonstration
| that none OF his natural force has abated
The friends of rational temperance move
ment have rarely had more effective docu-
ment placed in their hands than the address
| of Chief-Justice Noah Davis, delivered to
private company last night in Mr.. William
E. Dodge's parlOrs, and printed in this
mornings TRIBUNE. 1t is crammed with sta
tistlcs. 1t traces most effectively the work
lngs of temperance movements and tenn
| perance legislation in diminishing crime
1t gives impressively the experience
of the Judge himself, and of many
OF his learned and distinguished predecessors
in judicial hOnors and it closes with some
thoroughly sensible advice to temperance
reformers and all good citizens as to the present
practical duty. The friends OF temperance
and the friends of lower taxation in New
York City could not unite in better work
than the wide diffusion of this address.
Mr.. Blaine's resolution has been passed by
an almost unanimous vote, only Six Demo-
Gratis venturng to oppose it. Mr. Blaine,
however, declines to act as chairman of the
investigating committee. and Mr.. COnkling, on
whose motion the investigation was cOnfded
to special committee, and who might, there
FORE naturally be called upon to lead it, also
declines this service, as MIR. Blaine
does, by reason of the great pres
sure of other duties. Mr.. Dawes is dis
cussed as a probable choice, and would make
AN excellent chairman. in whose fairness and
sincerity in seeking out the truth both parties
to this dispute could feel confidence. 1t is to
be hoped that there will be as little delay as
possible in the formation of the committee
and the beginning of its work. The time is
very short, at best.