New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-15

Mr.. Fernando Wood and his sixteen commit
| fees as a coordinate branch of the Government
In the Italian Capital the preparations Tor
the funeral Of the dead King are proceedins'
| DISPATCHES describe the state OF ieelihS 'heie
as feverish and uncertain. The Italian resi-
dents of this city, however, i'll notable meet
| ing held last night, seemed to he Tree from an
| authorization that the future OF Italy Wonid Dc
rendered doubtful 10y the loss OF her great
leader.
The conference which Server and Namyk
pashas are about to hold with the Grand DjRe
Nicholas at the base of the Balkans, will at least
| have the good effect Of making known
! the conditions on which either of the beiliS-
| erents ia disposed to suspend hostllities or 10
conclude peace. OF course, ii Russia Is so as
posed, she may make the negotiations almost
intelminable and utterly prCiitlcSs.
| This Servian campaign is as brilliant rs the
last was disastrous. At all points fIlhce
Nilap,s troops are meeting with success
Already they have captured Nis5a, re-
occupied Kurschupli, and seized NHnJa' me
surrender of Widdin, now imminent, VIII give
them possession Of an important fortress
which is the stronghold of Ottoman power ID
the northeast Altogether, the Scrvian sue
cesses proclaim the hopeless decline OF turkish
authority in Western Bulgaria.
Senator Davis, of Illinois, tipped over on
the side of The silver dollar, yesterday with
the remark that the business men of Chicago
who ornosed the Bland Fill represented hut Il
81 lot N
c1ty. and the additional remark that the
Bloomington meeting expressed the sentiments
of the fourth county in population in the
State Still, Mr.. Davis did not say what his
sentiments were. 1t may be that he s0ndiy
supposcs his present attitude to resemble Ju-
dicill equilibrium.
The ice crop is getting no consideration
whatever this year from the clerk OF 'ne
weather, who gave us a touch of cold, only
to follow it with warm and sogsy days. when
ruined all the ice that had been formed. a
correspondent finds the iCe-haryeStcrS on the
Hudson in Respondent mood, ana de-
claring that this is the poorest OF all the
seasons. 1t is noticeable, however, that the
ice companies usually manage to view the
prospect Of small yield with considerable
cauanimity, born, 10 doubt, of resignation to
the painful necessity of putting the prices up
about three times as fast as the yield goes
down.
Petitions to Congress do not necessarily
represent public sentiment, but the array III
The Senate yesterday on the silver queS-
ton illustrated the boundaries OF the
two parties to this issue and If we
are not mistaken, the majority which the OPP
ponents of unlimited silver could command
among the honest men of the country.
Against unlimited silver Were the prin-
cipal cities Of Illinois, Iowa, Louis
lana, Georgia and MASSACHUSETTS, for
unlimited silver, two towns in Illinois No
doubt the silver advocates could get UP count
less petitions, and find plenty of people to
sign them, but il is not a rash guess 10 say
that if a census could be taken of the wealth
and brains Of the country, the two parties
would appear about as they did yesterday III
the Senate.
Montgomery Blair has no Democratic follow
ers in q Democratic House. Our Washington
dispatches state that a Member who believes
in agitating the subject of the last Presidcn-
tia election after Mr.. Blair'S noisy manner,
found himself in snch a hopeless minority IN
the Democratic caucus that he did not
offer his resolution, long since prepared. for an
investigation. This decision, which probably
puts an end to the prospect of an Official re-
newal of this unpleaSantncss during the pres
cnt session, will not only seem wise to the
mass Of the American people, who will be
grateful for an unexpected exhibition Of Dem
ocratic wisdom, but must appear to the
sensible members of the Democratic party
only the better part of val0r. 1t Is
not only unpatriOtic to disturb the country
every few weeks with fresh threat OF an old
quarrel thereby ickndling passions now hap
ply grown cold, AID unsettling business inter
ests; but it is imp0litc for Democrats To
display themselves continually in the inconsist-
ent attitude of men who will not accept the
decision Of a court they insisted upon cstab
fishing. The result Of the Democratic caucus
is good politics as well as good craftsmanship.
And if Mr.. Blair is to have no Democratic
followers, he surely should have none among
the Republicans. The Republican party has
more important business before it than the
pursuit of foolish charges made for personal
purposes.
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