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New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

he obliged 20 fall in behind VI. Morgan IN {
other well-knowp and long-tricd repudat0rS'
aud the thanks of the multitude VIII go not
to them, hvt to men who have pcrSsteni'y ad-
vocatcd initiation and Reputation ior years.
The notion that general debate on The cur
rency question can be prevented has been as
pelled by the course of Senators Bayard and
Morgan aud their followers. Debate Is lnevi-
table. Yea and Nav votes VIII he taken
again and again on the different phases ol the
currency question, whether men like to vote
or not. The ablest and most honored kcpub-
licans will be pushed to declare their convIc-
ton that the continued circulation OF forced
loan currency, in time of profound peace, Is
as unwise as il Is unconstitutional. IL VIII he
shown, over and over. by indisputabe iacts,
that the legal-tender quality adds not the
thousandh part of mill TO the value of any
greenback dollar, since redemption began, nor
does that quality in the slightest degree assist
the circulation of the paper notes.
1t is not possible that these facts and argu-
ments will have no effect upon the opinion oi
Republicans. Within a month there Will he n
much stronger disposition than there is now,
among Republican members, to end the dispute
by legislative action. 1t will he most fortu-
nate for the party and for the country IL this
dsposItiOn prevails i'm both houses.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
U0SPIT1I NIND1T.

Next week a charity movement will be in
augurated in this city which will have an
important effect not only in stimulating the
generous impulses OF a generous people, but
also in systematizimg charitable work. Ii Is
proposed that New-YOrk shall borrow from
London the pleasant and useful custom of a
Hospital Sunday--a day on which collections
shall be made in all the churches for the BEN
eft of all hospitals supported by contribu-
tions an apportiOnment of the money to he
aiterward made among the various insti-
tutOns.
The plan covers more than Hospital Sun
day. though that is the easiest term of
description. II is to include also Hospital
Saturday. and on that day it is hoped that
merchants, bankers. members Of the great
commercial exchanges, and all classes OF
citizens. the people of moderate means as well
as the very rich. will contribute to tins ex-
celcnt object. a treasurer has been chosen IN
each of the great exchanges, and DlstIibut-
ing Committee of Seven has been appointed
10 receive and distribute all contributions
which are made without any condition as tO
their destination. This Committee inc'udes
the Mayor. the Postmaster. and the President
oi the Chamber of Commerce. Samuel ID.
Babc0ck and citizens who cannot conveniently
make sub ~crptions through other channels will
no Doubt be allowed to place them in the
hands of these gentlemen. Hospital Sunday
will be the last Sunday in the year-Deccmber
2s Hospital Saturday, the day preceding
There should be no miscoucepi0n in this
matter. All persons. whether by church con-
grcgations or rs individuals. may designate.
if they choose. an institution to which their
contributions shall 20. The movement is alb
solntely unseclarIan, and the only test IN the
distribution Will be the number of hospital
DAYS free beds have been occupied in each ILL.,
stitution during the year preceding. Ii Is
simply proposed to raise these funds with a
single effort and without delay or expense,
and to appeal for them at a sacred season
when the poor and helpless have an irresisti-
bile claim upon the goodwill of mankind.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
I'LL GRANT PRORLENL

On Wednesday, while the Grant party, as il
is called, was winning its victory IN the elec-
tioD of chairman of the Republican National
Committee, Admiral Ammen appears to have
been cOniidng to various representatives of
uewspaIcrs assurances, which General Grant
has now, in measure, but only in a measure
dIScYeditcd that there was 10 longer any doubt
about the Generals acceptance oG the PreSi-
dency of the Nicaragua Canal Company. Ii Is
true that the choice of Senator Cameron to
preside over the National Committee does not
insure the nomination OF Grant at Chicago.
Ii is also tue that the Canal scheme is sill
uncertain, and that General Grants services to
the projected company may never be called
for. The significant Toint III the case is that
the ex-President's most intimate friends being
active and confident in both these movements
on his behalf have placed him in the compro-
missing position of appearing to occupy two
mutually incompatible positions.
This Is a mistake for which General Grant
of course is not responsible, yet the General
himself is the only person who can correct it,.
lie has preserved a dignifed silence thus far
while the whole country has been guessing at
his intentions. The time has perhaps come
when true dignity requires speech rather
than silence. 1t may be said that he
can neither accept nor refuse a nOmi-
nation until it has been offered him.
But though the nomination is yet uncer-
tain. the candidacy for the nomination has al
ready gone very far, and General Grant, either
with or without his consent, has been made
one OF the foremost competitors. In q case of
this kind silence will not only be interpreted
as an acceptance, but silence is an acceptance.
General Grant cannot honorably allow his
friends to make such extraordinary exertions
for hun. and then at the last moment, in case
of something better offering, throw them over
with protest that they acted without his
authority. On the other hand if he has re-
solved to accept the Republican nomination,
il is unfortunate that his name should be so
freely used in connection with the Canal en-
terprise. Silence would certainly seem to be
Admiral Ammen.
1t is related of an intimate friend of the
Generals that while the Grant family were
abroad he crossed the ocean for the express
purpose of asking the ex-President whether he
meant to accept q denomination but when he
reached the reticent presence bis courage failed
him and he came home again without broach-
ing the subject. 1t is pity some bolder spirit
does not take the risk of representing to our
returned hero the awkwardness of the situ-
alton in which he has been placed by the in-
judicous enthusiasm of either his Canal friends
or his political friends. we cannot tell which
There ought to be no ambiguity about the
public position of so great man.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
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New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
PUBLFC OPINION.
wALT WHIIMAN ON GRANT.

GENERAL GRANT IN PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER =,
ls79.l
What best see in thee.
Is where thou mOss, down hsiOrys grea; high
Ever una mind by time shoots warke yictorys daE
zic
thou satst where NasLing gtOn, Lincoln sat rt
ing the land IN peace
Or thou the man waon irudal Europe fced, venerable
Asia swarm'd upOn
Who waiA'd with kings with eyea pace the round
worlds promenade;
But thar and peace. and In tbv walks with kings
Tnese average pr RE soyeeigns OF the West Kansas,
Missouri. Illinois.
OhiO~ Inliaua's millions comrades farmers, soldiers,
all to the front,
Invisiby with thee walking with kings with even pace
the round worlds promenade
We're all so justified.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

II "assumed judicial functions This colossal
crime can only bc contaminated by the CO.
operatiOn OF the entire body of Democrats
aud Greenbackers in the State and halt
dozen righteous men III that Democratic
Sodom have now an opportunity to preserve
orr institutions from strain rs scrions as
any to which they have yet been subjected.
This Outrage is in violation Of all equity
and every established precedent in constituting
election laws. The intent of the voter ard
his right to express his intent have always
been the paramount considerations which nave
weighed with Courts in the decision OF
these questions. The whole conspiracy Is
therefore fragrant perversion of every recog-
nized canon Of interpreting law, as well rs
violation of common sense and common honor.
Under the circumstances, it is n serious qucs-
tiop whether the defrauded members and
their constituencies will tamely submit to be
dsfranchised by the minority. The result
would be deplorable whether the majority
surrender Internationally or resist the wrong
by force. 1t is assuming terrible response
bility to drive high-spirited men to point
where they must decide between two evils OF
such magnitude.
All the dangers which threaten to be so
grave and trying can be ayerted If only n
few of the members counted in refuse to
become particeps criminis Even one resoute
representative in Augusta taking an open and
manly stand for honesty and honor, and re-
jecting the position proifered him by fraud,
might demolish the whole conspiracy. The
structure is too himsy to endure any such
commotion within it. The attempt to set up
a government against the will of the people
would come to sudden and ignomnious col
lapse if there was one Democrat In Maine
who could deny himself the privilege OF
stealing a seat in the Senate or the House.
A party which cannot discover among its as
sets one man to take n heroic stand for
"nobler manners and purer laws" must be
thoroughly bankrupt in political morality.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
4 CHlyCE FOR AN HONEST DEMOCRAT

Not long ago Virginia Democrat declined
to receive a certificate of election based upon
some technical error in the returns, when a
majority of the voters in his district had
plainly intended to support his competitor.
Perhaps there never was Maine Democrat
who had climbed even to this moderate height
Of civic virtue, and it. is altogether too much
to hope that any considerable number of the
fusionists who have been counted in by
Garcelon's gang will refuse to accept seats
in the Legislature to which they know they
were not elected. Without doubt the Garcelon
Board thought Ii was sure of its men before
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
DUTY BRAyELY DONE.

from IUt WuSNIIlgtOH TV8T lIVTNI
There have been many gross violations OF
law by Governor GarcclOn's pTedece score Men who
were not elected have been counted in The Republ.
cans have carried matters with high hand paying
little heed the Constitution the statutes But the
presen Executive. than whom man has better rep
utaton personal and official Integrity, has known 10
other guide than tho Constitution and laws, when nc
sworn 10 res pect and obey He has bravery done bis
duty In face OF storm OF Radical rage The Leglslatnre
OF Name will not be- Republican, simply because ne
publican LEGISLATURE not elected
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
OPPOSITION To GENERAL GRANT.
L.. 1

The signs are unmlstakable that General
Grant receive auO her Presidential nOmna-
tiOn AT the hands OF Rel ubncan Convention without
first enconnterng AN org sed and determined oPpos
which would be fatal to his cordial and united sup
port by the masses OF the party IN lesO
Two classes of people still clamOrous for Grant
one ass includes the traders In politics who hope 10
see IN his return to the White House return Of their
day ~ harvest. rudely interrupted. The other ald
larger class includes the army OF moral towards the
tiuid folk who st oppressed by the nightmare OF
the Civil War aud think that Grant Is needed at wash
ington to repel new imaginary attack upon the
Capital, which only he conquer. II will be sad
day for the United States when combination OF thsse
two classes boast that IL has dictated the Govern
ment OF the Nation.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
1Hk NETS rms MOENING.

FoRTIGv-Thc French Ministry is to he Teorgan-
fzcd in a day or two. == Captain Bedford PIN
favors the Nicaragua Canal route .-= In Belgium.
27OO collcrs have stru, K. --= Ia Afghanlstan
the hill tribes have attacked General Coughs
forces.
DOME>TIC.-Genera Grant attended a campfire
of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia
Yesterday. =-= Secretary Evarts now thinks
he cannot attend the New-England diuner. =-
Twelve stores have been burned in Bismarck Da-
kota. -=- Over 1000 persons have signed the
pledge m Georgia. -=- TIE steamer Mobile. the
pioneer ship OF a new hue, has arrived at Mobile
from Glasgow.
CoNcRiss-In the Senate Mr. Voorhees, exodus
RESOLUTION wa, discussed amended and passed In
the House Mr. Weaver cemed he truth Of certain
statement. printed IN THE TRIBUNE; The resolution
instruc.ns the Committee Oh Agriculture to con-
slder measures for promoting agricultural interests
was passed the Ute bill taken up, aud long
debate followed
CIIY AND SUBCRBAS.-Ihe publication OF the
list of personal taxpayer D. scontinued. =- George
William Curtis. the Rev. Dr-. Bellows and Storrs.
and IN. Seguin spoke the OF the insane yes
tertay. =- Pre-, dent McCosh. Dr. Adans Will
lam r. Dodge and others made addresses on the ne
gro problem --== Samuel j. Iilden declined To
talk about the 50. LOUIS Alton AMI Terrc Haute
claim. == Mr Tauage sustained by the
Long Island synod. == The Sherwood and Hart
picturc sale was compctcG. == General Patrick
spoke al the Dairy Fair. -= There was slight
fire al the Park Theatre. =- Gold value Of the
legal-tendcr silver dollar i12l cr.ins 81. 7.G9 cents.
Stocks dull and lower. cioslng weak.
Tnr WtATHEu.-lEIBUNE local observations in
dicate clear aud partly cloudy aud warmer weather.
Thermome ,er yesterday Highest, 35o lowest, %
ayerace oDo.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

The fire in the Park Theatre last night
might have ended IN a great calamity like
that of the BrooIyu Theatre three years ago
II the fic had not been discovered so carly, If
the management of the theatre and the chief
actor upon lie stage had not understood
SO quickly what needed To he done. II
the police had been less etlicoEt-a few mar
row IFS only stood in the way of a real
DISASTER The fire was under the staircase
| leading 20 Broadway, and thus the means of
exit were reduced practically onc-halI at the be-
ginning. lheaudicncc were obliged to pass ont
by the Twenty entrance. The
presence of mind exhibited 10y the audi
emce themselves, by MIR. Eminei. 10y the
police and the management. was un
usual ari striking. But ii Is impossible to think
without shudder OF what might have hap
pcned if the lire had gained a good
headway before being discovered. and a
pauic-sircheu audicuce had struggled to
escape by two MINOR staircases. That
all this did not happen is a thing to
be grateful for but the lesson of the affair
should not be lost because it was not
enforced 10y IL terrible loss of life. Let
the theatre managers review their prep
arations for Just such emergencies. Long
security breeds carelcssness in these mat
ters among employee. if not among
employers. Perhaps some of them will iind
place where an additional door or staircase
may be put. Perhaps the means already pre-
pared are not, in some cases, ready fol sudden
use Many lives have been lost because a
bolt bad been allowed to rust in its socket
Every theatre should have every paIt of It's
| nfe-saving apparatus in smooth order, and
every member of its force drilled. The price
OF safety is eternal vigilance.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
WANTS MORE LIGHT.

From the Ntir York Erentng kTpress tTdn. DtDl =,
Governor GarceOn and his Council should
hasten to make full and explict explanation o! ex'
actly what they have done aud why they did u. so
much they owe the Democracy ~ the United
slutes The people Will be satisfied with nothing less
The truth will their vindcaOn ANA the discontinue
of their denouncers. Let them puDsb the facts M the
earliest practicable moment
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
oREDrrSCE no A BAD LAW.

We have no doubt that the law was passed
by the Republicans for party purposes, and We tnin.
Al bad law which coupcs the laying aside OF returns
upop ,nere technicaities but there the statute ~ en-
sced BY the Republicans, and the 0oyernoI sne ."n n
eli must obey H. The Republicans who made tne nr ~
Nsins should DO the last 70 complain that II os'ns
carried out and complied with.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
amusemenis ano fneeiimss Co Night.

ACApEMY OF MUs,C-2F. M PMihafnoho i'noa'e"'
" Daughter ~ the giment"
BROADw a. OPERA HOUSE-" Stretecis's
DAYS IUrAlRk--" An Arabian N4sht- -
f1Fru AvENUE lUFA1RE-"h. NJ. :. fha,ore'.
fR.SD OpFRA NOTST--" Crushed Iragedltn'
HAVTRIN : HIA1tI-" The Galley slave.
Ni.w YORK NAHUM DAv ana Nv nihS
PARK nm ,TRE FTiz IN Ireland
San FRA>,tscO NINSTRFIs' oPkDA HoNSf-Narleys
sINNTrI tuFArRf Rf--"P PriucesS Toto
TNIoS SQUARE THEATRE -" French tlais
NAlIACk's THLATgE EStehe
AMERICAN iN>TITUTF-Dairv fdr.
As~ogIaEIpN n HNJl--lrrturc.
KosrfR x BIALS GARnFN-t,ncctt
CulckEnING HALL $50 T.. u. totctrt
madison SQVABF GARDEN Walking N9'ch
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

Capitalists eager TO bet on the nominee shonlc IT,
nect upon this fact aud hold on to their money
great deal may bippen /" five months.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19
THE PARTY WILL NOT APPROVE.
From The Utica Oesorp lDeinD

The work that has been done In Maino
does NOT meet the approval OF the Democratic party
Although the may justify H. the spirit OF equity and
iusIice condemns It, But n II as warning 10 tho
Republiraus teaches them that roprsas In politics
are possible, It's ultimate effect may not be unwhoie-
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

The TRIBUNE continues on another page of
to-day's issue tie publication of the names of
those citizens who admit the ownership of
personal property subject to taxation, and pay
taxes upon it.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

The meeting held last night TO consider the
present treatment of the insane was well
attended, aud was addressed 10y several we'll
known speakers. 1t is believed that this is the
beginning of a movement which will have an
important effect in amehoratiDg the condition
of the insane IN some OF our asylums, and in
reforming existing methods of incarceration,
asylum government, etc.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

That was rather an irritating dispatch from
Ogden, Utah, saying that daughter of the pres-
dent of the Mormon Church-her name Josephine
Taylor, her age twenty-five years--had ,ried To
escape from Utah, and failed The girl boarded
the Union Pacific train, but, as she had neither a
ticket nor money TO buy one she put of at the
first station east. She appealed TO the agent at
Uintah to secTete her. but he would not and SO
she was sent back to Salt Lake City. II NAV not
be so: but suppose that this girl was flying from
the horrors Of polygamy, from the unspeakable
degradation of being the fifth or the ffteth wife
of some sensual old hypocrite. from domestic des-
potsm, from compulsory scquiescence in the forms
of so-caled religion which she utterly detested-
would it not have been little more manly and
chivalrous to have helped her forward than to have
sent her close prisoner back to the horrors from
which she was endeavorng to escaped There is
more than a suspicion, there is a toerable GER
tainty, that Mormon women tyrannically treated
and that great many of them would leave Utah if
they could. Mormon men trying to make their way
from the sham sanity city have been murdered
sure method OF arresting their exit and there Is
reason to believe that few years ago fugitive
Mormon woman would have been more lightly
dealt with. OF course, the railroad company
cannot bring away without remuneration all the
saints who are sick of the whole abomination !;
but couldn't a point have been strained in favor Of
a poor girl running away from pollution domestic
wretchednessi Recollect that this Josephine lay
lor was of age, and legally her own mistress. Her
father the Elder President, has no authority over
her. Hasn't the habeas corpus. with other Injuries
Of civilization been imported into Utah yeti
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

Generals Beauregard and Early the superin-
tendents of the drawings Of the Louisiana State
Lottery. and get good salary for their services.
The refusal of the Postmaster-General to transport
the correspondence of that company, or To deliver
letters addressed to 1t, has naturally aroused the
Indignation of these gentlemen, and they have
written letter setting forth the wrongs 10 which
their client, the aforesaid corporation. has been
subiected They complain that letters addressed
to any of its agents are to be stamped "fiandu-
lent sent TO the Dead Letter Once "r re-
turned TO the writers when known. The way III
which they discuss the matter is amusing. They
take 1t for granted that the mark "Fraudul'nt
means that the Louisiana State Lottery is fraud {;
whereas they argue II is regularly char cred by the
Louisiana Legislature. This way oil putting the
matter General Beauregard is lawyer enough to
know is itself fraud whatever may be the ig-
norance of General Early. The Postmasicr-Gcn-
eral does not mean tnat the company J. iraudu-
lent lie does mean, rs Gou.ral Beanregard
well enough undertand-. that the Use Of
the United States mails for the transmission OF
lottery correspondence fraudulent, as 1t certainly
is-beng by law forbidden A. this Il the case. eXpo-
sitons of the perfectly fair way in which any par
tlcular ottrr, is conducted ami statements OF the
money which IT pays t. charities, may be- indirect
advertisements of iis business, but they hardly
cover the point in question Ii tle duty of the Post
Office not to permit itself To b. used rs the acces-
,ory OF those engaged in elsewhere Illegal business.
albeit that business may be perfectly legal IN Lou
,sIana. The object is to sop the sale OF lottery
tickets in States IN which such sale is contrary to
law. What IL not fraud in Louisiana, may be q
fraud elsewhere; and at any rate, whoever UNDER
takes To make the Department carry what It has
publicly announced that it will not carry must not
be surprised and has no night 10 complain, if hls
cpistles are branded " Frauduleut' rs they are, -
pecaily ii he has had fair warning of the inten-
tIons of the authorities.
New-York tribune., 1879-12-19

1t will DO fully five months before Republican
candidate for the Presidency can be nominated.