New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-26

they added a Recommendation to mercy TO
the verdict of guilty, to see the Judge imme-
diately establish the most cordial relations
with the prisoner, and close the TRANSACTION
in highly humorous and friendly manner.
When Judge COwing took them at their word,
however, and inflicted sentence, some OF
them intimated that if they had known what
was coming, they would have found differ
ent verdict. Judge Cowing very properly re-
buked such an extraordinary view as this OF
a jurors duty, and quite as properly asserted
his determination to enforce the law so long
as it remains in being. If law is good 1t
ought TO be enforced; if it is not good, there
is no better way to secure its repeal than by
making the law odious.
New-Yorbers will be apt to join Controller
Kelly in his establishment at Mayor Coopers
action in yesterdays meeting of the BROOKLYN
Bridge Trustees. The election of Mr.. Murphy
as president was well enough perhaps, as
Brooklyn pays two-thirds of the cost OF the
bridge, and Mr.. Murphy has already repre-
scented that city in the same post for severil
terms But New-York pays for one-thlrd OF
the bridge, and it does sound little strange,
therefore. to hear Mayor Cooper making the
remark that he does not see any reason " why
"New-York should claim any Of the offices"
and Gaping the climax with the nomination
of no less a person than William G. Kingsley
for vice-president. As the interest OF New
York in this work amounts to several million
dollars, 1t would seem highly proper that this
city should have representation IN the
board Does the name OF Kingsley mean that
this wire was pulled from Gramercy Park
But we forgot; we apologize. 1t has been
officially declared by a committee of Congress
that Mr.. Tilden has no conception of the ma
ture of wire, being either mentally incom-
petent, or morally incapable of the same.
The latest Thurman policy has been for
n'ally adopted by the Democratic majority at
Washington, after long battle in caucus. 1t
will undoubtedly be supported by the full
strength of the party in both houses, for how
ever fierce the struggles of caucus are. the De-
mOcracy know how to show a united front to the
enemy. This result was not reached, how
ever, without a great outbreak of revolution
airy sentiment and that in some unexpected
quarters. Mr.. Blackburn, whose roaring
lately has been that of the nightingale, reap
peared in his familiar character of the man
who would "never, never, never" surrender,
and he almost succeeded, apparently, in
carrying the caucus with him. There
was Speaker Randall also, who still
retains some reputation for common
sense, in spite of his record during
the past year, actually striving TO Guido Mr.
Blackburn in his violence. Even Senator Wal
lace's Bourbonism seems to have been little
more furious than usual, and Mr.. Finley, of
Ohio, the wildest-mannered man of them all,
wanted Congress to adjourn, and TO keep
on adjourning. if the President kept on
calling it back, until something "busted."
The advocates of a backdOwn that is
not all backdOwn carried the day.
The Judicial bill viii be split into
two parts, the first of which the Democrats
believe the President will sign, the second of
which they know he will veto. Then Con-
gress will adjourn, not caring if the courts
are somewhat crippled. Indeed, as our Wash
ingtOn dispatches show, certain Congressman
feel that it would shed lustre upon them
among Southern constituencies to have it
known that they had done something to en-
barrass the courts.