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New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
THE SC4LPLNG or FIYLEK.

"You'Ie a liar ana yOu know II, and you know
that | know IT. This - the hearty and unre-
strained way in which the Public Printer saluteS
IN an open letter and a very wide-open letter 1t Is
the Honorable Ebenezer B. Finley. of Ohio Mr.
Defrecs Il Que of those faithfully frank pubhc men
who have como down TO us from former genera
ton and whose persistent conservatism refuses to
adopt the tame, euphcmlstC style OF our leebler
civilization Like the fIomeric heroes, who had
habit OF curaIug their adversares into a heap
through hundred hcxameters or so, as a prclimi-
nary to an eager spear-thrust and a perforated
diaphragm. Mr. Defrecs finds fluent discharge of
upeonlyocal language the most satisfying vent for
the ioy of battle in his heart. Aud on the whole
an honest breezy execratiOn like O:e of Nlr.
Defrccs's i. something Of regacment, and brings
an inner strengthening to the natural man who
listens especially when II is leyeed at so shining
q marx rs the Hon. Ebcnezer b. Finley. Mr..
Finley has been smelling around after frauds and
maladmuistratIon in the Government Printing
House for years, and breaking ont now and then
into Reports 10 which nobody pays any heed, but
which have at last become agsTayatIng to the art
less bnt painspOken Printer The Honorable
Ebcncz"r's latest dcliyerancc was "a Report 10 the
Committee on Pubic Expenditures IN which he
charges Mr. Drlrees with selling Government
presses and buying machinery without sanction %
law with paying more than market rates for
material; with spending IL 900 never accounted
for: with making false reports and keeping bis
book, 50 that no one can understand them. Then
NJ leaps Mr. Deffces and lets of hi. open letter.
The charges all ald several are lies he
remarks; aud in order 10 make himself
fully IND. .r,toOd. he adds excceticaily: You
will observe that | uso the word lies,
as the most appropriate in the English language for
the present occasion" But the Printer doesn't
allow himself to be so far carried away by the
wlrlwind of his passion that he ncglccts 10 give
due mention to the biggest printing house in the
world where the work rs executed in style un-
surpassed and with pr0mptness unparallelod.' At
intervals he rests from the rcnding of EbencZcr TO
magnify the new wire sewing aud stitching ma
chimes or The ReCOTd OF some other Of his works
and WAYS aud then turns upon his man with this
characteristic vindcation Of the double-cntry in
his department:
Your assertion that the system Of bookkeeping in
tnis Office cannot be understood Is doubtless true
as YOU concerned IL could not be expected
limited knowledge Of that scieUCe, acquu ed In add
ing up the cha marks the side OF the door OF
a " wniskey shop would enable YOU to comprehend It,
After this climax the letter ends rather tamely,
but in the few lines which follow Mr.. Dofrees man
ages to call MIR. Finley and Hottentot, and
affectionately advises him to confne his future
labors to the pettifogging OF dog cases before
Justices of the Peace in out townships" Altogether
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
PERSONAL.

Mis-, Fanny Basevi is young COUSIN OK
R.pi.u,.L D.,raeh lord Beaconshedl, VINO l. Greaty
l,.I, .li,..ug herself painting among the ar'-S'u'
Ant. Al Nrnsington. She comes nom clover iapiy
cr..s,r Asnes married to a Prussian oicer Is known
~ German musical society as brilliant pianist ana hei
nrt,or the late Captain James Paadio BaSeyl wac -
",,it.nt n conducting tie trlgonOmetrltdl suilc3 a. a.
Inds that his death from me 1aIusa'Ps VI '"0
nm VA, depluIed "A public calamity
Princess Louise. it is rumOred, will not re-
i, m C. ,uada uuuterrupedly durng the term ol nei
n,,h,rd.. appolntment. Sho will probably Visit lug.
Id every wear Some time during thus Spring sne VII
hav. for gnest, the Duke and Duchess OF Eiuodfs"
IN, o,, Of the Russiau Princes who VIII De aeeODi
n,n,ed L, Halifax by Russian feet LORD Lornc 'uN
L, wife expect TO pass part Of the summer near ha
un,,ra th,r final return 10 England they haNe ne
nromi.,d visits trCm the Prince OF hseS ~ ~au t.ke
All these VcisOunge. WIZ =, a eall
,iiU1,sg of "the States" as the "BFltlsh' ooHb"'
our county -. nos-
Mira Frances H. Burnett is described as Poo
s...iov bright face, with fresh, rosy eomP
80, ,sotur,s and A great deal OF light brown halr " Va
, -, short eurls about her forehead and OTaideu AZ w.
hact Her ewes are expressive gray us ho'u
,hermore that she wears reception dress Oh "' :,
velyet frightened by pink rose at the thro"" r.
R,Sson Post quotes her as sayin that she '"ihA -
uon,d never have succeeded In England as sne ms sl
hccause .he would not have met Win 80 Naiu .uirk
come and such delightful enooursg 1 , sould
auureci Atom and being OF "A sepsl.its ~ ,hs We
probably have been frozen Out III '"' '
tim Of critical cruelty At
Princess Murat. the widow OF Lucien n~u'a' ~
and the mother OF tbe Duehesse do houoO'' u'1
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
NR. TILDEN'S CEtTIFIC4TE or CHAR
dCTER

The Potter Committee, which started out
last year with definite programme and
fixed purpose to vindIcate Mr.. TIlden and
impeach President Hayes, may congrutu-
late itself on the fact that it has
not been compelled to do precisely the
reverse of what 1t intended. There have been
times during its rather remarkable career
when il got upon fresh trail, which il had mo-
anxiety to pursue, and times when its
inventors would have gladly consented
and perhaps even paid bonus for
the permissi0n-tO abandon the whole
business and Ray DO more abOdt It. But by
dint of close management and an ingenious
use of the evidence and the facts the majority
Of the Committee have succeeded III making
"A report which may almost be called
plausibc the gist of which il that
thcy are of the same opinion concerning the
Presidential election that they were before
tbcy began the inquiry. They have managed
10 save enough ont of their case to he able to
say that they do actually believe that Mr..
Tiidcn was fairly elected, and that the Electoral
votes of Louisiana and Florida were given
President layes by the frauds of Returning
Boards Ii would have been most remarkable
If they had not been able to say SO
much For they set out To say great deal
more. and to make much more positive case
against President Hayes and in favor of Mr.
TldCn. They come back with a bulky report
which few will read, but which viii be re-
ccivcd by their party IA satisfactory proof
that they have not changed Their own minds
on the subject. And that, under the circum-
stouces il "a great deal to say.
But long or short, bulky or light, the report
must be accepted by the party which sent the
Committee out as complete vindication of
Mr. Tiden. However others may view it,
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New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
Mr.. POTTKRS REPORT

Mr.. Potter has performed the task for which
his committee was organized, and il Is not
his fault if the result is not exactly what
wa, expected When be and his associates
were instructed to inquire into the secret his
tory Of the election of 1876, il was well
understood by the country that the Demo
clAuc House of Representatives wished 70
prrparc for the campaign of 1880 TO " vim
'dIcate the honor of the nation" and 10
make known the truth were the Ostensible
reasons for the investigation of occurrences
| which had been investigated over and
over again. and the discussion of disputed
questions of fact about which it was
| clearly impossible that there should be any
| agreement To prepare materials for a new
! fraud canvass = was The real object of the
movement, and to this work the Committee,
aimed with the authority of Congress ard
well supplied with the public funds, has de-
! voted itself hdustroUsy for nearly ten
months. 30 Legislation Is expected to follow
! the report. No discussion can be held upon
any OF the controverted points. No important
addition has been made to the public knOwl-
edge. No aid has been given TO the truth Of
history. The abused honor of the country has
not been vindicatcd. But an able counsellor
has drawn up vOluminOus argument, from
which the Democratic press will crib leading
articles next year; and that is just what was
Intended.
Yet the result. as we have minated, is by
no means what the party looked for In the
midst of the hcinvcsigation the cipher dispatches
revealed the Democratic plot to buy the Pres-
dcncy, and TINS startling disclosure threw Mr..
Pot cI's lanored argumentauve narration INTO
insigniiicance. The transactions III Florida and
Louisiana which the Potter report discusses
arc treated by the Democrats a. il their charac-
ter had been clearly established by this in
quiIy, whereas, ia point of fact, II has eStdb-
lshed nothing; il has left the old queS
tlons still open, and honest differences
of opinion still iTccOnCilablc, exactly as
they were before. About the successive
bribery plots, however, laid bare by the
translation Of the cphers, there Is 10
dispute whatever The guilty agents have
confessed Their fcOnious attempts cannot
be denied. cannot be pallia1ed cannot he put
out Oi sight. The Committee has been forced
by public opinion 70 take official notice of
them, to spread upon the record the shame
iul written evidence Of Democratic frand. and
the acknowledgements, drawn under oath from
the detected criminals. These are the deycl-
Opmrnts of the inquiry into the secret history
OF the election which will profoundly impress
the popular mind. "Moscs" and Russia
BOLIVIA and "Fetch Contracts "Dcn-
"mark and "Gabble,' " Copenhagen" and
Best United States Documents" will never
be forgotten while this generation lives and
the Democrat who shrieks "Fraud" with
such an exposure staring him in the face Will
I've hOOtcd with derisiOn.
Mr.. Potter's report leads as a natural con-
sequence-if there is a decent regard for con-
sistency In the Democracy--to the renomina-
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH a. 1879

they have 20 other resource, as partisans'
than TO accept the conclusions oi 'he
Committee. And the vindication must DC
accepted. too. as perfect and complete upon
all the points involved. Ihey must
hold him not only vindcatcd in his claim OF
having been rightfully elected and Illegally
dcfranded, but vindcatod as well against
all charges of guilty knowledge Ol the cipher
conspiracy. and against the imputaiI0n 'iia'
Southern Democrats have so freely cast upon
him. of having surrendered III coWardly
manner. instead Of making a brave ana
manly fight for his rights. They must say
that he was. in the first place, deifauued OF
the Office to which he was fairly elected; |;
next, that he was OF 40 high ana pure
a strain of political morality that ne
Indignantly refused TO ransom the Once,
though he knew 1t WAS his own, anu
rejected absolutely and with scorn all cor
l1Ipt advances and, lastly, that he exhibited
the highest patriotism in abiding by the de-
ci,ion of the Electoral Commission ana
refusing TO resort to violence to gam
the Presidency. The effect of the report,
therefore, is simply TO put ON hle OIL
ciallv the conclusions of bis own party III
these particulars. 1t is not, as is very mani
fest, a pleasing task. The party would have
much preferred from the first to drop the old
gentleman and his grievance, but ii was i'm
possible; ne had wound himself around
it too closCly Circumstances drove them
TO the investigation, and of the inyestI-
cation there could be but one ending. What
ever the facts or lack Of facts. VlndlcalOn
was the fOrcgOno conclusion.
Mr. 1ilden, of course, is gratihed at the
result. 1t places him, as THE TRIBUNE long
AGO said it would. and as everybody how sees,
great way in advance of all competitors for the
nomination in 1850. The Potter Committee
have given him a certificate which must be
accepted 10y the party, however the county
at large may view it. The party Is in
very much such fix as the gentleman
who in response TO the importunItles oi
worthless fellow for a recommendation, at
last, IN order to get rid of him, sat down ana
wrote recommendation IN which the apph-
cant was highly eXtOed for his honesty, abll-
i,y and industry The fellow read it over
carefully. and not without some surprise at the
fulne,s of the praise; then turning to
the writer said, Look here, amt you
Joking ?" ~" BY no Means" was the answer.
Do YOU mean 10 say you o.icNe al ~" w
"wrtten here e. "Why, yes; why shouldn't
"I7' "Oh. it's all right, | SUPPOSE said the
fellow, but If you believe it, you'd better
hire me yourscIfj nobody else will When
the next Democratic National Convention
meets 1t VIII undoubtedly find Mr.. Tilden at
the door with the Potter certificate in his
hand. ready TO remark, " Here's your recon-
"ncndation; if you believe it, hTe me your
" self nobody else WILL"
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

the letter is most interesting rs well execute"
specimen of controversial literaur" o the ncat-sAo
ORDER now rarely resorfcd TO excerpt by HchiIeineu
of the old school And yet II Is fortunate tha' goo
Sir. Dcfrrcs has other claims upon the p'puur eS-
TEEN. It uay b. questioned whether even Ms i''-
Oguized skill ~ this department Of literature
wouid Of itself suffice e. ondear him 30 ms i'Io"
citizens. Perhaps his intcgrit and ''r'i2hii"f"a'u
ness, hsdgence and executive force. are more val
liable possessions after all than his ability tocXecnc
On artistic epistolary waf-dauce upon the prostate
forms If thc Hon Th.nrzor b. Fmlry and his kind.
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mont really came from Mr. Hosr and the Senator,

mont reaiIY came from blG 1OST ana the senators
who supported the amendment. True arnenity
was IN not Insulting HIM by offering him money
TIE twenty-five Senators who voted against the
amcudment do not seem 70 have made ry dig.
EG,d exhibition. DAVIS himself is an old Roman
Ly COMPARISON. If there had been no debate Mr.
Hoar's amendment. which was really necessary.
would have attracted bat limited public attention.
Now Mr. Davis and bis Iecord wIll be discussed
once more all over the country ~ loyal ips, and
certainly not to his benefit. lie may wei ozclam:
d" save me from my frends'
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

1NEX4NPLF TOR UOFRING EEPiBLICfNS.
Here j, a hint for Republicans IN all doubtful
counties: A few active Republicans IN a county i'm
an adjoining state VIII ch usually gives from 200 to
900 Democratic majority, have raised tine means
among themselves. and are circulating 800 copies
of TIE WEEKLY TRIBUNE IN that county. These
pap,rs are carefully distributed among the Waycr-
ip,. aud doubtful voters. to whose names they are
addressed al TIN, ONCE. the same IS %
regular al hscribers and each viii receive the paper
for q year some of them have been induced Il"
pav for the paper others to pay part of the sub
scriutlou price but If a doubtful voter will pay
,otntng at all lac gets the paper anyhow
and the self-coustlmted committee pay ior
H. The Gentlemen who are doing tins work
gre neither OH l.e-hOders nor Oiice-soekcrs.
We think that not ono OK them has
ever held an oil pc, AMI from what know of
their taste, and bIm-53 pursuits, we don't believe
one of f1cin ever expect, ID. They are doing m"
work and spending their money solely for the gem
eral good believing rs they do that this will be
hest promoted by the success Of the Republican
party. A. the result we shall not be surprised to
see their county 20 Republican the coming Fall,
hut the work is persisted in it is certain to do
u 1850.
Tho example set by these gentlemen may
be prohlahly followed by State and
County Committees everywhere and there
are very few close and doubtful counties
which cannot be made steadily Republican
bv the iudicious circulation Of IHE TRIBUNE IN
their limits.
There are great many Republican Congressman.
now representing close districts, who can make
THEN reflection sure by the adoption and coutInu-
3uce Of this policy
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

ton of Mr.. Tilden. But the spectacle oi Mr.
Tilden staggering around the course IN 1851
with tho tremendous load of Pclton, Need,
Woollcy. Marble, Coye, Hardy Solomon ana
fourteen codes of cipher, all piled upon his
back, is enough to Gil the party with dismay.
And that is the sole apprecabe result OF MI
Potter. fen months of conscientious work.
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

repeat his former veto, for the objections
which he made to the bill have had the
result of eliminating tie 4. features 10
which ne took exception. And to persist
in oistructing this measure when the LeglS-
lature has three times pressed IT upon blih'
might be termed an abuse of the veto powei
considering that no question of conscience Is
involved, and that the Judgment OF Governor
Robinson as an individual lawyer should
not outweigh the opinion of two-thirds of
the bar.
The rcDort of the minority OF the Iotter
Committee deals chiefly with the cipher dls-
uatchcs-the only tangible feature OF the Whoie
investigation. The minority give piaIh
and straightforward history OF the iacts
disclosed by the The TRIBUNE and confirmed
by the testimony OF the cOparceners them
selves. When confronted with the disagreeable
duty of speaking frankly concerning the
probable participation III these corrupt III
trigues of a man who has been the candidate
of a great party for the Presidency, 'he
minority have not allowed any false teelihg
of charity or official politenesS to dlstort
the expression OF their views They show
how incredible the theory of Mr.. IlIdens IN
poccnce and ignorance is; show also that
after he had ceased 10 be ignorant OF the
transactions Of his nephew. the latter was re-
tliupi In hiS confidence and remained a mem
Ler of his family; and make shrewd ShS-
castion as the reason for Mr.. TIldeD'S prompt
snppresSiOn of the Baltimore negotiation as soon
nc = third person had brought it to his attention.
Tbov also comment with unsparing candoI
unon tba fact that Nj. Tildeu did not demand
an opportunity for an explanation until lhe
very last moment The cipher intrigue was
one of the most disgrlc~ful episodes in the
history OF this country, and it is wei that
fine Republican members of the Committee
did not mince their words, and allowed a
stern recital of the facts to pass upon record.
The prospect that the country viii he spared
the damage of an extra session OF Congress
has much improved in the past twenty-tour
bonr,. and it may be that the Speakers
gavcl will fall to-day at noon upon the
completion of a work not well done. but still
dane after fashion. Men of both parties
have Mantle sted a disposition to close up the
legislation. if possible, and much has
hccn accomplished All the approprla-
zion bills have now been disposed OF,
cxccpt two-the Army and the Legislative
Aup,opriatiou bills the latter of which, how
ever. contain, the obnoxious political legiS-
l3-ion still demanded by the Democrats, and
,tIil quite as firmly resisted by the Republi-
cans. Many measures that are undergoing
approval are changing places, owing to the
fear that the Legislative Appropriation bill
may fail. and are attaching themselves
New-York tribune., 1879-03-04

II is encouraging to note that the Great National
DOG Tournament has opened auspiclously ia New
Orleans, i'll spite of some sentimental opposition.
The first battle was evidently an elegant Set-tO
and all that the most iastidlous cOnnorsscur
could desire but we do not learn that any
ladies gTaced the pit with their presence,
during the entire two hours and seventeen minutes
which were consumed befor, the game lit;le animal
of onr fellow-citzen, Mr. Jennings, succeeded in
getting himself chawed up by that Boston dog We
see no reason why ladies should not assist at this
noble pastime rs they do at the pigeon -mangllngs
herrabout. Indeed there some elements
in the prevailing mode of doye-killing
which make it rather unsatisfactory sport
If is impossible Tor ladies 10 see the actual
death of the dove, in every instance. Some of them
are wounded and drop "0ut of bounds Others
get away with their bodies full of shot and they
NAV lug,r for day or ), III such sacusion that no
spectator can enjoy their agones And although
ladies and others can obtain a luscious view
of their terror they arc flung from
thc trap and can mark the prowc,S of the bold
hunt smcn WHO shoot them to death just thew feel
fine iov Of freedom yet ii must bo allowed that the
,nort has a General flavor oi untpirnsS. The con
fest is too unequal, and evidently the
pigeons don't enjoy II. On the other hand,
we know that dng', -pccally bull-ter-
,iers. delight TO bark and bre They rather
relish the fun Of tearing each other
into shrcds. After they have been carefully
Uriehcd il is an even thing as they ru~h together
with the lignl of battle in tDeir eyes. aud We may
be r,., onably sure that the best dog VIII wn and
The owner of the best dog rake IN the money.
AItogether, there is every reason 70 suppose
that "a lady who finds pleasure in dis
play Of athletic trap->hooting would thoroughly
enjoy a chaste and bloody dos-fght Perhaps,
when Nj Jennings returns, he eau be prevailed upon
t. arrange a matinee for ladies aud children.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis was in the Senate again yes
ter,lav Not in ptOprd persona. lie was represented
by hi, misguided friends. They could have done
HIM a service by permitting Mr.. Hosr's amendment
10 pass without opposition. aud they failed to do it,.
OF what consequence to him "a Mexican
pepsionf lie ~ not q citZon of the United States.
lie could not consistently have accepted the money.
He probably would not have deigned to touch one
dime from the Treasury of the Government which
ne has sought to overthrow lie has the instincts of
"A gentleman, We suppose. III he ishonestly occupy
ing his present position he ought to be much Obliged
to Mr. Hoar. II was his friends and admirers who
sought to put him in false position. 1t would have
been natural for those of them who have submitted
to a removal of their political disabilities TO have
regarded hs course as u rebuke of their submission
While he has kept out. they have come IN. II be
is right. they must DO wrong. His kindest treat