New-York tribune., 1879-03-05


fact that the railroad system OF the country
can bc developed successfully only IN concert
with the American lines.
The news of the riot at Kingston, in when
the Democrats took forcble possession OF 'hc
polls. prevented their opponents from V"'ins'
and so conducted themselves that the hepuo-
hcan Inspector of Elections withdrew anu
many Republicans abandoned all attempts 10
east their ballots, is, in one sense good news
When a Ring has grown so desperate lna' ~
resorts to violence, its case Is bad lhueeu'
and when this happens in one OF the Oldest
communities IN the interior Of tins state
the Ring may safely be SAID to be at pay
Let the Republicans and independent taXpay
cr. of Ulster County take courage, therefore.
They have made gains in The elections held
yesterday; they can hardly fail to make more
i'm the election which viii no doubt hc ordered
IN Kingston because of yesterdays disturb
auccs; and this confession of guilt and adj
mission of approaching disaster made by the
Ring will be worth much IN the future to the
honest citizens Of that county.
The Vanderbilt Will case was submitted
Yesterday to the Surrogate IN such a manne.
a., 10 leave no doubt that the contestant has
virtually abandoned it. Whether this has been
done m pursuance of n compromise or not. It Is
difficult to say, though easy 20 suspect Con
sidercd from any point OF view, the coDtes-
tauts decision was wise one. The
attempt to prove Cornelius Vanderbilt
mu8tic was never anything more
than a legal burlc>Que; it was merely
shown that he was the s1mc coarse, eccentric,
dominating character he had always been
known TO br-a' man with weaknesses no
doubt. but still Of great willpower and en-
dovcd with a vast reserve fund Of horse
"scnscn The counsel for the contestant
might well have declined to sum up, if for no
other reason than that there was
nothing to be summed mp. On moral
rounds the pabhc viii be glad to
see the case ended. Family quarrels IN public
are usually painful epectac,es, but this has
been I'm some RESPECTS q peculiarly uauseatng
trial. 1t began with a loud proclamation from
The children of man who died at an age
which might have secured from them, at least
protection for his memory, that thcy were
prepared 10 expose his diseases and ms vices
his weaknesses and dcluson~, N order to
prove hlm q mouomauiac and divert ms prop
crv from the channel INTO which, with the
utmost delibsrauon, he had turned it. The
question Of plccmuence in public virtues
FL, between the Vanderbilt who left the
money and the Vanderbilt vino rece we'd it,
or the question whether either Is entitled to
honor at all, on that score, has nothing to
do with the sanitary aspects, as they may he
called Of tins case. One of its features was
persistent assault upon the character of a
woman whose position in The family in which
this extraordinary mud-throWing took place
should, of itself alone. have shielded
her from such attacks. The formal
withdrawal at the close Of proceedings
Yesterday, of all reflections upon her
! reputation, was the only reparaton that
| could be made, perhaps, for the original in
! Jury, but the two bear no comparison for
magnitude. Whatever may be the true history
of the sudden closing Of this clse the public
VIII gladly see it disappear and will hope
that we shall not soon see another such un-
secmly wIanglc over the reputation Of a dead
father. Even mihonaTcs have rights which
their children are bound to respect