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citizens know what the laws are. Very few
indeed know what has been the practical re-
suit of their enforcement, or what NUMBER Vi
cases are now In charge Of the proper ofhcers
for prosecution, against whom. or where. we
have no doubt that information on these points
can be given from the official records winch
would startle the country, and 20 far toward
shaping public opinion in respect to the cleo
ton laws and the necessity OF maintaining
and enforcing them. 1t may safely be pre-
sumed that the people OF THIS country
do not want to have elections cohuolieu
by repeaters, balot-bo1 suffers mugs
or assassIus. Whatever desperate POLITICIANS
may desire, the great mass OF the people
want fair and honest vote, with SUBMISSION
to the will of the majority. When the people
want anything else, under whatever preteht
il will be time to consider whether they really
desire free government at all.
In every struggle for the purity OF electohS
thus far. the Democratic party has been OH
the side of those who wished TO rob the people
nv fraud at elections. Democracy has been
for wears the champion of the repeaters, the
scolon;zers. the suffers of boxes, the users OF
tissue-ballots, the makers of false returns. The
tense bitterness by the DemOc. ats, have been
framed and passed by Republicans. without
entering the arena of party debate. the Presi-
dent can with great force and proprIety point
out the events. in this and in other States
which made the enactment of Federal election
laws necessary for the protection OF the people
of other States than those in which frauds had
been perpetrated. When a gang or repeaterS
elect Governor of New FORK or Ohio, that Is
matter for the people of New ork
or Ohio to deal with; but when Presl-
dental electors, Senators and Representatives
in Congress are chosen by fraud, and repeat
ers or ballOt-bOx suffers IN one State may
elect President or secure the enactment OF
laws for the government of the whole coun-
try, it becomes the right and the duty OF the
United States to provide a remedy. The
President, in submitting information as to the
necessity, nature and workings of these laws,
would appeal directly to the intelligence and
honesty of the people, and we do not tlinK
such an appeal would be without fruit.
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lican party would have no reason to fear the
nIEEERENCR-ONE BAR'L.

Mrs. McDonough has just been up in police
court. Governor Tiden has not Neyerthe-
less. Mrs. McDonough and Governor Iilden
seem to be very much In the same boat
Mrs. McDonough had child, extremely
Young and extremely bad Governor Tuden
had a nephew ditto, ditto. Mrs. McDonoueh
found out that her child was stealing
goods from Macy's. Governor Tilden
found out that his nephew was trying to steal
electoral votes IN South Carolina-"m-
"choaten theft only. Mrs. McDonough
told her child it mustn't do so any more.
Governor Tilden told his nephew ditto,
ditto. Then Mrs. McDOnough did not do any
thing further. Governor Tilden, ditto. ditto.
Then Mrs. McDonOugh's child kept on steal
ing. Governor Tilden's nephew kept on try
ing" inchOate" theft only, please to remember
Then Mrs. McDOnOugh took no further steps
in the matter. Governor Tildcn ditto. Still
Mrs. McD0nough continued to profit by the
thefts. Still Governor Tildcn was to have
done the same.
Then Mrs. McDonoueh and her child were
locked up. The parable fails. Governor Illden
was indicated, and because of this splendid
vindication his party is going to renomlnate
him for the Presidency.
Yet after ALL where is the great difference
between Mrs. McDOnOugh and Governor Ill
den excepting the bar1f
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The Democracy is headed for the biggest blunder
of lis career.
The North will presently be as solid as rock for
stalwart Rcpublicanlsm.
There will be no chance for third party fooling in
1850 The contest will be too bitterly earnest for
that
Glover will have to keep the chronicles of his
fishing adventures for his own private pcrusal III
the secuslon of political oblivion.
Tiden,s denomination is so unanimously conceded
by his party that almost all speculation about the
rext ticket il confined to namo tor the second
place.
II the Democrats will follow Blackburn's lead in
the House and that of Beck and Voorhees, in the
Senate the party will start for the bow-wows with
delightful expedition.
II Is said that the more rational Democrats al
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THE PARK AND THE MILITARY.

The Park Commissioners are not Indifferent
Ia the consequences of the passage OF the bill
now before the Legislature, whereby portion
of the Central Park, probably the aground,
will Oe converted into parade ground They
have again led the public TO the rescue of IA
pleasure ground which has cost so many mil
lions, and which has become necessity
rather than luxury of metropolitan life
They have condemned the proposed measure
in the most emphatic terms, and have made
out so strong case that the law
makers at Albany will have no ex-
cuse for voting for it if Mr.. Langbeln
persists in dragging it forward. The bill has
made rapid progress, owing to his position as
Chairman of the Committee on Militia, and the
Assembly may be called upon at any moment
either to let it slip through or to vote it
down. There Is every reason to believe that
this measure has been nursed in private and
is now fully matured, and that its success is
confidently predicted in certain quarters. The
warning therefore. must be sharp and prompt
The bill should not pass.
First because it Is unnecessary. The Mill
tia can be accommodated quite as well on
cheaper land. \ parade-ground can be had
within the city limits, either in the annexed
district or on the Harlem Flats, which can be
reached from the most remote quarters of the
island in less time and with greater facility
than was the case with any portion OF the
Central Park "A year ago. The rapid transit
roads have made 1t much easier for the Mi
litla to cross the Harlem River than it once
was for them To enter the Park. Nearly
all the regimcntal armones are within
five, and several of the more important ones
within two minutes march Of one OF the sta
tons Of the elevated railroads, which are
either In operation or in course of construc-
ton. The reply may be made that our cit-
zen soldiers want to march and not ride to
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Jnoes to ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

ANryENrENTs-3d Pd0r-6th column
RANkING AND FINANCIAIr-7h PG0e-Oth coiuihA
BANKRUPT NoTICEs-3d PaQe-4th column
BOARD AND RoOMs-3d Pdge-5th column.
BusTSRss NOTICHS--4h PdOt-lst column
CoRpORATIoN NoTICEs-7h PGQe-6th column
DANriNC ACADEMfES-6h PdGe-3d column
DIVIDEND NOTICEs-1h PG'e-0th coiuinn
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EURoPEAN ADYERTIsENENTS-Sd fd1e-4'" WV
ExCURsIONs-3d PGOC-6th eOlumh
FINANCIAI--7h FGOe-9th and 0th cOlumns'
HOTRIs-Sd PdCe-5th column. -, .,,,,,r
HORSES AND FARMS WANTED 90 PG0e- -4lh OV'""'N'
INSTRUCTION 9Th ragged and 81 COLUMNS
LAW SCHOOLs-6h PdOe-3d cOumD.
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IYGAI NoTICEs-7h Io0c-6 h column
IOsT AND FOUSD-3d Pace 9th co'umn 80, 1000,
NAKBIR AND SLATE MAN1EIS-6h Pd0r-o'u colu'nH'
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NIsCEIIArEoUs-3 Pd0e-4th column; oH IuVo VI"
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RRH Estate FOR 3ALE-t'tTY-3d fdJe-'h ''4''i""
COrSTRY-3d EdQe--3d and 4th Columns
gAITs BY AUCTION on IdOc-3d 60 umn'
SAVINGS BANRs-7A Pdae-6th column.
sprCttI NOTiCFs-5t tdg,- 9th column
SITUATIONS " ANThD-MALEs-eM race Col"i'"
FEMALES 6M iGCe-5th 90 mr.: o, 49,, Al
kTIANPOATs All kAiLROADS-OW fd0e-oV "''N 49,
columns. 80
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IE.CHERs-6M races 81 column. 49,
1ClIT-ClTY PROPERTY-3d PGOe-4th Column; CoON
rRY-3d i'G0e-4th column.
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LILLE PENDING TEST.

II will be the duty of the President, within
few days, TO submit TO Congress Gin
formation regarding the state of the
country" and particularly information
bearing upon the causes which have brought
about an extra session of Congress for
the second time since his inauguration.
This gives him a rare opportunity. The whole
people will read with attention a message
discussing fOrcibly and frankly the questions
at issue That the President may properly
discuss them, at the very threshold of the
session, Is apparent when we consider the
grave misinfOrmatiOn and general ignorance
which prevail in regard to the topics III dis
pute.
A Congress composed of intelligent and can
did men, for instance, would certainly not
commence a serious struggle with the Exec
utiye to force the repeal of any statute with
out asking what had been the practical work
ing and effect of that statute. 1t would then
become the duty of the Executive to inform
Congress under what circumstances, to what
extent, and when. if ever. troops had been
employed at the polls to suppress violence
Why is 1t not eminently proper for the
President to place that information before
Congress at the Outse If troops have in 10
case been SO employed during his term Of
oflice-it, in fact, there have been no troops
stationed within the States where such viO-
lence has occurred, OF where they could be so
employed-it seems very pertinent for him
to state the fact If there has been
a reliance upon the solemn pledges of
Southern statesmen that, if all troops were
withdrawn, they would guarantee that peace
should be maintained, that all laws should be
enforced, and that every citizen should be
protected IN his rights and If, notwithstand-
ing those pledges many outrages and acts OF
violence have gone unpublished, that fact is
also pertinent.
La respect to the election laws, there is pc
culiar necessity for information. Very few
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the parade ground. They can certainly reacn
either the Harlem Flats or thei annexed as
trict quickly and comfortably enough, ana
when they are once on the grouno
they can march as long as they
like. When the new wards were laid out
parade ground was designated on the plans
and approved by General Shaler, when his at
tenton was called to the rapid transit pro-
iects. The parade ground may have disap-
peared from the plans Of the Park Commits
sioners, but the rapid transit roads have been
built. It is utterly unnecessary to sacrifice the
Central Park merely for the pleasure OF our
National Guard.
Secondly, the measure il unwise. The regi-
ments themselves might do no mischief
in marching through the Park and using
the battle-ground, but the crowds that
invariably swarm whenever there Is
military review. would overrun lawn ana
shrubbery and ruin the fairest portions OF our
beautiful pleasure ground. The PARK has
cost enough, perhaps more than enough; why
should it be suffered to go to waste, even
if we all " love the milItary"f
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-03-07

FORFiGN-There has been a bloody conflict
among the pretenders to the Afghan throne.
g. Adranople and Thrace are to be evacu-
ated by the Russians in fortnight. -
IT is reported that General Blanco will become
Governor Of Cuba. - Prince Bismarck has
sent a concihatory reply to the Vatican. == Lord
Chelmsford Is censured by London journals.
DoMEsTC.-The Democratic Senators who made
such extravagant speeches in favor Of Jefferson
Davis are revising their remarks and elm
mating many Of the most pointed things
said -=- The Republicans of Michigan have
renominated James V. Campbell for Judge on a
hard-mouey platform. GO The finding of the
Court of Inquiry in the Reno case has been approved
by the Government. - 1t is inhnatcd that the
President and the Republicans in Congress
Will he united in opposition to the revolutionary
plans of the Democrats. - The State Assembly
yesterday passed by "A large majority the ameud-
mont reducing legislators salaries. - The bill
providing Jersey City with new charter has
passed the New-Jersey Assembly
CITY md SUBURBAN.-The Chamber Of Com
rnerce discussed the prospects of foreign and do
nestle trade. - Testimony was taken IN the
suit for four millions against the Gilbert Elevated
Road. -= Shipowners and merchants testified in
regard to the distractions Of the Brooklyn Bridge
to commerce. 60 The suit Of Hannah l.. scnly
q test case under the Civil Damage Act, was given
to the jury. - President ChadbOurne lee
turod on Science and Faith" and the Rev. Dr.
Il. S. Storrs on Bernard of Clairvaux." - The
Commencement of the New-YOrk Opbthalmic Hos
pital was held. == Gold value of the legal-tender
silver dollar l412l2 grainsl S345 cents. Stocks
generally inactive, but lower, closing weak.
The WRATHER.-THBUNE local observations in
dictate partly cloudy clear weather, with slight
changes IN temperature Thermometer yesterday,
go $50. 391.
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The Washington dispatches give gratifying
assurances that IN all the bartenng and blck-
ering which seem likely to render the coming
contest Tor the Speakership preeminent among
Its kind the Republicans will maintain the
one honorable and safe pOsitiOn-to make no
bargains enter into no coalitions. This is, at
once the best morality and the best politics.
The Republicans of Michigan have adopted
a short platform, whose whole essence is a
demand for honest finances. 1t concludes
with an invitation to all persons of whatever
mast political affiliations to unite with the Re-
publican party upon that Issue. 1t was on
this platform that Michigan was redeemed at
the last election from the reprOach of having
a Democratic Congressman, and so long as
the Republicans stand their ground the State
is not likely to have another
Bishop Coke writes q second letter upon
Bible revision, in which he pleads for a pru-
dent and dispasslOnate discussion of a ques-
ton so likely. unless handled with caution,
TO arouse unfortunate anlmostles. lie holds
that the subject must be tried by literary
and scientific standards, and that the prob
lem whether the new version shall be sub
stitnted for that now in use is one which
NAV be left TO the next generation for de-
CisiOn.
1t does sometimes happen that the Con-
eressional Representatives of the Solid South
do their speaking first and their thinking al
terward. The other day they spoke OH the
vital issue OF jefferson DavlS's pen
sion with tropical warmth and frankness;
now they are engaged in the cooler
process of wondering how they came to say
the things they did say. Their speeches have
been withheld from The Congressional Record
"for revision" and there are many rumOrs III
Washington as 10 the extent to which their
temperature is to be reduced. These Senators
could not well have chosen a more striking
way to confess to the whole public the folly
Of their utterances
The difference between a salary of 81, 500
and one of 81 900 cannot be of very great
moment To individual members of the LePis-
iature, and to the taxpayers Of the State the
reduction would mean a saving of $4,000
year. 1t is not likely that the re-
ducton, of which the Assembly expressed
itself in favor yesterday, would be fol-
lowed by such an alarming deterOra-
ton in the quality OF members as one or two
OF them seemed to fear The larger sum is
larger now in purchasing power than 1t was
when it was established as the rate of legisa-
tive compensation, and the smaller sum. in
reasonable expenses for session of three or
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little.
IF there are Republicans who have felt that
Secretary Sherman was receiving too great d
share of the credit which is due to the whole
Republican party for the success OF resump-
tiop--and some months ago there was such u
feeling in WashingtOn-they must be con-
WINGED bv his letter to the Chamber OF Com
mprce that the Secretary has made no attempt 10
magnify his services in that regard. Ills re-
ply to the request of the greatest OF all our
representative commercial bodies that his por-
trait might be allowed to adOrn their walls
contains most graceful tribute not only 10
the merchants and business men who CO.
operated with him as the Secretary OF the
Treasury, but also to the members OF Congress
who aided him and labOred with him Gs Chair-
man of the Senate Committee on finance
He says: at was my good fortune to be Sc
elected by my colleagues in the Senate to pre-
"sent the Resumption Act, which was framed
"with their aid and in their councils ana TO
"hold my present Office at the time when, by It's
terms, the law was to be enforced. The only
merit can claim is the honest and earnest ell
" fort with Others to secure the adoption OF the
"policy of resumption, and to have executed
" the law according TO its letter and spirit
" feel that | cannot accept this high com
"pliment without acknowledging that | am
(" bat one of many who have contributed 10
"the accomplishment of this benehcent OBJ
'iect" There could hardly have been more
modest statement of great services.
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four months The public would not be sorry,
moreover. if the reduction, by stimulating
personal economy among the members, should
have the effect of shortening the sessions
little.
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Nevertheless General Butler would find it wise not
to rush out on the street and tender $1,000 in
greenbacks TO the first man he meets in order to
make a test case for the Supreme Court The way
farng man is not always scrupulous abont the date
of his legal-tendcrs-an he might take EN-.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-15
A Revolution in Mexico.

A year without revolution in Mexi-
CO, or an attempt at one, at least, would
he like a summer without rain in other
countries. 1t is not surprising that one
is in progress now. President Diaz, it
will be remembered, owes his Office to
a revolution. In 1876 President Lerdo,
a Liberal, was chosen to succeed Senior
Juarez. The rival candidate was Cen
eral Porfirio Diaz. who on pretence that
the election had been irregular,
marched on the capital and proclaimed
himself provisional President. But he
was at once plunged into difficulties.
Senior Iglesias. Chief Justice of the S1-
preme Court, had aided Diaz in over
throwing Lerdo. According to the
Mexican Constitution, the Chief-J ustice
succeeds to the Presidency whenever
there is vacancy or failure to elect.
Iglesias, therefore, claimed the Presi.
dency, and when Diaz usurped it, with
drew from the capital and declared
against him. It was not until the close
Of 1877 that the opponents of Diaz
were conquered and lie became firmly
seated in the Presidency, to which he
had in the meantime caused himself to
be elected.
Diaz was supported by the wealthy
and influential classes, who had been
alarmed ut the innovations of the Lib
erals under Juarez and Lerdo. He
promised "reforms freely, which
meant reactionary movement. But
whether because he has found himself
unable to induce the Legislature to pass
the measures desired, or because he did
not have them sufficiently at heart to
press them, he has failed to give Mexico
the promised reform. For some time past
administration has been very freely
criticised in some of the journals of the
capital. bat it has not been supposed
that there was any great disaffection be-
hind these utterances.
But it is now said that the generals
of the army have openly declared against
him, that the merchants and land
owners are unanimously opposed to
him, and that his downfall is imminent,
if not certain. Precisely what has
brought about this state of feeling, be-
yond that chronic unrest that makes q
settled government seeming impossi.
bility in Mexico, is not known. But
that it exists there can be no question.
and that it portends another civil war
there can be no question. President
Diaz is not the kind of q man to give
up his hard-won honors without a strug-
gle. Should he be overthrown. there
would be fitness in the event; an ad-
ministration that began in revolution
might very properly end in q revolu.
ton E.caminer and Chronicle.
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Bees on the Wing.

When swarm leaves for the woods
they are off before you fairly know it.
They drift away from the hive in wide
spread and apparently aimless con.
course, then suddenly gather up their
skirts, draw together their forces, and
away they go. a humming, flying vortex
OF bees, the queen apparently in the
center and the mass revolving about
her as pivot, over orchards and
meadows, across creeks and swamps, or
woods and deep valleys, straight for the
appointed tree, slow at FIRST, so that You
can keep up with them, but presently
with q speed that would tire fox
hound. In this flight the individual
bees do not move in right lines, or
straight forward like q flock of birds.
but round and round like chat in a
whirlwind; unitedly they form whirl-
ing, revolving, nebulous mass fifteen or
twenty feet across. that goes as straight
IS a projectile to its mark. They are
not partial as to the kind of tree-pine,
hemlock, elm, birch, maple, hickory
any tree with good cavity high mp or
low down. A swarm Of mine ran away
from the new patent hive gave them,
and took up their quarters in the hollow
trunk of an old apple tree across an ad
joining field. The entrance was mouse
hole near the ground. Another swarm
in the neighborhood deserted their
keeper and went into the cornice of an
out house that stood amid evergreens
in the rear of large mansion. But
there is no accounting for the taste of
bees, as Sampson found when he dis
covered the swarm in the carcass Tor
more probably the skeleton) of the lion
he had slain.-John Burroughs, in Serb
ner for Mdu.