New-York tribune., 1880-01-14
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. JANUARY H. 1880

| majority and a sure thing. The old gentleman
has suffered a great deal first and last from the
decisions of Courts, and has natural preJu-
dice against them, but this was so sore us
onnointment that he vows he never VIII trust
again the men who agreed to the arbitration
and continually calls upon the American People
not to cOndone fraud.
/ Governor Garceon of Maine made the
same mistake. This was case III Whlch
Pillsbury and other choice spr'ts III
the marty had concocted as pretty plan tor
gohbling up a State as ever tickled the fancy
of Democratic statesman. 1t was cut ana
dried long before the election The blanks
sent out by tie Democratic State officials Tor
tbc filing cut of returns were all prepared
with this end in view, and al the
oprortunities afforded by temporary pos
session Of the State Offices were used ih
furtherance OF the scheme. such confidence
was felt in It's success, that after tAc Vo'cS
had been counted and the Republicans were
found 70 have carried both branches OF '"'
Legislature by handsome majouues' II W"S
ogeulv declared by some who were ih ih'
secret that the result would be reversed "hcn
tbe returns came 10 be c9nTafsco. in puI-
suance of the plan thcy did count ou'
enough Republicans and count in enough
of their own men TO g'yo them con-
troll Of both branches Of the Lcgl,'a-
tnre. aud as consequence, ell the state
officers. They seemed to have "a sure thing. DuJ
there WIS such an outhurst OF indignation
that Galccl0n, the GOvc'uOr, was compelled
10 listen to the demand Of The OUTRAGED
citizens that the questions at Issue be SUD-
nittcd 10 the Supreme Court
For doing this, even though he had no in!en-
ton of making fair and honest suhmls-
sion of the points involved, Pil!sbury and
the rest denounced him. lie did not
snbmit the questions as requested, but with a
decree # cunning that entities him 80 first
rank among modern Democratic statesmen,
drew up another SET upon which hc ilattcred
himself that the decisions Of the Court would
be. or seem to be- so nearly favorable to the
democratic Interpretation oi tho Constitution
and the law n 10 give tho c0nspirat0rs
sort of Justification for their action.
| Misplaced confidence again. Win sure
thing I'm his hands, he Thought to mako -
douby sure by PLAYING another urh ON the
/ Supreme Court and fo7tifyng himself by
their authority Bur it was the old story
They ruled against him on every point and
left the conspiracy without lee TO stand on.
( The pTa.es went on, to be- sure, just as though
nothing had happened, and no submission had
| been made, and Garcclon, lapsing into gmte-
/ ful obscurity on the expiration of his term,
/ eft his. gang in the State House playing at
! being n LEGISLATURE. But with the decision OF
/ tine Court so souarcly opposed 70 them, the
| continuance Of the game was only question
| Of fine. with the first opportunity the de-
/ frauded members organized and re- .ubmiIied
/ thr question at issue TO the courts. Whatever
/ comes of it, 10 is certain that the Garcelon
! gang will not be sustained. The blundcr OF
/ "'leaying 1t out" has been repeated, and all
/ hands curse Garcelon for a..
one obvious moral from these facts isl;
/ Don't undertake to steal Office, on Quibbes
( and techucaltcs. But the one most likely
/ TO b. drawn by the Democracy is: Never leave
/ anvtl,inq out 10 the courts; If you've got IT,
| keen il. The late Mr.. Tweed, who was after
/ an the cofplctcst repre- sentative and exponent
! Of lis party. followed the safer way. He
| sometimes left ont matters 60 the courtsj
| but he owned the courts. lie took no
| ri.,,s. The maxim OF Democracy should be
/ that of individuals of the thieylng profession :
Beware OF courts. judges, and legal trlbu-
'nalsw II is great mistake when
/ party sets out to steal an Office or a
! State to permit itself to be invcielcd into
! leaving anything out to a judicial tribunal. In
the present state of feeling in the Democratic
marty we should not be at all surprised to see
bill introduced in the present Congress
| wiping out all courts.