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New-York tribune., 1880-06-29

Territory should not be permitted 10 Irame
State Constitution and apply for admission
until it was ascertained by census iegany
taken that the population Of the Territory
eauaIed the ratio of representation required
for member of TIE House of Representatives
Mr. Seward, of the Senate, and Mr.. William
A. Howard, of the House, refused 10 concur
in the report.
One week thereafter this report was adopted
by the House by majority OF nine votes
The affirmative vote was made up chleuy
of Southern Democrats aided by Southern
Americans like Maynard and ZOllicoffer, OF Ten
nessee, and by Northern Democrats like Cox
Groesbeck and PendletOn. Of OhiOj English,
Hughes and Nlblack, of Indiana ALL, Dewart,
Florence, ellis, j. Clancy Jones, Owen Jones,
Henry NJ. Phillips and Allison White, OF
Pennsylyania. 1t was resisted by the entire
Republican party, aided by Northern Demo-
Gratis like Horace f. Clark and John B. Has
kin, of New-York John G. Davis, of Indiana;
Thomas L. Harris, Samuel s. Marshall and
Isaac N. Morris, of Illinois Joseph G. Nc
Kibbin. of California, and Henry Chapman
of Pennsylvania, and by Southern Amer
leans like H. Winter Davis, j. Nor
A~NN~N~'
of Maryland, and Humphrey Marshall, OF
kentucky.
The scheme was simply gigantic bribe'
1t offered the citizens of that Territory large
gifts of land and immediate representation in
Congress if they would agree to accept
slavery us it was riveted upon them by the
Lecompton Constitution. 1t indefinitely post
poned admission if they refused to
make their State Slave State. The
infamous scheme failed. The people
of Kansas resented the temptation
And the people of the Free North chose
an anti-LecOmpton Congress in the Fall OF
1853. Mr.. English then. disappeared from
politics. He now fttingly reappears with the
restoration of the class and the men whose
service was his highest honor when all the
powers of the Government were asserted only
for the one absorbing purpose of extending
and perpetuating human bondage.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
DRAMATIC AFFAIRS.

The 1,O00th performances OF Mr. Rice's bnrlesquo
of Longfellow's poem Of "Eysngeline will take
place at Boston to-morro Most Of The players
vino have been under engagement TO M
Rice within the last three years ara 70 appear IN
1t on this OCCASION aud each Of the principal parts
will be acted by three persons. The chorus will be
very large. 1t is thought that the assembiage o.
buresque players to be congregated for this evsnl
will be the most numerous that was ever gafhere0
together on ono stage. The evening wtu OF course
be one of much hilarity. 1t might be wished that
orthier work were in progress than tho desecraton
of one of the most delicate and beautiful poems "a
our language. - a
Edwin Booth sails aboard the Gallia tomorrow
The steamer Grand.Repnbic. plying to Rockawzy.
will at the same hour. IL o. m. sail from JeweiPs
wharf, Brooklyn, and viii attend the Gsllias
as a complimentary escort to Mr.. Booth.
as far ss the light sbip where 9 parting
salute will be fred. and music and cheers
will emphasize tho farewell 70 tie great actor The
and everything will be done to make this demon
stration In honor of Mr. Booth alike hrillians and
enjoyable.
new piece, entitled "The Governor adapted
from the German. was produced on the 23d frst.
OF the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Messrs. James
and Thorue took benefit on that occasion.
Mrs. Kendall has reappeared st the St James The
atre in "The Ladies' Battle.n DR.. Marstou's Donna
Diana" was announced for revival there. This
piece was Rrst acted about sixteen years ago. at the
Princesss with Mrs. Vein as the horone--now per
sonated by Mrs. Kendall
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
PERSONAL,

Mr.. Franz Rummel, who sailed In the steamer
Main on Saturday. will return to this country about
September.
General Bradley 7. JOhnson nas received frot.
some Richmond friends gift of q silver punch
bowl Inlaid with gold.
Senators Booth and Blaine have taken a cottage
together at the White Sulphur Springs and expect
some 81 their colleagues to join them. They will
remain there three weeks.
Tho two little Goodale girls, it is announced, do
not intend to publish book this Summer, but
everything they write Is snapped upU by dyera
magazines. They keep their little pens flying with
their little verses. =
Senator Chandler is said by The Cleveland Leader
to have turned during spcech st an Ohio mass
meeting last Autumn aud, pointing ut Garfield, 10
ave said 70 his audieEce: Gentlemen. there sits
your next Presidents"
II. H.. In Liverpool letter to The Bosion Advcr-
tisea says: The unexpected Is the one thing that
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
Nslu,alo Daily Grib1s,re.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1880.
THE NEWs THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN, - The FRI lch Senate has elected a
sommttee to consider the amnesty bill 8
the majority of the members arc op~
posed to it. - The Irish team, who are
30 scompcte with the Americans to-day.
has been chosen - revolution in
favor of the union Of Bulgaria and Eastern Rou'
melia is imminent. - About 5000 peaple are on
strike at Mossey. England.
DOMESTIC City Treasurer Williams, of Rochester,
has drowned himself; his accounts are all correct.
G== The Columbia College crew won the boat-race
for the Chiids Challenge Cup in Philadelphia yess
turday. 80 A large number of bills passed by the
sats State Legislature have failed to Sc
cure Governor Corneils approval. 80 Presi-
dent Hayes visited Branford Village Conn.,.
and held reception Mt an ancestral home. "A
Sammer cottage at Mitchell Park. N. j., has been
plundered by burglars:
CRY AND SUBuRBAN.-Tbe steamer Seawanhaka
was burned yesterday off Wards Island; about
forty lives were lost - FortV-two cases
of prostration by the heat were re-
ported; thirty were fatal. g. Two
men were burned at fire in Gold-st.; one Of
them will die. - Jacob Auerbach, of Montana
was killed on the Sixth Avenue Elevated Road.-=
The Warren Court of Inquiry met, and General Han
cock gave notice that he wished to withdraw
from the Court. - Irving Hall Democrats insist
shat over:ures for harmony must be made By Tam
many. - Judge McCue. of Brooklyn, de-
eide6 slas :ionesal Jourdan should be restrained
from acimg as sole head Of the Police
Department. - Brooklyn Democrats opposed
to Boss " Mclaughlin supported the Cincinnati
nominations. - Gold value Of the legal-tepder
silver dollar t412ia erains). 1882 cents. Stocks
opened strong and higher. afterwsrd were fcveriSh
and flnctuating. and closed unsettled.
THs wEATRgR.-fRIBUNE local observations in
ccate cloudy partly cloudy weather, with possi-
bis showers in tbeeary part of the day TO be fol-
lowed by clear weather and cooler winds. Their
nanaeter yesterday: Highest. 93S; lowest, 73o;
average, SO.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
THE sUNKEN MEADOW HORROR.

The echoes of the terrible disaster of the
NarTagansett have hardly died away when
another, apparently even more destructive
20 life, occurs at our very doors.
This with the collision Of the Queen and An
chOria, far out at sen, .,Imakes the third
serious marine disaster in a little more than
fortnight. But this comes close home to New
Workers. The waters of the East River, so
seldom associated in our minds with any but
the most peaceful and commonplace scenes,
suddenly become the background of q
terrible tragedy. The 4, Scawanhaka, a
boat running to various points on
the north shore of Long Island, was making
her regular trip yesterday afternoon, when a
sudden explosion was heard, the middle
of the boat burst into flames, and
though 1t was instantly headed for the
swampy island lying south of Randalrs Island,
and called Sunken Meadow, which was reached
in something like five minutes, as many as fifty
lives, it is feared, were lost. Many persons were
drowned, some were burned, and one, at least,
was fairly roasted in the water.
There seems to be no explanation of the
cause of the accident, except a suggestion by
he.Captain that it was due to some explosive
matter in the coal. The boilers do not seem to
have exploded. The statement is made that
they had been examined this year and pro-
nounced in excellent condition. The boat
was rs dry as tinder, and burned as rap
idly. 1t was crowded, and many lives
were thus easily and cruelty lost.
Thus far, therefore, there is no reason to
blame the company OF any of its officers, and
the public should be as prompt to recognize tne
FL Ill. - Gxr xrha
does exist On the contrary, the officers OF
the boat deserve to have their names
subscribed to the great roll Of heroes.
The Captain, Charles P. Smith, who,
standing at the wheel, held the boat
firmly on Its course, in spite of the flames
that were attacking him, and displayed at
this terrible moment perfect GOODNESS, as well
as great courage, and Weeks, the engineer, who
rushed from tho enGine-room with his clothes
in flames. but with rare and noble
bravery, returned there, deserve the
gratitude of the public. AT least
one other name should be added, that of Mr..
Chase, the merchant, who had the rare hap
piness of saving no less than forty lives by
means of q small yacht. These are great and
generous deeds. and will not be forgotten.
One lesson can be deduced thus early-the
need of GOODNESS in the presence even of such
disaster. 1t may be said that it is easy to
preach after the fact, but other such dis
asters will come, and then it will be we'll to
remember that the man who loses his head
is very apt to lose his life. Many of those
who jumped overheard yesterday might be
living now if they had kept their wits
about them. A duty to others as well
as to ones self is involved. 1t is shock
ing to read of women and children
being run down and trampled upon and
knocked into the water by a paDic-strickcn
crowd. There arc countless reasons, at such
time, for keeping cool.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC TIcBETIS wEA1

WHERE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET rs REAR.
The Democrats who are confident of victory
in che next election make one fatal mistake.
They have considered how their ticket will suit
the offlce-seeke and political tricksters, who
have no positive convictions. But they have
taken it for granted that the voters also are des
titute of political convictions, particularly on
financial and industrial questions. We shall
see in due time how far that estimate is war
ranted.
The ticket was framed in order to carry the
three doubtful Eastern States, New-YOrk, New
jersey and Connecticut In Indiana, unless Mr..
English should prove unusually liberal and his
means surprisingly potent, defeat may be ex-
pected. But it was calculated that political
quarrels among Democratic politicians and
office-seekers IN New-York would be healed by
the nomination of General Hancock. Whether
this expectation was correct time will show.
But the voters to be influenced in New-YOrk
and the adjacent States have strong cOnvic-
tions in regard TO the money question and in
regard to the tariff. 1t may be found thought
full Democrats begin to perceive, that where the
ticket will please and placate one Democratic
politician, it will offend and repel ten Demo-
cratic and Greenback voters.
Inc Daldnce OF power, IN tDc Jnree Eastern
States, has been held by body of voters who
agree in the main with the Greenback or Ma
tiOnal party They believe in soft money, be-
cause they think cheap money makes high
wages and advancing prices for goods to be
sold They detest National banks and money
lenders, bond holders and coupOn-clippers, and
believe in usury laws, and in driving hard
bargains with the public creditors With few
exceptions, also, they are intensely hostile to
free trade, and believe in protective duties.
Whether any Of these convictions are right or
wrong, they are held with intense earnestness
by the voters in question, whose votes at the
latest elections prevented the success of either
the Democratic or Republican party by a
majority vote in each of the three doubtful
States. Now the Democratic party Cflers to
these three States thorough going free-trade
and hsfd-money platform, aud ticket of the
same sort--so far as it means anything. Gen.
eral Hancock is loosely called an old-fashioned
Democrat and the old-fashioned Democracy
| meant hard money and free trade. Whether
| be has any personal opinions on these Ques-
tions the pubic has no ,Deans Of knowing.
| But his associate, Mr. English, was an active
member OF Congress before the war, aud showed
by his votes ct that time the free trade and
II
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29

the Brit,sh mind, d never prepared for' ||5
r,,,oysn,,,a and IL the EnglishfnAn aecc0 ~
iii .tcjx "a Il. come what eill hks his eyy ~
Aonal Casabisnca. Bat coafsvnt hiu wllI1 y
exoected, he IL as helpless and bewil ildezaa
out q wHter SSs Dds re e. gan % sss Seis e
aisenlafs. " Most extraordluary< mozs ri
dinary p but what he viii 40 y 2 oassez = ,'a7 81
GUS uncertainty, ss * II i5 {. q ~
The ArtistS Fund society cf THE city ~ q q
.cco,,nts nasaed syrac,lss on thar canal journey
Niagara. At Utica they we're vistted On peake ~ {
Mr.. Horatio seymnur. who mcfrily told tpem = 81 I
two artists ssere at work on his ho1ne eu9 s1s3
ronndincs ALI the year round--nnt1fe ana ~ /
The polite artists responded that thsee two
r,odnced the picturesque effects which mcr1ef "a
then profession travelled man. ssas q W.
nanv them on the trip Governor Seymorr NO .yPz
Their route through the valley ineiuqeq e T. q
points of Of great nssrsfs sn T. lsags q nI tsm
General Hancoek,s father, air. b. B. Hsncoeks
Morristown, Penn. Is said 10 have been large heg1
some, resoiute man. good lawyer bepSls
deacon. and Democrat Of the deepest dye
Hancock was gentle little lady and then spses
boys were highly esteemed. Tho Clertlenq 4<R4
adds +" They lived in brick houss Of MODEST ~
meusions. in one part Of which Mr.. HANCOCK hac ~
law Office, and in another part Of which Mrs Hae1
cock conducted millinery shop. As boy eensks1I
Hancock was isrge fine looking pefsenI ~ VIZ
sports and pranks. and favorite among hl5 "a
quaintances. He was not qnarresome pux Noet4
remarkably brilliant in is studies but Was Koo4 q
average scholar, He was selected fof appq1ntpgpe
to West Point because OF his manliness oi epalS
and fine physique, and because ne was tno1sak - z
possess the elements OF a soIdier.n = s.
LONDON, June 2S.--A Calcutta dispatch 70 lse
Times says Z" Lord Lytton viii leave 6tmls los
England to-day monday. Orders haye neenassueS
that on his departure and at every halt on the
VieeIoy of India.n s.f-tc ~ ~
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
PUBLIC OPINION

We may be sure that Hancock will never
attempt tn overthrow those free INSTITUTIONS which
careful TO upraise they had been tempo
rar1ly subverted- INew-Orleans Picayunc (Dern,.
Hancock is handsome and English Is itch.
platform and Indiana with cold crew for Hendrfcks
may not sacceed-(cincinnau Commercial tIndl
If elected Hancock will be q mere figure
head. The Solid South will be President. Tbs Cncin-
natl nominee must be named Hancock, the unknown,
Hancock, she dangerous.-[Roc ster~ Democrat and
Chronicle Csep). u.
A soldier verging on to his three-score cannot
be turned Into soldier stat wcea's
ucs even Tor the exgences OF Presidential caupaisn
-lPhfadelphla Inquirer (Repl
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
GARFIELD, TIE TRAINER STATESMAN.

A President, as the Democrats themselves
nave eontended ever since General Grant changed hts
politics, should be above all things else statesman
knowledge OF other than purely civic nairs is NOT OF
The officer VINO holds the scales betveen congrs and
the people, whoee veto or approval Of measure u eqaaI
with appeals for or AGAINST the Inward character
OF which Ia revealed only by the keanest serutny whose
freedom OF action hedged by uumberiesa creot
and Indirect Constitutional restrtotonssuch oicee
ougnt 70 DO ono competent 10 selve state pr0bilae
promptly when they are capable OF promnt eoint1oss
and Wiling 70 reecgnise the decscy OF Others whcl ~
quire aoorons study. General Garfsld by his pr0fed
siona training rs well by hts long experience In tAe
popular branch OF Congress. fitted lust thfs sos f
work 30 has read and thought much quesronS o4
nnance commerce and international law, Ho HAS 40
qaaned himself with the remarkable hAtory Of the les
twenty years by hclpihg 10 make fk = - ~ g
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
gubex 10 aoperiisemenis.


xxrsrnT:ryTs- ad Paes-6th co,umn.
EoASf, lNp RouMs-3d Ynee-2d COLUMN.
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ksw pm Itxssaxs-.tR Pace-1st column.
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ermIItSA I'd Butf-6ih relntpE.
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sfsAspos9s Afp RAiLRoADs- 3D. Page-2d aEd Sd
fsyxs4sxSss,s-.fcxAkz Sd Paos--lst and I'd columns.
s,s.ss1rr REspf4s-3d Pace 4th and 5lh columns.
II b. 1ErY4 81 gkgt--6th esIumu.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
That solitary soldier ISSUE is OverwOrked already


Who will supply the poor Democratic
English declines, application might no made to
Belmont.
II was a thirsty crowd which attended the Gin
cinati Convention, for the brewers official returns
show that 10000 kegs of beer were consumed there
duru that week. Talk about wave of patriotic
sentiment" " nominating Hancock 1t was wave
of lager. stlfencd with whiskey,
Isn't it an uncalled-for unkindness to Hancock to
make old portraits of the late James Fisk, jr. do
duty rs life-like pictures of the Generalf
General Thomas Ewing bears reluctant testi-
mony to the bad policy Of the Democratic mud
throwing ut General Garfield. He admits that the
assaults will have little effect IN Ohio because
4" "our people arc inclined TO be both proud of tho
abilities and jealous of tho good of states
men, and hG will suffer less from such assaults there
than elsewhere" II will be hard work for Ewing
would be proud of Garfield il she were not CON
WINGED Ot his innocence anil honor.
Wallace has mounted tho stump, preliminary to
firing up his cOllec-pet, and declares that the
bloOdy-shirt, which has been the Republican bat
te-cry for the past twenty years. is forever buried
in the dark and dreary past" 1t has been
dreary past" for Wallace and his party but is it
wise to call public attention to the length of the
periOdf TX party has been so bad that the people
have declined to trust it with power for twenty
years would it not DO wiser for that party to allude
TO the subeot little rs POSSIBLE There were sew
eral eN ents In that "dreary" twenty years Which
the people of this country are disposed TO be proud
of. 80,
Mnllett has swung ont for Hancock. Tally one
for the Republican party.
The Democrats are already short OF ammunition
to fire in favor of their cIndidate and are about
ready to return to tho mud-fuslade on Garfield.
General Bntler thinks the Grcenbackers will poll
pretty large vote for Weaver for President, and
that most of it will como from the Democratic
party. 1t does look that way.
General Hancock has no civil record. and his
party has too much.
1t was 800 which Mr. En- glish gave to the
Chicago fire sufferers iustad of 81 The suferiprs
of the Democratic party may be great enough to
extract larger sum from him, but at present the
sufferings outweigh the hopes.
BY the way there's Spliggs What will become
OF HIM II Seymour never declines any mOreI
Mr.. WattersOn, we aro told was prepared 10
nominate Iilden on the third ballot, If Hancock
hadn't been nominated OH the second. Which seems
to imply that WattersOn had the Convention in his
pocket, but it slipped out while his attention was
concentrated on the platform. Well Tilden oueht
to forgive him, especially after reading the plat
form. - T-~0
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
TtppJyG ANOTHER SOURCE.

It is a remarkable fact that whenever the
New-YOrk Democracy approach tight election
they become distressed about the scarcity oil
water in the metropolis. In ordinary times
perhaps, they do not concern themselves much
about that innocent and insipid fluid but there
are periods when they break into sudden appre-
tensions OF failing supply, and see ~ their
disOrdered fancy all the second-story people
on Murray Hill dying of thirst in lingering
agony. A lit of this kind is on them now. A
good deal of water is wasted in hot weather; and
il will not run upstais; and some thousands
of voting men are clamOrOus for work; and so
they say the time has come when the Depart
ment OF Public Works must tap a fresh
source" These water-famines can always DO
roretold with accuracy by the political almrnac.
They prevail III a c0mpar lively mild form
during six months before every State cam
paigil, and attain their extreme viruence just
before National election.
We are now assured that Commissioner
Campbell is about to q tap fresh source" with
uncommon energy. 1t is one of the first results
of Mr.. John Kelly's extremely handsome con-
duct the other day in fOrgiving everybody he
had injured, and vowing that the first man
who spoke Of tho past should have his head
mashed. There is TO be plenty of work for
good Democrats, and the statesmen who run
ward associations, ETC., etc, will have all the
employment tickets they want to distribute
among their constituents. 1t will be three
years before we see the result of this enterprise
in our water pipes; but the Democratic party
expects to see marked result in the majorities
next November.
There il no doubt that change Is needed in
the administration of the Croton water system /;
but before VIC spend any more millions in the
construction OF great engineering works we
Onght to try the simple. experiment Of n little
economy l.. the use of what we already enjoy.
The waste of water in New-YOrk IS enormous.
The consumption per capita is more than twice
as great ms that of any other city in the world !;
and yet New-York has few large mOnufactur-
ing establishments III proportion to It's pOpula-
ton. The present reservoirs and aqueduct
arc amply sufficient to supply the metropolis
for many years to come il tho authorities will
devise some means of checking the reckless
and objectionable waste. In u few cases,
metres have been introduced into hotels, fac
tories, and other large establishments, with the
effect Of reducing the consumption Of water,
in those particular buildings more than one
half. Let the same reform be carried further
1t is folly to talk of building new aqueducts
while we allow half the stream deliS cred by the
present one TO run into the gutter.
New-York tribune., 1880-06-29
~, JERE b BLACK AND HANoocx.

The sole claim of the Democratic notsiao6'
man 10 prcnounce him an able auysS
esl am apGR " d, famous Ne ss
nigh ground was taken In the msinttnancs of the 1
zens inanena6ie rEhts and choice extracts fas1 Xe
now aoorn and eaddhe editorial colnmns ok the Qlo
cgnuc presA We'll. to make long Glory enez3 r. IL
stayeo, upon what 10 said 10 be good aatpt{ h fne
real author or this historic, nd Uaioctu9u
Pariy ytaily mpoftaut doculnlat fn mona Qt1c< than
Inc Hon Jeremiah {. B&cH. CERTAINLY it8 p1Ir
y stflkingy famIl 20 those acQnkin{od Win f<14
JUDGES style. Again. this dspressinG reyeletjon is
plenlented by TIA @llndoubted fket< Rdutf8d
BACKS own sigpnfare ~ iettes 10 1lr &lo1 W
Judge dlQ earnestig urge The Qens73lH seIeo@e4 A.
leGateo Of tAe UlalinauF <<.Sz'''' ~ u