New-York tribune., 1880-09-27


Consul has been trying to reason the ALBANIAN
chiefs into subm ssion, hat they went away
| unconvinced. The feebl ness OF Turkey may
excuse these attempts TO make matters easy
for her, but the interests of Europe VIII
hardly warrant any further delay in enforcing
the surrender of the Albanian village.
| The Maine plan was to be repeated, 1t
seems. in Ohio The scheme of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. as told in stan
correspondent's letter from Cleveland, was to
make their campaign in that State veritable
till-hunt, with Just enough of. the motions OF
campaign to disarm Republican suspicion.
| Certain localities where ii was supposed a gooo
number of votes might be turned 10y the use
of money were designated, and the judiclous
| distribution of funds was begun by these
means it was hoped that General GarGelds
| own State might be carried against him, and
| the loss of Indiana more than counterbaanced
| by this unexpected victory. The plot has peen
discovered in time. 1t remains FOR the Repub-
| lcans to defeat it by forcing the lighting from
this time on. Pubcityis the weapon with which
to fight bribers. and the Republicans should
see to it that the Democratic "m mule-buyers
| get enough of it.
| The indications now are that the efforts of
| the Republicans of Arkansas have been sue
| cessful and the Reputation amendment has
been defeated (on the direct vOte) by a small
majority. The record Of Arkansas. like that
of almost every other Southern State, is already
black with reputation If the State has been
spared this additional dishonor. it is
| owing to the labOrs of the Republican
party. This is as good a time as any
to remember that the Republicans of Arkansas
organized the campaign against this amend
ment, and carried it through, almost entirely
without Democratic help. Only three Demo
crafts of any prominence aided them, and these
were not seconded by either the local leaders
or the masses of the party. The gain for tue
reputation of the South, as compared with the
grand total of reputation already committed,
is not great, but the credit should be placed
where it belongs
Princeton College has just been the recpi'
ent of the princely gift of $lOo0oo from
Mr.. Robert l.. Stuart, one of Newly ork's
best known and most public-spirited citi-
zeps. This is not the first time that
Princeton College has been indebted to Mr.
Stuart for liberal benefactions; but this gift
at the present time, owing to the reduction
in the rate of interest on all invest
ments proper for institutions of learning,
must be, and doubtless is, more than
ordinarily acceptable. 1t Is given In
trust for the support of such professorships
as are not now endowed, or only par
italy so, which shows the exercise OF
good Judgment and wise discrimination
on the part of the douor We under
stand that the Theological Seminary at
Princeton also receives 100000 from Mr..
Stuart for the endowment of a new professor
ship. which the Rev. Francis L. Patton, of
Chicago, has recently been invited to FILL
We commend to the indifferent voter, who
finds il difficult to take an interest in the issues of
this campaign, the vigorous letter Of General
j. Watson Webb, printed on another page.
The patriotic fire of this veteran Republican,
who long ago passed the Psamists term of
! lie. may well put to shame the mental sloth
of Younger men, who regard all political
duties as irksome, and ease their con-
sciences with the thought that the
"country will be safe anyhow" General
Webb addresses himself somewhat to this
question, not being of tho opinion that the
safety of the cour ry would be promoted by
a complete surrender of the Government to
the men who fought for four years to destroy
if. OF General Hancock as a soldier and man,
General Webb speaks with much respect, but,
as the Democratic candidate and possible Dem
Ocratic President, styles him "a man of
"straw" A very interesting part of the let
ter is that in which the battle of Gettysburg
is discussed, and General Webb, with soldierly
indignation, calls upon General Hancock to
disown the false and exaggerated claims made
| in his behalf with reference to that battle.
| 1t seems that injustice has been done to
General Hancock. 1t had been supposed that
the meagreness of the assortment of his views
upon public questions, which are hammered
! out thin every day over tie editorial pages
of some of the Democratic papers, was due
to a native inability to form opinions, re-
inforced and increased by lack Of expert
| ence in civil life and that the scantness of
| the crop was the result-nOt to put too fine
| point upon it-Of the sterility of the soil.
But it is now seen that this was a mistake.
General Hancock is gifted with a tropical
| luxuriance of opinions. Views gush out of
him-as in the case of Plasted, for instance.
When General Hancock is called upon for
| Ills bcDllmtutS any S"pJOoJ 'S 40 OA'y
| embarrassed to know which of the many Opn-
ions which seem to be his is really his. For
| example, the public now learns that he did
| not embody all his views ana intentions as to
| Southern claims in the letter to Mr.. Theodore
| Cook Mr. Cooks letter seems to have been
| a mere overflow letter, as it were for General
| Hancock, it is now stated, had already written
| another letter upon the same subject, which
| for some reason was not published. Now jt
must be the first letter which gives the Demo
cratic candidates views in their full luxuri
ance. Let us have them in all their unpre-