New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-05

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and the South with blank subpWnas, and when
they found man who would swear as the
Democrats wanted they wlOte his name 10 one
of them and sent him to Washington at the
public expense. All of which shows now nara
I'D the Democrats are for campaign matelial'
and how INSCRIPTIONS as well as unlucky they
are in theiI efforts to find some.
The young Texan who shot the son OF Ser
reant-at-Arms Thompson, at Highland falIs'
Yesterday, will learn to his sorrow that the
Southern custom of using the revolver TO settie
personal uuarrels is not tolerated by Northern
sentiment nor condoned by New-YOrk courts.
Both the lads we're preparing to enter the West
Point Military Academy. Buck had been sub
iected to a mild form of hazing, and when the
Ohio boy made IN annoying remark about the
occurrence Buck drew a pistol and gave MIN d
wound that may prove fatal. Iexas JusIlce
would take small notice OF such an anai['
The criminal would go to another county Tor
few weeks and the sheriff would fail TO ma
him, or If tried he would become local nero
and would be acquitted and congratulated Dy
the iury. Buck is not in Texas, however, ana
his homicidal proclivity will probably be rem
dered harmless for a while by term in the
penitentiary..
Senator Morgan's concurrent resolution to
facilitate the counting out of the Republican
Presidential candidate by the Democratic Con-
gress, is to be pushed through the
House as party measure. 1t Is only
intended to regulate the count fOlowingthe cleo
ton of this year. The whole body of Democratic
Senators voted against taking the question
up in the form of q bill and dispOsing Of it
iudicially and permanently. Their purpose was
to gain partisan advantage by passing meas
ure which they feared would not get the con-
sent of the President. So they put the pro VI
slons they wanted into the form OF concur
rent resolution, which is simply an agreement
between the two houses as to the management
of their Joint business. The Democrats may
find they have been hasty in this matter. The
power of Congress to count the electoral vote
is still an open question. The Constitution
saws: GThe President of the Senate shall, in
"rresence OF the Senate and House OF Represen-
ratiyes open all the certificates, and the votes
shall then be counted" Counted by whom
And who is to decide what are votes and what
are mott The old differences of opinion on
these points may be revived next Winter.
law would dispose Of them, but concurrent
resolution settles nothing.
Slow and sure seems to be the motto of the
Chicago Convention. 1t has been IN session
three days and has not yet settled all the ques-
tions concerning its rules and membership
which are preliminary to its important work
of furnishing the Republican party with its
candidates for President and Vice-President.
There would have been no such delay If the
principles and traditions of the party had not
been assaulted by the supporters of General
Grant. Those principles must be reafhTmed and
those traditions respected. The opposition OF
the third-term minority, which still seeks to set
them aside, causes all the friction and him
drance. What the Convention has done thus
far it has done well. Every step taken meets
with the approval Of large majority OF the
marty, We can therefore patiently wait for its
final action, seeing that everything is going
right. and feeling assured that that action when
taken will insure the present success and future
welfare Of the Republican organization. Three
new and dangerous heresies had first to be
mt down at Chiengo--the notion that the un
written law of two Presidential terms only cal
be violated with impunity, the theory that peo
pie in the Congressional Districts have no RICH
to select their own representatives to NatiOna
Convention, and the kindred theory that thu
votes of delegates can be tied up by uni
rule. After these outGrowths of the "bosi
system" are destroyed the Convention will
| we doubt not, make o platform upon which
every patriot can stand and nominate candi
dates for whom every Republican will vote.