New-York tribune., 1880-01-06
Garcelon suspects the court was loaded.


OF course Garcelon has no opinion to express
How can a man with the top of his head blown on
evolve an opinion on the nature and effect OF the
catastTOpheY
The maddest man in America at this moment is
undoubtedly Eben +. PLlsbury. He invented the
crime and braced up Garcelon TO the dirty work OF
committing it, in order that Pilisbury might be sent
to the United States Senate. He it was who printed
the blanks for the returns so that only tree Alder
men could find room to sign, aud thus laid the found
alton in advance for the plea Of defective returns
He started n newspaper for the purpose OF defending
tho crime and until Saturday night he was sure Oh
success. iii fatal blundef was maae whsh nc iet
90 of GarceOn long enough To allow the latteI 10
submit those questions to the Supreme Court Gar
celon thought he could be too sly for the court.
Pillsbury would never have made that blunder.
Congress comes back to us to-day, saddened by
the probable collapse OF another fraud experiment.
and sobered by communion with the people, VIII
the Dunderheads be able to behave still1 Il looks
So for even DundcTheads must learn something at
last.
Tilden should whisper at once lin the public ear
that he has disapproved of the Maine fraud adj the
time. IL IS about to fail.
Whatever course Garcelon may pursue now, it is
evident his defenders in the party are most OF them
going to desert him. Many of the prominent Dom
ocratc journals which have upheld him deserted
him promptly when the Courts decision was an-
nouneed, taking tho opposite side with an alacrlty
which BETRAYED a secret JOY that 80 easy an avenue
of escape had offered itself II Garcelon decides TO
stick TO his Interpretation Of the Constitution III
preference TO that of the full Supreme Court, he Is
likely to fail in carrying out his scheme because OF
the refusal of some of the counted-in members to
take the stolen seats. Failure Is starlng hlm IN
the face Whereyer be turns, aud after the failure
there will come from al parts OF the Democratic
party q shower OF curses IA lew men Itye
received for generation. de has loaded MS party
with a InOnstrOus biunder at the very time when
blunder will prove most disastrous.
Garcelon isn't standing on the Constitution so
| much as he was. The Supreme Court has stood the
Constitution Oh Garcelon.
There seems 10 bea conflict of opinion between
the Supreme Court OF Maine and General Butler.
While Tilden has his hand IN, he might as well
pay up that back income tax.
The first thing the returning Democrats will at
tend to- after assembling in Washington to-day,
will be the gag on Ben Hills mouth. Until that is
found to be- secure there can be nothing like calm
| III the party.
The talk about running Garcelon for the Presl-
dency won't to anything, but If the authori
ties III Maine should take a notion TO try him for
| conspiracy he might stand good chance OF rum
| ming tor the peniJentiary.
After the Maine conspiracy has slumped, all the
| abe Democratic statesmen will be unanimously of
| the opinion that II was wrong.
Even Garcelon will be puzzled TO frame any ex-
cuse for refusing to obey the decision of the Su-
| preme Court after he has asked for IL himself.
| Garcelon will now have opportunity to lean up
| against Charles Francis Adams. some other non
| condoner. and cool himself Oft.
The first sensation in the one hundred and fourth
Legislature of New-Jersey. which meets next
| week, will be the introduction Of bill providing
for the choosing of Presidential Electorsat-large by
| vote OF The entire State. and of each Congress-
onal ElectOr by the vote OF his district. An Anti