New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-07


by the professional Alpine clubs. Oar regular
London correspondent DOES not share 'ne
American prejudice against the awful hazarus
of Swiss adventure, but makes an eloquent
plea for the heroes of the hatterhorn'
The comprehensive announcement Is h'auo
in our special cable dispatches that P"o,''
opinion in England emphat cally Supports 'io
Government prosecution of the lrlsi i''u AZ,
tators. 1t is evident that that prosecutor WIZ
be pressed with unwOnted yigor, ana 'na' 'ne
SUSPENSION of the habeas corpus may pe uigeu
if the ordinary common law powers Prove 10 oe
INADEQUATE. The Government have been taidy
in making their stand, but now that decision
has been reached there VIII be no further hest
tation One of the Conservative leaders mas
ventuIed to criticise the Government Tor no'
diseiplining the Land League more promptly
He has apparently forgotten when 1t was that
Mr.. Parnel began to be power in lnsb poll
ties 1t was during Lord BeacOnstelds admin
istration. moreover, that the complicated coer-
cion acts were so clumsy applied as to
strengthen the Land League movement. we
90 not say that the Liberal Ministry are dealing
with this question in an enlightened spirit, but
we are confident that they will not content
themselves with coercive measures, out VIII
before long undertake comprehensive system
of land reform.
What with the forged letter and the new
fraud squeak about the election in this city, Mr..
Rarnum. who once had reputation Tor
slrewdness will soon be regarded as the sill
lest person that ever called himself chairman
of National Committee. On the morning
after the election every Democratic newspaper
in the country admitted that General Garfield
was to be President. Every Democrat adj
mitted it, If there was an exception anywhere
TO this rule of prompt aCquiCscence, we have
not heard of it. A majority Of fifty-seYen
electoral votes after conceding all doubtful
States to the Democracy, is convincing. just
al this moment when the whole party nan
settled down to the cOngenlal task OF abusing It's
leaders, Mr. BJrnum began to send out teie-
grams claiming NeW-YoIk State on the g1ound
of Republican frauds in NcW-York City. 20
litical brlc,que could hardly 90 further than
this There is no city in the North where the
facilities of the Democrats for committing
frauds themselves and preventing irauis by
their opponents. If their opponents were ca
nalJc of them. are 50 great a. here. 1t Is MI
B9rnums Maine performance over again. when
me charged Republican fraud in the Democratic
towns where Democrats had the counting of
tl,e votes. and where the Democrats themselves
hid not made a single charge OF fraud. lie
leaders of 1ammany Hall are wiling, 1t seems,
to exhibit themselves as political idiots IN com
pary with Nh. Barnum. There viii be day OF
bitter repentance for these people
Tie stranding of the steamer Rhode Island
in Narrasansett Bay shows how dangerous it
is to follow even the most familiar course
when the fog Is dense. All the ordinary pre-
cautions seem to have been taken; the stops
were frequent and the signals almost contnU-
Gus; and the vessel was severn! hours O'hi4d
time. Yet the steamer straycd from is
course, and now lies shapeless wreck on one
cf the most conspicuous shoals IN the bay.
Whale Rock, which gives the bearings Of Bon
net Point, Is a large, sharply defined ledge,
surrounded 10y deep water, and all the more
easily dIscencd from being wlitcwashcd. 1t
/, only thrce-eigLths Of a mile from the upper
beaches at Nawagansctt Pier, and scarcely more
than \ mile from Beaver Tail Lighthouse. one
of the brightest beacons il those waters.
Ii seems unaccountable that a large steamer
should have lost It's way so close to land and
almost within sight of a lighthouse. The
officers appear to have retained their self
possession ami to have checked the outbreak
of anything ike a panic in the cabin; aud
all the passengers, numbering as many a
40, were taken ashore in safety after day
br ak. The vessel itself is breaking up and
nay prove total wreck. The edge of crlti-
ci>m is Dlunted when the officers behave
well and no lives are sacrificed. Yet we can
not help feeling dat the loss Of so staunch a
steamer i'll quarter of the bay that is gem
orally regarded as perfectly safe and easily
approached was entirely unnecessary. The
disaster weuld have been utterly impossible
f the House Of Representatives had not per-
sisted in striking out all appropriations for
lighthouse on Whale Rock.
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4 UIAI FOR T4MN1AY.
Tie stupid Tammany calculations who are
trying to figure Out fraud on the false basis of