New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-09

Tanner sticks to his forty days plan ne ih"s' s''o
up the ghost. The vaue Of the experiment 40
contribution to science. is oil lost by the iooSo ~
in which n has been conducted. Already d0uDts
have arisen Of its honesty and fairness One OF
the watching physicians caused great eXcitenieh'
among the spectators in the small hours OF yestel-
dag morning by charging that he saw sohie'h'"S
handed to DR.. Tanner, which he believed 10 Nv
supply of food. The statement was Indignantly
denied by the fasting Doctor and others Dut !. so
far had It's effect that the representatives OF tne
Neurological Society Withdrew from the watch
All this NAV do the Doctor great IN
iustice. but that will make no difference I'D
such n case suspicion Is as bad as demon
stration. If there is the least chance thN
ne is furnished with food slyly, he might JUST as
well have been gorging himself all this tlme'
Science will shake its head Mt the end OF forty dhy5
and render the Scotch verdict, " Not proven
The epIcene press seems so fearful that INC parry
that broke out in rebellion in 1861 plungng INC
country into civil war; and that now openly pro
claims that nothing but the cowardice OF IT'S Ieader
prevented its rising In revolt III 1870 may oo
hbeed by TIE suspicion that it means to seize the
Presidency. These gentlemen will do well to consider
the history of the past twenty years 1t is thelr
habit TO betto political dangers and hoid as
oroundless the reasonable apprehersions OF thihK-
ing men, They did it from 1886 to 1861, ana since
1868 they have been clamoring continually that
there is no danger whatever from the party tDaI
never loses opportunity to do mischief JUST now
they are insisting that Hancock can DC trus'eu'
and there Is no danger of his taking part ID any
movement to seize the Presidency. But there ~
enough in Hancock's career as q political General
in his associations and in the means whereby ne
was nominated to arouse suspicion, and enough I'D
the character of the party behind hun TO cause
alarm.
The Hon. jeremiah S. Black has just added by
cable another to tho long list OF unanswefe"
conundrums which unOccupied newspapers SONIC
times compile TO stimulate the inane intellects OF
feeble readers General HancOcks Louisiana
Craftsmanship" having been generally credited by
the public to the coaching Of Judge Back, INC
World newspaper cabled the latter IN LONDON an
inquiry rs to the truth of the report. Judge Back
replied promptly: am not the author oil zen
eral Hancocks letters orders concerning Louisi-
ana | knew nothing of them until they were
printed' This not only unsettes the prevailing be-
lief INT adds to that exasperatng series con-
corning the authorship of JuniuS, the Man III the
Iron Mask etc. etc, the cOnundrum, " III Judge
Black didn't writc them, who did 7" We do not
ouitc make ont whether our contemporaries pursuit
of this subject is due to its interest IN the hancock
canvass or to its desire to strengthen It's forthccm-
ing lists of prize conundrums.
What does General Hancock mean by saying, as
he i. reported, Whether wrote letter TO Cen
era Sherman on the subject Of the electoral contest
I shall not say, but my position IN regard
TO that matter was well understood at the
time. and has not been changed since
He certainly knows whether or not he
wrote to General Sherman, and what can be his OBJ
lection to telling the truth about it There was
nothing criminal in his writing letter lie cannot
mean TO refuse 10 answer upon the Old
nlea that he cannot be compelled to
crlmlnate himself What then is the reason for
his refusing to commit himself IN so unimportant
a matterl Ii to be feared that under the tuition
Of the politicians the General is getting altogether
too foxy" There is such thing rs OVERRIDING IT.
And what does he mean by his position being wen
nndorstoodl Begging his pardon, it was not well
understood by the public. though it seems to have
been bv Baldy' Smith and few others. lie says
il has not changed since" Bnt what Was it 7