New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-09

asking Army pay for fifteen years during
which he waseengaged in private undertake
incs. and his friends doubtless hope 10
strengthen his case by surrenderng TINS
point.
Senator Morgan, who is prolific OF eiectora'
schemes, offered Constitutional amendment
upon the subject yesterday. coca ueii Is
| hidden away in tho wording of this brlef
| section. 1t empowers Congress to es'ao'ish
| ru,es and regulations for certifying, trans
| uniting" etc, the votes OF electors. and
here comes the gst of 1t" for ascertainng
and counting such votes by the Senate and
| " House of Representatives. These few
words cover q vast field OF power. One Tea
ture in the amendment would doubtless he
approved by both parties This prohibits pny
alteration of such laws within one year pre-
cedng the Presidential election. Senator
Morgan is the author, also, of the concurrent
resolution which the House of Representatives
is now debating. This provides that i'll case
only one electoral return is received hom
State it can only be rejected by The concur
rent action of the two houses, and that In
case conflicting returns are received no one
shall he counted without the concurrent action
of the two houses. 1t omlts entirely Mr.
Edmunds's provision for referring disputed
cases to the highest Court of the State IN
volved.
The members of the Worlds Fair Commit
tee on Sites should have reflected before they
engaged in a rad on Central Park, that
every attempt which has been made vi late
years to divert any of the parks from their
proper uses has been defeated. The certainty
OF failure i'll the attack on the largest and
best of them all was simply proportlonately
greater and the Committee, like wise men,
have found out promptly that they are beaten.
They deserve credit for graceful ana
ready surrender. Their report made yester-
day abandons ali claims on the PARK, i'll view
of the adverse feeling of the Park Commas
sioners and the tone of the press, and recon-
mends the Inwood site, which comprises $50
acres and has been offered free of charge.
This report was adopted by the Executive
Committee. Whether or not this Is TO be re-
garded as a final decision upon the site, there
is but one thing now for the Committee ana
the public to dO--to go to work heartily Tor
the success of the Exhibition. The bone OF
contention is out of the way, AID the lighting
is over; let the working begin. The time is
short, but little more than two years remain
ing.
There is undoubtedly one feature in the
Presidents recommendation respecting General
Grant which CRATES little on
the American ear, and that Is the
title proposed for him. Captain-General
has Spanish flavor, and to The squ'amlsh
Anglo Saxon anything Spanish is nearly akin to
everything Mexican, and either is enough to
give hlm a nervous chill The question of title Is
indeed little difficult. Generallssimo,"
which some have suggested, would bea gorgeous
absuidity. Congressman McCOOk seems to have
offered the best way out of the difficulty in his
Joint resolution putting General Grant
on the retire. list with the
rank and pay of General. Ii is not
desired or needed that he shall be placed
on the active list. And yet if the Presidents
recommendation should be literally followed, an
act authorizing the appointment OF a Cap
taiu-General would first be passed,
then he would need to be NOM
mated and confirmed and until the proper
steps for his retirement provided for in the act
could be taken, be would be on the active
list. Some confusion might be created in
This way, and some feeling General McCOOks
way seems the best and easiest for all
concerned, and it is to be hoped that
Congress may adopt it. The American people
are III favor of seeing General Grant
properly provided for, and that promptly too.