New-York tribune., 1880-07-02

with sense of their wickedness in having ad-
hered to the regular ticket of the party last
Fall, AMI with an equal sense OF the benign
charitableness of Tammany Hall for their SINS
in that particular it will not be the fault OF Mr.
Kelly and his followers. Another interesting
point in the speeches is the universal detcrml-
nation that General Hancock snail be inaugu-
rated If his Democratic supporters think he mas
been elected. Law abiding citizens, who know
how easy it is for Democrat to think Demo
cratic candidate has been elected, will not find
threats like these reasSuring.
The decision of the Supreme Court in the case
of General Smith was inevitable, after the de-
ciSlOn of the Court of Appeals IN the case OF
Commissioner Nichols, AMI is chiefly OF pei
sOnal interest as causing the reinstatement OF
! Commissioner Smith. The opinion of Justice
Daniels places the decision mainly upon the
ground that the Mayor violated the spirit and
| intention OF the charter as now construed by
the Court of Appeals. by refusing General
Smith leave to be heard hy counsel. In vic
however, Of lho fac, ,hat the Mayors opln'"I
was entertained also by gentlemen "who were
| learned in the law" IT was ordered that the
reversal should be without costs.
The daily steamboat accident shifted its iOn-
eitude yesterday. The boiler Of a pleasure
boat on one of the Minnesota lakes exploded,
killing thee persons outright, wounding one
fatally, and several Others seriously. This was
apparently an escape from far more shocking
slaughter The boat was OF its way to receive
an excursion party, and in a few moments wonld
| loI hmm lraI m hoard
The pleasure seekers of that region seem to have
taken their lives knowingly into Their hands.
The boat had long been considered unsafe.
his is the third time boiler of the same
make has exploded on Lake Minnetonka
within three years. Under the circumstances,
better verdict T. an that of homicide by the
boats owners would be one of suicide by the
boats passengers.
The claimants of the honor Of having first
suggested General Garfield for President ale
aheady more numerous than the cities VIII ch
claimed to have given birth to Homer. But The
record of the man who first voted for Garfield
IN the Chicago Convention is clear and well as
certaincd. Mr.. Grcr, the Pennsylvania dele
gate who sounded the keynote which the Con-
vention finally adopted, happened to be on
received the compliment of an imprOmptu dem
onsratiOn. There were brass bands, fireworks,
and speeches This leaves the other claimants
without any standing whatever. and they must
now content themselves with proving that they
were the first 10 declare publicly that General
Garfield might be President some day. No one
seems anxious to get the honor Of having
first proposed Hancock-for various reasons.
An indianapolis correspondent, in discussing
the Democratic situation III his State, gives a
full-length portrait of Mr.. William II. English,
the Democratic candidate for Vice President.
This gentleman seems TO be as selfish i'll his
political methods as in his public acts, and his
chief aim now is 10 make sure o. the best Office
he can get i'll case of his defeat. The state
ments with respect to the famous Chicago
subscription make it far more discrediable to
the Indiana millionaire than was at first sup
posed. From these it appears that Mr. English
did subscribe one dollar to the Chicago relief
fund. that the committee Indignantly returned
the money to bnn, and that only when there
was a clamor at his meanness did he make the
hundred dollar subscription. All this does not
prove, of course, that Mr.. English could not
properly decide points of order in the Senate.
But when man presents himself as Il candi
date for high office, involving i'll this case a
possible succession to the Presidency, it is
natural that the people should be interested i'll
all the details of his character. 1t would be
natural also if they should express some disgust
at the request of the Democratic party that they
shall elect TO a seat which some of the greatest
Americans have filled, the meanest man in the
United States.