New-York tribune., 1881-12-28

and admit the southern portion as oUa'o
will be brought forward for action III Congress
soon after the holiday recess. The people OF
h,,h sections want to retain the old name, ana
il is proposed 10 call one division North Da-
kota and the other South Dakota. we nope
this plap will not be adopted. The Territory
IS too new for the inhabitants to nave 1orned
any strong attachment to the name lhe
southern portion has the better claim TO the
ola title because the Dakota River runs
.,rough it. Let the northern hall be called
. ncoln. We shall then have the states Oh
Washington and Lincoln coming into the
'niOn at about the same time, Few years
., uce.
Among the various methods proposed lor
a1aoing the Supreme Court to cope win the
.-cumulating mass of business which clogs i's
..,rkct is one which meets the approva OF the
D ICES. and is therefore likely to be adopted
1.y Congress-. It is to create subordinate
ibunal to take large share OF the WORK.
lying to the Supreme Court rs at present
OBJ ,aDized the most important classes OF cases.
i,.luding. of course, all involving construc-
inns Of the Constitution. That something
.,,st he done to strengthen or relieve tie
court admits of no question. oouy "n''
.., : able 70 deal with the business OF a Nation
- thirty millions of people is incapable ot
,,ndling that of Nation OF nifty mill'"nS'
ne DELAYS that now necessarily oc:'ur I'D the
earring of causes often amount TO prac'icai
denial of justice.
Among the sixteen contested election cases
from the South now before the house Com-
mittee of Elections, there are probably hot
more than three in which the evidence III pc
half of the Republican contestants Is suir-
cientlv strong and well prepared to warrant
report in their favor. Those three are the
Mississippi case of Lynch against Chalmers'
the Alabama case of Lowe against Wheeler'
and the South Carolina case OF Mackey against
O'Connor. There will he abundant proof OF
frauds in other cases, but the maJ0rlneS o1 the
Democrats holding the certificates OF election are
roo larre for the contestants to hope to unSeat
item. 1t is none the less the duty OF the con-
te,tauts, however, and of the Committee, 10
hiring TO iglt all the nefariouS practices re-
sorted to by the Democrats to wipe out the
Republican vote in districts which when far
elections are held cast heavy Republican
majOrities.
William NJ. Evarts Edwin d. Morgan and
Parke Goodwin, representing the committee
| formed several years ago to provide Tor the
reception and erection of Bartho!d's colossal
| statue of Liberty Enhghtening the World p
announce that the full amount needed to COM
pete the statue-$25O, ,000-has been raised
! in France, and that the work will
soon be ready for shipment The
previous efforts of the Committee have been
| directed to securing necessary Governmental
action to authorize the placing of the statue
upon Bedloes Island, in New-York Harbor.
Now an appeal is made for subscriptions to
build pedestal 1t is estimated that pedes-
tai worthy of the noble and majestic figure 1t
is to support will cost about as much as
| the statue itself. There ought to be no DIM
! cnltv in raising the sum required. The statue
| will be an admirable token of the affection OF
the people of our ancient ally, France, now
ON sister Republic, and at the same time one
of the most unique and striking works OF
| monumental art to be found in the world.
The feeling in France which has produced this
splendid gift to America should meet with
warm and worthy response.