New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-29

as the injustice OF WaSlAg Wal v" -" "
offensive people. Their gallantry Will Ike
wise increase the sympathy which Is so
strongly manifested for the Beers in the lana
Of their ancestors.
Senator Forster is 20 he our new Umted
States District Attorney, in place OF governor
WoodfUrd. The nomination may doubtless
be credited to Secretary EvaIts, ana 1t GER
tainly was not made with any fear OF Mr..
Conkling before their eyes. Mr.. Forster Is a
man of ability, determined opponent OF the
machine. and Il very OutspOken politician. Gov
elnor WOOdfOrd, whose aspirations for the
ce-Presidency were rewarded at chicago
with instructions to make speech Tor Ten
eral Arthur, which he promptly Obeyed, must
now sometimes speculate on what might nave
happened had he hut served his country as
faithfully as he did the machine. Altogether,
it must be admitted that Mr.. Hayes shows
vigorous disposition to be President till the last.
Mr.. Bixby introduced in the Senate at
Albany a cleaning bill, which has the
approval of Mayor Grace and various
reform bodies. The scheme is sub
stantially that provided for in the Nc
Carthy bill, the Mayor being clothed with alb
soute power over the administration of the
work, and necessarily charged with full re-
sp0nsibility. The bill leaves it to the discre-
ton of the Mayor whether the work shall be
done by hired labOrers or by contract. 1t
is worth noting here perhaps, that
well-known capitalist told meeting OF Long
Island farmers the other night that he would
be glad to give bonds to clean the streets of
this city for 100000 year less than it cost
the city now. if he could have the
sweepings The day will come when men
will be calculating how many private fortunes
might have been made out Of the sweepings
and garbage of this city during the period
when we were paying a million dollars year
not to get rid of them.
Senator Wallace has introduced q Constitu-
tional amendment providing for the election
of President by popular vote. The electoral
colleges are abolished, but some features of
the electoral system are retained. The peO-
pie are to vote directly for the candidates,
and by districts, each State having as many
districts as it has Congressman and Senators.
and each district to have one vote. The can
wasting board in each State is 10 be composed
of the Governor Chief-Justicc and Secretary
of State, who will certify the result to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, by
whom the return shall be received as conclu-
sve proof Congress Is to count the votes III
JOINT convention. and plurality is to
elect There are one or two obviously
Democratic features in the amendment, tut,
these apart the scheme is not without its
merits. 1t seems to cOncede the point Tor
which Senator Edmunds has been conspicuous,
among the Republicans of the Senate, III
urging-that the State snail be the final judge
respecting its vote and it secures, in part Mt
least, the cooperation Of the highest court OF
the State in THIS Judgment, which Senator
Edmunds, in hi, bill. provided for in cases Of
dispute The chief objection to be urged
against this part of the plan, as Senator Wal
lace has adjusted it, Is that it might cmhrOIl
the Judiciary i'll frequent political disputes.
Under senator EdmundSS scheme, the c0nrt
would only he called upon to dccld when
there were two returns from II Statc-an in
cdont likely to he comparatively rare.