New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-05
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER s. 1891
which is only known by the late Second Assist
ant Postmaster General.

which is only known by the late Second Assist
ant Postmaster General.
A correspondent who went to Yorktown
with the officers charged with the duty of se-
lecting the site for the monument describes
the appearance of the place and the progress
OF the preparations for the celebration. A
shabby Virginia village of two or three hun
dled inhabitants cannot afford much in tie
way OF attractions to visitors, but no one ex-
pected to make any use of Yorktown itself for
the purposes of the Centennial occasion. A
new town of shanties and tents is srring-
ing up to shelter the coming multi
tnde, which will no doubt be cleaner and more
comfortable than the old one, besides vastly
larger. The chief charm and novelty of the
celebration will evidently be found in the fact
that it is a camping out affair." When there
are 10000 TROOPS ana twice as many citizen
visitors upon the grounds and a score of war
vessels in the river, the scene will be exceed
ingly lively ana picturesque.
The steamer bringing the official French del
egatlon to the Yorktown Centennial and the
descendants of Lafayette, Rochambeau and De
Grasse is due at Sandy Hook this morning,
but the heavy weather experienced by vessels
not improbable. Our visitors will find the
country i'll mourning over the recent death of
its beloved President; but their welcome, if not
as joyous as it might have been had Garfield
lived, will be none the less cordial. They come
as the representatives of the Nation which be-
frended us in our time of greatest need, and
III the veins of many of them runs the blood
OF the brave Frenchmen who perilcd their
hp Of Ind
One and all they will find open hands and
hearts wherever they go on this broad CONT
nent. We shall honor in them our sister Re-
public across the sea and the memory of their
noble ancestors whose names are inseparably
linked on history's page with that of Washing
ton.
From the Governors chair of one of the
proudest States in the Union to the bar of a
criminal court is the steep decline which has
oeen travelled during the past ten years by
man who was arraSncd in this city yesterday
for petty swindlinG operations. His name is
Franklin W. Moses, and he was once Governor
OF SoCth Carolina. His career might furnish
theme for one of Gaboriau's romances of adj
venture, misfortune aud crime. He was a
young member of one of the old and influential
political families of the State. In the recon-
struction period after the war the family sided
with the Republicans. Mosess father became
Chief-Justice and his uncle was one of the Cir
cut Judges while he himself got elected to the
Legislature and was made Speaker, and two
years later Governor Of the State While in
office he ran a wild career of cxtravacance and
dissipation, aud the money he gained in the
general sacking of the credit and property of
the State did not last long after he was thrust
out of official life. When it was all gone he
dnited TO New York, Vaere he has since lived
upon his wits. 1t is sad story yet the man
has hal no one to blame bat himself for his
ruin, and may thank the tolerant generosity
OF old acquaintance that his present misfor-
tune ana not beiall l'ln Il year or two sooner.
The talk and temper of the de|egates TO the
Republican State Convention, which meets in
this city to-day, promise a harmonious gath
ering, the prompt dispatch of business the
nomination of a strong ticket and the adop-
ton of a platforms upon which 'all Republicans
can stand. There is good reason why the
proceedings should not go on in n smooth and
good-naturcd way. Mr.. Ccnking has wisely
concluded to stay at home, and there is no
need OF discussing the pr0priety of the course
he has seen tit to pursue during the past six
months. The party has rendered its verdict
upon 1T, first in the Legislature at ALBANY and
then in the primaries and district conventions
that constituted the great representative tribunal
which meets III the Academy of Music to-day.
AS Mr.. Conl>lmg wisely forbcars to press the
matter further it should be regarded as an
issue fully and finally settled, with which tie
Convention has no concern. The Republican
leaders who have conquered the right of hay
ing the overwhelming sentiment of the party
reflected by ITS State Convention can afford to
be magnanlmons and to treat their opponents
as their opponents have never treated them.
They know what the machine men would have
done II the Convention had fallen into the
hands of Mr.. Conliling's followers now LET
them take exactly the opposite course and labor
heartily TO secure unity and genuine good
feeling.
QUESTIONS TO BIZ SETTLED