New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-23
The wisdom of Mr.. Howcs appointment has not
yet been discovered By anybody

| The wisdom of Mr. Howc'- appointment has not
| yet been discovered By anybody.
Why do not the Reformed County Democracy de
aud relieve the community OF the presence They
apo,ar 10 exist only for the purpose of charging one
! another with fraud.
The construction OF the Coinage Committee Of the
IIousc warrant, the belief that bills for free flow
Of silver will have no trouble in getting hearing
before Congress 1t is sad that only one OF the
eleven members is opposed to the present rate of
COINAGE and that all the Others in favor Of in
crcasiuy the rate The probability is, therefore,
that bin to stop coinage viii have little chance
az tins session. bill 10 increase coinage may he
passed hy the House, and even by me Senate, but
il will surely be vetoed by the President If it
reaches him. The outcome, therefore, Is likely to
be that the present silver law will remain in force
and the pile OF unused dollars IN the Treasury Will
20 on increasing at the rate OF T2.VUu,OOO month
New Workers will be able to sec now the adyan-
tagc which they lost when they were deprived Of
the Spcalership by the Stawart influence. Penn
sylyania has seven chairmanships of the House
Committees and Ncw-York has three. From which
il would appear that Pennsylvania has boss who
whatever his faults, does not commit the stupidity
OF autagonizug the interests OF his own State.
Tho promise Of vigorous prosecution of the Star
Route thieves is made again. The public has had a
good many promises; what it would like to see is
some convictions.
Ducllng has been LOCALIZED in Virginia. Tally
one for the waning cause Of Bourbonism.
Ii Texas should become an Anti Bourbon State.
no state in the Solid South could be- considered
safely Democratic aterward. All authorities agree
that she i. ripe for revolt. She has had particu-
larry imb,cc Governor Tor the last few years. He
distinguished himself in July last, when it was
Thought that President Garfield would recover by
declining to issue call for day Of THANKSGIVING
on the ground that by SO doing he wOuld mix up
Church and State, and he WAS IN favor of keeping
them separate. A Governor capable of an idea of
that calibro ought to be sufficient to break down
any party which was responsible Tor him.
No Congressional committee has better oppor
tuuity for valuable public service than that on
Elections. The Southern contested cases should be
given full and fair hearing, and the public should
be- given "A chance to see the testimony. Many of
these cases are overloaded with Democratic ras-
caItics that the Democratic press declines to defend
them at all They should be turned inside out for
public inspection.
1t was the Pennsylvania delegation which made
Mr. Keiicr Speaker, and it was perhaps not unnatn-
raj that Mr. Kcifcr should think that the members
OF the Pennsyl Sania delegation ought to have snug
places on all the committees.
The Guiteau trial did not draw" as well as
usual yesterday. Let Us hope none Of the regular
feasteIs upon this choice banquet of brutality and
blackguardlsm have been taken sick.