New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-25
land and Central Ncw-York or even OF fehh-
sylvania or Ohio.

SNlNanla or ONO.
The gallant conduct of the captain OF the
British steamship Persian Monarch IN making
a two-days' struggle in the midst of a storm
to tow the disabled Dutch steamship Edam
into this port deserves public notice. ihe
weather became 50 severe at last 'It' Wv
attempt had to I've abandoned 1t Is DeHC' '.''
however that the Edam rode out the gaze j."
safety and will be found under SAL VIM"
200 miles of Sandy Hook by the revenue ru'-
ter which is to go to her assistance H'
accident was the breaking Oh the Piope''''
bnt the vessels sailing gear was umniureu anu
she ought to be able to take care OF herself IL
not to make much progress, and Is pIoo"Dy
in no special peril.
If is q pitv that man who has done so
much for Rcpublicanism in France as Uam-
beta and is so cmincntly the representative
Of the principles of free institutions should
hazard his position as a party leader nnpPni
tbe existence of the Ministry he recently put
in office. and run counter TO his own theory OF
government, by pcrsistnS in an effort to force
his will uuon the reluctant Assembly. MS
scJ7Fip lie F,fc is unpopular; the Chamber re-
fuses to indorsc it; the Committee on the Re
vision Of the Constitution viii have none OF
il: vet he insists that it shall be adopted
whether the men who have the night to reject
it like it or not THIS is the spirit OF Napo-
leon rather than of Republican statesman
Assemblyman BrolsEys proposition That
the candidate for Speaker having the mSheS'
number of votes be declared elected Is n0t so
absurd as some of the members seemed 10
think when he made it yesterday. Many
thrce-corncrcd contests have been settled III
that WAY. If day little IN advance were
fixed for the plan to 20 into effect there
would he nothing for anyone reasonably to
complain of in this method of breaking the
deadlock. The Democratic factions would
have a last chance of hamonizlng II they
could, and if they were unable to 90 so they
would have only themselves TO blame when
the Republicans put their candidate III the
Speakers chair In such an event they could
reflect that a choice by plurality and not by
a majority is the principle governing popular
elections i'll nearly all the States OF the Union:
After nearly years fruitlcss effort to en-
force the law lcvyuc tax on the steamship
companies of 81 for each cmigrant landed at
this port, the Commissioners Of Emigration
recommend the acceptance Of compromise
proposed by seven Of the companies, by which
they are to pay 30 cents. 1t is notifying Tor
,he State to rccelc in this matter, but il view
of the fact that the question Of the constitu-
tioullity of the law may be kept for years
hanging in the courts, and of the further fact
that the Castle Garden authorities need money
badly, perhaps ii would he well for the Legio-
latuIe to ratty the compromise. 1t can con-
sole itself with the proyerb that half lo'i Is
better than no bread. 1t happens, too, that
with the enormous increase Of Immigration q
late the 80 cents tax will produce more
money than the 81 tax was expected 10 yield
when the law was passed.
That perennial question Of what shall be
done with the ten millions surplus OF the