The Evening critic., 1882-10-26
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
National Theatre Rico's Now surprise
Theatre Comiguc-N Varieties Mcintyre
and Heath's Combination.
or COURSE 1t il impossible to predict
the action of the court in the Ward case,
which is to he argued next Tuesday, hut
there can be no two opinions AS tn what it
ought to be. If Mr. Wards establishment
can be legally broken mp because the noise
of his wagons aud milk cans dsturb3 the
boardcrs' in adjoining or neighboting
houses then there is no end to that sort of
thing in our midst. There is hardly u fam.
lily in Westinghouse in any other city
that is not disturbed" by some institution
of the neighborhood, industrial or domestic
But no person Of good sense ever thinks of
making legal complaint in such eases. We
would like to hear pretty plain.spolon
decision from the bench in this absurd case.
The able editor of the Republican Is
making in the New York canvass one of
the most gallant fights we ever witnessed.
The artillery ofhis logic is overwhelming,
and the muskotry of his satire is simply
murderous. There can be no doubt about
the ultimate annihilation Of the enemy.
But there is some question, we regret to
say, as to whether the able editors fire Is
directed Mt the right enemy. There is
suspicion that the tremendous cannon
ade heard from his lines is nothing
after all but the blowing of mutt
neers from the muzzles of his guns
after the fashion of the English in India
while the terrific mitroHe of his small arms
is merely the noise of firing parties engaged
in shooting multitudious descrters. All
this is excellent in the way of discipline,
but there is some inquiry as to whether the
midst of a great battle affords the fttcst
time and place for the exertion of disci-
plnary force. Possibly, however, the able
editors idea is that the condign destruc-
tion of his mutineers and dcserters is reqni-
site to insure him an orderly and dignifel
retreat with the remnant Of his forces.
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IT HAS been somewhat elaborately stated
by the newspaper correspondents that at n
recent Cabinet meeting the situation in
New York was exhaustivcly discussed and
conclusion reached that Mr. Folger ought
to resign from the Treasury at once and
devote all his energies to his canvass, for
Governor. We do not pretend to know
whether the theory of the correspondents
is correct or not. but it is safe to say that it
ought to be true There is no law that
prohibits Federal officer from holding
onto his position pending his candidacy
for State Office, and there may be cases in
which m unpstinp af Iapanpy
delcacy would be involved in
such premises. But we venture to
say that the case under discussion
is not one of them. So far as we have been
able to keep the run of the canvass in New
York, the chief complaint made against
Judge Folger is based upon the assumption
that his nomination was brought about by
undue exercise of Presidential, or at least
Administration, influence upon a State
convention. The fact that the nominee
was n member of the Presidents Cabinet at
the time of his nomination does not neces-
sarily argue in support of such theory.
But it is not to be disputed that
his remaining in the Cabinet during
the canvass, presumably with view
of hanging onto his bird in the hand while
he hunts the two in the bush, affords very
strong confirmation of the Objectionable as
sumption.
So long as Judge Folger remains in the
Cabinet, therefore, it will be utterly impos-
sibe for him to combat the charge that he
is the candidate of faction Of the Repub-
lican party, and he must thereby lose much,
If not all, of the advantage of the great
personal popularity which caused him to
run so remarkably ahead of the general
ticket two years ago. 50 pronounced
is this feeling that we think
it perfectly safe to estimate the
effect of Judge Folger's action as involving
at least ten thousand votes that is to say,
Judge Folger as an ex-Secretary of the
Treasury would receive on election day ut
least ten thousand more votes than Judge
Folger still remaining Secretary could get
and this margin will probably be sufficient
to decide the result. We believe that had
Judge Folger resigned from the Treasury
upon the receipt of the formal notification
of his nomination for Governor his
canvass would now be in much better
shape than it is. These things
are so plain that we have often
wondered, not only to Judge Folger's own
inatteution to them, but also to the evident
failure of his colleagues in the Cabinet to
remind him of them. 1t may be somewhat
late now, but, perhaps, not too late. At all
events, whatever chance Judge Folger has
left for success lies in his resignation from
the Cabinet and his appearance before the
people of the State as Republican clndi-
date, pure and simple, and without entangle
ments of faction,
Attention, pOIicci