New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-19
treaty decidedly as being long step toward
Free Trade.

Greater interest was shown in the RepuDn-
CON nr;mar;es Yesterday than ever before In
this civ. In the majority of the Assembly DIS
tricts there was only one ticket nominated, ana
naturally the voting was light But even unuer
these circumstances more members OF the asso-
Citations than usual turned out. In nine d1strlcts
there were lively contests carried on Win hore
or less good nature. There the voting was
heavy. Some specimen results are as loi-
lows; In the IXth the party headed by
J. w. Jacobus won by 500 votes against 3I4'
In the XIVth John H. Brady, weu-known
machine man, was defeated by the followers OF
John Nugent. Michael Cregan and his irlends
led nv 40 votes, in total OF 1914
in the XVIII. In the XVIllth District
tho regular ticket was elected by vote OF 2ol
against 2O1. The Dowd ticket was apparently
oIoo,od in tho XXIst District. There was so
much scratching at some other polling piacestnac
Il was late this morning before the results "oi0
positively known.
Last October, when a new Spanish Ministry
| was formed at Madrid it was not believed thaV
tbe combination would last long, and it has not
Senior Posada-Herrera has resigned ana oepor
Canovas del Castillo, at the Kings command
has formed new Cabinet. This is the triumph
| of the CONSERVATIVES. The Cabinet which mas
lust gone out was made up of the personal Iol-
lowers of Sagasta and of Dynastic Liberals, Dut
the hand which controlled it was that OF senior
Sagasta himself. Strong and shrewd as ne 49,
Sagasta has not been able to govern Spain In
this way. His puppet Ministers represented
opinions too diverse to stay long united Inc
Dvnastic Liberals were pledged to restore the
Constitution of 1869, and they demanded uni
versal suffrage while the MOderates thought
the proposed constitutional reforms too radl-
cal. A Cabinet composed of such hostile ele-
ments therefore could not be expected to last,
or to have any influence on Parliament. The
| return of Canovas to power means reaclloh
toward absolutsm but probably the reaction
will not be very great. Liberals even III SPAN
exert powerful influence.
1t is impossible not to feel some hesitation
! about accepting as true the terrible assertion Oh
Edward Tappan that he and his brother strangled
| Mrs. Mavbee and her daughter last Novem-
her at Brookvie, L. ]. The story which he tells
contains no details not well known to every
| body already or such as would readily suggest
themselves to the clumsiest story teller
| Moreover. in the class to which this self-accused
murderer belongs there are always to be found
q considerable number of persons who desire to
he notorious at any cost. Then, too, 1t is not
uncommon for weak intellect to be upset II
its possessor is unfortunate enough to be even
innocertly familiar with crime of this sort
1t will be remembered that the German hoop,
who sao he murdered the woman found Edead
near Perth Amboy, n. j., last summer, told
very interesting story of how he committed the
deed but it has since been discovered that his
statements are false. The Long Island authon-
ties. therefore, will do well to look care
fully for proof which will substantiate
what Edward Tappan says. 1t would
not matter much perhaps if the fellow got
himself hanged when he was not MUIR
derer but only a COLOSSAL liar; stll,h ought not
to be allowed to put the moose around his broth
er's neck unless his confession can be shown to
be true beyond possible doubt.