Year: 1876

or surrendered, he Is likely to be disappointed.
The British Foreign Minister must know that
national self-respect precludes our making
treaty under pressure.


So badly is the New Court-house-cos
somewhere over twelve miliOns-designed,
that the Sanitary Inspectors can scarcely sug-
gest plan by which it might be properly
ventilated. Some improvement may be made
by few alterations, but nothing short OF
reconstruction will fully remedy the defects.


-. Paris the American residents are prepar-
ing to celebrate the Centennial with due honor.
They purpose also to commemorate the event by
placing a marble slab, appropriately inscribed,
upon the tomb of Lafayette. The patriotic
feeling thus evinced cannot fail to excite gen
erous rivalry among Americans elsewhere in
Europe.


The breach between the two Houses on the
Appropriation bills is not merely that of the
two political parties, since the Democrats OF
the Senate agree with the majority of that
body in restoring to their fall sum all the APP
preparations that the House has cut down. 1t
is still hoped, however, that an agreement
may be arrived at by which Congress can ad-
journ at the close of this month.


Sing Sing is becoming famous for convicts'
escapes, and its prison should be a favorite
with the criminal classes. The seizure of a
locomotive by the runaways was better man
aged this time than last instead of trying to
run it themselves they compelled the engineer
to do them this service. AS result, two
thirds of the party made good their escape,
despite urgent pursuit and much telegraphng
which, however, helped to make it an exciting
affair.


Gov. Tilden has very properly withheld his
signature from the WOOdin Charter bill. His
message on the subject heartily denomces the
"log-rolling" of which this bill affords an in
stance. Originally the measure was full of
jobs, and would have paved highway of cor
ruption. These were exposed in THE TRIB-
UNE, and stricken out of the bill. by numer-
Ous notifications the bill was radically
changed But at best its scheme was new and
untried, and the Governor evidently thinks it
might have proved impract,cable. The main
objection to the bill, however, was on account
of the interpretations smuggled into it at the
last moment. One of these took off an assess
ment, amounting to over million dollars.
from the property in the upper part of this
city which had received the benefit, and
would have saddled the charge on the public
purse. On the whole, the measure was certain
of doing evil; the good that it might have
accomplished is not so apparent. The Brooklyn
Charities bill also failed to receive signature.
The list of bills signed includes two for an
increase of the water supply in this city.


Mr.. Blame's enemies have charged that he
was carrying the Cincinnati Convention by
the game of brag. They are now endeayoring
to break him down before the Convention by
the same game. 1t will have its effect. But
a man so full of resources, and with capacity
for shedding scandal equal to that of any
ten of his enemies for invcnting 1t,
is not disposed of so easily. He
refuses to give up the private letters which
Mulligan had taken. Judge jerry Black and
ex-senator Carpenter sustain him in it, and
certify that these letters have nothing to do
with the case. He next proposes to show them
to the Chairman of the Committee and satisfy
him of the same thing. If he does this, and
the testimony should be unmistakable on
two points, % that the letters have nothing



tain nothing in any way eliminating him in
any case, then every man with wit enough
to write private letter will justify him in
resenting and resisting the threat to publish
them-Meantme it is to be noticed that
absolutely nothing has been prored to his
detriment. Whatever harm has befalen Mr.
Blaine has come from his own private inter
views with witnesses who had come on to
testify against him and from the wrangle for
the possession of package of his private letters,
running through long series of years, which
he found in the hands of man who had no
right to them, and who threatened to publish
them if the papers attacked him. On both
points il is as well to wait for both sides of
the story.


MR.. ROBESONS DEFENSE.


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