New-York tribune., 1879-10-30


Does Mr. JAY mean that hIs colleague considcred u
81 mari. .f "hoslIlfy nd revenge thai he was re-
onircd too cy tn law, or ihat hayi' been oilicaiy
opif.ote,S fo ,nquirr whct cr sac Custom House
was faithfully collecting M, Government dues ne
WIS thereby cttitl,d 10 exi Get that these dur-
vonld 1c unlawfully reunited iu his own c"s'f
Really. MI. Jay is doing grave injustice 70 M''
Turnure.
"Vhat sav in respect 10 ilio speeches Away J.,
Give IL moutlfl rh1's NV maxim, GIVE % NOUN.
80 said the Distinguished puolic character MI
Dennis ~ del Iycrlpg liz ic cXhoriaiion ana an
vice io one If his clients ab lut b. worked OH
The counsel s,oud be- taken to heart by tie Young
Scrachcrs they are lively persons bur ihey fail 10
"rive II mouth" We could wish for onr part that.
inst, al Of throwing circulars at people gong to or
from ihc Cooper lnstitate one or two of the gem
tomcn who sign those circulars wonld stand
up in the meeting and catechisc Mr. Eyaris
or Mr. Sherman tor tonight. Mr.. blainc
rra roce because we think the public would
bee instructed by the spectacle. The Young Scratch
crs believe rather IN the convenience Of paper and
printing-ink. We can imagine their Mr. Slum-ior
no donbt they keen a professional literary man
dropping into the bureau for orders. aud offering
every morning "a new circular; g I've got a little
trile here now gcnts-a little trfe thrown oil III
the heat of the moment, which ! should say was
exactly the thing you wanted to set TINS place oh
fire WITH" Then the treasury is scrutinized as
MANY copies of Mr.. Slum's little trhe as they can
afford are struck of ard dstribnt d; and the com
mttce stand back, waiting for the place 10 take
fire. But somehow there is no blaze. circulars
will not do. Mr. Bowker and the other statesmen
ought to exhibit themselves on the platform. OiYe
it mouth, gentlemen give II mouth.
eo;l 81 ord T,roupham " He ia a kind
of s.lnl-Solomon he half knows everything from
the cedar 10 the hyssop." There is "A sort of semi
Solomon IN our happy city, who does not know as
much rs Lord Brongham, and yet can throw OF Tor
us every week. If necessary, three thousand PROV
cribs on almost any topic. from psychology to pa
per-hanRing. He half knows the history OF politics
and ihc alteccdeuts of Aldermen. He half knows
fnan,ci be half know, literature be half knows
tine " Machine" lie half knows the bullGozer; he
half knows canal reform he half knows low 10
ADVISE voters m the present political contests and
ne almost half knows what the contest Is about
Ieias be thankful that once more. before the elec-
tiou. we shall receive his inesimable Instructions
There have been some perplcXtIes and contradic-
tlous I'm the campaign but to-day the semi-Sooulon
will mike everything plain. He Will teach us how
~ mart our friends without helping our onemiesi
how 20 "stecr 20 s:arboard bnt keep h'r head
larhoarl how to vote u the abstract without dc-
no,iting any coucreto ballot What should we ever
do wi.hout him 1t is probably unnecessary TO
name our sern-So.omon " for he was wiser than
all men and h.s fame as IN Ill Tho Nstons."
Yct another exp. sion in our WATERS boiIeI
burst--a tug-boat sunk--two OF the crew so abso-
lrtelv blown 10 atoms that not fragment Of their
remains can be discovered All this Is such an old
story that wc hesitate to add 20 its antiquity by
maintaimne tina; there was probably ia" II the
ho.cr Norris there any novelty about The f.ctt that
IL ra,a lc,v boiler. aud last March WAS Inspected
ardf found to Dee sound In every respect. These are
ff,'e cireuD tauces which usually a-terd steam
boat explosions. II u the r'rest .ung in h' "or"
To- f.d iaa, aayboiy WAS to blame. Pefnap. we
.n~,f to .dd chat tla engineer of the boat yester-
day destroyed was duiy ceruioated, and was con
ssered "a particularly able and efficient man. 1t is
really Gis.ouraring tht these accidents should be
.i,ch ny.ierious and inspluhle cnigmas. B. and by
% desperate public viii demand trial OF boilers
wei known to be weak, and of engineers noto-
riously ineolnpctent JUST by way of experiment.