New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-12
inexcusable management, and to nocket divi-
dends never earned.
hBANCOCK LOAN EXHIBITION.


or English barrel being poor, THE TRIBUNE,
with that magnanimlty which has always dis
tinguished its treatment of its enemies, gives
them the benefit OF a valuable suggestion.
There is in the possession of various members
of the party large amount OF valuable pol
iiica bric-a- brac. Some specimens have not
been seen for years, and were never beheld save
by chosen few; and others, by far the
greater number have never been seen by any
one save their owners. The public curiosity 10
behold these objects is intense. 1ney nave
occupied 40 prominent d position In poilticai
discussion that their names are household
words, vet have they ever renamed lnvsiple'
Here. then, is the Democratic opportunity. Let
these unique articles of vertu, If they may by
courtesy be so designated, be collected ana
placed on publc exhibition. Men, women. and
children, of all political opinions and previous
condition of servitude, would flock to sec
them. Let lis enumerate some of the strong
points of the collection.
First, in point of age, as well as from the I'M
portant part it INDY act in the coming cam
paign, should be placed Senator Wallaces
coffee-po How the imagination leaps to It's
work at the mere mention OF that historic
vessel! What is its shape2 Antique or mod
ern2 Of what material is it composed 1t
must have been of something more durable
than tin, less fragile than earthenware, less
soluble than pewter. 1t may have been
bronze, or iron, brass or copper. 1t must have
been one of these to stand the service imposed
upon it. There are thousands and thousands
who are eager to solve this and other problems
concerning this tremendous yet puny engine or
Reform. Indeed we think the public curiosity
is great enough to warrant the placing OF this
specimen in room by itself, and the charging
of separate fec for beholding 1t. Ii MI
Wallace would consent, In the interests or
Reconciliation and Reform, to put the engine
through its paces as it were to ilre II up III
the old style and show visitors :" how the OLD
"thing worked y in 1867, tickets could safely
be placed at dollar each, and a roaring bust
ness would be done.
A second room could be set apart for an
equally valuable and by no means less extra
ordinary collection. The door could be
marked: "Cipher Reform-Its Lethal Wea-
@pons.n Who wouldn't pay dollar gladly to
explore the hidden mysteries foretOd in that
inscription! This collection should be ar
ranged with great care, and Il competent man
should be secured to exhibit it III way best
calculated to bring out all its merits Feeble
health and the demands of other ventllatnS
schemes preclude the probability CT obtaining
Mr.. Tildens services. After him. there Is but
one man to be thought of, the resembling Moses
Manton Marble. We are sure that the admis-
sion fee could be doubled if his attendance
were secured. His conversation would GER
talnly be worth it, 1t would 2stonish, dazzle,
bewilder Persons who went once would go
again to frd out, if possible, what 1t all
meant. The exhibitor being secured, the order
of the collection follows naturally. First should
stand the Barrel. Next should stand the Ark
and Shechinah. OF this combination an excel
lent and remunerative peep-sh0w might be
made. Noes could, at certain hours in each
day, withdraw from his duties as exhibitor and
his place could lie filed by Smith Weed. He
could then crawl into the Ark and lie there as
he did for the first few weeks after the cipher
revelations were made. For the privilege of
seeing him in that attitude who would not pay
ten cents for a two minutes peep! Why,
TIE TRIBUNE here pledges itself to
buy So worth of tickets the minute the
show is opened. An appropriate inscrip-
tion for the Ark while the pcep-show
"name was writ in cipher" These would con-
stitute the main attractions of the cipher room.
In addition to them would be the fire-bell
which Moses was ready to ring in tn, night.
when he found an electoral vote was not to be
bought in Florida; samples or Copenhagen u;
the shattered remains Of the NncCmp0Cp
Bureau, and photograph of the man who
invented the cipher codes which the Mem
bers of the coparceny took South.
For third room, an iron walled, fire proof
compartment would be necessary. This should
be devoted exclusively TO Charles Francis Adams
and the Fraud Brand. Owing to the intense
excitement which the swinging of the Brand
always arouses in the distinguished performer,
only one exhibition a day could be given here.
But that would be worth the mOney-no matter
what the price was. He could show how he
was prompted to invent the Band, and the
purpose for which he intended it. Then he
could explain how it happened that after he had
heated it TO a white heat in moment OF mad
vertence he sat down upon 1t, and destroyed
his happiness for life for since that dreadful
moment he can never sit down without sus-
Meeting that the Brand is under him, causing
him to spring to his feet and shout Fraud"
Thus it has come about that whenever there
is a lull in political discussion, there is heard
that yell from the home OF the unfortunate
victim of his own ingenuity. He shouts daily,
but the public ear is able to hear him only
when there is a calm. This explanation might
more properly be reserved for the catalogues
of the exhibition, but its publication here will
tend to increase public interest in the show,
and that is the chief purpose of this article.
We have thus far enumerated only the lead
ing attractions of the exhibition. A fourth room
could be filed with a miscellaneous collection.
There are Cover and his fish-pOle, for ex-
ample, which Of themselves would be the
making of any show. A tank could be sup
nlied filled with etfgies of eminent Democratic