New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-04

upon which many ANXIOUS OincehOIdeTS "oui" po
glad to know General Garhelds VIEWS
A statement likely to attract wide attention Is
madc by The Portland Press in an article opposing
n movement 10 give additional stringency TO the
Maine prohibtOry liquor law. 1t says that curing
the twenty years that that law has been in operation
thore has been an alarming increase in crimes Of a
kind usually attributed to drunkenness, and that
nj this time there more drinking saloons III f0rt,,
land than ever before On the authority or Neal
Dow the number is given as $50.
The Greenback frog proposes to swallow the DEM
ocratic donkey. Nothing but the size of the AMI
mails ears makes the result of the effort doubtful
Itis not true that an established tradition Of the
Government ~ violated when two Judges from the
same State are upon the Supreme Bench. President
Grant appointed Mr.. Waite. of Ohio Chlef-Justice
while Justice Swayne from the same State was still
npon the bench. In 90 dong he followed the eX-
ample of President John Adams, who appolntef Jonn
Marshall, of Virginia. Chief Justice. while lnshrod
Washington of that state was an associate JuStlcr,
The only difference ~ The two cases Is Ihat Anaiiis
selected both the Virginia JurlSIs. while OTaht
named only one of the two from ONO. FIeshent
Hayes has, therefore, two presidents to tall BACK
upon IN justification OF his selection ol Stahley
Matthews.
THE Grcenback dcmagOgues, who are ont OF JoD
since the collapse of Their party. are going 10 meet
M CnGAgD III NHICn anu loIIl u INV w
b., called the Prop S party. hey resemble the
three tailnis of 1OOeN- with their proclalna-
ton beginning We the people OF England
There is n man in Florida who would be Invaluable
to thc Democrats in the Ilnu.e. He lately applied
for tie place Of Sergean-aI-Arms oi the senate Oh
that state and thus described his OWN qualifications:
81 am SIX icct high and strong in proportion. II a
ouorum is required and am sent oui to arrest alb
I to DTnuure tlpu. ana 10
vo,ll them out of any pace where they may be
tnuud Wit hOut delay or hrsliailon." Speaker htH-
dahl ,hould send for I'll man. ana srhd MN lel !Ic
ID .,nocratic absences who yield 10 me sruuclN'
u, I,.nrrs Oi hot rinkl and tarry III the saloons near
th Capitol when their votes are needed Oh party
questions.
Many IL the Southern newspapers are showing Il
great deal Of ndcp"r dcncc and good sense" But then
IL an oti-ycar ~ politics.
Tn, Democratic Con.le has four weeks more 10
live. 1t Is III morlOund condltlol already
No sooner i, ex-senator Willard Warner, of Ala
bama. meuti oned ~ an available southern Rcpubl-
,o, Cabinet position than he is 'jcctrd TO as
AN Ottoman. He has lived fifteen years in Ala
hanna. represented tie State in the United Slaes
S,,,tc and done more To vriop hcr in Iu7tral re-
sources in.lr any one If her native born citZ"nS;
tut al IN does not count Tor anything against the
fact that hc wa, born III Ohl"
Now that the Democrat, in Congress have been
brought 70 their SENSES and have abandoned their
stupid attempt to nutlle the electoral count. per
hans they will do a little useful legislative work.
There aic s; twenty three WORKING days ieit Ga Tie
sr-SOu.
If c are eyer 10 Ct back share Of onr lost ocea'
coumrrcr 4 inusi br done m one ot two ways-our
ctil.n> mus. u. All wed 10 bur ENGLISH steamer,
Il, fhc Grrnau4 French and B'eian5 do, and put
Them undo or Tag. or Congress must give aid TO
Americana huilt vc>-rl- IN the form of profitable
mail contracts or direct subsidies. There is no other
solution of the problem and II IS folly Tor Congress
TO trmporIzc with i; any longer The question is
one of National defence ~ we'll National pride
and prrtit. We have no reserve force Oi vessels tO
iuur,ylSe a navy from N at war. England
could arm tnou>aud large fast steamers III ease of
need while We have scarcely score all told IL our