New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-18

the friends OF irish muruererS uDuertdhc W
throw overheard representatives OF the United
States Government. On the whole, we rather
hone the "iriendsn will have the opportunity
70 90 out to sea in a body will try to prevent
an arrest, and will summary be dumped into
the Atlantic Ocean. 1t would be good days
work for Ireland and for the whole civilized
world.
To Don Cameron: Why not change the name OF
YOUR State TO SimOnsylvanis. or Donsylvanla, OF
Camerontown, or Simonvllle, or Donbergf Aplain
blunt man like you ought to call things by their
proper titles.
Political excitement and agrarian strife have had
a most demOraizing effect on the relations Oh
parties in English public life. Inc scandaious
scene which followed the disclosures IN regard 10
Mr. PaInelrs letter and the negotiations conducted
by Mr.. OShea vii, leave a very painful impression
upon the minds of unbiased observers. Mr.. Glad
stone may have made very grave mistakes in pollti-
cal leadership and in public policy, but he is com
pletng this year half century of active service IN
Parliament His years and labOrs do not, indeed
ought not TO- carry with them exemption from
poltical criticism but they should protect him
against wanton insult. Certainly his word should
pass unuuestOned when he makes Straighii0r-
ward statement. Yet a conspicuous member OF the
Opposition has vcntured to contradict him on plain
issue of fact and far what is known IN street
braws as the lie" can be given in Parliamentary
form 70 a1rOnt him in the most garing way The
Prem,ers temper we are sorry 10 add. not
proof against this Insult He seems to have re-
PEELED the attack not with the impressive manner
which accords well with his age and position,
but with an outbuIst of passionate rage. The
vcissItudes Of his Irish policy must have increased
III - ha
have gwen the Commons so unfortunate an exhibit
ton of unstatesmanlike anger. But the partisan
ship which nstigated so gross an attack upon the
personal honor of one of the most conspicuous
figures in English history is something worse than
q fanlt of temper 1t is a faint in the blood OF the
English people 1t is partsanship of the most
malignant type-that which combines prejudice OF
aristocratic caste and hostility of party and hates
the Liberal leader with blind cass-hatred, while
it detests the great reforms of the past ana the
vtalizng principles of modern progress Win which
he is identified
Senator Thurman has Just informed Louisville
reporter that he believed that the Democrats had
enough votes to elect a man to the Presidency III
1884. Mr.. Thurman, like the man who took a
fifth wife after being divorced from four terma-
gants is a fine example of faith triulnphing over
experience"
Is anything to be done by the public for the wife
and children of the dead explorer De Long, or for
the families of the other brave men who persisted
with hint The pension paid to the WIDOW oil
Navy officer of his rank is mere pittance, ana
some of the other widows and orphans will be left
without any pension at all. Since the subscription
for Mrs. Garfield was raised, public sympathy and
approval have frequently taken that expression
with satisfactory results. Why not in this case
A.,
story of the Inflated Jeanette and of the terri
bic pilgrimage made by De Long and his crew with
its silent, CHASTITY termination has not reused
keen pity for the women and children who remain
among us, the living victims of the undertaking;
left 10 struggle on through life crippled and de-
prived of the chances and happiness which were
theirs without their natural protectors Ii Is limited
that the vessel was worthy and the provisions
were unft for such voyage. and public lndlgna-
ton IL warmly pressed on this score but the pub
lie have no hing to do with these facts even If they
are true They were not responsible tor these mis-
takes and they cannot remedy them now if they
really were made If their sympathy took more
practical shape than Indignation IT woud do much
to make the whole future lives of these widows and
orphans less hard and bitter Shall there be sub
scrlptioni Who will take the matter in handf
The remedy suggested the other day by THE
TRIBUNE fl the high prices of meat has, 1t appears
already been successfully tried in Chicago. The
retail butchers there. as in all the Eastern cities
took advantage of a slight rise in cattle to run their
prices up to exorblant rates, placing the of
meat altogether beyond the reach of the poorer
classes The result as we learn from the daily re-
ports was that the consumption of meat fell off AT
least one-half choice cuts instead of bringing their
weight in silver. were left to grow stale on the
stalls to the discontinue of their tOo-sharp owners.
This, rather than the importation of Texas beeyes
and mutton, is stated to be the cause
Of the sudden tumble in roasts and chops
in Western markets. Let our New-York house
holders for few weeks join the society
of the Do Withouts and try whether a combination
of consumers is not quite wholesome in It's effects
as one of producers or middlemen.
'The still air of delightful studies" generally has
a refining and softenng influence upon those whom
# encompass but not always telegram from
Minneapolis brings the lively news that the presi-
dent and two of the professors of the State Uni
versity of Minnesota arrested yesterday and
that one of the profe sors was held to answer the
charge of assaulting fellow man with deadly
weapon. No particulars of the assault are gwen.
The course of events in a university becomes so mo-
notonous that a variation now and then proves re-
freshlng But it is not perhaps, judicious to break
monotony in SO ostentatous and alarming a man
ner as il has been broken IN this instance.
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PERSONAL.
Mr. Emersons will has at last been found