New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-10
Is understood to be the author OF tho vigorous line
~Do good by proxy and blush to find 1t shame"

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@Do good by proxy and blush to find 1t shame"
Some years ago John Paul. In one Of his more
serious sermons in The TRIBUNE, lapsed into poetry
| as followsi
! ooh, OF all sad words o. tongue or pen,
The saddest are these-we might have Benw
Mr.. Paul was referring to General Butler then.
and he Is understood to be going around now point
ing to his proof that ho possesses tho true
spirit of prophecy.
Search warrants out in every direction the
day after election for Proxy" French. but up to
tho hour Of going to press reporter of any paper
seems to have found him, In order to got either his
views on the result tho latest inform alton as to
the Seorch for the forger of the proxy
Oscar Wilde says that Niagara has bulk but not
beauty" Mr. Smyth is understood to speak in the
same way Of sIr. Cleveand's majority.
There are grains Of comfort still to be extracted
! from the election returns of Tuesday. casual
glance at the list OF candidates for Aldermen which
| IHE TRIBUNE Published on Tuesday shows, by
comparison with tic list Of the elected, that only
ABOUT twenty-tour ol of the several score Of gin
NILS winch supplied he nominees will have repre-
sehtatlon In the next Board Also that of the great
array OF legal talent which aspired to 20 to the
Assembly the city will lose very little, large ma
| jOrty Of the aspirants continuing to hang around
the police courts for another year to assure the pub
lie that Justice shall be impartially dispensed
WITH
was there ever an election which appare 'ly
gave such general satisfaction to men of both
parties There is only one regret to be heard Oh
the part OF the majority Of the Republicans and
that is that Mr. Folger should have got the nomina-
ton and the vote instead of Mr. ConkInU
John Kelly is ABOUT the only Boss" who APP
pears to have pulled through. 1t was a bad day for
them all-both big and little. Boss Mclaughlin
oil Brooklyn had SCI his heart on the election of
Colonel Carroll as Register of Kings and bent all
his energies TO attain that md The result-or
rather the consequence,-Is that The Boss's can
didate Is the only Democrat on tie county ticket
who is defeated.
The news from Poughkeepgie on the eve of the
election was that Is. Flat Carpenter :" had gore TO
bel with boil" That appears to be the only thug
which stood by him in the campaign.
During the closing socks of political canvass THE
TRIBUNE inv ariably receives limitations from many
OF its female readers that they cannot find their Gus
tOmary portion of entertainment in its columns.
"There is a dense mass of politics." they complain IN
grieved tones and there is only crumb here and
there for a hungry woman" TIE TRIBUNE is al
ways touched by these plaintlve appeals from the
better half tho community, and generally cOntrives
to have peace offering in readiness at the close
os election week. This year it is new number OF
the popular series of pattern extras emitted Knit
ing and Crochet" IL is handsome pamphlet Of
sixty pages, printed on good paper. with numerous
illustrations and convenient index. 1t contains
the latest patterns and designs for fancy work
which have lately appeared III the various editions
of TIE tribune. and is practical manual of home
industry which cannot fail to he appreciated by
American women. 1t is issued at time when they
are planning holiday surprises aad containing as it
does practical directions for making a large num-
Der of useful and ornamental articles suitable for
presents, it is an indispensable manual for Christ
mas work. The price of Extra No 81" is % cents.
The green fly IF jealousy has lighted upon the fine
ointment of Ben Buffers success. How can it be
otherwise when certain newspapers are recommend
ing not the Widow but Grover Cleveland to the
Democracy as a good to nominate for Presi-
dent in 1887
The Troy Times says the electors mood
to consider what they were doing ON Tuesday Go |
to- Not even the deluee in which Noah figured was |
more thoroughly premedtated than the one that |
has just taken place.
Postmaster General Howe should be put on public |
exhibition. He does not construe the defeat as |
showing lack of confidence in or n distrust of |
the Administration" Will h. kindly tell us what !
sort of a defeat he would regard showing a lack
of confidence
We observe that the friends of the Administration
are poking about among the ruins Of the machine
for crumbs OF comfort. They say they are finding
few Nobody will begrudge them this soace. Ii
they can look that immense Democratic majority in
the face and smile family, let them DO it.
1t looks very much rs if the President and Secre-
airy Folger had not removed all the dsinfcct-
ants from the Republican party in Kings County
by bestowing the Federal patronage upon Nike"
Dady and Jakey" Worth. Those two eminent |
st .tesmen have succeeded in rolling W in the
county a pretty little Democratic majority oil
10 900. A Republican machine is II valuable Demo-
cratic assistant.
General Butler is in the field for President, of |
course. Mr. Cleveland will not lag far behind
with his big majority. Perhaps the ticket will be
Butler and Cleveland. That 0uld meet Buffers
hearty approval.
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PE2spNtL
Senator Warner Millor viii take his family to
Washington foI the winter next week.
Mr. Holman Hunt has now about finished his
great picture OF "The Flight into Egypt" which
was begun ut Jerusalem six years ago.
Colonel F. A. Parker. the father of the Quincy