Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-25

The anti-mOnOT OlistS OF New York, or whose
movements THE STAR has heretofore taken note,
are becoming an important factor IN the politics
OF that state and will exercise very conSid-
cradle influence in It's affairs. They Will certainly
hold the balance of power, II they do not indeed
become one OF the leading parties, when the organ
KatiOa becomes q little more perfect and has time
To get It's principles and plans more fully before
the public. But already il Is making Itself felt, in
spite OF the OF the old party bosses IJ has
prepared TO be used before the coming election a
pledge which every candidate for Congress and the
state legislature will have TO sign a condition
for their support, declaring, among other things,
opposition TO the "cOrnering OF food products"
and such "tarin revision as will ensure fair liv-
Ing wages 10 American wOrkmen, and duly protect
them against the competition OF cheap labor
abroad" Mr.. Eison, the democratic candidate for
mayor OF New York, has been placed in a rather
awkward preiicament by this document. He was
at one time president AMI Is still an active member
OF the Produce Exchange, which is the place
where the cOrnering OF food products in New York
has been principally carried on and where the
most Of gambling in the neceSS res of life is done
in that city. Mr.. iS1n subScribeS to the pledge
he must ia an Emphatic and public manner con-
denim his own course and that OF his associates,
and II he refuses TO DO he the risk of losing
several thousand anti-mOn0pOly votes.
An eloquent protest reaches THE STAR against
the corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and 9Th street"
Whatever occasion there may have been for the
removal OF these venerable trees IL Is time that
word OF warning SHOULD be raised against the fur
Their demolition OF the Avenue trees. Year by
year the process OF looping, dwarfing, and ex;er-
minating has been going on until the grateful
Shade and charming fringe Of green that used to
make thls street tolerable during the heated term
have nearly disappeared 1t is we'll to bear In
mind that these "a
be replaced. With the carriagewayS and foot
walks paved with imperyiOuS asphalt, young trees
have no more chance Of getting r00t-hOll there
than II planted In the desert OF Sahara. Pennsyl-
vlni1 avenue, with Its great width exposed to the
nPTce direct rays OF the sun. ana the terrific re-
fectei and radiated h at from the asphalt, needs
all the shade IL can have; a fact TO be borne in
mind by business men who are sometimes inclined
TO look upon shade trees in front of their premises
Is an obstruction to business
~
According to late advices from the Upper Nile
countries ii Is probable that the final settlement of
the Egyptian question is farther off than most
persons supposed The False Prophet, of whom
but little has been heard Tor some time has all the
while been actively and successfully at work. With
the whole population OF SOu1an under his COM
mand, strengthened by some OF the neighborin9
savage tribes. he has recently defeated the Egyp-
tan authorities in several Sangunary engage
ments, and IL IS thought that he will soon march
on Cairo Those qualified to Judge regard the
situation as decidedly critical as it is believed that
thc movement means the active revival OF Islam
Ism In Us most bigoted and proscrip.ive FORM and
That not only all the Mahonmedan provinces of
Africa, but those o: Asia and Europe rs we'll will
De involved N il unless IL is speedily put down II
this view be correct, En-l1nf will have a larger
contract on her hands than she thought when she
cohciuied TO take hand in supervising Arab