New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-06
hopes to gain, unless it be an advertisement OIL
himself, is not clear.


The workingmen who held meeting III
Union Square under discouraging circuih-
stances last night were too nasty III assuming
that the Park Commissioners had refused 'henl
permission to assemble on the plaza. IL seemeu
incredible that the members OF boaru III
which politics plays so large part when IL
sbonld nlay so little could think OF offending
ca MANY men who have votes. Because they
did not get an affirmative reply Immediately on
their application at the Park Department
office the Commissioners being absent the I'M
patient laborers jumped to the conclusion 'n"'
their request was denied. The Commissioners
have committed foilies enough, but they are
not likely to excite the active hostility OF lhe
workingmen in that way.
There was general amazement when ''le
Aldermen recently appointed commiltee u
entertain Siamese Prince who was sara 10 oo
ON his wav to America. Siam had never IN
iured them in any manner, and their mot''o w
wishing to make the royal visitor mlseraole
during his stay in this city did not appear ."
the surface A cOmical explanation Is ho"
current at the City Hall. 1t is SAID tha' TIC
| inspiration comes from no less parsonage 'hah
p. II. Barnum, who hopes by uchlihg 'hc
vanity of the Siamese royal family to secure
| one Of the sacred white elephants tor his snow
| II the Prince should really come, the Alder
| mems committee with no fund to draw from
| will have white elephant on their hands OF
| tbe most unuieldy and unmanageable variety
Rut if they wish to astound rs well as entertain
him, they have only to get up one OIL 'heir
| characteristic debates on the Mayors hohiii'a-
tions for his benefit.
The Uouse of REPRESENTATIVES yesterday FUR
n,sbed an awful example of the carelessness
with which the most serious and solemn affairs
are often treated byA Congressman. mo 'he
discussion of certain features of the Naval
Appropriation bill Mr.. Perry Belmont dragged
| the hapless Shipherd and the Peruvian COM
| many. His object was to create Tor hilnseh 'le
| opportunity to allude to the nelnciehcy Vi
| Mr.. Evarts as Secretary of State, and to de-
nounee the dangerous policy of Mr. Blame
who "gambled away the influence OF the
limited States in South America" In short,
Mr. Belmont reappeared in his dazzling act o.
| &" iumnino on Blaine.r But such is the callous
nnconcern of the members of the House that
| nobody paid any attention to Mr.. Belmont VINO
ouckly grew tired of talking where he had no
listeners, and obtained permission to have the
| bulk of his carefully prepared but underworld
speech printed 1t is said that ne turnlshed
| for notification an abstract of what he dd not
say.
Plainly the British Government believes that
it NAV be necessary soon to send an army 10
Eovnt. The notice to the military authorities
to nrenare for the immediate calling out OF the
reserves in ENGLAND and Scotland, Including
even some III Ireland, can have no other inter-
nretation. That Mr.. Gladstone is preparing
for war is foreshadowed also by one OF the
chief organs of the Liberal party. Meanwhile
British opposition to Intervention IN the affairs
of Egypt with an English army is Increasing
The retirement of Mr.. Bright from Mr. Glad
stones Cabinet it is limited, would follow armed
| intervention. The Peace Society protests
| AGAINST war and expresses the opinion that the
Meas urged in support of policy OF lnterven-
ton are untenable. Representative working
men while comforting with members OF Parla-
ment have charged that war will be made III
| the interest of holders of Egyptian bonds.
These criticisms, especially the last to the
effect that the war will be a mercenary one,
show the strength of the opposition.
| The South Carolina Legislature has adj
| iourned, after having accepted Mr. Richardson
advice and redstricted the State III way
ito make as many Democratic districts a.
| nossibleD There had TO be seven Congress
sional districts formed. The Democrats. not
seeing their way clear to taking all Of them,
| Generously concluded to take only six. In order
| 70 throw as many Republican voters as possible
| info the one district conceded beforehand to
the Republican majority, these legislative dis
cipIes of Richardson and the rejected Dibble
have formed this district of three entire coun-
ties and parts of five other counties. The
shane of it is something that may possibly be
described. but which can be properly appreci-
| ated only by one who takes down map
and makes drawing for himself. The
Shoestring" District in Mississippi is said
TO be marvel of symmetry, compared with
this new product of Bourbon Democracy. III
order TO gloss over the infamy of this scheme
to nullfy the Republican majority, the leading
| Bourbon organ in South Carolina makes the
remarkable misstatement that the State OF
New-York is blessed with a Republican
Legislature, and it will be found that the
population in the Congressional Districts
"yaries from 11O,O35 in the XXVIIth Dis
"trict to 1,2O6,577 in the NewYOrk City
"district.n This extraordinary announcement
will amuse the honest voters of the State, who
breathed more freely when the recent Demo
cratic bear garden at Albany closed its doors
|
| REASONS FOR BEING A REPUBLICAN,.
Twenty-six years ago, when a young man
| .,-1 -, bo sbonId ;oin tho Ranuhlican marty