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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
A RID RLTNDER.

We frequently had occasion while the last
Legislature was In session to call attention 10
the reckless manner in which business was
transacted. Dut il has been reserved for the dis
cussion in regard to the free canal amendments
during the campaign, to bring to light the most
disgraceful and serious of the blunders OF that
unprlncipled and incompetent body. Iothe iaS'-
ing disgrace of the Senate and Assembly, vi
1852, it is to be said that they had 80 iitCo
appreciation of the gravity OF the issues IN
yolyed in the amendments that they actually
uassed them in such II slipshod manner that
no proyision was made for the submission OIL
two of them TO the popular vote Ii Is dillcu''
TO imagine how carelcssness and lncihciency
cond well go further.
Whether the nsxcusable mistake can be rem
edied is a question which has been and Is re-
ceivinC the attention of the best legal mlnds III
the State. Some eminent lawyers hold that IL can
not be. and that all the amendments save one
therefore fall to the ground. Mr.. Eyarts anu
ex-senator Rogers of Buffalo argue that the
ticket must be vOled as prescribed by the Leg
isature-either for or against the amendment
TO Section of Article of the Constitution.
On the other hand, Acknowledgement Russell
against Sections 8, and 6 of Article 7. OF
course the opponents of free canals are hlghiy
pleased with the shape in which the Demo-
cratic Legislature of 1892 has lsft tie amend
ments One of their leading organs remarks
with evident satisfaction that the friends Of
free canals "arc in quandary from which
"there appears to be no escape. They can vote
for or against the proposed alteration of Sec
"tion g. and that is all. Sections and
"must remain rs they are. IT Sc ctlon be
"amended it will conflict directly with Section
"6, at any rate, and make Article as whole
"an homogeneous tumble"
And yet the party responsible for this piece
of spawned legislation, concerning subject
in which the question of the prosperity OF a
State is involved, has the brazen lmpudence to
ask the voters to continue and increase its
power at Albany and at Washington!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
SELEEYJDENT TRUTHS.

With characteristic perVeTSlty ana oDtuse-
ness the Administration managers continue
to charge all their troubles to the newspaper S
Ii the newspapers had wheeled into line and
given the FOlger ticket hearty support we
should have been all right" they say. This
is flattering testimonial TO the influence of
the press, but it rests on misapprohension.
The newspapers are powerful when they have
good cause to champion, but they have
little power to help a bad cause. If all
the Republican journals In the State. from the
time the Folger ticket was nominated to the
present. had sacrificed their self-respect and
given that ticket their most Jealous support,
they could not have greatly changed pu0ic
sentiment. The Republicans of NewYork
are not fools. Thousands of them knew
when the Saratoga Convention adjourned
precisely how it had been captured and man.
aged, and they had no idea Of sustaining its
nominees. Their dissatisfaction and dis
gust were not excited by the newspapers, but
by the conduct of the Administration managersj
and the newspapers instead of creating,
or even leading public sentiment, act
ually logged behind it, 1t is the pc
culiarity of these managers that they
are unable to comprehend this fact. They
descend to palpable fraud and trickery to
secure a machine nomination, and then If the
people grumble about being cheated, they
turn about and curse the newspapers for I'M
derminiug the popular confidence in machine
virtue.
This was the view taken by B. Plat Carpenter
soon after the Saratoga Convention. lie discov-
cred that there was a great lack of popular en-
~ inf ,f
pecting that the means by which be had obtained
dissemination were the cause Of it, he fastened
to accuse the newspapers. "There is no dis,
satisfaction anywhere he assured the State
Committee, "except in q few newspaper
offices. If we can get the newspapers to sup
"port the ticket We'll be all right" Mr.. Car
pcnter made the mistake which all his asso-
ciates have been making for the past year and
more He failed to look behind the news
papers to the public He did not have the or
binary sagacity required to perceive that
tie popular hostility to the represent
atives of the machine, which makes them so
unhappy now, was several months old when
the Saratoga Convention met. 1t had its birth
before the Chicago Convention in 1880. #
made itself felt there when it defeated the third
term scheme 1t assumed even more formid-
able dimensions when Mr.. COnkling began his
warfare upon President Garfield, and it be-
came so powerful In this State that when Mr..
Conkling lost his head and resigned bis own
Legislature did not dare to reflect him. This
sentiment has not changed since that time.
1t has rather gained In volume and intensity.
The Administration had the shortsightedness
to think that Garfelds death had made his
party forget him and all he represented, and
proceeding on that assumption 1t seized the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
U1NTED-1 NEK UNIHERSE

Nothing il this crude world. entirely meets the
expectations of Mr. Oscar Wilde. He Is disap-
pointed in everything. No truly sympathetic soul
can help feeling sorry for this apostle OF the beau.
tiful he wander from one of natures masterpieces
to another and leaves all with o sigh OF dsap.
pointment. Think how keenly he must suiler to
hud himself forced TO live In universe at once 80
overrated aud 81 incomplete! He embarked upon
the Atlantic Ocean with joyful expectations. but
they were not realized. Almost his first words as
he disembarkod upon the American shore were tho
memorable but sud onesi AIN disappointed In
the AtlantivW That soulful cry was quickly
caught up by two continents, and every person
with mis- heart In tho right place felt pang of grief
for both the Atlantic and Mr.. Wilde The latter
could express his sorrow but the former can never
tell the shame and grief 1t must have felt when
knew that at last its false protenoes to greatness
Ind been exposed.
From the Atlantic Mr.. Wilde passed soon 10
Niagara Falls and Ii was hastily Inferred from
delirious sentiments which no inscribed In tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
PERSONAL.

Mrs Admiral Dahlgrsn has returned to Washing
ton for the winter
General George b. Mcclellan and family expect
to spend tho winter In Washington.
The Rev. William X. Alger will henceforth mako
his homo Ia Boston aud deS oto himself almost ex-
clusiS ely TO literary pursuits.
Tho wife Of Senator Lamar who has Hahn ap the
point of death for several months reported to
DO on the road to convalescence. She aIi Senator
Lamar are i'll St. Louis. ut the home Of their niece.
For the first time In his llfe 1t is said, Mr.. W. w,
Corooran. the Washington banker and philanthro-
piss 10 allowing beard 10 grow On his chin and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
railroad BUILDING,

Public interest in the growth of the railroad
system Is at present very great. 1t Is no longer
felt that every mile added Is a clear and posi-
tive gain. Not few express fear that railroad
building may be overdOne. In September
1,209 miles of main line only were built, ac-
cordirg to Tie Chicago Rditway Age. In nine
months of 1892, according to that paper, the
new road built amounts to 8,075 miles. Yet
building is usually most rapid during the lat
ter part of the year. Last year, tho new road
reported by The Railroad Gazette as completed
during the last three months was 1892 miles
Up to October II, it reported last year only
5,340 miles, and has now reported S,0S1 miles
built In 1882. Either of these records would
indicate probable construction OF over 1000
miles Of railroad this year.
Nobody knows how many miles of railroad
we now have in this country. POOr's Mdnudt
reports 104, 913 miles Ill operation at the end
of 1881, but that sngularly inaccurate pro-
duction adds Hip miles for 1881. while
stating that 0,35S miles were built in that year,
and explains: "This is owing to reports having
been received from some lines previously
constructed, the reports for which were OBJ
"tained this year for the first time" There is
no reason to suppose that there were
not, on the one hand. similar omissions
at the close of 1881. and, on the other hand,
Implications arising from the defective method
of preparing the statistics. If there were
lO4. 900 miles in operation last year, an in
crease of $4,000 miles since the close OF
1870, the amount at the end of the present
year is likely to be $4,000 or 10000 miles,
and the increase nearly 10000 miles in three
years, or more than one third. 1t is not
strange that the question is constantly asked
whether this work is not going on altogether
too fast, and locking up too much capital.
IF the traffic has increased as largely as the
railroad system, the apprehension may be I'M
founded. But the shipments eastward from
Chicago for nine months ending September
80, in four successive years, and for the full
years 1879, 1880 and 1881, have been in
tons as follOws
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
they have once seen them to follow them out
to the logical results.

they have once seen them to follow them out
to the logical results.
Englishmen can hardly be expected to look
mt themselves through Mr.. Arnolds eyes.
Luci,lity in this special sense is II new word,
and they dislike new words as much as they
dislike new institutions, new precedents or
new habits of thought. They will not be inclined
to admit that they have any great want, and
certainly they will refuse to believe that that
want is adequately and definitely expressed by
so Mtonic word rs lucidty. Yet be the
word good or bad, 1t seems clear to us that
Mr.. Arnold expresses by 1t real defect In
the English character. We recently illustrated
that defect by referring to some OF the public
questions now before the English people,
particularly the Irish question and the reform
of Parliamentary procedure. If these q les-
tons had been seen rs they were, Englishmen
would have been convinced that certain things
were no longer possible, that "notions long
current" were no longer valid, that the time
for old methods of coercion and representation
in Ireland and for old rules for procedure at
Westminster had gone by, and that new ideas
must inevitably prevail. 1t was because there
was a lack of lucidIty that obstruction tactics
are still in vogue in the Commons and Ireland
at the mcroy of domagogues. Another lllustra-
ton would be the false conception on which
the,Crimean War was fought and Lord BeacOns-
fields diplomacy was based, namely, that
Constantinople was the geographical centre of
tho British Empire. William Pitt, at the be-
ginning of the century knew who're that centre
was, and since the Egyptian campaign the
English people have known also; but for three
generations, owing to a lack of lucidty, British
diplomacy in the East has been as Elusive as
a desert mirage. The Afghan War was another
striking illustration of the same National
defect. IF Englshmen could only survey the
last decade of their history without prejudice,
they would find abundant proofs OF the
validity of Mr.. Arnold's conclusions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
amneements Go Night.

AhKRIoAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
s3Iyou OPERA HOUSE" Tho Sorcercr
Sooru,s THEATRE" Tho Romany kye
DAYS THEATRE" The Squire
s,,vru AVENUE THEATRE" Rose Micael'
,CvpM.S1A THEATRE" Partisan Life
GRAND OPERA HOUSE," No Thorougn'are'
g.yERIY's l4rn STREET THEArRk-"My partner.
,Inrnsox,s STANDARD THEATRE" Rip Van Winkle'
N,pro,s q ARDEN The Pearl Of Savoy
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA HoUsE-San Francisco Mmshe'''
ITALIA IHEArRE-" Nniohe."
rHK.rRE CoMIoUE-2 and s-"Mordecai Lyons
Union SQUARE rHEArRE-" Ia Days"
wALLAcK's THE ArRE-"The Parvenu."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

1t is always a matter of thankfulness that an
accident is no worse than it is; but every one
will feel especially glad that the Park Theatre
did not burn few hours later. The building
then would have been crowded to overflow
ing, and the loss of life that must have ensued
terrible to think about The original con-
structon of the Park WAS radically wrong,
and all the Improvements that Mr. ABBEY
with great pains had been able to make failed
TO render it safe. Consider the appalling
spectacle that would have presented itself at
the entrance where the passage from the par
auette and the stairs from the balcony inter-
sected, if the fire had broken out when the
house was full. The crowd rushing from the
parquette would have met the people rushing
down from the balcony, and in moment the
exit would have been blocked with writing
mass of humanity. Scores of men and
women would have been trampled to death
or suffocated at that point alone. And this
would have happened despite the exits above
The truth is, no theatre can be considered
very safe unless there are large lobbes
around the ar 1itOrium into which the people
can escape instantly when there Is danger.
With wide exits from these lobhies and broad
staircases there wonld be little TO fear, no
matter what accident occurred in the theatle
proper. 1t is to be regretted that so inauspi-
cious an accident should have occurred to
POSTPONE Mrs. Langtry's first appearance in
America but the actress and her company are
to be warmly congratulated that they were
safe in their hotel and not on the stage of the
Park Theatre when the fire broke out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31
Business Noilres.
"ALDERNEY BRAND
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BuvavsvS NOHD
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has induced unprncpled persons 10 ATTEMPT 10 pam on
simne article OF their own manufa ture but any person
who Is suffering from Coughs Colds or Consumption ou
be careful where they purchase ths article IL tes no
pulling results Of it, use are its best
and the proprietor ample evidence on file OF W great sue
,ess IN pulmonary complaints The phosphate OF LINE pos
sesses eliOus healing power as WIN %
pure Cod. Liver OIL WibOr 1t Is prescribed DF ING
faculty. sold by ~ BWILBoR Chemist bOstoh anu
al dTugglsts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

If the Admins tration men on the Republican
State Committee had not been guilty OF blum
ders and something worse at Saratoga, their
course since the Convention has been SUCH as
almost to insure defeat for the ticket Which
they nominated. Their work has been all OF
one piece from the beginning. They have
never risen above their machinery, and have
ne~9r thought it worth while to advocate the
election of Judge FOlger on high grounds.
Perhaps it would not have done much good,
but it would have looked better. Their de-
mand has been constantly for more money,
which in many instances they have sent out
through the State, not to the County Commit
tees, by whom it would have been expended
judciously IN a legitimate way, but to the per-
sonal friends of the Administration, who have
spent it as they have seen fit. What Is there
to show for it Nothing so far as anyone can
see with the naked eve-not even the first sign
of the reactionary racket" which Mr. Mike "
Cregan talks about.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

The good work which the present Italian
Ministry have done for their country i'll reduc-
ing expenses and the public debt, and in sus-
tanning the National credit, has borne its
legitimate fruit At the elections yesterday
all the members of the Cabinet were reelected,
and the Ministeralsts claim large majority
In the new Chamber of Deputies. There
were no disturbances. although large body of
citizens had the privilege of voting for the
first time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

nominations for city offices made by the Repub-
licans, because of the sentiments in favor OF
self government for Brooklyn contained IN the
platform adopted by the city convention
He contrasts the declarations of the Republicans
with the silence Of the Democrats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

A fine specimen of Republican dissatistac-
ton can DO found in Syracuse. according 10 d
special correspondent of The TRIBUNE IL
would repay the National Administration 10
make study of it. The Republicans there are
not out of temper because Mir. Cornell was not
nominated any more than they are in some other
narts of the State. majority of the Onondaga
delegation to the Saratoga Convention was deter
mined to defeat him because they did not like
his supposed attitude toward their business IN
teIests But after they had voted against MIR.
Cornell they did not join hands for the Admin
istration candidate. 1t will not do, therefore,
To attribute their indifference merely TO
vexation at not nominating their man. Inc
fact is the Republicans of Onondaga County are
opposed to "bossism" and their opposition
ought 10 rouse the Administration, late as 1t Is,
to the danger of not attending strictly to its
own business There is depth to the llssatis-
faction in the Republican ranks in Syracuse that
may well appall the machine. 1t is shown ny
the fact that many voters declare that they
would not 90 to the polls at all except for the
pleasure of voting against Mr.. B. Plat Car
penter.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

There really seems to be no limit to the am
bition of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington. 1t not only aspires to seat in
the Cabinet, but apparently would like to
absorb several bureaus in other departments.
1t has its eye at present on the Geological
Survey, and the scientific men connected with
this work are exceedingly uneasy. They do
not want to be transferred from the Depart
ment Of the Interior, and their arguments
against any change are worthy of serious con-
sideration. 1t is hardly putting it too strongly
to say that there is yet large field of useful
ness for the Department of Agriculture
which was marked out for it in the start, and to
which it might do well to give its undivided
attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-31

The Democrats who have been so greatly
worried lest Mayor Low should not be equal
10 some supreme crisis that might arise, may
comfort themselves with the fact that he has not
failed yet. lie has met the last little emer-
Rency without hesitation, but after due DELHI
Grafton. His advise to the people of BROOKLYN
as to which local candidates they should vote for
will be- found in full on another page. 1t is plain
enough. After reading it the Democratic
leaders will probably regret that they did not
indulge in few fine promises with mental
reservation. Mr.. Low believes SO far as home
rule is concerned, that either Judge FOlger or
Mr. Cleveland will do well enough as Gov
srnor. But he is UnequivocalIy in favor of the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-17
THE GOVERNOR on CHARITABLE APPEALS.

SPRINGFIELD, H., March 16.-An Asso-
ciated Press reporter to-day called Gov.
Cullom's attention to the fact that yester-
day, in the lower House of Congress, Mr..
Townshend (1Sth Illinois distriet) had
charged him with neglect Of duty in not
calling on the citizens of the state for aid for
the flood sufferers in the Ohio river counties
of this state. Gov. Cullom said in reply; Il
have to say in general that no intimation
has at any time come to me from any local
authorities of the counties that have suffer
ed either from drought or flood, that they
desired me to appeal to the charitable peo-
pie of the state for assistance, but on the
contrary l have in several instances made
inquiries whether should not make such
an appeal for them and have been told that
they did not desire it; that they were able
to take care of themselves-some going
so far as to protest against my saying and
doing anything that might indicate that
they were seeking the chaaity of thepeople
of the state.
A death from smallpox is reported
from Chenoa, Mclean county, four miles
from town. There are three new cases of
varioloid in Wheatland township, Macon
county. The county board reports that the
disease has appeared in Nameoki township,
Madison county, origin unknown. The
Town Clerk of Cable, Mercer county, re-
ports another case in q new locality.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-17
FRIDAYS NEWS.
Boys Buried Alive in a Cave.
Washington Items, Congress
sional and Otherwise.
Fires and Accidents, Rail-
roads--Finaneial.
FRIDAYS NEWS.
BURIED ALIVE.

ST. LOUIS, March 17.-Yesterday hor-
rible accident occurred at st. Joe. Some
boys had been digging tunnel in a hill
onlthe outskirts ofthe city for hsyish purpo-
ses. They took turns in working at it in.small
parties. The tunnel was four feet high and
eight feet wide and had been pushed into
the hillside about ten feet. At two o'clock
some of the boys went away, leaving at
work Mike Gorrish, aged II, Allen Failes
9, James Montgomery s, Jack
Montgomery IA, and Nicholas
Nall 12. When some of their companions
returned at five o'clock they found the
mouth of the tunnel closed by a heavy
mass of earth. The cries of their COM
panions brought answer, and hastily they
began to dig. Tive feet from the entrance
to the tunnel the protruding hand of young
Failes was encountered The alarm was
then spread, and soon hundreds gathered
on the spot. The lifeless bodies of five
boys were recovered, amidst the anguish
of mothers and sisters of the unfortunate
lads. Gorrish alone gave evidence of life
by faint pulsations of the heart, which
ceased almost as soon as his body was ex-
humed. All the boys belong to well-to-do
families
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-17
SHOT BIZ EMIGRANTS.

DENVER, Col, March 17-RepubEtean
special, Gophir station, Kansas Pacific
railroad: Yesterday a section foreman,
Thomas Pitman, his brother, and John
Ebberts were shot by two emigrants, Thos.
Woeteu and James M. Calvert. On We'd
nesday the section men and emigrants had
some trouble. This morning while the sec
ton men were at breakfast the two emf
grants entered and ordered the men to
hold up their hands. The order not being
obeyed Immediately the emigrants opened
fire. One of the Pitman's was wounded
in the shoulder, the other in the thigh and
Ebberts wounded in the face. Wooteu
was shot in the shoulder by one of the Pit
mans. After the shooting the emigrants
robbed the wounded section men and es-
capped. It is not known whether any of
wounds are fatal.