New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-18

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A Syracuse contemporary speaks OF Perry Bel
mont as "the man who endorsed the man from
Maine" Whom the gods have resolutely deter
mined to cut Off in the full rpened golden prime OF
their lush aslninity they persuade to talk IN just
that way. And Syracuse such charming place to
| live in We are opposed to our contemporary
politically. but all the same tender 10 the pity
which the contemplation of the fate which awaits
it is calculated to inspire in all generous souls.
| The members of the New-Yorl Cremation So
ciety, as our readers will have observed, are still
going on with the energetic talking which has
characterized their action as a body from the
outset tho meeting this week being their twenty
first. We would like to know when they will
begin to do something else than talk single
cheap crematory which could be built for $1,000
and in which body could be reduced to ashes mt
an expense of $780, would do more to convert the
public to the faith and practice Of cremation
than all the ntermnable arguments however I'M
answerabe of the society. There is LO reason why
the crematory should be built. There is no law
to prevent it. Even in England whore pre-
cedent rules with an iron .sway, no oppo-
sition was made to the recent cremation OF TWO
bodies and in this country tho novelty of the rte
has so far worn Off that the recent incneratons In
the Washington furnace attracted no attention III
the New-York society favor burning why don't
they burnt Nobody opposes them.
The Closure has passed tn second critical divison
in the Commons. The majority was elghty-iour IN
favor of the Governments proposal to close debates
by a bare majority rather than by two-thlTds
vote and on tho main question the vote was3O4 10
2GO the House rejecting the Conservative leaders
motion for tho rejection Of the rule by majority OF
~. There may be few additional divisions
on MINOR amendments, but the Closure has
been virtually adopted. The rights of the minority
will be amply protected by the qualifying clauses
of the first rulo. The Closure cannot be put in
operation Unless there are more than i 90 members
IN favor of it, when there aIe from l to 80
against it, nor unless there are more than 200
members In favor of 1t, when there are 40 or
moro against it. This important concession
made by the Government last Spring, and at the
opening of the Adjourned or autumn session, Mr.
Gladstone accepted the principle of Mr.. otOrcy's
amendment. which imposes on the Speaker the duty
of declaring that in his judgment the subject has
been adequately discussed instead OF authorizing
him to announce that the evident sense OF the
House requires the question to be put The
Speaker will be called upon to decide when meas
.ure has been sufficiently discussed and not to in
terpIet tho preference of the majority for closing
debate. The distinction nice one. tending TO
protect the presiding officer from the mputaton OF
partisansnp. more sensible proposal was that
Of Mr. Bryce which instead of authorizing the
Speaker to propose the Closure at his own dlscre-
ton, would have enabled tho leaders of the House
or any member in charge of measure or resolution
TO make the requisite motion for what would be
called in the United States ." tho previous Ques-
ton" This proposal was voted down. Wnhe
the remaining rIles have beeu sparlngly
discussed, 1t is probable that the attendance
at the sittings will speedily diminish. Our
London correspondent teIegraphed a fortnight ago
that the Government would have a majority OF 90
on the main question and that it would be impos-
sble to keep the members together after the crit
zeal divisions. His estimate of the majority was
close to the mark and unless Lord Randolph
Churchill succeeds in preventing stampede of the
Opposition, the prediction will be fulfilled to the
letter.
Judging from the mouth watering way in which
many Democratic editors in this State refer to the
appointments within the gift of Governor Cleye-
land they strong in the opinion that Civil Ser
vice reform should not be understood Affect
ing officers.
Somebody in tie little hlto Of Brownsville,
Penn, has mad ambition that forces him to rush
out of hls obscuIity year with a tantara of
truInpets IN honor of that sleepy little Durgh 1t is
not the town. however. nor its white inhabitants,
whose praises he chants. but certain mythical
negro who was q barber bOOtblack down on
the wharves until his beard was grown When ho
set of to seek his fortune and reappeared as the
hero of the hour Asia, Europe Africa. The first
account gave us this Brownsville mulattO figuring
as the leader Of the Beers next he was CetewaYO.
Now we are told that a ship. load of black Arabs
were brought IS slaves to Virginia early i'll this
century and that they escaped to Brownsville.
Tom johnson was a son OF sheikh among them
and was a popular darkey along the Monongahela
River but drifted back to Arabia and thence to
Egynt where he is now hourishing as Imam Nluhdi.
the second Mahomet. He " has slain thousands
of his foes amassed enormous treasures Is making
q triumphal progress. and since Arabs defeat all
Dlahometans turn to Imau rs tie eInissary OF
Allan His chief of the harem is a Brow nsvlle
chambermad-a yellow girl, the first of the hum
dred Mrs Johnsons There ID sameness and lack
of invention in these stories but still we are cur
ous to knew how long they will last aud where
thus yellow Figaro will turn up next.