New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-27

of the typical Western diplomat, and there IL
catholicity of faith in the prodnc-
tlveness of the prairie woods. Mr. Lowell
it is true, is gentleman and scholar, and Amerl-
cans have every to be proud Of their repre-
sentative at the Court of St. James; but those are
matters of minor concern. The Western Congress
man deems it far more important that Americans
should be represented by somebody who Will be
proud of them than by " Gttery teller " of whom
they themselves can be proud. The versatile
Springer alone seems to lack faith in the ntellec-
tnal produce of the Western forest. To be sure he
names Senator Jones, of Nevada, as his
first choice, but, quick as a sneeze, he
falls back on the narrow and pent-up
East for a characteristic American dlplomatist. He
wants "a Republican of the type of Judge Jere
Black and finds an ideal Minister in ex-senator
Conkling Mr. Conkling is now out of politics;
but when he was in, he plumed himself on being
unique What will be his feelings when ne sees
himself rated with the pronounced American states
men of whom the Western woods are full and
coarselv denominated ga Republican of the type of
Judge Jere B,ack"f
At last the nature of the brass medal begins to be
known-as may be inferred from 1.-THE St. Louis
description. Mr.. Evarts was asked some time ago,
about the material of these strange souvenirs. He
had not been able, he said to see any authentic
there could be but one appropriate material for
these memorials of these services for these men.
They must of course be made Of beaten brass
Poor Filley should have consulted with Mr. EyartS,
before degenerating into bronze.
From further India from time to time come
ports of the spiritual progress of our ancient gossip
Colonel Olcott who some fifteen years ago used to
enlighten the readers of THE TRIBUNE on his favo-
rite hobby. sorghum molasses; and afterward was
often before the public the original Theosophist,
the proprietor of a mysterious Baron de Palm both
living and dead, and the Grand IIierOphant of the
Arya Somaj The last authentic accounts from In
da represent the porly Colonel habited in the garb
of n Buddhist priest, and making a pill
grlmage bare-headed and bare-foOted up TO
the Himalaya Mountains, followed by a length
ening chain of admIung disciples of both
sexes. AS everybody knows, the mission OF
the Colonel and Sub-HierOphant Blavatsky
to HindOstan was purely phllosopmc and
philanthropic; their purpose. as they declared,
being to restore to the Hindo0s their ancient faith
in its pristine integrity. Hence, since arriving III
Bombay they have skipped with CELEBRITY from one
creed to another making more account of recon-
dte mysteries than of the ruling prices of pork or
pig-irOn, until they announced lately that they
were at one with the ancient Magl. Indeed. the
Colonel talked with such familiarity of the sOmbre
spells of these priests of the Rameses that his
friends began darky TO suspect that he himself had
been magician around Pharaohs court in
state of life before that subsequent in
which he became Interested in sorghum. But
here is q blow to these ghOstly charms, and from
the very home of magic The high priest of
another SOmaj, n simOn-pure Buddhist has just
issued bulletin denOuncing the imported Iheoso-
phists as American Adventures, and declaring that
their pretended magic Is founded on clumsy
tricBery and mechanical wires. wheels and other
machinery" Must give up our claim to mod
ern Michael Scott and take back only the good
natured, shifty Colonel again
The MARQUIS of Salisbury describes the A Trears Of
Rent bill as a for paying the debts of per-
SONS from fund on which they have 10 claim.
This is literally true and much more is to be said
against it. 1t places industrious and law-abldlng
tenants, who have paid their rents on level with
improvident and lawess tenants, who have not
made any effort to do SO. 1t promotes dishonesty
aud perjury, for 1t enables any tenant who will
take a poor debtors oath to swear
his way out of the payment OF
his arrears of rent. 1t silences the only witness
who can question the tenants inability to pay his
debts-the landlords agent-for it adds to his col
ections and virtually brides him to stay away from
Court and let the poor debtor make himself out
panper But when ali three objections are raised
the necessity of the measure Is still apparent. IL
will enable the mass of the irish tenantry, who are
now hopelcssly in arrears and deriving no benefit
whatever from reform legislation, to eX-
tricate themselves and make fresh start.
II will wipe out the old scores of the poorest and
lowest classes of tenants and give them a fair
chance to live honestly and peaceably. As for the
fund which is to be drawn upon by the Govern
ment. probably it would have been drained dry by
the Conservatives themselves If they could have
succeeded in dishng the Liberals by buying
ont the landlords in the interest of the tenants. In
comparison with Mr. Smiths costly scheme. the
Grants Tor arrears are cheap enough.
The late ex-governor c. c. Washburn received
his first call to public life when young lawyer
practising at Mineral Point, Wis II came in the
form of a letter from a few prominent citizens of
Rock County in that state, asking himif lac would