Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-02


ADvASCE-
II Mr.. Elan, the wounded Virginia editor, Is a
conscientious believer in the "cOle,r his meditss-
tons must b, anything but comforting. The re-
suit OF the duel II 1t has prove anything-and IL
Il has no. b. must admit that he was very fool
iSh To engage In tt-haS demonstrated that
his antagonist was right and that he was
wrong In The controversy. Mr.. Belrne charged
That Senator Malone and his followers were a
pack OF unsCrupulous piace-huHterS and patronage
Graders Mr.. Elan reiOrie that this was a false
hooi, and Be.rne a falsi;ier and slanderer. This
was the ISSUE" boiled down TO a few words. The
TWO men decided To put II 10 the arbiirament of
the code. They would meet and shoot at each
other, leaving it to fate AMI craftsmanship to de-
Term1ne which was right. The code Is based upon
the ancient and baTblrou5 custom OF submitting
questions tOthe 'god Of battles" The victor In the
JouSt WAS regarded rs having tiled by the high
est tribunal the fact that truth and justice were
on his siie, while the vanqpshcd was supposed TO
acknowledge that he was In the wrong. Even in
those days, however, defeat never conviEC ed the
oVerthrOwn party, and history contains many In
stances Ia which the vanquiShed side again and
again made battle for cause that had been deter
mined against it by the very tribunal appealed TO-
In these days or enlightenment and cviliZ alton
nobody has any regard for a decision OF the god
OF battles" The viCtCry is mainly on the side Of
the strongest battaliOnS Mr. Eiam is no more
ready 10 admit today that Malone and his follow
ers are INSCRIPTIONS than he was before bling
shot- He believes as firmly now that he was right
and his ant gon!St wrong as he did week ago.
Mr.. BeIIne does not imagine that he has put the
public brand OF rascality on the Malone party be-
cause he has shot one OF its leaders Viewed in
any light the duel has not decided any point-has
not settled any principle. Viewed in the light OF
plain common sense and OF morality and law, 1T
was an absurd and criminal proceeding.
The democratic factions of Chicago and Cook
county are In accord on one Question-that OF
nominating Tilden for President Mayor Harri-
son, OF Chicago, has just fast ned his grip upon
the party machinery there for nearly two years
more Precinct committees charged with the duty
OF organizing the Cook county central committee
We're CHOSEN Saturday, and the willy mayor got
enough OF his men In to assure him control OF the
county machine. This committee Is lever of no
inconsiderdble political power In Illinois 1t really
controls the election OF the Cook county dcleya-
tion To the state convention, and as that deega-
Ton Is about one-sixth OF the whole body its lnf-
ence can readily be understood. The Irouuol5
cluo IS also for Tiden, hence 1t may be antci-
patrd that Cook county VIII be solid for him The
leaders OF both factions are actively cooperating
To locate the national convention at Chicago. and
as The 'inocratc sentiment there so friendly to
iiieh the presumption Is that he will lend his
influence In behalf OF the selection OF that city,
Editors B!erne and Elan had never met, It Is
said, until they were brought face to face loaded
pistol in hand, In an out OF the way nook in
Augusta county the other day. This is sly-
geStlye fact IL GOES far toward accounting for
Their unfortunate collision. tch combatant Is
SAID DF his friends to be zone OF the best fellows
In the worii," and there Is every reason to be-
IeEe that Tn y are gentleme IN Of culture an high
Character, abounjtng In good impulses Taeir
misfortune I'M
never had the opportunity to learn each Others
good qualities Had they met frequently In
friendly circles, as gentlem IN pursuing the same
honorable profession Should meet 1t is almost GER
TAN That there never would I'VE been any serious
Ill 'unierStinding between them, Or, in the event
OF one occurring that 1t would have been ex-
paine1 and reconciled without reSorting, as they
did, 10 a foolish meeting which might have re-
suited in the death of both, or made one g. corpse
ana the other murderer. There Is great deal
more good in human nature than most people
suppose; aud If half as much effort were made to
uscoVer ana encourage what IS good as to de-
Veiop and dwell upon what is bad In our neigh
DOTS ana rivals, the world would be far happier
than II Is Now that they have settled their quar-
Tel In the appointed way, we hope our Richmond
brethren VIII go to work and cultivate each
o'herS better side. From what We have heard of
both OF them, we are sure neither will ever re-
greet having made the experiment.
The English SparrOwS were imported to DESTROY
The caterpiilars, but the catcrpillars were not
destroyed The sparrows have multiplied greatly,
anu so have the caterpillars. some OF the SPAR
FO"-h&ttES have gone so far as 10 deny that q
spaTro" was ever known 10 kill caterpillar
Ih'y VIII iind support 70. their view In the fact
st 'ted by Philadelphia paper that the catcrptI-
lars are absolutely making war upon the sparrJws
ami are driving the latter out Of their habtations
among the tree tops in the public SQUARES OF that
City. This IS turning the tables with a vengeance
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eau dated headquarters or the National
Pdrty OF tne United States has been Issued for a
convention at Philadelphia on July 4 to make
nominations for President and Vice President
Tie pittiorm Of the parry IS announced in the
circular u D.: FirSt-TiIne and circumstances to
settle domestic questions; second Immediate
preparation for the inevitable third war with
<Lsidnd Ii Is not likely that the new party Will
MISPLACE Tue old organic Ition5 Just yet.
IL IS whispered that the democratic thermometers
In Maryl nd have about conclu led that the GOOD
oi the party calls for the retirement OF Senator
3o-inan from the chairml nShip OF the state GEN.
Tai committee In the name or harmony the
0ewly-risen element which has gained the AS
cendancy III Baltimore proposes to get control OF
The entire party machinery At least that's the
way II looks at this short distance from The field
OF action The chances arr that harmony will
h'Se Il tght tuSsle In throwing German over
b"art He knows what the Craftsmanship is worth.
politically, and he Is not likely to let go willingly
According to the estimates based upon the STA
t'ticS entering into her city directory, recently
published, Chicago now claims a population of
t10,OU souls, or at least that many people. To
Ct ahead Of this showing st Louis will have to
get up another embroidered enumeration OF her
inhabitants As for C1nciGna;t-welI, there IS
nothing for Cincinnati To do but to sit down and
fold her hands in despair.
There Is considerable curiosity TO see whether
some oil the tToiting horses that have made very
I's' recoriS this season can maintain them On the
Ivy City course. 1t Is full mile
COL Mulberry Sellers has come TO the front
again That railway project of running peoples
me across the continent and another from Canada
10 the gun coast must be a Sellers project.