New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-31

ter no to be liked by the class to which he ap
peals for political support. This is not an enCour-
aging sign for the future.
It is the opinion of the best parliamentarans that
if the Legislature was now in session it would be in
order for Speaker Chaplin to refer himself to the
Committee on Grievances.
So it was His Exccllency Benjamin F. Butler who
gave Williams College, at its last commencement,
that 81 900 10 rebuild its gymnasium, Ella Well,
well We all remember how, at that commencement
dinner, the Governor made a speech full of sly
thru,ts at Harvard; and how the Rev. DR.. Arthur
Brooks made vigorous reply thereto. But we
weren't quite sure what Dr. Brook, meant by warn
ing tho college to beware Of the Greeks bearing
gifts Now its all plain. The eloquent divine was
evidently one Of the few whO as President Carter
announced, kncw.whercihe - 600 came from; and
he was able both to keep the secret and to apply
a. a whip of scorpions to tho place where it would
do the most good His Excellency's designing
mind.
See here Mr. Chaplin, art Is long but time il feet
ing and the campaign will soon be over. Where
thon that order for 1000 coo copies of Controller
Dayenp0rt's letter? candidate for a great public
Office who claims to be the consummatc flower of
political reform can scarcely afford to break his
word all to flinders.
These are obviously hard times for The Herald.
II furnished its readers yesterday, III the most con-
spcuous manner possible, with tho tale of s.
Vienna Tragedy German translation thrown In
nj the reduced price,, which it claimed 10 have re-
ccyed "via French Atlantic cabo." Perhaps it
did II IS strange, though, that the German papers
received here on Saturday by mail also contained
very full accounts Of this tragedy and that they
n III, h 4. nf ,aAt
pains to do that the whole affair was kept until
day or two ago profound secret by the police Of
the capital What the police seem to have suc-
ceedcd in doing is TO keep the matter from the
knowledge of The Herdlds Vienna correspondent in
this city until the arrival of the foreign mail on
Saturday
We are expecting momen;arilyto receive the fol-
lowing OF its equivalent:
SACKCLoTH AND ASHES,
Oct. 80, 1888.
10 Tur TRIBUNE:
Please furnish me without delay with l 900 600
copies of your interesting and instructive paper of
the Goth inst containing the letter written by the
chief fiscal officer of the State in regard to taxes.
Have the goodness 10 mark round the letter with
n blue pencil that each of the million voters
To whom II is to be sent may not fail to see II as
send your bin TO the Democratic State Committee
and believe me- dear IRIBU Ne to be sadly and mad
liz YOURS CHAPLIN.
Having sadly contemplated the split in the Demo
cratic party of Buffalo, The Buffalo Courier exclaims.
with a voice suililscd with the emotion consequent
upon its hurried retreat to neutral ground, " Iios
7yrinsque mihi milo diSc1imiac 0gciur.' We have
never given much attention to the application of
dead language to the uses of live politics. but it
would seem to us that The Courier would have done
better had it cried out Dcleada est CARTHAGE OF
course if it had done foot-note would have been
in ordor explaining that the English equivalent of
the Latin. in froc-and Characterization, would
be, Buffalo Democracy must 20.
To Nv Speaker: If your foresight had been as
good as your hndsight You wouldn't have made
that spccch-now would You
We doubt if hypocrisy pays, even in politics.
Mr.. Maynard the Democratic candidate for Score
tary of State is saying g. Good Lord with the
Temperance people and Good Devil with the
liquor dealers in a way that must greatly disgust
both. fresh evidence Of this is given in a circular
sent ont in his interest to religious Temperance and
charitable people generally, a copy of which has
como into our hands. This consists of letter
reprinted from The albany Times from " An Anti
Sumptuary.' dcnouncng Mr.. Maynard because lie
voted against his party on the beer question, on
the three-bcd clause, and against allow ing hotel
keeper to serve his guests with beer Sunday;
also OF the resolution denOuncing him passed by
the Retail Liquor Dealers Association of the State
Branch 1, Albany. This is headed Read and
Reflect" and the temperance man, church member
or charitable worker who reads it is expected by
to reach tho conclusion that Mr..
Maynard is a martyr to his temperance principles
and his general morality. Yet, as everyone knows,
his anxiety convince the liquor dealers since his
that he will never do them any harm is
~ great as it was at Buffalo, when he tried to per-
suade delegates that the quality of his temperance
was mild We doubt if it will pay, Mr. Maynard.
Tim Campbell renOmnated and Erastus Brooks
refused that recognition. P.S.-" The Jeilcrsoniau
standard must be maintained.
The Boston IdrertiSer notes that political record
which opens and shuts like an umbrella is wonder
fully convenient" That is not the sort of a record
which the Democratic party finds convenient. Ii its
own record for say the last quarter of u century
would only stay shut, and would decline To open
under any circumstances, il would be good deal
happier than it now finds itself. Ii is in agony 10
have its record on war, emancipation, tho draft, the
greenback, TepudiatiOu, reconstruction, ku-KluX-
ism, the Mississippi plan and ballot-bOx stutting
stay shut But it will not 1t keeps flying OPEN
with dull thud, ~ il We're The Democrats of this
State seem to have come to the conclusion that tho
hest thing IA party can do in order TO preserve its
peace of mind is to abstain from having any sort of
u record On what other theory the refusal of