New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-01

We observe that some anxiety is manifested ID
certain quarters lest the Democratic state COMMIT
tee of Massachusetts, Of which Colonel Jonas H.
French is chairman, may be embarrassed oy INC
action of Mr. F. o. Prince the candidate for Lieu
tsnant-Governor, who is reported tOihave declined
the nomination peremptorily, the convention nav
ing neglected to pass the usual resolution authorz-
ing the State Committee to fill vacancies. lhere
need be no anxiety whatever on that score. Colonel
Jonas French will not be disturbed or embarrassed
by any little omission of that sort. He appointed
all the committees and officers of the conyen'
ton named all the candidates for State officers
and the State Committee; and it will go hard II a
little matter of changing the candidate for Lieuten
ant-Goyeruor dsturbs MIN. SO soon as it becomes
necessary TO make the change, the Democratic
party of Massachusetts, will hold mass convention
under Colonel Jonas French's hat, and the change
will be made.
That town in Illinois from whose soil the sKele-
ton of a mastodon was lately dug must have no.
ticed that the Eastern papers have shown only
languid interest in the circumstance. But we beg
the town to believe that their failure to treat this
skeleton with distinguished consideration IS not
due to any uufriendliness toward the mastodon
The simple fact is that suspicion has taken strong
hold of the Eastern mind that he was dug up with
that sword that fell from Heaven and landed IN
Ulster County some months ago. or else that ne
reached Illinois on board the mysterious pirate
craft that appeared only to vanish along the jersey
shore last August. It's a scepticaI age, particularly
as regards queer things that are dug up. That
monumental pertidy that gained the public conf
dcnce only TO betray it in the most distressing
manner meaning the Cardiff Giant, began his
career by being carefully dug mp. We trust tbs
Illinois mastodon no such ungentlemanly person.
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One of the Tammany statesmen, on his return
from Buffalo, expressed himself with charming
rankness in relation to the rumored purpose of the
Citizens party to name "emlnently respectable
men, as candidates for Aldermen. and to try
TO improve the character of the Board.
This, said the Tammany man, cannot DO
DONE If the Citizens Party can get en-
inently respectable men to accept nominations for
Aldermen, they cannot elect them; Tammany
Hall will have q majority IN the next Board OF
Aldermen just sure rs an election is held" Inc
difference between Tammany Aldermen and respect
able Aldermen is perhaps PLAIN enough, but we do
not remember to have heard it avowed with quite
SO much energy before. There are certain points
upon which Tammany believes that it can best
animate its supporters by speaking right out
LIQUOR is one of them; spoils are another the re-
sDeetabillty of Aldermen seems to be third AS
Mr.. Manton' Marble would say, Tammany is
standing fast in the final citadel of power, the
keen, bright sunlight of publicity"
Tho Georgia Legislature has teen making sorry
scandal over tho expenses of Governor StephenS's
funeral. The affection and regard IN which he was
held by the people for the purity OF MS character
and the unselfsh benevoence which had character
lied his whole life led to a great demonstration at
hi. death. There was State funeral, and it was
necessarily expensive. The coffin was Of the
same pattern as that in which Garfield was buried;
the hail in which his body lay was handsomely
decorated with flowers; there were bands of music,
etc. All this was natural enough, seeing that the
Governor had died IN office. Complaint was made
of extravaganza in the bills, and they hung fire in
the Legislature for two months where the charges
OF undertakers and musicians were discussed in
public debate instead of being investigated IN
COMMITTEES. Finally, the House voted down, the
other day. proposition to pay them leaving them
to be borne by the State officers and private cit
Izens who incurred the expense. These gentlemen
ware led to do so by 1iill another reason-because
Goyernor Stephens died without immediate family,
and was Known to have died poor. The press of
the State however, seem to have stung the Legisla
ture into reconsideration Of its action The bill
has been taken mp again, and passed after all,
and unsltered. There was much in Mr.. Stephens
life that makes such wranglo over his grave
peculiarly dIscordanT. He kept himself poor by
his beneyoence. Many years before he died the
number of young men he had helped to an educa-
tion was given at nearly forty This Is rare re-
cord.