New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11

Malaprops pupil alexander Delmar, long the syraic
pillar of Free Trade visiting Allan Thurman some
time ago at the latters home, and he sad Judge u.
you know that have made discovery In economies
a what-icsr observed Thurman, taking snun
have made" repeated Delmar the profound discovery
that IN democratic society the fact, that separate pro-
lection and free trade in class comtresno longer pre-
vail that raising the price of thing in America raises
the price Of everything; that tariff Oh iron puts up INC
value of butter; in brief that sympathetic Is American
society that bounes, tariff, cannot he lnNluons, %
improving trade by law lifts the general grauc 0, 'o
dton up" well" said Thurman. sneeHng H'elcV'u
ally. you will find that discovery Delmar III Oi,HOui
writings" Il did find it there" concluded Dein"r
afterward "but year aferward where do You thlIk
came upon IT, long precedent TO Calhoun himseH why
In the Table Talk Of Samuel 7. Colerdge' lie says
I'VE saying many serious things about inc AheiiH
tariff Pshaw! in a free social condition like theirs,
where class has not our fixed boundaries, wages ana
prices of every kind respond to an artificial r"'e anu one
mans prosperity is the signal for all TO move up IN pro-
portion ,"
"Have vsn ceased to be a Free Traderl' asked Mi.
Delmar Practically. That is TO say the so-ealieu
evils Of Protection are exaggerated they exist at all,
ny those who see the American tariff through the spec
taces OF European society, where labor and agricu-
ture hold the srrup for the upper classes There frotec
ton is the robbery Of the vast mass of consumers mere
Protection merely raises the general cost OF ne oV
also general wages All afford to pay the tarH rao
because it instantly elevates the product OF all lds-
covered as did many others. that the Free Trade League
OF twelve years ago a selfish organization working
In the interest Of importations, with patriotism
overlooked everywhere. Indeed, some OF them wanted
America to go back in order that England hight come
forward"
General c. II. Grosvenor, of Ohio, remarked to me-
think see In WINDOWS defeat and the shelving OF that
very szeabe quantity for the Presidency the Nemesis
of the Chicago Convention where Window held the MIL
uesoa delegation away from its real choice Bahe Ia"
ing had that pleasant bee put in his head 10y N.Y. OoA
ling TITS given out that sleeping in his garden scr
pen stung him. But Hamlet the serpent that ala sung
sir Windows head wears his crown! fnt nee lol
serpent and you get it right Well. Blaine teeeiapheu
Window that he alone stood in the way OF Baines nom
nation Window replied that he was not taking care OF
Mr. Blaine's fortunes. The Blaine feeling in Minnesota
quietly Observed a for the big head Is 10 choP
off Yet" concluded Mr. Grosvenor, think 1t is pity
The State has its influence and suppressed man oi
long experience and tolerable prudence"
Three fcurcs indeed four rise my sight: Window,
Woshburne Donnclly and Bill King all OF Minnesota
II was dark night at Washington Donnely had made
a speech impaling the whole Washburne family having
suspected Bill" of Minneapolis TO be itching FOR MS
seat The speech was sweeping In its excoIiaon that
it shook the city like DOmelly's Atlantis, or Rag
uaro or ire-cracEer thrown in the stove hy the small
rash bow Elihu Washbumc had listened to DonneAys
nvectiye in pale rage mutern@ under The fearful sym
pathy Of Mrs Gibbs: False 90 his religion his baptism
and his God" those dread full words meaning that Don
nelly had not exploited ms Jesuit prenom OF Ienatiu'
Iovola as much his mother had thought II was
mean advantage of Washburne take, but that omnv
orous family did not stop at grains or scruplcs That
evening went into the St. James Hotel right opposite
the spot where Garfield was To be shot Mrs Donncly
was holding the floor. Window and, think, "Ihll
King were the auditors and I'm apparent sympathy with
Donnelly Now behold Washburne is studying his fire
oncs mutey miserable because the bee no longer sings
on WINDOWS Senatorial desk all bees are dead BIZ
King reached Congress but dropped II under invesca
ton Ike n hot poker Donnely, having tried all nyen-
tons and parties, is nov proving in deeply dreamed
books that the comet which struck him shaved of the
entire top OF Europe and that the Wasbunc family was
descended from the smken isles Of Atlantis and swan
away on franking-priylege box On the WHOLE Don
nelly has survived them all and become the Martin T.
| Tupper OF speculative science.
Meeting Mr. H. IT, Weakley, banker Of Troy, Ohio. in
! the Miami Valley, he said TO me: was building rail-
roads up In Minnesota and the Northwest several years
and IN returning TO my native valley in Ohio found II
had improved altogether more than that new country,
VARYING It's products more, rising into manufacturing
lIfe and really giving better opportunity to man ONO
Is not ma fdeyelopcd yet. nor Indiana one-thld We
still burning wood Tor Iuc IN many OF pul r'ftN
our country roads not gavelcd as to be rn'sahe
in winter And We finding necessity for new rail
| roads all the while"
Mrs Senator Bowen. OF Colorado Is OF the south
ern ladies' married by the Republican political settlers In
the South an Arkansas damsel from the region toward
Fort Smith, pquant and gay and greatly devoted to her
never discouraged spouse. wLo by the way was fellow
member of the Iowa Legislature, before the with
George Spencer late Alabama Senator who married tho
niece OF the rebel General Lorns. Powell Clayton
married one Of the best IN Arkansas; ex-senator
| Ben Rice married a KeI lucky lady. Tom Bowen
has an old young face bcardess but with the lines OF all
night thought the proper card 20 reject To see him
st,ing ND there by Hill, who is full Of chemistry ard
Massachusetts reminds Of n popular picture by
Iandscer where two dogs Of different sizes are display
ing themselves at window once asked Bowen what
view Chace and other Of the earlier Colorado politicians
took Of the influx Of material into public life. on
said Bowen they think she Is ungtueful OF course;
but she moves past them in solemn gran icur
Tho Repubcans Of the West in labor the subject
Of their next Presidential candidate and hope that I'M
like Fsops mountain 1t viii not be mouse produced
Just now there is expression rather than feeling
that IL may be George L. Edmunds in the absence OF as
GOOD material in their valley. The party is little
ike Western roads in the frozen Salwar1s and
anti-salwars have worn deep ruts IN II aud every new
traveller toward the White House must choose his rt.
But all hope that in the interval before convention there
will be thaw and travelling will get easier. General
Sherman Is also talked about some, but rather men
talk about bonbshel they have picked mp by accident
and do not know how to open it, Some say: Put it
the stove and let open itself" Others say: "WhO will
insure the stOvei'
I heard the opinion expressed that II General Tom
Ewing had remained where his larger ncinaons lay. In
the Republican party. he would have been in request
th, year to for Governor Of Ohio and perhaps for the
Presidency The party in Ohio is in medium state Of