New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-01

90 tbosa who xyould reform the world by KIND
ness. bnt degenerate public will admire her
pluck.
The public will be somewhat surprised anu
alarmed to learn that there is scarcely hotel III
the country so easy of egress, and so wen con
sructed to secure the safety OF guests III Case vi
fire. as was the Newhall House, of Milwaukee,
This at least is the extraordinary finding OF 'he
Grand Jurors who have been examining in'o
the disaster They admit that it 'wouiu h"'o
been well if few more watchmen had heeh hep'
in the hotel to warn the guests; o"t W on''.
this ethereally mild censure, they declare 'i,"'
Mr.. Antsdel, the proprietor had a"op'eu 'n'
s.na nrecautiops which landlords generaily
toL. Az &c the sins of any other hotel men
oo,,a oxcuse Mr. Antisdel's The very TACT
.h,, +,e hu,Idino burned as it did, and that SO
MANY lives were lost, Is comment ehoueh oi
this verd,ct If the hotel had been what the
Grand Jurors say il was it could not nave
been DESTROYED as it was. Did the Grand jury
examine the insurance men who would not
TAX. risks on the death trap at any price Dld
tbev get the opinion of former managers OF IL
wio only wonder that it did not burn before
There is a hint TO the wise III Mr.. Robert T.
Porter's letter this morning. lie gives Vne
Free Trade English manufacturers chance W
express their opinions about protective tariii
in this and other countries. Naturally lhcy
are not pleased that the United states
Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria ana huSs,a
prefer the interests of their own people
70 those of the English. No sooner
saws one of the Huddersteld manulac-
turers do we invent something partlcu-
larry nice in the way of goods, than these un-
feeling countries protect themselves against
our cheap labor and long hours. Another de-
clares that as soon as the Democratic party
goes into power in the United States the ar
tifcial barriers against English products
will be thrown down. Any workman
who is dissatisfied with the party
that has built up q protective tariff around tne
industries which have given him his daily
bread and something more besides, will do well
to reflect little on the statements conaiheu
in Mr.. Porter's letter. From them he can FORM
some idea of what his lot would be IL the
ENGLISH manufacturers and Democratic free-
Traders had the management OF our INDUSTRIES
The litigation in telegraph matters has been
so plainly of stock -iobbing origin that it has
otherwise have deserved At present the ma
chinery of the courts is still invoked to harasS
the company that swallows the others; and the
men behind the suits are the men speculatlng
for the "short accornt. Whoever sympathlzes
with them should bestow a good deal OF SYM
patty now, since Judge lbgraham has just
refused to continue the injunction again ST
the transfer of. the fifteen millions of stock
alleged to have been improperly issued. lie
has also intimated that the proper parties
are not represented in the suit anyway-whlch
probably means that the Court doesn't rel
isb being forced to set up or knock down ju-
dicial pins solely for the advantage OF
stock-speculators. If there is to he little
lull now in the litigation, it may perhaps
be improved by the suggestion that II
Western Union is to be beaten, TO the pub
lie advantage, 1t will be by greater
skill and enterprise shown in telegraph
ing rather than in bringing and managing law
suits.