New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-26

We feel authorized to state that, in the interest
of party harmony Mr.. Cox would consent to have
Mr.. Randall withdraw from the Speakership con-
test.
Judge Cullen in granting divorce to the wife OF
Osmond Tearle, the actor, said truly that such
proceeding was not punitive, but that it was the
duty Of the Court to that the defendant did not
profit in q money sense by the wrong he had COM
mtted. There was adjudged to the wife, therefore,
an annual sum equal to the sum which. in the opin-
ion of the Court the husband would have expended
in the support Of her and her children, If he had
done his duty by all Of them. Unfortunately it IS
not always possible to deal out abstract justice and
exact law in the same decision. Here Is happy
instance of such o combination. The case attracted
attention not only because the defendant was
popular actor but because of the peculiar meanness
of the threats used by him in the hope of deterrng
the wife from coming to this country. One of them
was to the general effect that public sentiment here
was highly unchartable to women as rule. The
Court did not and perhaps could not, give much
weight to this practical feature of the case. but
it certainly helped to show that the husband and
father was determined to shake off, if he could, all
his responsibilities
To Inquirer The meaning OF the term, The
Ohio Idea." changes with the years. In the pres
ent campaign the Ohio idea would seem to be that
the Democrats have no idea of electins Hoadly.
A recent meeting in London furnished this
wreched picture Of starvation wages in free-trade
England,
The Archbishop Of Canterbury, who presided touched
upon the great need tnat existed Tor eVangn1ng So
amongst the vast masses OF London The other day
were employed In making maJch-bOxes, and be found
that for manufacturing gross they only received 2id
ana Ioun ma teF TO- ,ppt o little So clothes Emiera
ton might cura this state OF things Tor une OUT IL
would not do everything.
If the above had appeared in one of Mr.. POrter's
letters in THE TRIBUNE The Louisville Courier
Journal would have at once with ingenious candor.
pronounced it "a lie" Well, it did not ap-
pear In one of Mr. Porter's letters. 1t did appear in
The London Standard of July 10, 1888, so that the
statement Is vouched for by the highest Church
dignitary in England and By one of the most widely
circulated and careful of the London newspapers.
More. it was SO much matter of course, so little
out of tho ordinary run of such news, that it at
tracted no editorial attention whatever.
About all that Captain Webb accomplished was
to link his name forever with that OF Sam Patch.
This was not worth dying for.
The Boston Herald calls attention TO the signif-
cant fact that mo Democratic convention held
this year has Endorsed the principle and method OF
the Pendleton BILL though. before it was passed.
they were very free with resolutions in its favor.
The reason of this change of heart on the part Of
the Democracy is obvious. There Will be Pres-
dental election next year. Ii it manages to elect its
candidate il does not propose TO allow the Pendle-
ton bill nor any manifestation OF Civil Service
Reform TO stand between it and tho appeassment OF
its appetite for spoils After its defeat in 1884 IL
will of course resume its devotion to the bill and
its other Civil Service Reform convictions. The
choir will please sing,
The devil was Sick
Tho devil monk would bef
The devil got well.
The devil monk was he
The progress Of the campaign in Ohio demon
strates, what has so often been demonstrated be-
FORE that when Democracy announces itself in