New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-13

Hannibal Hamlin was never known to wear an
ovcrcoat good many Democrats who bet on
MAYNARD may find it convenient this winter to
adopt this characteristic of the Maine statesman.
I'm month the National Committee will meet to
decide where the Republican Convention shall be
held next year, aud the cities are already making
ready TO assert their CLAIMS" Philadelphia has
already got her boom into working Orlcr, or IL
causing il t. sprout or is making prOdiglOus noise
with it, or is doing whatever is requisite and ncces
sary with boom. the place Of which has hardly
been defined yet in natural history. Tho choice of
a city is a matter VI a good deal OF Importance.
Now-York makes no claim. 1t is too modest or,
rather. il is conscious of being too big. We don't
want the convention 10 get lost. If the convention
will set a date before tho rush at Saratoga begins
that would be the ideal place for the convention.
There would be ample accommodation for all dele
gates and visitors in numbers of excellent hotels ell
near together and afording easy intrr-communica-
ton The experience of State conventions at Sara
toga and of the Republican Convention this year at
Richfcld Springs, has shown how much better for
convention purposes are sumncrreSorts, whose only
business is to entertain visitors than cities where
tho hotels are scattered about and the number Of
them is limited to the demands of ordinary traffic.
resorts Fill tho hotels of one of the lesser cities
with a great crowd of mcn, and the struggle for
food and beds often becomes disgusting. Outside
of Now-York the city best qualified to take care of
a National Convention appears to be Chicago.
Governor Cleveland in his Thanksgiving procla-
nation declares that during the year "wc have
been protected against pcstllence and lire calam-
ity." There evidently is mistake somewhere.
Arc we really to conclude that tho Governor does
not regard TammaDy as pcstilcnce and the Grady
as dire calamity
The engineers have She advantage of the politi-
clans. Caring nothing about public opinion the
cngiuccrs can recommend the expenditure of mill
ions in the improvement of all the impossible
creeks and mpcnctrahlc bays in the country but the
member of Congress who votes what they rccom-
mend has n chance to vote no moro. Tho modest
repOrt of the Chief of Engineers for the past year
proposes Il triiing expenditure OF nearly thirty
seven millions, as follows: improvements on Attain
tic coast $lO722, 300; Gulf coast $3,SGi, 600 /;
Pacific coast $l,97S,000; Western rivers
and harbors, S9.0S3,4S5; the lake region,
S647I 900; sea-coas defonceS, $3 Cos 600, and va
rious minor items The supply for rivers and har-
bors, being only about double the shameless appro-
priation made two years ago which sent 50 many
members of Congress INTO permanent ODScuTltE,
doubtless seems to the Engineer COrpsyery made
qlatc and stmgy. 1t is true that the Treasury rs
OVERLOOKING, but that is no reason for wasting MILL
ions of the peoples money in such outrageous jobs
and frauds IA have made up large part OF recent
river and harbor bills. If the new Engineers report
does not carefully skip such jobs, 1t VIII be II
dangerous document to some Congressman.
A man arrived at this port from Havre, the other
dav who brought his coffin with him. If the man
ayers of the Democratic Presidential campaign of
next year arc equal to their duties they will sec
that their party COOS into tho fight similarly
eouippcd. The experience of the last quarter Of
century proves that the only thing that is of any
service to the Democracy at the close of the quad
rennial struggle is coffin.
1t is thought that POstmaster-Gencral Gresham
may recommend Congress to encourage American
shipping by increasing tho pay for carrying the
mails to steamships under the American flag Hun
dreds of manufacturers who find no sufficient
market at homo for their products have tried re-
peatedly to push American goods into foreign
markets But they have found the difficulties very
great and of tho greatest of them lies in the
fact that we have to British ships TO oOmmuni-
cate with almost every foreign port Until we have