New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-28
State Committee at Saratoga, they will expect tho
State Convention to turn the rascals out.


A correspondent in Nebraska who lived number
Of years in Texas rises to defend tho character Oh
q SAM MaverIcK-he never heard him called sCoio-
nel-against the aspersion that ne was ca''io
thief Il seems that he Tough for Texas IN the war
for independence ard Texas having no money ne
was paid in land warrants. Coming from Connecti
cut. ana therefore having been born before ysster-
day. he got as many of these warrants az possible
from his comrades sometimes buying them for u
plug Of tobacco or pair of old shoes. With these
LIE became large land owner. and as ranches wore
not so close together then as they are now, the
cattle would stray OIL sometimes without oeing
branded Thus unbranded cattle came to be called
aMavericksv This correspondent says that Nav
erick. though he became wealthy, was 80 stingy
that once, having lost his hat at the beginning Oh
stage ride vf 800 miles, no would have continued
bstiess TO the end. il his fellow passengers hso
not "guyed" him after long time into buying
one. This WAS the final point about Maverick
gu which we wanted informaton-as 70 wne'ner
he was of profuse and generous disposition, or
whether he was in the habit OF holding on 70 a
penny until the unfortunate bird depicted upon IL
emitted piercing screams. Our curiosity having
been satisien upon this point, and it having been
established both who Maverick was in the singular,
and what q Mavericks were Ill the plural the time
has arrived to announce this investigation ad-
.journed sine die.
General Durbin Ward tells the Ohio Democrats
that ne believes in conforming the Civil Service
itself to the principles Of Democracy" The Cen
eral might as well have talked about conforming the
tar fl 10 the Gulf Sream.o conforming the finances
to the Milky Way of conforming the public
school system with the bnomial theorem. No man,
General. ever made votes for bis party by talking
rank nonsense from the stump.
The Macon Telegraph commends the scheme to
send the negro back to Africa. 1t thinks that at
least acme of the better class of coored people, who
have property and are educated, might be induced
to 90 to Africa as experiment. But IL 1ails 70
tell who shall do theinducing. and what Arguments
shall be used to persuade educated. wel-to-do peo-
pie even though they colored. TO 90 TO oaroa-
rous country 10 which they have no living
interest The truth of the matter is, the wholesale
TRANSPORTATION of the colored race to the land OF
their ancestors Ii absurd and visionary IL inter-
esting as bit Of pretty sentiment but mas no more
practical value than the scheme to transport the
Jews back to Palestine Whether Tor good OF ILL.,
the negro Is here to stay.
An Yang the Chinese Consul at this port, has
had placed Ia the hands of every Chinese resident OF
this city q coly OF his first official procsmation-a
document full Of wisdom expressed with oriental
Kindness and dignity He warns his fello~-coun-
trymen against transgressng the municipal laws,
and against the destruction of union and harmony
amoug themselves through the formation of sep
arate aud es elusive clubs and cobfederations. lie
cautions them especially against lsw-suts. gam
bling and opium smoking; aud 1t must be admitted
that Au Yang has selected three very bad habits as
the topics OF his first official sermon.
The Rochester Union inquiries. What Is wrong
about the Legislature of 1883 y Just drop line
to the Hon. G.. Cleveland, Executive Chamber.
Albany n. Y, U. S. A., and you can get the neces-
sary information. Mr.. Cleveland will inform you
that half the Supply bill which came to bin from
the Legislature of 1888 was 80 hopeessly wrong
that he killed ii as dead as door-nail. You will
learn from the same thai this same Legisla-
ture of 1888, in palpable and nexcussbe disregard
of the puOllc interests, declined 10 act upon the
leading recommendation contained IN the Cover
noTs Message. We lean. Of course, the recommend
aiion looking TO the revision of the tax laws
What is wrong about the Legislature of 1888
All would that all the questions that confront
humanity during this mortal life were as easily
answered,