New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-06

,qcrcal 4drcrise that ne asked mo ONE to vote Tor
MIR. Shcarl for Speaker and that while some MEM
bors NAV have voted for him because they knew he
was friend Of tic Senator there were other mem
bcrs who voted for Mr.. Roosevelt hut whom the
Senator thinks he could have persuaded to vote Tor
Shearl. This shows that Senator NlllcTs position
in the matter was just what we had supposed 1t to
be- and is a sufficient answer to all the talk we hear
Of bOsssm.
There Is an evident disposition in Ireland, now
that O'Donnell has been hanged, to use him as
hero and martyr aud the representative of the Irish
demand for vengeance on nfoTmers. But for this
purpose it is necessary 10 discard The defence made
for hun on the trial and to show that the killing of
Carey was deliberate. This seems to be an eXpa-
nation of Mr. Sullivan's euogy of 1.-THE Irish jean
ME Deans" O'Donnclrs companion, who would not
swear that Carey drew pistol, as well as Of the
anonymous statement purporting to be ODonnclFs
confession The principal interest Of this change Of
front for Americans is in connection with the per-
Torrance of Mr. Cox at the White House and of
Mr. Hewitt and others in the House of Representa-
tiyes These gentlemen wanted the United States
TO interfere in behalf of ODouncll on the ground
that he was probably not guilty; and now that the
affair is all over and our Government has been dis
credited as much as it could be, ODonncl's friends
truculently declare that they knew he was guilty
all the time Wehope that Messrs. Cox and Hewitt
are comfortable IL then minds.
II is rumored that an irate gentleman with n
large pistol is looking for the author of article
on "Washngton Etiquettc' printed in The Ercning
Post last Friday. Discussing the momcntous ques-
ton of the claim of the lady who receives calls with
the President on New Year'5 Day to be considered
"the first lady in the land" The Post observes that
"in ordinary cases it is his wife; when he is unmar
rcd OF a widowcr any one temporarily taking this
position Is frs lady FOR the tine
The rcrort from Montreal that ten ladies in a con-
vent had been poisoned by eating mcat-pIe was
published in Thc HrGH yesterday, with the addition
of a two-cont moral, which was well worth its cost
" Doubtless" observes the sagaclous Journal, had
the pie not been divided among so many. II wonld
have been more deadly in its effects" The c0njcc-
turc is not altogether unreasonable. Think OF the
po,sib}c consequences if one of the ladies' slipping
into the refcctory unseen had eaten the whole of
meat-pe intended for ten. We trust that all ladies'
VIM read The HTCd win take to heart the lesson in
eouity and moderation taught by the ten nuns of
Montreal who werrrl, dentially saved from dealt
by 4 fair divide.
Springfield, Ohio, rejoice- III a curiosity in the
shane of little boy four years OF age, who has
been a confirmed smoker, according to the teSti-
mouy Of his parents and their ncighbors, since he
wa, fourteen months old. lie is the son OF we'll
known saocnist. and when only a babe in arms was
offered cigar in sport by one Of his fathers GUS
toners To the surprise of every one, be seized and
smoked it to the very end, continuing after that
time to cry forcgars asothcr children cry for candy.
lie finally reached twenty cigars day, and would
cry bitterly if he was denied any part Of his al
lowancc A physician was consulted, who SAID
he could find no evil results from the habit and 80
allowed him t. continue. Under this permission