New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-10
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~ dctisIve laughter from the Democratic Size
Donl,rss many people think II Ia only Il waste
~ time and effort to try to get Democratic
House oF Representatives to support surh II
pfUItrt IA this bui u Will not oecui to most
people that n Ia a laughing matter
The nurustl Spanish treaty iUf cuba ana
ruitU itlr6 IL the thief iupic NJ discussion ~
commercial circles, anh a great variety ~
0inl0ns Is expressed w feentl iD w. " is nara
~ balance ihp hliripNl views hhl iir general
dlfl ~ ihnia sapnis W he aehnst tht iaiiirhi
zion " tho convention every ohh aeitts
h0weVer that apt0n tf liie iotpihihthl sinnlh
n0l he DELAYED longer than 10 necessary W alioW
fall discussion after the treaty Is 0lllplaili ai'h
correctly published Uncertainty is injurious
To the tobaooo aud sugar industries,
The captain and mate of the Mignonelte' VINO
were sentenced to death yesterday, doub'ieSS
think their lot hard one. When they were
rescued from the open boat in mid ocean ana
told their story of suffering and the Killing OIL
the lad Parker, they thought they would be
treated as heroes. Public opinion ana respect
for human life forced them into the prisoners
dock and condemned them to death. Oh course
they will not be hanged, but they will probably
receive some Sigh punishment On the whole
the result of this case must have wholesome
influence. 1t establishes precedent seafarlng
men will bear i'll mind.
The most important factor in local politics
to-day is the Alderman and the worse he Is
the more important is he. The mOre's the pity,
in view of the unpleasant reports about the
division of fund said to have been raised by
interested politicians. 1t isimpOssible to predict
what action the Board will take on the nomina-
tons to be sent in by Mr.. Edison; bat the Alder
man who directly or indirectly helps to keep III
office any official whose management has been
condemned by the Grand Jury so severely as
Mr.. Thompson's has been, will have no cause
hereafter to regard his course with honest sat
isfactiOn.
The House yesterday took its first plunge into
genuine discussion since the opening oil thls
session. The motion to substitute the original
Reagan railroad bill for the bill to create Il
National Railway Commission was under debate,
and called forth forciblc speeches i'll opposition
from Colonel Davis and Mr.. lIorr, OF Michigan
Both members arc strongly in favor OF the pro-
posed commission. The committee to which
Mr. Rragan's bill was referred last winter
decided against his absurd notion that railroads
should be compelled to charge rates proper
toned to mileage. and reasonable and we'll
informed men then hoped that the wrong
headed member from Texas was bottled up on
that point: but it seems he was not. Inc
Reagan substitute should not be accepted.
Tinid people even at this carly day are
anxious lest they or their friends shall bc taken
of by cholera next summer; they belong to the !
class that will hy from the city in terror the
The first case of the disease is discovered
here. They do not seem 20 think that their |
chances of dying may really be better now than
they will be- next August. Yet II is fact, |
to the Health authorities, that within
the last week or 80 the mortality in this city
from throat mud lung troubles has been alain-
ing This Is not due to the bad saniin't con
llun Of Nrw-lolk bat 10 careless exposure
md neglect Of colds on the pnrl ul people
living here / he general comment en- the
weather ul hate has been rs the effect Tint II Is
runl, charming lur winter II Is probably
rue that # the weather were worse II would hc
better, .