New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-14
vrw work. DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY FEBRUARY ID, 1884

lcan party to private life. But IL 10 confronted
with these facts-Mr. Church was Democrats no
| was appointed Chamberlain Of Troy by Demo-
cratic Mayor, to supersede Mr.. Hall, Republican,
Mr.. Hall ia now called by Democratic Mayor to
| fill tho vacancy occasicned by DIR. Churchs flight.
| In these circumstances The World win doubtless
| find 1t convenient not to return to the subject.
The belief that dull and gloomy weather like the
present tends to encourage suicide does not appear
| to be borne out by statistics. These show that
more suicides occur In summer than In winter.
| The theory is that gloomy weather seems to hars
monize with the thoughts Of those who are in trou.
| BILE, whereas when the Is shining and the
flowers are blooming and the birds singing, the
wretched feel as though all nature fouted their
sorrows, and they arc tempted to rush from aworld
which offers them no sympathy. OF course there
are many suicides with which tho weather
has nothing to do, but 1t Is fact that moro people
kill themselves in May than In December.
Mr.. Gladstone says General GOrdon's plan IN the
Soudan is "to restore the former rulers to their
cestral power usurped by Egypt" That might be
practicable course under other circumstances,
but as the Mahdi has to be reckoned with in any
arrangement now made, it seems PROBABLE that the
restoration of the former rulers Of the Soudan will
depend more upon bin than upon the wishes of the
aforesaid rulers or the desires of General Gordon.
In fact, it rather looks though the latter was to
request the Mahdi to give up his conquests, and
that this renunclation was seriously expected to
follow such an invitation.
The Rochester Union falls foul Of the bill providing
for the appointment of prison labor commission
1t characterizes it as piece of "trickery" ex-
presses the hope that no Democrat will accept a
place on the commission, asserts that the Republi-
ms nv a hnd ia 10 ba
of the prison contract labor system, and declares
| that "the Democratic party stood pledged and
ready If intrusted with the legislative power to
give effect to the decision of the people," Our
temporary must not expect to make much Roadway
with its opposition. 1t would like to see this Leg
isature rush in without any examination of the
prison problem in Its important bearings aud tear
down the present contract system 1t is the part of
wise men to look before they leap; to
take care that in. jumping out of the
fryng-pan they do not jump into the fire. The bill
is a wellconsidered effort to determine what it is
best to do before deciding to do anything, and
hence is eminently sensible. There is proof that
the Republican majority of this Legislature Is
opposed to tho abolition of the present system. but
there proof that the Democratic majority of the
last Legislature while pretending to be In favor of
its abolition, when it came to the pinch aunked
miserably resorting to the palpable evasion of re-
ferring the subject to popular vote.
1t appears that forged divorces have become
quite the fashion, for yesterday San Francisco
lawyer was arrested on charge similar to that
preferred against Law, In this State. Considering
the facilities offered for divorce in most of the States
it might have been thought that any arrang ements
for further expediting that business were super
fuous, but some people never can be satisfied and
even if bank-notes could be had for the asking
they would engage in cOunterfeiting. The extent
of the divorce forgeres in Brooklyn appears 10 be
much greater than was at first supposed
The report of the Naval Board appointed to de-
wise a scheme of operations for the Greedy Relief
Expedition has been anticipated by the official
recommendations of the Secretaries of War and
the Navy submitted to Congress when the appro-
priaton was asked for. The general plan is an ex-
cellent one and the details now furnished confirm
the favorable judgment which we have already e1-
pressed The two sealers are to operate together,
one being base of retreat from the other IN any
Unforeseen emergency; and while arrangements
are made for an orderly and systematic advance,
no precautions are to be neglected. The report
recommends that In addition to the two sealers q
naval tender, presumably the Yantio, shall be sent
to LittletOn Island, and also that a smaller vessel
shall be dispatched to Melville Bay to search the
Greenland coast in advance OF the other Shps. III
will be more prudent to have the YantIo remain
where she Isl; and steam launch, sent out like
the Little Juniata in the search for the Polaris,
will accomplish all that may DO requisite early in
the season.
1t is well that McGlory is to go to the Peniten-
tiary for it will give Mr.. Gibbs time to cool down.
and to discover that he made mistake in imagin-
ing that the germs of temperance apostle were
latent in the Hester-st. den manager. If McGlory
wants to REFORM moreover, he will have plenty of
time to do so after he has served out his term and
then his reformation will not be open to the charge
of hypocrisy.
The insldious advances OF enervating luxury are
thrillingly illustrated by a recently published pat
ent medicine advertisement In which 1t is stated,
evidently as an inducement to the youths of
America to 60 and do likewise that another patent
medicine man, who began life upon nothing, at
tanned such a pitch of prosperity that he "wore
velvet robes with diamond buttons and stood be-
fore kings" limo was whom the hope Of being
President "a the United States was held out as the
highest possible reward Of human ambition, but
now we seem to have fallen evil days when
young America is supposed to be amenable to such
paudy and meretriciOus temptations as consist in
velvet robes with diamonds buttons to be displayed
in the presence Of effete royalty.
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