New-York tribune., 1884-02-21

later and the earlier il is taken in hand the
quicker will a remedy for the evil be found.
But to sit down stolidly under such deyasta-
ton, and to defycxperencc, is evidence neither
of business capacity nor of common sense.
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We are Glad to see that Mrs. Miller has beer
piyen her certificate ~ captain Of n steamboat
having passed her examination we'll Ana we are
not at all afraid that this recognition OF her rght To
engage in an occupation for which she has proved
her fitness will have the effect OF " unseXlng hef,
or OF opening the door for dreadful feminine rald
upon masculine avOcatons.
II is said that there Is little probability that Con-
gress will stop the coinage of silver doilars' we
wish somebody would undertake. to explain lhe
reluctance of Congress to put an end 10 this HIS
chieyous operation. It is certain that the AlleI-
can people do not want the standard dollars 1t Is
certain that their continued coinage is driving the
country slowly but steadily toward single silver
standard. 1t is certain that II we are driven 10
single silver standard our commerce. our hnance7
and our international standing will be seriously
injured 1t is certain that the advocates ol Dhet-
allisn can have interest in Il process Whcn II
maintained must render bimetallism impossible
1t IS certain that nothing can prevent the deDaSe-
ment Of the currency if this process is not sus-
pended. Yet Congress Appcdlo p'Hib''''J '''A
take a step which is most urgently demanded III
the name of every National interest Can 1t be
possibe that our Senators and Representatives, 90
not yet understand this question enough TO deal
with itg
The DonyiTle Democrats say that they did not
form a predetermination TO break up the proposed
colored Republican procession, but they admit that
if it had been held there would have been COLI
sionr That is TO say they did not agree to break
| up. because no agreement necessary. But they
meant to break it mp in any event.
Professor Adler says truly that the question Of ele-
waiting the laborng classes is of great difficulty
and complexity 1t is 30 for it is neither more nor
less than the question of civilization, aud that Is a
matter of time and patience, and Il multitude oi
| influences and agencies. But the elevation OF the
| masses is always proceeding, and while much re-
mains 60 do much has been done Despite the pesSn-
| ism of the present day it IS demOnstrable fact
that all but the lowest strata OF society are much
better off than ever before The decent poverty Oh
! to-day includes comforts unatalnablo by the Well
to-do century ago. One potent cause OF complaint
now is the expansion of popular wants through the
invention of popular cOnyenenccs. AS HE becomes
more complex the condition OF the poor Is improved
! steadily Society furnishes many comforts open 10
! all which our grandfathers cOud not Obtain at any
| price. Man to-day demands more luXurles IMAM
his predecessors dreamed of, and the deprivation OF
what they would have considered superhulties
makes him wretched Even the poorest now live
AS we'll as the masses formerly did, and the masses
live better than the rich formerly did. This is too
seldom remembered by those who lament over social
grievances OF course it does not affect the neces-
sity for active reform, but it tends to sho" that
natural causes are really working constantly To-
| ward a solution OF these problems.
TRIBUNE EXTRA No. 80, containing nine of Miss
! Maria Parloas lectures cooking, with practical
demonstrations. is having an excellent sale. The
first edition has been rapidly taken. and second
edition has become necessary. These kitchen les
sons have an educational value which is readily ap-
preciated by sensible hOusekeepers and practical
| women
"sacrifce everything to force" was the advice
a college professor once gave a student who went
TO HIM for hints toward the formation Of liter
arv style. The advice is recalled on reading in a
Cleveland paper an ausion to Assistant Postmaster
| Genera! Frank Hatton as tine original wild ass oi
! Iowa. This is not forcible writing. whatever may
be said about its picturesqueness. For assuming FOL
tbesake of argument that Frank is an ass, and Wd
| one at that it certainly is too much to claIm Oh
data which must necessarily be inadequate, tha'
he is the original of that sort III Iowa. 1heIt
were fighters before AgamemnOn," and Doubtless ID
| hsnatiye State there were asses that antedAted
| Hatton. statement is never helped by extraYa
cance or by hasty generalization. We are no ad
mirer of Mr. Hatton, but we purpose to give hun
his due.
When Mr.. Morrison gets his head clear enough Il
make his tariff bill dramatically ineligible, per
haps he will tell us why the public revenue ough'
to be increased. If he is not quite obtuscsted' ne
knows that moderate reduction of duties generally
is certain toincrease imporaions andso TO swell tA'
revenue DO we really need more reyenuef
"sprinres to catch woodcocks!" That is to say
Democratic bi Is to pension thirty y-day service II
tbe Creek and Seminole disturbances. The meaning
of such legislation is too obvious but the Democrats
evidently think they have struck political bonanza
in it. That they are earning the gratitude OF the
claim agents Is plain enough, but that they are do
ING ANYTHING for the people in creating drain OF
one hundred millions or 50 from the treasury they
will find It hard to demonstrate. The claim IL
their bill moreover which removes the disabilities
from those who fought against the Union VII
hardly appeal favorably to the veterans who ven
tured their lives in its defence. lt Is, however
signi6cant that the Democrats cannot even draw q
penson bill without getting into it some evidence
of that ingrained disloyalty which more than any
thing else has tended to keep them out OF poWeI
during the past twenty years.
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PERSONAL.
MI ,,o,so,, in tbe suite of the MARQUIS OF Lans