New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-08


The Boston Post is earnestly endeavoring to work
mp a boom for Bayard. Ii publishes fair picture
of him at the head of a twO-cOumn sketch Of his
life and public services and commends him ed
| itorally az almost the man in this passing
array TO follow fixed principles without deviation
or compromise almost the one man" Is good for
Bayard but awfuliy hard on Democracy as whole.
It's suspected that the Bayard boom will not get
further than The Fosfs Office this year, although
several counties in Delawar yet to be heard
from.
Senator Edmunds's introduction yesterday of
bill to place General Grant the retired list recalls
the fact that the first movement in that direction
was made by Mr. Blaine In the Senate session OF
| 1s79lSO.
! Weshman and an Irishman at Pittsburg being
unab to reconcile their religious beliefs said
to have fought three pitched battles in the ring for
| the purpose of settling the controversy AZ the
| Weshman was " knocked out F" in the third round,
it Is to be presumed that he will have to admit the
superiority of his opponents views. The method
here followed, ough sufficiently venerable, par
lakes TOO much of the spirit of the middle to
be approved nj present and besides it would he a
dangerous thing TO admit the demonstration Of
doctrines orthodox, byapOsoc blows and knocks"
since il light encourage other disputants to adopt
the same summary methods. Doubtless the prOlane
would like nothing better than the opportunity of
seeing DR.. Newman and Or. Rdnney, for instance,
display their science and uphold their respective
opinions in a twenty-four foot ring. but no matter
where victory perched it is clear that the desirable
ity or otherwise of Introducing Socrates and Plato
into sermons woud remain undetermined.
An apparently reputable merchant had his say in
orr columns yesterday in regard to one feature of
The ErnnJ Iosfs attack upon Mr.. Blaine. Our
ooute,n yorary are panied to observe replies TO
the merchant in paragraph characterized by bad
language, italic, and other proofs of disturbed
spirit A tearing angry person is an agree.
able oijcc! to ontaInplatc, and certainly such
signt i, especially uloeeoming in the merry month
of llay. Hence we cannot bat hope that The Post
wlh speedily rtsame is phiiosJphc cOmpOsure We
may adj that II IL is resolved to Hy in passion
with every orc who thinks precisely as this meI-
chant DO, OF - recent performance it has IN ex-
,eciinoly larg" contract on its bands Still, the
merchant used oue phrase in his letcrwhich would
naturally be taken a. q personal discOmte>y, and
Sc are SONY tha; slipped in. Tie Post intmatos
that il has a dreadful s;Ory about Mr.. Blaine in re
serve, and gives rs friendly warning to stand
FROM under. All rght;-gO ahead. Your old story
having broken down, spit your one right ont
You'll never have hall good chance again
Don't delay. uncharitable people Will think you
are playing the braggart. Come along with your
disclosures
In an address 10 the students of Edinburgh Uni
versity, on Darwinisu, Professor Virchow recently
expressed his belief that relics of any predeces-
sor Of man had yet been discovered. He said In
my judgment, skull hitherto discovered can be
regarded as that of predecessor of man. In the
course OF the last fifteen years have had Oppor-
tunities of examining skulls of all the various
races Of mankind-even OF the most savage tribes
and among them all group has been observed
differing its essential characters from the gem
era human type" He cautioned the students
against loose speculation this subject saying
that every man who goes beyond the sphere Of
observation becomes n transcendentalist, and
characterization has always been dangerous to
science"
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