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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05

PERSONAL.

Nine. Janauschek Is mourning the death, &C tbs
ripe old age Of seventeen years, Of a handsome
white poodle which had been her pet for years. and
had previously belonged 10 Mrs scott-Sddons.
Mr.. George Ashworth. of Lowell, Mass. Is said 10
be the Oldest Odd Fellow living in this country,
He is more than eighty years old, and has belonged
to the Order sixty-one years
Mr.. Holman Hunts beautiful picture Of the Holy
Family, which received cruel injury, has been 50
sklfully repaired that now it is painted over. NO
trace of the break is left. As Mr.. Hunt believing
it entirely spoiled, had reproduced the picture on
another canvas, there are now two perfect paint.
ings.
Mr. Henry Willard has purposel making trip to
Europe for several months, but the date Of sailing
has been postponed from time to time and has not
yet been fixed. 1t is understood that while he will
go abroad mainly for the benefit of his health. hs
will attend to certain business matters of the com.
panies Of which he was formerly the president 10
Is not known how long ne will DO absent.
The Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. scudder. who spent many
years in India as O Christian missionary, was long
pastor of of tho largest churches In Brooklyn.
and is now filling the pulpit of prominent Chicago
church, declared to his congregation on Sunday
that for uhmixed wickedness and utter moral
deprayity no city Of Asia could equal Chicago OF
New-York" and that" this continent has class Of
villains lower and meaner than tho lowest ana
meanest In India or China"
In Russia they consider Bismarck an unsatisfao-
tory man to go bear-huntng with, because he kills
all the bears and gives one else chance The
Chancellor once set out from st. Petersburg with
half dozen Russian mobiles. On their return one
of the latter was asked "Well, how did you
fare I" Badly" he replied. The first bear came
running toward US. the Prussian shot. and Bruin
fell down. A second bear advanced shot and
missed, but Bismarck shot and killed him.. Then
NJ shot twice and missed each time Then ths
Prussian shot that bear also. Thus he shot three
bears, and afterward we did not meet another. 50
badly we Jared, little father"
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Senator Malone is still
confined to his room, but his condition tonight 10
reported to be greatly improved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
THE DEMOCRATIC OSTRICH.

One of the cuIiOSities of current political lit
eratllre is the Address to the Democratic mem
bers of the House of Representatives, signed
"Many Democrats" and sent to every Demo-
cratic member of the House. The writer eyl-
IDENTIFY started out with the idea that it was a
comparatitely easy thing to do to point out
what the Democratic party believes in, what it
really wants. and what it ought in the present
emergency to do. "The first great duty OF
the party, according to this circular, Is so to
arm itself for the coming battle" as to retain
the House, secure the Senate and elect the
President. 1t needed no address" to make
the fact known that the first great duty Of the
Democratic party is to get office and power.
The "second great duty" as set forth in the
Address, twill be to use its power thus ac-
quired now it begins to be interesting" in
reforming the Government we've heard that
frequently before" reforming the taxation
methods yes, but how that's just what the
party is banking at now" reforming the Adj
ministraton meaning by that simply grand
Sweep of the Federal Offices" reforming all
irregularities and suppressing all abuses"
What lots Of information here as to the specific
purposes Of these gentlemen ave are all
eager to arrive at the same destination they
add with charming righteousness, "pOwer and
REFORM @Power" first we may be certain.
In plain terms, the party wants to DO put In
power upon the strength of its promises to do
something it can only mouth about in loose
general way, and does not dare specify or dc
fine.
After reviewing at considerable length the
questions ut issue between the factions OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
rrwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY,

fact, and so Is Mr.. Payne. Either OF them Is
sufficiently advanced in years to feel that O
nomination that means great fight with a
strong prospect of defeat at tho end is quite
different thing from nomination with certainty
Of election.
But II Is also true that all the politicians, great
and small, appear to be impressed with the truth
of an observation made in The TRIBUNE some
months ago. that the people were not in the
mood to nominate any man who sought the
honor for himself with visible eagerness. 1t has
come to be the prevailing opinion, we perceive,
that the nomination and the Office are both
likely to be offered to somebody, and not
cutched by somebody, this year. Mr.. Payne
and Mr. Tilden belong to the category Of bar
rel " candidates. 1t pains such men to be too
conspicuous. Perhaps Mr. Payne's friends have
concluded that his three barrels, of oil, whis-
key and cash. had become too clearly exposed
to the public gaze for this season of the year.
It has not been noticed that they have
been much disconnected by the latest
announcement, nor are they ruetulIy
going up and down searching for some
other man. On the contrary, Mr.. Tilden takes
pains to recommend Mr.. Payne as the best can-
didate, though convinced that ne will not con-
sent to run. None of his friends seem to think
Mr. Paynes little letter. IN which he ex-
planned that he was not opposed to protective
tariff, a waste of human effort. In fact, il it
were really intended that man should
be taken into convention backwards,
so to speak, against many protests and
by the resistless will of the people
spontaneously uprising, he would find it con
venent to write just such letter-and, soon
afterward, to conclude and formally announce
that he was not candidate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
FLYING 4 SOLENY RESPONSLBILI7Y.

FIXING 4 SOLEMN RESPONSIBILT7Y.
The spectacle of three metropolitan newspapers
concurrently smitten with Mysteries in the merry
spring time when all nature whispers hope and
cheer is well calculated to arouse tho sympathes of
every generous heart And therefore it is that we
sorrow with The Herald The WorId and The Times
and shall endeavor to sOOthe them.
They rise in unison to remark that there IS n mis-
take somewhere. The suggestion that they have
been disseminating TRIBUNEj from their respective
offices as premiums to their own subscribers, they
severally and Historically deny But no one Of
them denies that along with their own papers
copies of The TRIBUNE have found their way to
their own subscribers. Had this fact been disputed
we were prepared to establish it by affidavit
Well of course we accept our contemporaries
disclaimer-they have not scattered The TRIBUNE
broadcast among their own readers as premiums
Persons who have been credting them with
doing will the necessity of revising-and lower
ing-ther estimates of the shrewduess and enter
prlso of these our brethren But if The Herald, The
ord and The Times have not been doing this thing
who has' That's the cOnundrum. Can it be the
newsdealersY The nowsdealers OF New-loTk know
a good newspaper when they see it, and being as
kind hearted as they sagacious may well desire
TO see all readers get tho best" Why, then,
should they not feel tempted to push this paper, to
the end that persons who are now putting up with
inferior publications may discard them In favor Of
THE TmBUNEf We have never talked with them
on the subject, but the newsdealers doubtless be-
lieye in the survival of the ftest. Apart however,
from this consideration, the newsdealers have good
reason to feel friendly disposed toward US. For
they know that TIE TRIBUNE can afford to and
does deal moro generously toward them than do
any of our contemporaries to which wo have
referred.
We throw ont this suggestion for what it is worth
to our disturbed brethren We may add that the
rage into which they have worked themselves
over this matter would seem to indicate that they
exceedingly fear and trembe at the thought Of a
short range competitive examination in which
TIE TRIBUNE is pittsd against thom. That's all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
FIVE YEARS OF SILVER coinage.

II is now five years and quarter since the re-
sumption Of specie payments. At that time the
Treasury held but little silver, the Bland-Allison
act having been in operation only about ten
months. 1t held SIC, 697,33S of the standard
dollars, and had outstanding only $413,3GO
silver certificates, so that, with $l3, $50, 1915 55
in fractional silver, the Treasury owned
$50, 144 173 55 in silver of all kinds. Its bal
ance in COIN including the bullion fund was
S174,976, GG4 % on tho day of resumption, so
that it held in really available gold
$144, 1892, 491 80. A part of this was in banks,
but it has all sincgbeen accounted for in gold.
deduction of about 100000 may be made
for unavailable funds" but the Treasury
clearly had over $1l4,000,000 in gold in ex-
cess of certificates out, interest due, called
bonds, and special trust funds, which sum was
available for redemption of notes
It now has less than $Si,OOOOO0. Out OF
$3.50, 919,3l5 SO reported as cash available,
April l, the statement of assets and liabilities
shows that over 500 $50, 900 was in silver not
covered by certificates outstanding.
The practical result of five years, then, has
been to add about $37,000000 to the amount
of silver held, and not even in pretence repre-
scented by certificates, and to draw ont of the
Treasury about $50, 900 900 of the gold accumu-
lated for the purpose Of resumption.
To make tho matter worse, there are in cir
culation nearly $4,000, 900 ofsilver certificates
which, though theoretically deducted from the
silver held as if they were to be redeemed by
means of it, are in reality received at the custom
houses instead of gold and if redeemed at all
will virtually take from the Treasury like sum
in gold coin. Ia other words, If these certit-
Gates should be employed exclusively in pay
ment Of duties instead OF gold, in six months
the Treasury would have no gold lett whatever
for the redemption of its legal notes.
This is the situation when large majority of
Democrats and small fraction Of Republicans in
the House vote to increase the coinage of silver
dollars by $50, 100000, more or less in order
to make profit for the spectators who have
bought up and are holding the trade dollars. If
such measure should become law every man
who had any power to stop it and did not use
that power would be held to a strict response
bility,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
4 REFORM MEASURE IN DANGER.

a
Further efforts we've made in the State Senate
Yesterday to weaken tho Civil Service bill. An
injurious amendment was adopted in the Assem-
bly,, by which the police departments of cities
were exempted from the provisions of the bill.
1t is now proposed to exempt also the Dire de-
partments. To emascuate the measure still
more, a separate bill has been introduced in the
Senate making it unnecessary for soldiers and
sailors of the late war to undergo any examina-
| ton whatever. All Of these proposed amend
| ments are mischievOus. They are partly in
spired by desire to gain favor with a class of
men who are believed to have a great deal of
| political influence.
| The revelations before the Assembly lnvesti-
| eating Committee yesterday show concluslvely
| that the Police Department 10 the one most In
need of the good effects of this reform. The bill
does not affect men already in Office. 1t applies
| to new appointments only. Hence policemen,
| fremen and city employees in general can have
| no valid objections to it. 1t is rather in their
| favor, securing them in their places. There is
| not the slightest reason to believe that the po-
| icemen and fircmen would object to having tho
| bill apply to their departments. And their OBJ
| iections, if made, would be entitled to no
! weight.
1t is the politicians who want to exempt the
| police and fire departments. 1t would prevent
| their recommendations from having such weight
| as to overcome any rule or regulation that might
be in existence in regard to admission to either
department. 1t was shown before the Assembly
| Committee yesterday that the police appoint
| ments are practically divided among the four
commissioners, and that the men are passed
| unnn the recommendations of well known poll
| ticians, including members of the Legislature
from distant counties. The same practice pre-
walls in the Fire Department. Both these
| branches of the Municipal Civil Service more
than any others should be entirely free from
POLITICAL control. That can only be done by tho
application OF the Civil Service law, which will
place all applicants on an equal footing. The
policemen are well paid. The bill which passed
the Legislature yesterday will probably be the
means of giving all policemen salaries Of 81 200
each In addition, when worn out, they are to
be retired on half pay, and for that purpose
twenty per cent of the excise money is to
be appropriated. There are no other city en-
ployes so well favored. To leave these men,
who control the criminal classes of the city, a
prey to politicians would be great blunder.
As to the soldiers and sailors, it Is safe to say
that they do not ask for the passage of such an
amendment to the law as the one proposed for
their special benefit. When the bill comes up
on Monday night it is to be hoped that the
amendment made in tho Assembly as well as the
ones proposed in the Senate will be killed The
absence of members who are disnclned to put
themselves on record should not be allowed to
defeat this important reform measure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
TEN PAGES.
NEVIS THIS MORNING.

FoRKIGS.-The steamer Daniel steinmann, from
Antwerp. for New-York, was wrecked on Thursday
night near Halifax only nine lives were saved out
OF 100 on board -= The funeral of the Duke OF
Albany took place at Windsor Castle yesterday
r. Mary Anderson denied that she was respon-
pblo for the recent reports about her - The
Cabinet decided against establishing a protectorate
over Egypt. - Gustav Richter is dead.
CoNGREss.-The Senate considered the Blair Edu-
estoDal bill speeches being made by Senators Bay
ard and Morgan against it and by Mr. Gibson for IT,
X The House passed the Indian appropriation
bill and considered number of private and pension
bills.
DoMEsTIc.-The House Post Office Committee has
voted against the Postal Telegraph bill; the Senate
Committee will report favorably upon the matter
r Governor Murray, Of Utah, replied to the
charges against him before the Springer Committee
g There was an unexpected rise in the value OF
New York and New England stock in Boston. -
Charges of large insurance frauds were made
against Lorenzo Dimick in Buffalo. GO The rail-
road tax bill was passed by the New-JerSey AS
semby.
CITY AND SvBURBAN-Interesting testimony re-
garding the relations of policy men with the police
was given yesterday before the Roosevelt Commit
Zee. - The Senate Committee heard further dis
closures regarding the 5000 orders. 90 Eight
delegates to the Methodist General Conference
were elected in Brooklyn and five in this city.
g. Gertrude Ash and Jesse Williams denied all
knowledge of the robbery in the Sloane Flats
~ William A. Hall, the defaulting Newark
clerk, was sentenced for twelve years - The
trial of the Sheriff was postponed. - The funer-
al of Mrs. Ottondorfer attended by large
crowd Two burglars were captured in Dr.W.L
Ranney's house. - Several fremen had narrow
escapes at a fire. - Gold value of the legal-ten-
al ia
Stocks opened dull and steady and later declined
with some activity and closed weak.
The Manufacturers local observations in
dioate warmer, clear or fair weather. Temperature
yesterday: Highest. 400; lowest 37'; average,
x23ss.
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rood Republican Newspaper. such o. THE TaBuSs, IL
tho shape Of chromoi The Republican doctrine 10
can have tho better he off, he mott And The rneis
better Newspaper than THE TRIBUNE is bepents&
BY tho asuitous contrast which being instituted oves
In tho town Of Elzsbsthf Really tits shame that The
Tines and TRIBUNE, both engaged In promoting the cause
Of Repubuoansm in party sense cannot dwell togetAss
In harmony. Behold The World and The Sun-the grssa
exponsnts Of Democracy They quarrel pot neither d.
thsy hate They have no jeslouses, hsartburnnss.
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Thompson's consideration for workingmen'
Repaving jobs that Mr.. Cunningham pays ABOUT
Sl4 75 for cost the city $63-even allowing
that the city gets all that it pays for. 1t was
proved yesterday that the department hau
again been guilty of tampering with oulciai
records. The state of morality in the PuDiio
Works Department is certainly not what IL
ought to be.
The neighborhood of Sixth-ave and lhir'y,
second at as far east as Fifth-ave. seems to need
more police attention than it has been enjoying
lately. The outrageous burglary In the Sloane
fats in March, the attempted robbery OF Dr.
Ranney's house night before last, ana various
minor occurrences before chat time Will be apt
TO make househoders in that part OF the city
restless at night Moreover, the possibility
that the electric lights around those blocks may
go out suddenly, as they did few nights ago.
and leave the neighborhood in total darkness
for hours, Is not in itself calculated to have a
soothing effect on nervous people The trial OF
the persons accused of the Sloane outrage is
now occupying the attention of Recorder Smyth,
and the men captured in DR.. Ranney's house
will soon be arraigned. There seems TO De
little doubt Of convictions in both cases, ana II
they are secured the sentences of the guilty
2, rsons ought to make the vicinity of Thirty
second-st unpopular with thieves
There is no call whatever for the bills INTRO
duced in the Senate and Assembly yesterday IN
regard to the inspection of meat offered for sale
In this city. Our Board of Health already has
all possible power for the performance OF this
duty, and if it is neglected the non performance
of it is certainly not due to defective laws
or lack of inspectors. But the measure, OF
course, is only blow aimed at the men who are
bringing to this city in refrigerator cars beef
slaughtered in the West. The New lork
butchers declare that this meat is preserved by
chemicals /; but they have never sustained their
assertion with proof, and careful inquiry shows
that there is probably no truth in what they
say. If they have any evidence, why did they
not lay it before the Senate Committee on
Public Health which recently held sessions in
this cit for the express purpose of hearing such
complaints Probably some Assemblymen or
Senators think to gain favor with the working
classes by pushing these measures. Such legls-
lators would be wise to go a little slowly.
bill which increases the cost of beef to laborlng
men in New-York is not likely to be popular
with Them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05

Up TO late hour last night only meagre de-
tails concerning the wreck OF the Antwerp
steamship Daniel Steinmann, off Sambro Island
had been received. All that is known is that
the vessel struck the rocks in fog and storm on
Thursday evening and sank. The captain and
a few others have been saved, but about l 10
persons, mostly steerage passengers, have been
lost Owing to the continued storm the wreck
has not yet been visited. The captains story
will be awaited with interest. lie was eight
miles out of his course, and yet it is not sup
posed that the voyage, before his vessel struck,
had been stormy enough to cause him to lose
his reckoning so badly. 1t will be noted as a
sad coincidence that just eleven years ago the
Atlantic went down at or near these same rocks
and over 800 lives were lost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
ROLLING BARRELS OUT or SIGHT

The week has brought fair allowance of
destinations by Presidential candidates. After
mature and careful consideration, 1t is solemnly
announced, Mr.. Payne, OF Ohio, has decided that
he will not be candidate. Also, notwithstand-
ing all previous denial8 on the same subject,
Mr.. Tilden informs General Gordon that he
would not accept nomination, and is reported
as saying that he has another letter of positive
refusal to make public before long. Thus he,
likewise, has definitely decided. The unsOphis-
tcated person might suppose that these an
nouncements would make the prospect much
clearer. But they only make darkness visible.
On the face of things, this readiness of
Democratic candidates to withdraw, since Con-
gress began to show of what fO0lislness 1t was
capable, looks like recognition of the fact that
Democratic chances are waning. The waste of
four months in doing nothing, the disgrSceful
neglect of urgent public interests, tho passage
of the trade dollar job by the House, and the
vote of two thirds of the Democrats in caucus in
favor of Mr. Morrison's raid on the tariff, have
not made the election OF any Democrat more easy.
Mr.. Iilden is sagacious enough TO recognize the
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1875 to attend the exposition. not one over said to
q policeman, Where can find Shermanp
We suspect. however that Mr.. Sherman does
not assign the correct reason for his total sbstl-
hence from concrete authorship In the first degree.
He would have Congress understand that 1t ia his
being immersed in business" that keeps him of
the heights OF ParnasSus. But when some ono
boosted IN the presence Of O famous wit how well
he could write IL he had mind to. the quiet reply
was -yes, if you had a-mind TO-" We have not
the slightest doubt that Roger Sherman could
dash of something equal to Hamlet. or Paradise
LOst-if he mad a mind to.
AS to Mr.. Shermans cordial disapproval Of
American authors, that Is perfectly natural A
man with eyes so exceptionally pure as his have
become, Is necessarily intolerant Of his mere fellow
creatures. It Is TO be added. for the benefit OF
whom it may concern. that he doubtless owes his
highly clarified vision to the fact that he Is the
printer of the pirated edition Of The Encyclopaedia
Britannica which we lately found stuffed as ful OF
printers errors egg is Of meat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05

The siamefully loose methods under which
oayments are made on the 1899 order system
In the Public Works Department were further
exposed yesterday before the Senate Committee
II Was shown that Mr.. Cunningham keeps no
intelligible records, but draws his $4,000 a
year from the city on bills apparently made up
pretty much on guesswork. Commissioner
Thompson pays to this political associate " DO
4 day each for from thirty TO sixty laborers,
who for their work receive only 81 90 each.
The difference goes into the Golfers OF Mr..
Cunnnghams firm, as guarantee OF Mr.
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Nmnse,ifflis de- Might.

IoAprMY OF MUsIo-s-symphony sosiety.
6,sou OPERA HoUsH-2 and s." La Vie"
kAeNo-2 and g." Tho Merry War
6AIYe THRAIRs-2 and g." Red Letter Nfghta
CRASH OPERA HOUSE, and g." PQue"
SapIsoS soUARK GARDEN-2 and S-Barnums Cirrus .
NApIsoN sou ARE THEATRE-2 and $50" Alpine Roses"
METROPOLITAN OPERA House," Mgnon."
NV PARK THRArRB-2 and s." Her Sacrinoe.S . - =,
EEw-YoRK COMEDY TnEArRk-2 ana g" rocks Dsd
Boy
Nlnro's GARpEN-2 and s." Fritz In Ireland
Fran THRATRe-2and s." Much Ado About Nothing"
fHALIA THEATRB-2-"D Der sonnwendhof"-S "kabalo
und Iiebe"
rEEATRg CoMouE-s-" Cordelia's Aspirations"
Rp AVENUE THEAIRE-2 and g." For Congress-
fjNIoS SQUARE THEATRE--2 and s-"Separaton.'
RAIIlcK's THEATRE--l:S0 and g." Lady Clare
bTp AVENUE THEATRE-2 and S." Claire and the Forge
Master"