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

Those persons to whom the mention Of Mr.
Blaines name has the stimulating effect that red
flag has for dissatisfied bull are having hard time
of IL. In daily sheets and In weekly Sheets with
heavy artillery and with guns. they blaze away
at him continually, as II there really were danger
that the American people, but for these words OF
warning, might go crazy about man who has no
army of officials and organization at his back,
who is simply capable public servant who has
voluntarily retired from official life and who does
not even consent to have his friends consider him
candidate for any Office. If people do actually pre-
fer such a man. Is there not some reasonf Many
politician by uncommon assiduity has contrlVed 10
secure public favor. But when it comes to man
who has retired from service without his effort are
we to conclude that the people have lost their
sensesf
Mr. Tilden may not be feeling very well, but even
those that take the goomiest view Of his health
must admit that he Is feeling better than his party
The latest story about the C9ur dAlene mines
is that there are none except In the imagination of
q few thousand deluded men. The SAT- LAKE
Chronicle says that the owners of mining CLAIMS ID
the Ceur d'Aene district have been buying up
large quantities Of quartz containing free gold'
with which they plentifully sal" their claims.
1t asserts that these have agents buying
such free-gold specimens in Portland and San
Francisco and it quotes the statement of gentle
man of tho latter city, who says that he sofa
six Teen ounces of gold quartz to the agent OF
Cpur dAlene mine owner, for which he was paid at
the rate Of $50 an ounce Whether this story is
trne, or only the invention of jealous rival, 1t ls
impossible to say at present. But it is evident that
thus fer the Ceur dAlene mines have q" PANIED
out" best in the newspapers. The public can
afford to wait until tho "bOom' assumes more
ia ngblc form.
Mr.. Morrison is going to address the Iroquois
Club of Chicago tariff reform. Better THINK
twice. Air. 81, before you decide to do so. Carter
Harrison was the last man to talk tariff reform to
the Iroauos and the scene that ensued" wac just
awful Barring the big fire IL tho hottest 90
cason ever seen in Chicago.
aDemocrat writes to The Boston Post protesting
against the nomination OF Mr.. Tilden, " l am
surprised he says, lat the preferences expressed
for Tilden by many Of your correspondents he
should have been nominated In 1880 II at all"
Democrat" apparently forgets that in 1850 his
party friends had not found out how tremendously
angry they were about the fraud" of 1879. 1t has
taken them eight years to get all ready to dilste with
the proper emotion and as 1t s some OF them think
that instead of dilating with the emotion, they had
better can ii and put it on ice until 1888 or 1892.
Tom Hood must have fOreseen what would
happen when Matthew Arnold went TO Boston and
lectured on Emerson, for he exclaims:
"Whet pen could paint
The hubbub wnen the Hubs wero thus confrontedP
The World argues that the fact that some Of its
readers are also served with THE TRIBUNE Is "a
good thing" for itself Why il is "a good thing"
our contemporary explains as follows;
II gives of The World gratuitous supply o.
paper which be used for fastening the tops OF
peke-jsrs, cleaning windows, starting fires, padding
stair-oarpots, et ceteTd.
Really The World is too hard upon itself 1t may
be good to top pckle-jars, to clean windows. and TO
pad stair-carpets, but we don't believe 1t is good
to start fires. 1t takes dry newspaper to start
fire. and whatever The WOrlFs sins of omission or
commission. it Is not dry.
General Butler was asked day OF two since
what he thought Of Civil Service reform. His
reply was, al haven't thought very much about
It. but it'seems to be great hurrah over avery
small matter" A man who talks in that style
must certainly be in training for some Democratic
nomination. The General Is precisely the sort OF
Civil Service reformer that the Democracy likes to
elevate to office.
Mr. George o. JONES' as chairman of the State
Committee has summoned the Greenback party OF
New-York to meet In convention at Albany, April
90 If Mr.. Jones is wise he will proceed to cut up
the party into baseball. croQuet or cricket clubs
without loss of time. In comparison with the
Greenback party the fifth wheel of q coach Is to
be regarded as an absolute necessity, regular
sine qua non.