New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-06

crowded, Inc consequence is tnal Jnis eAlIdolu-
nary will case If 1t Is required to wait for Its turn
cannot be disposed of for many long and weary
month But in view of the fact that the earlier the
decision the less the anxiety Of countless women, 1t
is fair to assume that all other litigants will fail
back until the status of the daughter-n-law, in all
that it implies, is announced from the bench.
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The Utica Herald says, Thurlow Weed Barnes
maintains that the Benjamin letter is genuine aud
adduces good collateral proofs TO sustain his view
Ii is now in order for he Post Of this city to main
tain that The Herald ia published at the Utica In
sane Asylum. The Post has displayed 80 much
heat in discussing the Benjamin letter as to war
rant the interesting suspicion that il Mr.. Benjamin
did not write it The Post did.
If does not follow because man is great in one
relation of life that he must be great in all, though
many people fail into this error. And II is serious
mistake TO assume that because man has dis
tinqnished himself IN one line his opinions on totally
different subjects must I've Of special weight. This
mistake, however, Mr. Joseph Cooke committed
in his remarks upon Wendell Phillips at fremont
Temple, in abiding to the reformers later work
MIR. Cooke said that while the views Of Wendell
Phillips Cd finance appeared to him mot only
erroneous but absurd" yet he was not prepared to
say that Mr. Phillips did not understand this sub
ject and me certainly had a right, In the naino OF
his whole career to put forward irregular opinions
and command attention for them" We cannot
agree with this position. The value Of every mans
opinions depends not upon his previous action in
distinct phases of life but upon the truth that Is
in those opinions. Now Mr.. Phillips certainly did
not understand financial questions, and he
tainiy did advance very erroneous opinions upon
them. And the fact that those who had followed
him before, when he had the right his side, re-
fused TO follow him subsequently shows that the
American people know how to distinguish between
rcputatiOn Justly earned and the assumption Of
authority to teach not founded on due knowledge
of the subject
II is announced that Mr. Edward Mcpherson has
informed Chairman Hawley that he will accept the
Secrctaryship Of the Republican Congressional
Committee This will be sad news to our Demo-
cratic friends. Mcpherson is host in himself when
it comes to committee work.
The Democratic local papers are trying TO ridicue
"Citizen Bob" Rooseyeits attempt to organize a
new citizens party" There probably is not In
il the nucleus of citizens movement" such as
we have repeatedly come to disaster in this
city. But when such prominent and pronounced
Democrats as Wheeler H. Peokham, Henry Have
never Austin Flint IT., Judge Bixby, W. A. Butler,
Judge McAQaln, Juuge VtloiOo'hB, ahu JVhii W.
Boyd combine with ex-COugressuan Roosevelt to
form a party, it looks little like serious protest
against both Tammany Hall and the County
Democracy.
II looks as If Governor Cleveland believed In Civil
Service reform And his friends say he is immova-
BILE On the other hand, 1t looks as if his party was
opposed TO Civil Service reform And its leaders say
il is irresistible. Now let us all watch and see for
ourselves what happens when the immovable tries
conclusions with the irresistible.
In thelynching of Hickey, in Ohio, the mob
seems to have acted with more than the usual
mob precipitaucy in such cases, and consequently
II is not ut all clear that they hanged tho actual
murderer. The custom of half hanging suspected
noonIo n make them confess that they desdrve
whole hanging is to be deprecated, in fact. 1t Is
ovon loss certain In its results than the average
iurv and when adopted the light OF reform
measure "a omen to serious objections. In this case
II is quite probable that in order to avenge the
murder of an innocent man, the mob Aave.murdered
another.
The floor OF hall at Birmingham, in this state
fell and injured several people. The dispatch an
nouncng the accident says: The han had a
long time ago been condemned as unsafe" Ihls. OF
| course. must console and satisfy those who were
hurt. Apparently the condemnation OF the hall
had been thought equivalent to recOnstructing It.
and so confidence In it was restored until II
yindicated its reputation, and collapsed. The
child-li1c faith Of some people IN matters Of thls
LIND il really ouite touching.