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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12
THE DODGE.

The Democratic platform will receive more
attention after month or two, when people
have bad time to read il through. II is longer
and less interesting than the book of Dcuter-
onomy. and contains nothing that will fix public
attention except the tarl plank.
General Butler WAS the only member Of the
Committee on Resolutions who had the candor
to oppose the shabby evasion upon which the
Convention finally agreed. With crushing
force, he reasoned that the platform could not
mean protection in any form or degree, because
Mr. Morrison was too honest man to have re-
ported it if it bad been susceptible of such an
Interpretation. This fact will fix the attention
of the whole country, also and contempt for the
folly of the Democratic dodgers will be as gen
eral - disgust for ,neir nSincerity. They might
just as well have mdorscd and adopted Mr.
MOulson's bill and speech as the platform Of
the party on the tariff question: Int they did not
dare to do this
Among the wOrkingmcn, General Butler 5
question will be fully appreciated: If the COM
mttee could not find out in thirty-sx hours
what the resolution meant. how are the working
people to discover The obvious answer is that
the people will look at the record of Mr. Morri-
son and his party. But it is just as well as
severe criticism, to say That the committee
had to spend all that time to say something
that would mean one thing one way, and an
"other thing another way" The committee
and the c0nv cntOn cyadcd and lodged as far as
they could, and thus mcrrcd all the disgrace
which belongs to cowardice and insincerity, and
yet were utterly unable to dodge the history of
the party or the record of its leading men. The
country will judge the Democratic party, not by
what it has said, but by what it has done.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

The stareyed Goddess OF Reform has finally dec,d...
take mp " with Governor Cleveland. NJ Henri vt
terson IN ioco pdrsns forbade tho banns and Me- 80
Kelly declared that he knew ms, cause wby thew oo.
not be lawfully Joined together but the giddy
sisted 10 making 4 foolish match - WI
Fer the personal qualification Of Mr. Kelly and in a.,
general interest Of harmony and good fellowship va
produce this paragraph from The AddaLf Consfi,,,,
written before the nomination u may be said ths, w.
Kelly vii! take his revenge the convention by def.
ing It's nominee That IA all right. We speak deli er,,.I
when We say that we had rather the party de'e,y
IMAM see II submit TO the i'm puden and shameless dic
lion " this inscriptions politician. victory pnrehs
at such a price would be costly beyond measure"
Amid the bhssful pslpitatlons Of yesterday the Dsr
cratic nominee, his eyesight Is good, must have zee.
this handwriting the wall with al that it imnl..
d" Governor Cleveland Is good man, weighing 2,o
pounds" :"
When Nj Roswell p. Flower has leisure 10 study NJ,
check-hoo attentiyey he will be forced the concu
sion that those four votes which stood by him herolca,
through ballot and heard OF more cana
very high That frat ballot Is all that Mr. Flower Ia, .,
show for campaign which began two years ago and IA.
been continued ever since with uncommon ANXIETY"
Tho Katy did and Katy-didnt tariff plank OF the Demo
cratic platform reduced plain English reads as oOs.
1--WE pledge ourselves to tariff for only and
likewise to judcious protective policy large assort
ment OF fresh interprc constantly hand Prcs.
low and terms easy For further particulars apply 10
Democratic campaign orators In all parts Of the country.
Republicans have felt a comfortable ance OF ns
ceas ever since the 9th OF june they rejoice In a
absolute certainty OF a triumph.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12

urod terms, and WIS the friend aud associate 81
the desperate men who led the kniehta 0f the
Colder Circle, and the companion md ndmitcr
of those who undertook Ia strip Governor Nor-
ton of all his powers, aud tor0b the state ct In
diana of MI means Ia assist in the suppression
Of the rebellion. In 1868 he was elected to the
United States Senate by " the rebel Lcgisa-
turc." a majority of which belonged to the
" Sons of Liberty"
In the Senate during all those trying times he
did his best to paralyzc the Government and
fought its war measures step by step. He bit
tcrly denounced the Emancipation Proclama-
ton and called it wicked thing
In 1864 he opposed the repeal of the fugitive
slave law, and the Constitutional Amendment
abolshing slavery. In 1864 he declared the
war failure and finally after the war he sus-
tanned Andrew Johnson in the attempt to place
the frecmcn under the heel of their former
owners. Such is the war record of the man the
Democrats ask the people to vote for in prefer
ence to General Logan!
In later life he has been an advocate
of the Grcenback theory, and an apostle of
each successive project to scale the National
war debt. Only a few months before the Re-
sumption act was successfully carried into
effect he denounced it as a certain failure. To
present him as a representative of reform
is an insult to public intelligence. And it is
yet too early to ask the people to surrender the
Union to the care of those who sought to de-
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HFNDRICKS RESTRREC1FD.

The Democratic Convention fittngly closed
its labOrs by rcsurrecting Thomas A. Hendricks
as "A candidate for Vice President Years be-
fore Grover Cleveland did hangman's duty as
Sheriff of Erie County, Hendricks was a candi-
date for President. On the twenty first ballot
in the convention of 1868, he stood next to
General Hancock, who led the roll. He was
defeated, and since that time he has been
professional candidate.
As the representative of that large class
Of Democrats who, in 1876. demanded
unconditional and unqualified reputation
Ofs a solemn pledge of the public
faith, he was named for Vice President
on the ticket with Mr.. Tilden. His name helped
to reconcile the Western inilatonsts to the
name of Iilden. In 1879 he announced in a
public card that he would not again take the
second place on the ticket. He thought then to
get first place, but i'll the convention of 1850 he
received only one vote outside of his own State.
This year, however, he succeeded far enough
to become tail to Cleveland's kite, after the
Kelly and Butler forces had Withdrawn from
the Convention in disgust. The fact that Mr..
Hendricks was taken in preference to Union
soldiers like General Rosecrans and General
Black shows how completely the Cleveland
machine was in control at Chicago.
Mr.. Hendricks is fit exponent of the Demo
cratic party. He has always been in full SYM
patty with the class who were before. and
during, and have been since the war the
most dangerous enemies of the country.
In the beginning of his career In Congress he
voted for the extension of slavery by breaking
down the Missouri Compromise, though one
half tba nat aatt
opposed to him. Defeated for denomination he
was paid for his servility to the slave power by
appointment to Federal Office where he dis
tinguished himself as probably the first Gov
eminent official to levy political assessments on
his subOrdnates. lie Distracted the vigorous
prosecution of the war ard bitterly assailed the
Administration in its most trying hours. In
1862 he openly denounced the war in unmeas-
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. A. Bronson Alcotts health IS steadily improving
and he "a gaiuingglesh.
"Whether" says Gounod. my pleasure comes from "a
work of Mozart or Rossn OF Mende'sOhn or Meyerbeer
OF Verdi or Wagner accept without question or oayil;
retaining however my legitimate prediction for those
masters who best satisfy my artistic cravings THIS is
purely a matter OF personal sympathy, aud does not
prejudice the least tho question Of the value Oh tno
otlrr4. The Immortal Don tioNhhi, 80
most absolutely beautiful work KNOW Oh IA 'ie ''' W
which, have devoted my He
General Sheridan while taking his vacation THIS sum
ncr ut Manchester Mass, Will visit salem ~ inc guest VI
O.. a. L. post there
Nine C1,de Bernard, widow OF the great surgeon has
been k,eplng an um and hospital for cats and dogs,
lint r negbbors have induced the magistrates to have
the establishment abolished.
Tho Rev william Taylor. the recently appointed
Methodist Bishop for Africa at the farewell reception
given him this week in Boston, aid Of his work: 1t Is
Gently boon made ia Africa In from cast To west
There been found nations OF people hitherto un-
known who number 90 900 900 and live In houses built
of stone with gardens In the ana properly laid ont
streets, who work In iron. copper and ivory and are
pretty well up In the Industrial arts many OF them being
well do. This country never heard Of before, ana
the Lord has furnished me man. This man, william
Richard simmonds was formerly an unbeeyer and ad-
dressed great audiences In Belfast and Dublin. but he be-
came convinced OF his error aud Joined the Salvation
Army He for been studying all about Africa,
with desire missionary WORK. aud ne has
offered 10 20 with me- Our plan Ia 10 strike for these
people, aud hope " make the scheme seHsuppoitns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12
pPoTFCT HOVE TNDTSTRY.

The Hon. Galusha a. Grow, one of the earliest
and to this day one of the most powerful adyo-
Gates of Republican principles spoke in behalf
of the Republican ticket at Chester City, last
night. The greater part of his strong speech is
given to-day Hitting the vital point of con-
troversy at the outset ne shows shat Free
Trade rcasonings are disprOved by the facts of
our history For instance, BcsScmcr rails bore
S2S duty and sold here for $50 per tom 50 that,
if the duty was paid by consumers the actual
cost of the rails to producers was only 81 per
ton. Not less absurd is the claim of Free
Traders when tested in other branches oi
trade. and rs Mr.. Grow says, their " figures M
"most cases would make a laborng man pay
"annuallv more IL the enhanced price of nrti-
"clcS which h. consumes than his entire wages
"woud amount IT," He next meets the sopn-
istry that if Che duty does not enhance the cost.
it cannot benefit the producer, and shows how
"thc home competition thus created gradually
"rcducr~ the price to tine consumer until II
breaches point 50 low a. 10 exclude all lm-
"purtatious." I'm many eases. rs he shows. FOR
cign producers "mlGht prefer 10 reduce them
"rrlfts to very small margin or In iHrt 10
"nonc lt al CORA timcl, in preference To- in
"crclslny the market piirr OF the products
and the Illustration Of the leather business
which hc presents * peculiarly good one.
Mr.. Grow hold. the Democratic party firmly
to tho prrvai.inr li'i shown IN al It's p'at his
tory. namely. "thut duties on loroit Import
should bc m'tsl, to tiiAo toycuuo.' Exactly
the Same meaning IL conveyed hy the tricky
rNpr,Yalnn. adopted hy Free lwdora Hnd Itu.
loctionlstr both "a thc subcommittee NJ CHI
caro cali taxation should be- exclusively Tor
hubble plrpo,co' IT, then traces with much
,irrnglh aud clumr0 the relation between
tarn and wagcs, and ,h0Ws, what many over
look that If the hbnrcr can save only on"-
tenth of hi, wages, that saving i, twice as
large if he receives 81 per day a. il would be ii
he received % cents per day. The Free Trade
theory, he shows is adapted only to countries
"where there ar, no highways leading from
the hut and the Loyol 20 honorable distnc-
"tOn.'
Mr.. Grow quotes with effect a speech made by
him in discussion of the first Morrill, tariff in
$50. and closes with a strong culogium of the
Republican candidates as illu>trious champions
of the principles of the Republican party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12

wnfd In his commentary for opposing Mr.
Blaine In that I" ~ politician he gocs Tor what
In popular and cXpcdicnt" To state the reason
l. Ia demonstrate that Mr.. Clnrkc's hostility Il
without reason. more ilimsy eyru'e for
political apostasy was never framed This Is
not vigorous criticism. II il simply narrow
censorship, pccyshncss run mad Yet paltry m
the excuse is, it is the best which the boilers
with whom Mr.. Clarke is associated have to
offer. In view of its insignifcance it will not
be strange if the public conclude that these men
are inspired by sinister motives which they are
at pains 10 conceal.
One other point in Mr.. Clarke's commentary
deserves a moments notice. He says he thinks
he was in error in 1876 in emphasizing Mr..
Biaine's past services. On this point The BoS-
tom journal, to which the. commentary was adj
dressed. rcfutcS him with simple statement of
facts known To every one COnyersant with orr
politics Nr. Clarke complains. for instance
that he does not find that Mr.. Blaine was a con-
spicuous oppoSer of the GrecnbIck deluslOn.
Here is The Journals crushing reply:
This statement by 50 intelligent a DR. Clarke
Is surprising. In l~G~. when Mr.. Pendcton proposed
70 nay of tho bonded leb NJ the United by fresh
iqsucs ~ grcrubacks quite number OF Republicans in
Maine favored the position. "A the head of the party
organization. Mr.. Blaine denounced II in his speeches
and several pamphlets issued. In 1867 he and General
Garfield were two ~ the thrty-fonr mcmbers Of the
House who sustained the contraction policy o. Secretary
McCuoch. A. Speaker of the House he appointed the
committee which reported the Resumption act Of 1879;
and In lS7G when the Democrats undertook TO cal
that measure Mr Blaine led the Republican opposition.
making speech I'm January OF that year in which he
declared for resumption and opposed the hcresy Of In
nation During 1873 and 1879. when the imitation
craze swept the lntry, Mr.. Blaine made more
than hundred speeches East and West against the dc
fusion. in Fancu Hal IN September 1879 In regard
TO s coinage Mr. Blaine made proposition 10 coin
-lN dollar equivalent in value to the gold dollar II
was rejected Thereafter every vote Of his i'm the senate
was against s coinage AMI the present silver coinage
act.
II is safe to say that Mr.. Clarke will never
again return to this charge. Never was rcfu.
tation more complete. And The journal meets
his other captiJus criticisms of Nr. Baurs
past services with equal dircctncsS and force
oar people are opposed to union of Church
and State. Unless Mr. Clarke takes heed to his
ways sensible BostonianS may gather the Inn
preston that union of Che pulpit and politics
is bId-for the pulpit.
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rnr nnSrrr or nnRnnN

Mr. Gladstone ha, through one OF his licutcn -
ants stated That the Government has $50 present
! intention ol d .4patchiug am expedition for the
rescue of General Gordon; that it will only do
80 il the imperative necessity of such action is
lri'puuutcd Time has obltcd the popular
enthusiasm over Gordon considerably, or this
announcement would have been regarded as n
fresh proul of the bud faith of the Governments
| l,ut II is po.tjhlc that Mr. Gladstone poss"ssrs
more trustworthy iuformltion than ia Mt the
di.pu-ll uf the public. II ho had amy reason to
br'cyc the recent sensational s'ori,' of thc fall
of kmttouu 10 ia mot credible that ho would
talk su 'ooli about waiting ior uu imperative
necessity hrloro III .putchtuga rcltoi expedition,
CA tho olhor hand IT may be- urged chat The
Government is not hkrly 10 hr better served uo
10 ts news from the Sondan than Is thc prc-,,
II must trust 90 messengers of much Ihr same
quality Those messenger, may bo bllh,d or
inundated or made to carry false intelligence.
Whatever news Z,bchl hats access To may safely
be- iii trusted, though the Government appears
lo trust him. And it il a long time now since
authC ntcatcd news from Gordon has been pub
lishcd. The date of the dispatch quoted in the
House of Commons recently, to the effect that ne
was safe and well, was not given. This was
singular omission, anu ono NHl'H ttllliull
iustifcs doubts as to the present condition Of
things at Khartoum.
Stll it must be admitted that if the Govern
ment has what it thinks good ground for beey-
ing Khartoum to be still safe and still dcfensi
blc its refusal to send IN expedition is not only
Ineligible. but iu,tiiiablc. Such an expedition
would expose many valuable lives The season
at present is deadly; the heat such that great
mortality would inevitably cn>ue among the
troops; and unless the force dispatched was
very considerable it might arrive at Khartoum
toe weak to give effective battle to the enemy.
While therefore the tenor of the reports war
rants the conclusion that the investment of the
place has thus far produced no serious distress
among the garrison and while there is reason to
believe that the Mahd has been prevented from
going to Khartoum as he intended, it may be
prLdcnt and right ON the part OF the Govern
mrnt TO refrain from any further military move
mcntS. Orientals act slowly, moreover, and
should news come that Gordon is at last in real
and pressing need of help, it is probable that
his rescue can be effected without serious
=;
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cLARkES C0M.nENrARK.

James Freeman Clarke has written COM
mcntary upon his hearty Endorsement Of Mr..
Blaine ut the Boston Republican ratification
meeting of 1876 The commentary is designed
to show that the admiring Clarke of $40 is con-
sistent with the carping Clarke of 1884. The
attempt might better not have been made
Like the man who jumped into the crater after
his cane, it simply succeeds in making bad
worse.
Mr. Clarke reasserts his faith in Mr.. Blaine's
integrity In 1876 he declared that the Massa-
chusetts delegates to the National Republican
Convention all honored his character Now he
asserts, his character, doubt not, Is honorable
and amiable." And so, too, Mr.. Clarke again
recognizes VI. Blaines commanding talents. On
the former occasion he called attention to his
splendid abilities" Now he writes, said
we all admired his splendid abilities still
admire them and have never said word TO do
preciate them" What then Is the ground upon
which Mr.. Clarke now opposes Mr.. Blainei 1t
necessarily is indeiensible. For to admit that a
man of Mr. Blaine's large and varied experience
of public life bears an honorable character, and
is the pOssessor of @splendid Abilities" Is to
prove that the Republican majority which NOM
mated him made mistake,-is, In fact, to
establish his rare fitness for the Presidency.
The sole reason which Mr.. Clarke brings for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12
CISARLANC4 IT ALBANK.

The immortal boy. with no insurance on his life
who stood or the burning deck whence all but
him had He'd has had his counterpart az Albany this
week The name of the counterpart escapes Us Just
now but he IL Janitor Of the Democratic State De-
partnents at Albany. Singly and alone. this daunt-
less soul the Casablanca Of Civil Service Reform has
gallantly held the deck of official duty whence all
but him had fled to the Chicago Democratic
National Convention. Those who came to the deck
asking for Controller Chaplin, were told by the
Janitor: Chapin's gone to Chicago, to illustrate
Civil Service Reform by neglccng the affairs of his
office in order to give Cleveland boost I'm run
ming tine state of New-York tins week" In the
same fashion Casablanca answered inquiries in re-
gard 10 the whereabouts OF Attotney-GeneIal
O'Brien. state Treasurer Maxwell. Deputy State
Treasurer Apgar, State Engineer Sweet, Supern-
tendent of Insurance Mccall, superintendent Of
Public Works Shanahan. superintendent of Banks
Paine Superintendent OF Labor Bureau Peck, De-
putty superintendent of Labor Bureau Hoolcy. the
bounding Beebe of the Court of Claims, Civil Ser
vice Commissioner SHOEMAKER. Labor Commits
sioner Thayer, Secretary Hudson of the Railroad
Commission. Deputy Capitol Commissioner Nc
lntyre. and Deputy Controller Benedict
All shouting the battle cry OF Cleveland at Chi
cago. leaving the Janitor 10 attend to business at
Albany! lt has been very rough on the JantOr.
In order to discharge all the functions Of all the
offices which he temporarily filling he WIS com
peIled to SIT up nights, TO say nothing Of working
last sunday.
Administrative Reform" Civil Service Reform.
from Democratic point Of view, are beautiful OBJ
iects to contemplate We trust that when their
able opponents get back from Chicago that Casabi-
anca will be allowed to quit the deck and tako
well-earued vacation
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. ls IsstTEN PAGES

! tho consolation Of knowing that ho roost mighty
low during tho campaign aud the rcst Of his polit-
| Teal career.
N understood that George William Curtis.
president of the Clyil Service Reform Association.
is prepared to take the stump this fall in support Of
this equation Democratic Appetite + Democratic
Conspiracy tor Plumber aud Spoils = Tho Political
Millennium.
Governor TIoadly allowed his name 10 he used in
the Chicago Convention for the express purpose of
heating Mr.. Thurman for whom two-thrds of the
Ohio Democrats had voted with great enthusiasm.
This will naturally be productive of great zeal
fOr Governor Cleveland, the candidate for whom
Hoadly's friends voted.
The Democratic party is making progress. Four
years ago they nominated good man, weighing
go pounds" This year they have nominated
man weighing about $50 pounds. II is pleasant 10
notice this in the absence of evidence of Democratic
progress in any other direction.
Mr. Curtis and the other sincere advocates of civil
service reform should omit reading the proceedings
of the Democratic Convention. II would shock
them to find that there was great applause when a
speaker observed that George Washington could
never have passed a civil service examination.
With Manning, of fragrant Tweed memories, to
run his ,ampaign, and with the proud consciousness
that he gained the votes of his State by dis
franehisng nearly half the Democrats of NewYork
through the unit rule. Governor Cleveland appeals
strongly to the affection of the professional
formers
Democratic laundering again. Congress made APP
proDrations for only 1854 days in the present fiscal
year The Treasury proposes to take it for granted
that the omission Of one day was "A mere blunder
but one cannot be quite sure that it was not new
phase of " economy
All the Democratic and Independent journals
notice the remarkable lack of enthusiasm at the
Democratic Convention. A little pumpcd-up and
artificial applause AT times. served only 10 betray
the consciousness of delegates that the affair was
not going on rs 1t ought. Ihe Herad noticing this
poverty of zeal, pronounces It altogether unac-
countable But it does not seem at all remarkable
that the Convention failed to get warm over the
statesmen who were led in to be slaughtered, or
over the intellectually lean but physically fat man
who pred,st by the Rings to be the candl-
date.
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ucH STANDARD OF THE CITY SCHOOLS

Laurence D. KcrndH, cIerk OF ne Board Of Educd-
HoThe schools Of the city have graduated this
year I43 boy 25 GrJ age Of fifteen
years Public confidence the schools continually
growing stronger This Is shown by the fact that the
weahest people send their children 10 tho public schools
in preference to private institutions. There arc many
excellent private schools in this city, but rs class do
not think they will compare IN efficiency with the public
schools The Board OF Education has endeavored TO
maintain high standard among lts tsacher and IL has
bean helped in this by the Normal College and the
COLLAGE of the city While II is not absolutely required
city teachers should DO graduates OF these institn-
tons large proportion Of those who are nov selected
hold the diplomas Of enc college or the other