New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-06

remembered, there is no great difference between
much OF Hubert o. Thompsons following and that
Of Tweed. The difference is in the opportunities.
1t has been proved TO The Eagles satisfaction that
IN kind though not in degree, the contract system
of to-day in sister city is not much better than
it was when the foul old ring was In its glory"
THE TgIBUNE's exposures concerning the rotten
contract system in the Public Works Department
convinced every far-mInded man that there was
no great difference between the Tweed and Thomp-
son dynasty. The Democratic party. nevertheless,
made Thompson its representative on the National
Committee, and Cleveland allowed him to name
the Collector of .le Port. and according to The
Eagle the Administration Is trying to make ThomD-
son and his machine the head OF the Democratic
party in the State No wonder The Ecgle remarks
that for the Brooklyn Democrats " to subordinate
themselves to dynasty of this kind, no matter
what inducements be held out in the shape of Fed
eral patronage" would cause them to be swept
out of power as much rotten timber struck by
cyclone" Perhaps, after this warning, there may
still be persons who think that Manning Is not try
ing to defeat Hill, but they of that class who
are wilfully blinded.
The Buffalo Courier is still hammering away at
that old and inane joke on which, strange TO say,
it points with pride. This time 1T is the 81 $3.50
repetrion-it puts it this way: "The man who
obtained the seat to which Tilden was elected"
etc. 1t really would be interesting to bear The
COrier'S definition of a referee. Webster defines
referee as "a person to whom matter In dispute
has been referred in order that he may settle It."
TO keep its joke IN cOuntenance The Courier wOald
have to define referee as person to whom
matter in dispute has been referred in order that
of the dispuants, in the decision is not in
l.. l.; al
I'm the opinion of The Utica Observer "Aquila Jones
8 a trump from Trumpsville." Does our contem-
porary think that by the aid of that trump the In
diana Democracy can euchre Clevelandf L. SIN
euchre tho best trump is a knave.
To the President: We see by an advertisement in
the Buffalo papers that at the great pioneer fes-
tival at Silver Lake. the address will be delivered
by Hon. James X. DOolittle, ex-United States Sem
ator from Wisconsin, We mention this, Mr.. Pres-
dent, thinking that you ght like to put yourself
communication with Dooitte and might have
misaid his sum ner post office address. You recO-
ect that the last time he called to you in Albany
tor the purpose Of giving youtwo gallons and half
Of advice you were too busy to him and he de-
parted bearing the advice with him. 1t is under
stood that he Immediately placed it on ice and that
whenever you send for it 1t is at your disposal You
may be glad to learn, Mr.. President, for DOolitte's
sake that "a glorious time for old and young" isex
pected at the festival
Georgia's marble qu aries have not attracted
much attention from the general public, but 1T is
evident that they reckon ill who leave them out of
any calculations touching the marble industry of
the world. Ihe PHILADELPHIA Aers prints ali interest
ing interview between Of It's reporters and a
business man Of that city who has recently returned
from q visit to the Georgia 1uarries. He reports
that the marble deposit runs along the railroad
which connects Marietta with the heart of the Blue
RIDGE and is Of all grades and shades from coal
black to pure white statuary marble There can be
found there in unlimited quantities pink, blue, gray
red black and white marbles" A Vermont marble
man Is quoted by this Philadelphia asserting that
he had walked over more marble in one day in Geor
ga than ever existed IN the whole Green Mountain
State The Philadelphia also states that there is
but little waste in getting out the Georgia marble,
not more than 10 per of IL being lost and that
a peculiar feature of II that 1t cannot be stained
Even if we accept all this with grain two oIsalt
the fact remains that Georgia marble like Georgia
iron and lumber bids fair add substantially to the
prosperity of the Stats. The assurance crafty
ing. The Congressman who not long ago blunuy
the future of their section was conditioned on its
raising less h Ii and more hogs of course used
hogs in q generic sense elastic enough TO include
marble We congratulate Georgia her many
thriving industries and trust that it will not be
long before Georgia marble will take rank in the
market with Georgia pine.