New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-07

,,o,t was In the hands of the Democrats but they
refused to pass any law resrainngor regulating the
traffic and ne elected to submit license amendment
To the constitution as they promised to do ms has
thoroughly disguised the temperance men, ana no
Prohibition ticket would be Of much service to the
Democrats this year.
An universal exclamation of pity and cont empt
will rise from rural Americas multtudinous small
boy at the denunciation In the London press OF the
catfish az an "uneatablc siluroid." lie knows
bettrr. He has not betaken himself with
white birch pole and a pocketful of angle-worns
IN the mlll-pond every cloudy day for nothing.
He has not "yanked pOuts' just for the love Oh
eating wet feet, nor captured bull-heads only 10
have his fingers punctured by their horns. Oh. no.
He knows perfectly we'll that fresh-water catfish
bull-hcad, pout, siluroid, or what You wlll-fried
or broiled To turn Is d6icacy that only trout
surpasscs. Engishmon may not like them. Pos
sby there are people who prefer crow to canvas
back. But when 1t comes to telling Yankee
schoolboy that a catfish is uncatable-better tell
London Alderman the same Of green-turtle.
Colonel Bob Ingersoll is wont to compare the
most bcnighted depth of coaguated ignorance
10 the ungcs of Central Africa and the State OF
delaware Tho tail end Of this comparison was
inspircd by Chief Justice Comegyss order OF court
about four years ago, restraining the Colonel from
delivering in the Wilmington Opera House what
the iudge called goddess blasphemy." Ii seems
now that the directors of tho Philadelphia Academy
Of Music have sunk into a similar state of starless
mental gloom. for they refuse their hall for the
! d" dissemination of atheism or infdoiity." The
Colonel should buy circus tent and carry It
around with HIM.
Tho projected Harlem River improvement. if ever
carried to completion, will be great gain to the
commercial advantages of this city. For that
reason it is to be hoped that some way out OF the
| nresent acknowledgements will be fonnd IL Is good
many wears ago since Congress passed bill to pro-
vide for carrying forward the work. Unfortu-
| nately the responsibility was divided with tho
| State and city, and the complications which have
| resulted threaten indefinitely to delay the work
Go far the city has expended about 100000 with
| ont accomplishing anything The Harlem River
| and the Spuyten Duyyil Creek are both tidewater
channels throughout. They are navigable streams,
over which Congress claims To hold exclusive uris-
| dicton II ought TO take charge of the work. and
nrosecute IL as an exclusively Federal undertaking.
| The work is morely to remove obstruction that
prevents tho free flow of traffic between the North
River and Long Island Sound Tho interests of
| commerce demand that such an important work
shoud DO relieved from its present complications.
|
II appears that the Canadians have not been able
| IN avoid army contract frauds even in their little
rcbellIon It is now said that the Government has
haen svindled out OF hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars and it is charged that many of the officers in
the transport service political hacks who had
| claims on the Government. and being given these
places as rewards, have been making all tn y could
| ont of them. II Is also said that the Canadian
| farmers and Others from whom supplies and stock
were bought showed very little patriotism, IN the
majority Of eases charging tho Government two or
three prices This seems to confirm tho accuracy
! of sam Sticks observation that there's deal OF
human natup III man.
The Uord In its Washington correspondence
dcnicts Secretary Bayard rs utterly broken down in
health and spirits and AS looking ten years older
than he did before the 4th of March lie is repre-
sented as a disappointed aud unhappy man; so
absentminded that he forgets a decision as soon as
IL is made and promises the same Office to different
| persons aud, finally. as possessing no executive
| ability and no capacity for managing AFFAIRS thls
| Ia the statesman who several occasions mas re-
ceived a large vote from Democratic conventions as
n candidate for tho Presidency. lie has been only
three months in tho Cabinet and yet is pronounced
| by high Democratic authority broken-down poll
| tician, disappointed unhappy, and destitute OF
| capacity. This Is the man VINO was cohsiuoIou
year ago. If not tho most available, at least tho
| ideal Democratic candidate for the highest ONCE
and now he is despised and rejected as n feeble,
absent minded politician, without wit enough TO
avoid promising the same Office to different men, Az
this rate, how long is an accidental President, VINO
| four wears ago no human being would have named
| in connection with tho Office. going to last
The question of a reform in the laws govern
ing the transfer of realty in this city was not acted