New-York tribune., 1885-07-21
TIE NEW MINiSTER TO ITALY


AND HIS PLANS.
Judge j. B. StAllo, of Cincinnati, the nav
Minister to Italy, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with hls
daughter. He will be joined to-day by Mrs stallo "A
expects to sail Thursday Antwerp on hls war u
Rome The Judge has married daughters one living
I'm Cleveland and In Indianap0lis son oomuletaa
the family, who just admitted to practice lav
at Cincinnati, and enters hts fathers old nrm etslIe
Kittredgc wiby .belng Transformed to Ktredge Willy
stallo by the change When A. M Kelley was here a.
the prospective Minister Italy his pile OF trunks bors
the inscription Rome. Italy," Judge stallo seems u
have improved that and In the certainty of havngs
residence In Rome has spelled the address % the
Romans do His trunks marked -. B. stallo Roma.
Italia" In chat with TRIBUNE reporter yesterday,
Judge stallo said
my time up and am anxious to get to my post -
soon as possible. There are complications betwesn
the countries, nor diplomatic questions pending. but
there is In Rome tO represent this Government
properly. Mr. Astor resigned In March. and then the
Secretary Of Legation, Mr. Pierrepont, died. Mr.
Brice, the ConsuI-Generl. who became Charge dAE
flares. has obliged to leave account Of sick
wife. There 10 nothing but amity between the twe
countries but my presence essential at the earl
est moment possible account Of this condition"
" What about Ohio politics, Judgew
81 know nothing about Ohio politics am concerned
simply In the relations between the United States and
Italy. OF know that Judge Foraker has bees
nominated for Governor. He 10 my neghbor, excel
lent gentleman, with whom differ In potcs; violent
protectonist, in which disagree with him decidedly
But that is all know about Ono politics."
"Do you anticipate liking life abrosdr
~ was bora abroad. 1 have been across tho oceas
several times since came here fortyfvs years ago. u
never seemed to that could reconcile myself to
return to Europe for permanent residence. It IL nos
that politics of the old country would disturb fos
could along without having any part IN poitcs
Nor yet that the social phases Of life would bs any.
thing but pleasant But In America 1t to me- We
have broader horizon. In speaking of 1t am 70
minded OF . remark made to by Professor Hoffman.
of Berlin. who was visiting in Cnspnati some years
ago He said 'Yon are all looking through
This always the feeling Of people who return from
Europe to America Ny daughter who Is to 90 abroad
from 1858 10 1872 She attended the Conservatory q
Iepsc. When she got home she found good many
member Of her remarks There Is uridness In
the American air and glare in the American sky
OF artistic taste The subdued tone OF European
society must NECESSARILY be more acceptable from this
this country for now thirty years and could NOT
accomnodate myself to any other condition In life With
remark abou. the departure Of Colonel Bridgeland.
o. Sa SsnsSr a. msvs
there. led Judge Stallo to say:
ters ran great risk. know dozen gentlemen in Ohio
who have gone to Europe with danShrers. who came
enss Hs sSros
"wbs,, did you last vote tue Republican ticket,
81 me last Republican vote cast was for Abraham
Lincoln. was not IN the country when Grant tho
Is72 was against Grant, and / could NOT indorss
Greeley so lost my vote entirey In 1876 1850 aud
You have been connected with local movements IN
For years there little band Of voters In
Cincinnati yariously known the Ktredge party the
Hosdly party the sao party, which acted tndepend
entity. We all lawyers IN active Practice. Our
frat procure pure Judiciary. Unfortunately
for Judiciary elected by the people sly
fortunately because they must submit the faulty
operations Of nominating conventions When the nom-
nations made up We got together aud selected the
best men of ali the tickets and made up ticket
We eItsadea this system GRADUALLY To- the legislative
skS1 ana snS% they could sst ssusy
our offices made up Oh this basis Some 200 or 500
men acting in eoncert are a great power, and our
movement grew in Importance out OF all proportion
casions to eject great changes at the pols What we
were doing to carry Civil Service reform into prac
Tsoppy Gentlemen who have ihsm
selves the country advocates OF Civil Service
lily with their cfforts They have set np ss mark the
reform the comparatively few appontive Offices in
deeper than that We elect in Cincinnati every two
years Solicitor whose case will serve as an iustra-
ilon of what mean The Office 10 not well paid. The
asprants for 1t usually the younger members
bar, and consequently the inexperienced ones BY tho
Gated by experience be OF value TO the city
But the popular idea Of rotation ia office sweeps him
The offices OF Treasurer aud Auditor are filed similarly
In all these Offices while the tenure should not be perma
ncnt 10 should be much prolonged. In nutshell the
trouble Is ts that public offices sought ana held,
not in public interest but In the individual interest
That is even true with the judicial Offices When
do better In private practice than In public position
he will rarely take legal position from the people,"
Is your local movement still In operation r.
1T is to some extent Hoadiy dropped out from it
some years ago, he became more closely identified
with the Democratic party. ktreixe and have both
become attached to the Democratic party In the same
period We indorse It's professions though all its
practices look To see reconstruction or parties some
time In the far on, either There dis
corant and warning elements In both parttes do NOS
think destruction OF parties would be good thing for
the country. But their reconstruction would be differ
ent There are no great questions now on which the
line OF denarcation between the party Is distinct
il possible We shall such qnestions and that they
viii in "a large measure cause complete reconsructiop
Of the old parties"