New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-09

Of tho Isthmus in the hands of French sympa-
thIzers, the plan has brought about exactly what
was least desired by the French. Tho presence OF
any body of United States troops, however small,
at the Isthmus, will prove rallying point for law
and order. Eventually this will make the Ameri-
interest the controlling 1t is possible that
our French friends have been slandered, but IL the
reports true they have far overshot their mark
The Times cordially Endorses the removal Of the
Rome postmaster the report of one inspector.
But it kicked" on the recommendation for
the removal of the New-York postmaster
on the report of five inspectors. There is
no especial point in this except the Inconsistency
of The Times All six in pectors may have been
wrong.
Just the papers in many States are
reckoning up the merits and dement's OF their
Legislatures. and trying to decide by comparison
whether they better of or worse of than their
neighbors. We regret to that there IS general
tendency to minimize the advantages OF State
Legislature aud even to deny their existence
altogether. One journal in Southwestern State,
for instance, recently had q leader on The Death
of our Fool Legislature" Tennessee paper
advises the State Soons to go home and soak their
neadS. A large nufnDer OF papers III leAds uO hot
appear to have room for anything else but
discussion of the shortcomings of the State
Legislature Then come the Kansas papers
declaring that many of the legislators who vote to
sustain prohibition in that State are confirmed
whiskey drinkers The Topeka Journal. for instance,
speaks of the drunken orgies that characterized
the closing sessions of the Prohibition Legislature"
Another paper tersely says " We may be happy yet
the Legislature has adjourned" Doubtless there is
much exaggeraton in this sort Of talk. Americans
often appear to take grim pleasure III abusing
the institutions and laws which they really consider
of inestmable value and any criticism of which,
the part of outsiders, they would resent Still,
it cannot be denied that State Legislatures often
fail to the just expectations of the people.
"Old Saddebags" ready last July to be
candidate the Presidency. He was ready this
spring to go into Cleveland's Cabinet, and now,
smiling SOFTLY he intImates that he would not
refuse seat on the Supreme Bench were II rendered
MIN. Perhaps it might be well enough Tor the
President to let tho old gentleman have the next
Indiana post Office that becomes vacant.
But little doubt row remains that Rie the Mani
toba disturber, is an extremely tough citizen. 1t
has been discovered that he used to write verses.
Having for twenty -four years had only one howl,
Turn the rpscals out" and finding none TO turn
out on their accession to power, it is not surprs-
ing that the Democrats indorse the action OF
General Black I'm the attempt to remove Miss Sweet
from the Pension Office at Chicago. But they
should be frank about it, take in the old sign and
put out this one: " Turn the women out"
That is most extraordinary request OF Mills, the
muir erer of his wife, to have his brain examined TO
go tie the question Of his sanity, which, he asserts
has not been sufficiently Investigated. ." know
there is something wrong in my bead, he is quoted
az SAYING ut the same time protesting his wiling
ness to u ldergo any operation even to the taking
off of the top of his skull Mlllss entreaty recalls 10
mind the case of the notorious Gus johnson, one OF
tho most cOld-blOoded murdeIers that ever existed
johnson began his career at seventeen. his hrst
victim being negro whom he met hiding mule IN
a .country road. and whom he shot because he
didn't get of when ordered. Cutting off his right
ear johnson put it in his pocket and
carried il for several years as trophy.
Wishing to cross a river one day he had to wait
some time for the ferryman to bring the boat from
the oppoSite side He shot the man for being slow,
and after cutting of the victims great toe threw
the body into the river johnson killed because ne
liked it, but his mother stood by bin to the last,
declaring hat he not responsible for ms acts
sic testified at his trial that when
boy Johnson was ou lhV
head with au axe; the blow opened
his skull and small portion of his brain oozed out
II could not be put back and the loss of it, she as
serted changed him from tenderhcarted boy TO
the cold -blooded murderer that he was Bnt the
Jury put no faith in her story. and johnson was
found guilty of murder and hanged.
IL that is true story which comes from Homes
dale Pennsylvania then missionaries had better
let Africa alone for while ami scatter themselves
among the backwOods of the keystone State.
There's no telling how much work they Will hnd
To do over there This story says that prisoner III
the iail at Honesdale never heard of the Saviour
until last week. when fellow prisoner broke that
bit of Gospel news TO him. There is, undoubtedly,
a possibility that the unfortunate creature is an
enigrant from some heather land but rs the story
doesn't say so. it is only natural to suppose that
he IL "A native Pennsylvania. Nobody ever
thought OF sending missionaries to Pennsylvania,
but considering the circumstance 1t seems as IL
they would re- lily have to go into the new field
The Mormons are alarmed over the probability