New-York tribune., 1885-09-21

The officers of the Aurania, which ran lnto
or was run into by, the Republic, have been
heard from sooner than was expected. lhey
sent a note back by the pilot saying that the
collision was all the Republics fault; that the
Cunarder had the right of way that she claimed
it by whistllng, but that the Republic did not
respond. Fortunately this a case in which the
services of coroner are not needed. Ii Is a
question of damages for lawyers, judges and
iuries to settle but the reputation OF neither
steamship company is helped by the perform
ance.
Endowment for men of ample leisure aud
Anglo maniac tendencies will begin on Staten
Island to-day. When it will end would be
hard to say. We refer, of course, to the game OF
cricket between the visiting Engishmen and
team made up of players from the best clubs IN
this vicinity. The chances, of course, are IN
favor of the Engishmen, who have played
much together but in view of the draw game
several weeks ago on the same grounds, and the
mare recent victory of the Philadelphians,
we are persuaded to hope that as the game
draws toward close at the end of this week
the home clubs will be considerably in the lead.
It looks as if the baseball contest would be
fought out squarely to the end. The arrange
ment between the Detroit and the Buffalo clubs,
by which the strongest players were to be
transferred to the Detroit niue in order to de-
feat New York. appears to have fallen throIgn.
At least the new men did not play in the game
on Saturday and the New Workers did not have
to protest against their presence The public
would certainly have upheld them in such Il
course under the circumstances. AS the case
stands, baseball men still hope to see the cham
pionship pennant kept in the East. The New
Yorkers are a plucky crowd and they will not
give up as beaten until the last game is played.
1t is said that the attention of the President
will be Officially" called to the Sterling Bacon
matter by the Civil Service Reform Association
although one might naturally think that MIR.
Cleveland's attention would be attracted by
the commotion the scandal has caused without
any "official" assistance. Still, we hope that
this official performance will do some good
in behalf of decent government, and that the
President will re FRAN from reminding the pro-
fessional Civil Service Reformers of their latest
decaration-to wit, that it would not be con-
trary to the true spirit of Reform to turn out
half the Republican Office holders to give the
Democrats show.
There is a pleasing contrast between the dis
position in which the Republican delegates
from this city go TO Saratoga and that of the
Democrats. The former are uninstructed whom
to vote for as Governor. They will select the
man whom conference shows to be most ac.
ceptable to the party at large. They say so
and what is more to The point, their actions
bear out their words. The Democrats, on the
contrary, go nominally unpledged, but under
the direction largely of Hubert o. Thomp-
son. To suggest that they will be allowed any
liberty OF action under such circumsi ances,
therefore. would be ridiculous. They may vote
for Cooper Hill, or they may not; but one
thing is certain--they will vote as they are told
This obedent disposition on their part is COM
mended to the attention of thoNe Independent
voters who hold that all virtue and honesty
have left the Republican party, and at present
are perched on the Democratic banners.
The advent of the sloop Puritan into the
yachting world has left the question of cutter
versus sloop just where it was at the begin
ming of the cutter craze four years ago. Since
1881 the cutters had been demonstrating theii
superiority over the American centreboard
sioops, and there was large and growing
sentiment in favor of the deep vessel among
the most intelligent of American yachtsmen
Suddenly there appears the Puritan, and the
fact rs demonstrated that it is possible to
build centreboard sloop which is much faster
In light weather, aud considerably faster il
heavy weather, than the best al-round cutter
OF England. The Puritan has indeed been a
revelation to the advocates Of the cutter ant
has proved herself the boat which the ANAL