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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

Christmas. Either the question OF govern
mental expenses was too difficult Tor NIX nsn-
dali and his fellow commissioner o, tn.s
would not do what they could to solve N'
Neither alternative is to their credit. YET 'hes
want to saddle on the Republicans the RESPONSE
bility for the painful prospect Oh AL 'AA'
session
A terrible load of responsibility rests upon
the managers of the AlmshOnse at Wes' III"
delphia which was burned last night. Inc III
stitution was badly managed in the days wneh
Phipps stole the roof off it, and his conVic'ioh
and punishment seem to have effected no Ie-
form. The loss of life is directly due 10 elo
lack of fire escapes and the faulty construction
of the building. for which there is no excuse
The advising physicians only short tilhe
ago informed the Guardians of the Poor that
some disaster like this would happen unless
certain changes were made, but they weio
laughed to scorn. The doctors predictions nave
now become frightful facts. and 1t Will DC us
grace to Philadelphia if the men Responsible
for the calamity are not properly punished
The scheme recently put into operation oy
CORPORATION Counsel Lacombe, to proViue
means of defence to fraudulent negligence
cases against the city. seems already 10 NC
! bearing good fruit. BY cooperation WIN .'ie
Police Department, information or all the ue-
tails of accidents that happen in the city stree,s
is Immediately given to the Law Department
These data are carefully filed. and II suits Ior
damages grow out of the accidents, even though
years afterward, the proofs are at hand to snow
the exact facts. The usefulness OF the system
was demonstrated in q suit concluded yester-
day before Judge Freedman, which was
brought to recover $4,000 damages. Inc
CORPORATION Counsel was able to furnish PROOF
that the big hole in the sidewalk into whlch
the plaintiff said he fell had no substantial ex-
istence. and the jury returned verdict Tor tine
city without moments hesitation.
If the Crescent City Exposition prove to be
an utter failure financially, the Nation may
profit something by it after all. 1t has not at
tracted immense crowds from the North yet
many hundred intelligent men have visited
New Orleans, and not only examined the ex-
hibits at the Fair, but also the methods OF the
civ and State Government. The shrewd poll
ticians who have hoodwinked good many
Northern visitors heretofore cannot handie al
that come now, and the outrageous abuses wh'eh
have long existed there are becoming thor
oughly understood. The visitor returning
home will carry with him the information that
the courts In Louisiana are utterly corrupt anu
that the governing rings are composed OF muir
derers and thieves whose political crimes are
among the least they have been guilty OF. Ihis
will be likely to rouse public sentiment In the
North to so high pitch that the South IN time
may feel the good effects of it. In that case
the Fair will not have been failure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13
RADLY TANGLED.

The bad temper which prevails in the House
appears to be due to combination of causes.
First, the friends of the Bankruptcy bill were
greatly disappointed because that measure was
defeated, and defeated, too, they say, by the
sheer stupidity of the majority. They openly
threaten to retaliate, and TO defeat the passage
of appropriation bills, If necessary by filbuster-
ing, unless their favorite measure can be passed
Same of them are active and capable, aud it does
not REQUIRE a great number of mon to cause in
definite delay under the rules of the House.
Next come the river and harbor jobbers. After
occupying the House for week, they are dis
pusted because their measure has not prevailed.
Mr.. Rapdalls demand that time should be given
to the consideration of the appropriation bills
they resent as hostility to the river and harbor
lob. Some of them also threaten to defeat APP
preparation bills by way of vengeance, unless
heir pet schemes are permitted to succeed.
This is Democratic House, and it rests with
the Democrats to arrange matters as best they
can. They deliberately wasted the months OF
December and January, just as they wasted
more than six months during the last session,
and now they are getting into hopeless snarl
because of their own Incompetence. They
cannot even agree about what they want.
Some are anxious to have Congress in session as
soon as possible after Mr.. Cleveland takes his
seat, while Others think that would be great
calamity. What Mr.. Cleveland himself wants
no one seems to know. And it is not very clear
that the action of his party in the House would
be much Influenced, if members did know
what he wanted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

imperiling thereby the safety OF every garrison
in the country. These were the reoeis' VIM
were shot down and sabred by the Thousand ny
troops that had undertaken too late INC fescu0
of Sinkat and Tokar.
And whose Is the crime nOw.f Sulelman anu
his tribe treacherousy murdered Coionei
Stewards force after it had bOmbarded Shendy
and Berber and now General Earles column Is
Strengthening the Soudanese of that district ana
will 60 on in its sanguinary course, wreakins
vengeance upon thousands who had no part III u.
that cowardly crime. Then General 'oraon' IL
we arc to believe Colonel Wilson's recital. was
assassinated by one of his own men and the
hostile forces were admitted into hhartoum
through the treachery of his own commanders;
and, moreover, if the steamers from Guoat hau
arrived twenty four hours earlier there wouid
have been neither assassination nor massacre.
Nevertheless, the rebels must be punished for
the DELAY of the rescuers and for the treachery
of General Gordon's own men. The poor people
of the SOudan must pay the penalty untu the
deserts are reeking with the bloodshed oil a
dozen or more Abu-Kleas. The campaign OF
vengeance must go on until khartoum Is re-
captured. An army of twenty Thousand men
must have some employment if sent to the Nile;
and what is there to do now except to slaughter
the Soudanese7 1t is too late to rescue Cen
eral Gordon, and the garrison of Khartoum has
been wiped out. 1t lis too late to do anything
but take vengeance.
Whose is the crime7 The British Govern
ment islands condemned before the world OF a
fatal incapacity for accepting the consequences
of its own acts in Egypt, and OF irresolutlon,
vacillation and belated activity in the Soudan.
From the bombardmcnt of Alexandria English
rule has been blight upon the fortunes OF all
the Nile countries. The responsibilities OF con-
quest have been Systematically evaded. Egypt
has not been ruled as an English province; the
Khedive's SOudan empire WAS first ignored and
then abandoned, and now it is to be reconquered
for the sake of vengeance. The soldiers have
done their duty. Never have English armies
shown greater gallantry than General Graham's
force on the seaboard, or General Stewards
column at Abu-Klea, or the lamented General
Earle's brigade in this last splendid assault
upon Brit The statesmen alone are respon-
sble for this barren campaign of vengeance and
useless bloodshed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13
New9lprk Dailp Gribn'rs
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, FEB. IL.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRrIGN-General Brackenbury made an oinclai
report of the manner of General Eare's death no
eerious conflict is anticipated now until berper Is
reached by British troops. - The french lorces
I'm Tonouin met with obstinate resistance IN 'he
march to Langson Admiral Courbet instructed 10
intercept vessels with war material - MISS
Mackay was married in Paris.
CoNGRRss-The House in afternoon and evening.
sessions discussed the Post Office Appropriation Dill
- Tn the Senate the Army Appropriation bill
and the bill repeating the presumption ana umoer
culture laws were passed
DoMrsrIc.-Fire in a Philadelphia almshouse
caused the death of 16 persons. - The amend
msnts TO the Civil Service Reform Law discussed
before the Assembly Judiciary Committee at Al
bany. 60 Governor Albeit sent his first veto to
The New. Jersey Legislature a machinist at
Cohoes. New-York had his right arm torn from its
socket. 80 Davenport, Iowa. Is to have crema-
forum. "A merchant at Ovid New-York, cut
his throat because his property was burned. -
Rockwelps testimony closed in the Wainwright
case 80 Heavy snow-storms are reported In the
South, - Five men were suffocated with sewer
aas IN Chicago. - The Texans and Mexicans
held council for a cessation of bostilities. -
A woman was buried alive IN West Virginia.
CITY AND SUBURBAN. - Accounts of rough
weather at sea brought by all incoming vessels
- proposiflon 10 umte TWO e"ii' "o''''
tons 60 bill to prevent political assessments
ON judges approved by the Union League Ciuo'
= The 7th Regiment reviewed by Governor
Hill. - Captain Ryan suspended for twenty
DAVIS - Explosion Of an oil tank at Bayonne,
Nj. Lectures by Drs. Phillips Brooks and
John r. Paxton. - Geld value of the legal
tender silver dollar (412le gralns s291 cents =
Stocks less active, with frequent fluctuations
tended toward lower sales and closed unsettled
TINE WEATHKR.-TRIBUNE local observations IN
dictate slightly warmer, cloudy weather and light
snow OF rain. Temperature yesterday: highest
90; lowest. so; average. 1852.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

that method of indeterminate sentences WHICH
we have thus far refused to employ in the case
Of the most incorrigble law-breakels. Inc
prisoner for debt is practically life prisoner
under the present law. There are men no" III
prison for debt whose stories, II plainly toia'
would read like narratives from the Mlddie
Ages. Because they owed what they could not
pay these men have been kept in Jail for years
their lives have been ruined their homes have
been broken ND their wives and children have
been deprived of the means of living; and they
themselves have suffered the prolonged mentai
torture of hope deferred until their mteiiecIs
have been shaken by the strain.
That community of freemen should so long
have tolerated this mOnstrous practice Is
sufficiently disgraceful. That there should DO
any attempt to maintain it now is amazing.
Imprisonment for debt is worse than an an
ochronism. 1t is an outrage. Tie Western
States long ago showed more enlightenment
than New York on this head, for they refused
to put any such law on their statute books. vi
course it is not in the interest OF the creditor.
The man who is locked up cannot earn money,
and therefore cannot pay his debt. special
absurdity of our system is that the public are
compelled to support the debtor PRISONERS
moreover. Any malicious creditor can put TINS
burden on the community, and once imposed
there is positively no natural termination TO the
imprisOnment. In shOrt, moro thoroughly
barbarous, unciviized, inhumane and irrational
procedure cannot be pointed out
The Legislature ought to abolish the dis
creditable practice absolutely and altogether.
Orders of arrest should be done away with.
Experience proves their futility, and 1t Is time
New-Y0rk rose to the level of contemporary
civilization IN this respect. SO long as men can
be arrested on civil process and confined fol-
years, and in fact indefinitely, for debt we can
not, with any truth boast that our practice is
much in advance of that Of Russia, nor can we
pretend that democratic institutions have
secured the Just liberty of the citizen any better
than it is secured under absolutist governments
We trust this blot npOn our statute book Will
be removed during the present session.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13
NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR OWN TORK

NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR OWN UORh.
A Washington dispatch states that "a belief
has taken firm root, and is spreading rapidly,
@that Mr.. Cleveland will be run by the New
q York gang" which excitcs intense hostility
among other Democrats. But why should there
be any surprise Long ago it was pointed out
by THE TRIBUNE that Mr.. Cleveland would
necessarily be to q great extent under the infiu-
ence of his New-Yorl associates and crones.
Whether be makes a chIm Cabinet or not, it
is at any rate certain that he will be greatly
influenced by tho men whose personal
appreciation and aid have brought him to his
present position. Democratic statesmen from
other parts of the country are naturally ex-
pected to be looking out for themselves, or con-
irving to secure the advancement OF their
friends. But the individuals who are disre-
spectfully mentioned as = the New York gang "
will not aspire to the Presidency themselves.
and IL they can manage Mr. Cleveland, are
quite sure not to desire the election OF anybody
else To be his successor. Thus there is n COM
rnunity OF interest. Mr.. Cleveland wants the
gang" and the gang" wants Mr.. Cleveland.
As this was inevitable. and as clearly pointed
ont during the campaign as the certain result
of selecting man like Mr.. Cleveland, the lead
ing Democrats have no business tn be Disguised.
They chose to elect him. Ii is true they did not
know anything about him, and did not try to
know. and rejoiced with exceeding joy because
nobody quite knew what sort of man he was.
But this tLey knew that his crones from New
York would be likely To have more influence
with him than anybody else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

Gubat, the present centre of British military
operations in the Soudan is q village of 100 houses
and about 700 inhabitants. 1t is surrounded with
vegetable gardens which supply tho markets OF
Sbepdy. of which town Gubat is virtually suburb.
although situated the other side of the Nile. 1t
contains, also, tho cemetery where were buried
some of the most famous saints and chieftains OF
shendy fact which makes the village sacred in
the esteem of the entire Mahometan world. and
will render its occupation by the British peculiarly
irritating 10 FL Mahdi.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

II is a singular coincidence that just as the Demo-
cratic party is coming into power. with the silver
ouestion staring it in the face, the Democratic"
Legislature of Ohio has voted to place in the State
House statue of the late Governor William Allen
who pronounced the hard money theory :" a blanked
barren deality."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

University Of st. Petersburg Ho was formerly wa
chancellor OF the University OF Kied Hs new rosifon
u the highest Of the kind In Russia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13
omus,menis &C. Might.

Auvp,cay INsrrTUrE-Rollcr skatnS
R,yon tPhRl HOUSES" AdoniS
1AsTSo-s-"Apajune"
Sosnn'T nm .TpY-s-. The Recruiting OlnceE ,a
la, s,,I,sEF"Wax works. Hungarian Glpsy bau'
sp.Sp ErER. HoUsn-s-salisburys Ironpaaop r,xate
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE - s'"o "'
Secretary" -, xy,ar Calor Exhibition.
N,n.o'e {;ARDEN-s-" May Blossom
fTIP IREATRp-S-" Richeiieu. .y
erSSDARp THEATRE" Trip to AFRICA.
Tr,.rIs Tup ITRk--s-" Kabale und l1epe. for life
i,~nas snuARE THEATRE = 50 Prisoner ior AA''
W.IIacK's TnEATRE--s-" Victor Duranu;;
1aTp STREET IHEkIRK--s-" Ihe MasvvW''
BIN Avenue TnEATRE-s-Edwln boo.n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

The union of the two newly-formed Protec-
tive associations into one society, called the
National Protective Tariff League, seems likely
to be brought about. 1t is highly desirable that
it should be- The two organizations would not
net essarily be rivals, but they can work to-
Cether to greater advantage than apart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

National Protective Tariff League, seems likely
to be brought about 1t is highly desirable that
it should be- The two organizations would not
necessarily be rivals, but they can work to-
gether to greater advantage than apart.
Official confirmation of the death of General
Gordon is still lacking and there seems to be
a DISPOSITION ON the part of the English Gov
eminent to encourage the hope that he is alive.
The Ministers do not admit that he is dead, and
General Wolseley telegraphs that the report Is
founded on rumOr only. 1t is popular theory
that the Government are trying to deceive the
English people. That seemed likely enough at
first but there is no reason why they should
keep up a deception of this kind so long.
Much interest will centre for some days about
the investigations of the Senate committee
into the grievances of the gas consumers of this
city. The excessive charges of the consolidated
companies, the ridiculous farce of reducing
prices, and the freaks of the meters, have been
the subject of much amusing talk and COM
ment; but they really form great imposition
on the public, and we look to the Senate COM
mittee to find out just where the responsibility
lies. and to make it anything but laughing
matter.
It ia a popular theory that the discovery of
dynamite and other high explosives will sim
plify the art of war; as the discovery OF gun
powder has done. That is about all anybody
has been able to say in its behalf and now
that excuse for it's existence is in fair way to
be of no avail. According to paper read yes
terday by General Abbott, at Governors Island,
1t is impracticable to use dynamite in shells. A
1OO-ton gun could fire seventy-fve pounds OF
the explOsive-that is, If shells filed with it
can be fired at all-and yet about 1000 pounds
of dynamite would be required to pierce the
armOr of the strongest ship of war.
British valor has again triumphed over the
crude courage Of barbarous tribes. The battle
with the Monassir tribesmen. who murdered
Colonel Stewards party, was brilliant charge
upon strongly fortified camp. the lOop-hOled
breastworks being taken at the point of the
bayonet. The enemy's forces were surrounded
and disastrously defeated. The victory was
complete. but was won at high cost General
Earle being among the slain. The scene of the
battle Ia less than two thirds of the distance
between Korti and Abu Ahmed. The column
ia now about $50 miles from Berber 6y the
river route, and cannot be expected to react
that point within month.
The Appropriation Committee of the House
ID catching it on all sides, and has not an eflec.
tive word to say in its own defence. Indeed, all
that is said in excuse of its failure to bring for
ward the appropriation bills promptly, con.
demns 1t. The work IL no more complicated
now than in former years when Republican
committees have had their measures ready BY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

tbs Tho Albany Argus that gravoly informs its
readers that " the workingmen of the State have
already given the Democrats the credit for the abo'
ltion of the prison contract system" The work.
inamsn of the State have done nothing OF the KIND
for the simple reason that they are not FOOLS. The
workingmen of the State know That the Democrats
had control of both branches of the Legislature In
1883. and that instead of aboIishng the convict
contract system, they ran away from the question,
Sinking their own responsibility. and resorted to
the cheap dodge of referring the matter to the pop
ular vote. The Argus can make nothing by insult
np the Intelligence of the workingmen of the State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

Mir. Cleveland "denigesit," and now the ques-
ton arises. what is to be thought Of that dstin-
guished Senator who declared that " he had seen
the letter" from Mr.. Cleveland to Senator Bayard,
formally inviting him to become Secretary OF
Statef He must know what letters he has seen,
and Mr.. Cleveland must know what letters he has
written. and there would seem to bo opportunity
for some unpeasantness Unless, indeed, the trouble
is all with tho free-trade organ which SOL
EMMY reported both tho statement of tho distin-
guished Senator and the denial Of Mr. Cleveland.
sion about tho business On very excellent author
ty 1t has been affirmed that Mr. Cleveland has had
some communication with Senator Bayard on the
subject. The curious conflict Of evidence suggests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

Kansas wants the rest of tho States to understand
that she did not ratfy the Constitutional amend
ments growing out Of the war to have them nsuited
by any representative Of hers The next time the
Hon. Frank Bacon wishes to do honor to Jeff Davis
he would better pause a while and ponder on the
TEMPER Of tho people Of Kansas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

Eptaph for tho XLVlIIth Congress: "NOthini
in It's life became 1t like the leaving it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

Along with the painful news that mouse
Jumped suddenly into eats threat and choked 1t
TO death comes the alarming intelligence that MI.
Cleveland has been visited by Mr.. Randall and Mr.
Carlisle with reference to his inaugural address
which he is buslly preparing. We connect these
facts so that the feline attache Of our neigAbor,
The un. may have no reason to complain OF not
having bsen forewarned should he soon meet with
q sls,ilar disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-13

An effort is being made at Albany to get reform
bills passed making tho Clerk and Register OF
Kings County salaried officials. Tho same reasons
exist for the proposed change in Brooklyn as ID
New-York There ought TO be no delay in passing
the bills. The law making the change in New
York will take effect when the terms of the pres
ont incumpents expire. Candidates will not here
after contribute $2j 900 each to the Democratic
campaign fund. Brooklyn Is entitlsd TO the benefit
of this salutary reform.
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