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New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
PAYING CIPHER ALLEY DEBTS.

Probably Mr.. Clegeland does not expect a
great deal of advice from THE TRIBUNE, but
we can give him little without charge, which
will be of considerable value to him If he acts
upon it. That he probably will not act upon it
is his misfortune, and not our fault.
If Mr.. Cleveland attempts to act as assignee
in bankruptcy for the estate of lilden, weed
and the other cOparcencrs of Cipher Alley, his
Administration is going to run out OF funds, so
to speak, at a very early date. He cannot pay
the political debts of that old concern. con-
tracted prior to its collapse in 1876 and since
with all the resources of the United States Gov
ernment If he undertakes the job, or begins to
act as if he had undertaken it, he will find he
has stirred UP d hornets sncst. The Cipher Alley
party owes great many people lncalculaDle
amounts with interest. TO some il owes Office
with interest, to some money with interest and
to a good many vndictiveness with interest.
The attempt to pay of all its grudges, If Mr..
Cleveland undertakes no more, will bankrupt
his Administration in month.
Possibly it does not occur to him, but the
| selection of Mr.. Manning for place in the Cab
met suits Mr.. Tilden's grudges perfectly, and
does not suit Mr.. Eayard. Whether Mr.. Bayard
and Mr. Manning can get on tolerably in the
same Cabinet, Mr.. Cleveland has apparently
never thought to inquire But if he will calmly
consider flom what quarter have come the OBJ
jections to Mr.. Bayard, ,.and by whom his choice
of Mr.. Manning has been particularly favored,
| he NAV perhaps get some light. Then, too, If he
| will consider who the men are who just now
have so much to say In favor of Mr.. Lamar on
the one hand, and about bis Incidence and in
capacity on the other and why it is tnat GER
tain statesmen of New England are particularly
recommended to his attention, and how it hap
pens that a selection that would be particularly
offensive to Mr.. Hendricks might be not un-
satisfactory to the candidate who ran with Mr..
Hendricks eight years ago, it will occur to him
that perhaps it would be well to have at least as
much influence with his Administration. as a
| IooI
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21

TnE sUaDAY TRIBUNE will have the p leasuTe OF lay
3ns before its readers article by the sonn-
law Of Queen Victoria the Marquis OF Lone on Canada
and her Relations to the United States" The article
will appear the late GovernorGeneraIs signature
and will attract deserved attention in both the United
States and Canada Eugene Schuyler, American Consul
has written for the Issue his reeoectons OF that
romantic figure iu the Eastern wars, Colonel Fred.
Burnaby, who made the famous ride on horseback to
Khiya and who was lately killed in battle in Egypt by
the Arabs. THE sCSDAY TRIBUNE will also contain an
interview with Mrs. Mackay. wife Of the Bonanza
Mackay relative the recent wedding OF her daughter
with Prince .Coonna. TIE SUNDAY TRIBUNE aims to
deal with the most wholesome class of subjects and to
present great variety Of excellent articles most
attractive topics An amusing sh ort completed story
club gossip reviews extracts from other papers, and
special local articles printed In addition to liberal
cable and teegraphc news much Of 1t special and OBJ
tanned at great expense.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
RTpN fRYf.C TEST

Arather good idea OF poor Colonel Burnaby's wss
that of the "FoOomcter" test. ~ he called It. by
which he sought 10 anticipate the. verdict of the
public his writings. II is said he used to submit
his proof to two or three friends who were merely
average mortals" If they were pleased, Burnaby
was satisfied. II they were not pleased, Burnaby
doctored things until his work obtained their
approval. He claimed TO writo only for the
average public. and his theory that an average
man was "a better judge of what would suit his
class than was cultured critic
a Fooomctcr" would bc about a. valuable in
newspaper olice. as a we-trained Office cat. II
would-be statesmen were To apply the "fool-
omeer" tcst before delivering their oraions. they
would not 80 severely strain the digestive organs of
The Congregational Record and the patience OF the
publlc II preachers consulted the "Foolomcter
occasionally they would not 80 often be mortified
Ly having sleepy aud idscty Congregations On
the whole. every man who seeks TO please tho
public would do we'll TO provide himself with a
Fooometer and consult It frequently.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21

dispatched General Stewards column; ana tne
advance guard never paused until it was under
the guns of the Government building in khar-
toum-too late by forty Eight hours. The leader
of this feeble band of rescuers had volunteered
q year before to conduct 500 cavalrymen rom
the sea coast to Berber and to relieve the be-
leaguered garrison. His offer was rejected
then as foolhardy. But the enterprise was not
more venturesome than the march which he
was allowed to lead across the Bayuda; and
both expeditions were in full accord with the
general policy Of the British Government, which
is to send a weak force to do the work OF
strong one and to exc out inferior numbers, I'M
perfect equipment and inadequate preparations
with the dogged intrepidity OF the rank and file
and the desperate valOr Of the commanding
nAt
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
SJANDFRING REPUBLICANS.

Never weary of vilifying prominent Republl-
cans, The Ne,- York Times takes occasion TO
utter the meanest insinuations In regard 10
MANY of them in connection with the bills pro-
vding for forfeiture of land grants to. railroads
For weeks, it has constantly implied that the
Renublican majority in the Senate was engaged
in dishonesty trying to evade a vote Oh these
measures, and was cOrruptly influenced by the
corporations interested. Now, when nearly
every Senator present votes for a particular
| measure, that paper ingcniously but meanly I'M
plies that the Republican Senators have been
| forced to that course by public opinion or by
| the terror inspired by Democratic Journals.
| This is not only dishonest and false on the part
of The Times; it is grossly unjust to large ma
ority of the Republican Senator'S, who have
consistently maintained an honorable position
| in this matter.
There are certain Journals of which The lines
appears to be one that have been hired for years
to do the work of the wreckers in Wall street,
who have been enrohing themselves by assail-
ing the property of other people. 1t has been
notorious fact for more than four years that
gambling cliques IN this city have had prior
knowledge of bills introduced at Washington
assailing important railway corporations; have
speculated heavily, and often with large profits
in the expectation that threatened legislation
would help to break down prices and have
been industrously aided in these operations by
few hired Journals in this city. Most OF the
Republican Senators have refused to aid this
rascaly business by their votes, while holding
themselves ready to act as the public interest
may require upon any case presented In the
matter of the Texas Pacific most of them have
Judged. rightly or wrongly, that proper case
for action on the part of the Government was
made out, and they therefore did not hesitate TO
do what seemed to them proper In other in
stances, ii has not appeared to them that case
on behalf of the Government had been made
ont, and they have refused to act. But whether
acting or refusing, they are vliiicd 10y The lines
all the same.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
ApARADIsE FOR CHILDREN.

Professor Gardner, of he Toxic Episcopal MISSION
Schooi-Japan has rightly been called paradise ior
children" In no other country are the young people
treated with such consideration. Two days are national
holidays for tho children. The third day Ok 'he 'Aiu
month Is the girls festival In every FANNY you VIII
and do in large numbers arranged In OF the rooms
r.sorved for this purpose These have been handed
down from ono generation to another. Every mother
presents each Of her srs with doll every time TINS
festival comes around and as tho dolls are never
destrovsd. I'm time they become quito numerous IAe
BOYS holiday Is tho nth day of the NTH month On inc
morning Of this festival the boys after passing under
the hands with clean heads and dressed
IN their bast clothes 40 to temples and offer prayer
and then start out for lark III front OF every house IN
which boy has been bern you will see paper nsl
flying In tho wind from the end OF long bamboo pole
This ars do up their hair but once year. They sleel
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
cENER1L STEW4RTS DEATH

Each of the retreating columns In the SOudan
returns without its commander General
Stewart, like General Earle, has fallen victim
to the English policy of overtaxing the re-
sources of a small standing army There is no
other military force in the world that is so con
stantly and so actively employed. The re-
sponsibilties of the Empire are vast sudden
emergencies arise in quick succession; and the
regular army is subjected to prolonged strain
of arduous service in every quarter Of the
globe. Whenever an expedition is organized a
small column is sent to do the work of q large
force and in order that success may be
achieved the officers are compelled to expose
themselves rccklessly and the staff to have re-
course to hazardous cxpedents and campaigns
of adventure. General Wolseley's army when it
arrived at KOrti was slender force to under
take the relief of KhartOum; but small as it
was, column comprising one-hfth of the total
fighting strength was detached and sent across
the desert In the face of horde of fanatcal
warriors and another column with less than
one-half of the remaining force was ordered to
follow the river and storm the heights of Brit.
The columns were too weak to do the work
assigned to them without eyerting themselves
to the utmost ana fairly iightlng Tor their lives.
What could General Earle and his officers do
but lead the desperate charge upon the enemy's
intrenchments 7 What resource was there in
reserve for General Stewart but reckless ex-
posure to the chances of warf
General Wolseley has been criticised for
dividing his force and flinging his flying column
across the Bayuda desert. What else could he
do when he learned upon his arrival at Korti
that General Gordon was in extreme peril On
December ii this melancholy warning came
from KhartOum: Farewell. You will never
hear from me again. l fear that there will be
treachery in the garrison, and all will be over
by Christmas" 1t was this message that deter
mined the dash across the desert to Metemneh.
General Gordon had felt the first forebOding OF
the end that was awaiting him. General
Wolseley, acting under the pressure Of necessity.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
TIE REF0RNERS 4T WoRK.

Hubert o. Thompson is apparently already
looking ont for his confirmation for some place
under Mr.. Cleveland. The telegraph reports
him as sending cipher dispatches to Democrats
in Oregon directing them how 10 vote on the
question of elcctng United States Senator.
Having heard of the Grand Jury sarraignment of
Thompson for serious irregularities in the ad-
ministration of the Public Works Department,
and knowing something OF the large loss
suffered by the city through his 5000 orders and
unbalanced bid contracts, the Oregon legislators
were probably able Mt least to tell who IL was
that sent the dispatch. Thomp-on exccls his
predecessor Tweed in more ways than one-par-
ticularly in his low estimate Of public morals.
With Dan" Manning, Smith Weed Thomp-
con. Barnum and such men rs advisers, Glove
land will no doubt become Il greater Icformcr
than ever. They seem To hare laid their plans
50 deep as already to have cipher codes dis
trbuted as far as Oregon. They will probably
not repeat the mistake of their former patron.
the Democratic rcforncr who went into the
cipher business in Oregon and delayed too long
the nccdful supply of Copenhagen" 1homp-
son and Manning have been engaged in oing
the wheels of the machine too many years TO
neglect matter so important IN their eyes.
Without "greaseh these rciormers would
poriah
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21

with curved blocks Of wood under the neck which At tn
neck nicely that the ooied hair Is not disturbed They
dressed exactly like their mothers soon thsv
are able to walk and are treated like little women
NEEDS OF THE HOME MISSION FIELD.
The Rev. DR.. ~ o. Roberts, secretary Of the Presbyeas
Board Of Home Mssions-Our mission field Is snlsrgins
very rapidly. The demands were never moro urgent
nor have the prospects been brighter than now We
need at least $50 this spring to meet all the d.
mand for workers, and at least $75OOOO We must
ceive the s650OO0, recommended by the last Genera
Assembly II close this year In April without debt
SEWERAGE AT CONEY IsLAND.
Colonel John Y. Culyer, chief engineer Of Prospes
Pak-For number Of years have urged the considers
alton Of important question Of sewerage at Coney
Island considerable part Of the isand-say east q
Bauers including the property Of the Prospect Park
Railroad Company the Coneourse the Brighton Hotel and
Railroad and the Manhattan Beach Companys grounds
is toeraby free from objections but suitably BUN
community sewer would be Of advantage All west q
Concourse except Mr. Culvers property open 70
severe condemnation. Tho Gravesend people have bin
now before the Legislature in which the best interests Of
the island and especially the large interests represented
by the Brooklyn Park Commissioners. have not been
consulted 1t should be allowed to pass but think
we shall he able to prepare proper substitute ana ~
meet necessities that vital to the island The blu
sell the ConcOurse is not likely to pass
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
4 SIGNIFICANT FACT

In these days of industrial depression, it is
especially satisfactory to note that some of the
cotton mills have been doing very successful
business. The reports of the .Bddciord Mills
are especially satisfactory 1t is stated that
they turn out about 100000 pounds OF
cotton goods, and that more than half of their
product is sold In foreign markets, having
secured such "a reputation. by stoadfast honesty
OF tho manufacturers that the goods command
higher price than any ,other i'll the markets
where they arc known.
This little circumstance, which will be passed
by many as an exceptional incident, not doserv-
ing serious attention, is In reality conclusive
reply to the most frequent argument of free
traders and so-called tariff reformers. When
pressed in discussion, these people always fall
back upon the claim that American manu-
facturers are crippled in competition in the
markets Of the world by the extraordinary and
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
ye CIErrLAyUS TROUBLE.

Tho following observations in The Sun indicate
that Mr. Cleveland has rough weather ahead. and
that storm signals ought to be displayed along his
route:
II MIR Cleveland attempts conduct his Rdministra-
ton without duo regard " the Wishes and the IDEAS o
tho Democratic party. he viii MAKE shlp"rccs OF
IT, Ihe only President who has hitherto Hade a
positive aud determined e1Ort Ia break over the party
traces John lyer and We DO not believe that the
most enthusiastic ndmer oi bis courage can ina IN me
succcss he met with anything 20 encourage repetition
OF the experiment. This Tennessee Congressman re
port. Mr. Cleveland seyns that the Demoerat.o party
o opinion OF Mr. Cleveland. the Democracy NIL un-
deceive him NJ early day, and probably With degree
of enrnrstne,s that may not be altogether pleasant
Al this because In conversation with IL tennessee
Congressman, 1t is said. Mr. Cleveland expressed
the opinion that it would be- necessary to consult
tho feelings of the Civil Service ref0rmers III regard
10 the number of removals from office.
There is not much reason TO borrow trouble about
thl, matter New Lroons sweep clean. Many
President enters Office with lofty notion that he Is
finds that In order 10 get anything that he wants,
he must fall into line and obey the will OF his
marty. When Mr. Cleveland reaches Washington.
ne will discover that his administration can bo
s,ycd from speedy disgrace only by prompt action
of Congress on some important questions. lie Will
fry TO get tho Democratic majority TO agree with
him and will succeed more or less very much IN
nronortion TO his own willingness to agree with the
n,mocratlc majority. II he tIios TO be a" mug
u,,n - he will soon find that hc has little
influence with his administration. II ho tries to be
a democratic leader, he will soon lind that his party
wants no Republicans in office.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
THE NEVS THIS MORNING.

Topr1cy.-Sir Redvers Buffers force is reported
+o he surrounded by the Mahdi's forces at Abu
KIea Wells. - The reserves and militia OF Eng
land were ordered to prepare in view OF the ah'ci
mated conflict in the Soudan. 60 Many pleceS Vi
artillery were captured by the French IN DonSong.
- The body of General Stewart Is TO be Durled
in Epyot. - The German Reichstag amended
the tariff law.
CONGrEss.-In the Senate tho Agricultural Ap-
propriation bill was passed and the Post once Ap-
5ronriation bill was discussed. - The House
had under consideration the River and Harbor aud
Naval Appropriation bills
DoNrsrIC.-'The striking miners in the Hooking
Valley are running short of money. - INC CON
ic+ labor uuestlon was discussed IN the Assembly,
at Albany. "A report adverse to the cohouct
of several Nev-York Judges was adopted by 'he
Senate at Albany. 60 An unusual NUMBER VI
railway accidents were reported from various parts
of the country.
CITY AND SUBURBAS.-A reception TO senator
elect Eyarts by Yale alumni 60 Harmony at
the Opera House - Fisk & Hatch to retire
from business - Marvius Safe Works burned
loss $3.50 900. 80 Strike of carpet weavers al
Yonkers. 60 Tariff discussion between General
stewart /. Woodford and Professor w. G Sumner
in BrookIyp. -- Gold value of the legal-tendei
silver dollar 4121a grains). S2.O4 cents. -
Stocks opened strong and advanced. Dut ia'ei
declined sharply and closed weak.
THE WEATHER. -TRIBUSE local observations in
dicate fair weather, slightly modcratlng lem
pe1aturc yesterday. highest l6'; lowest o "''
erage -. y.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
eprcT,IATING IN PETROLEUM.

" L,,ris secretary Ne,o- York Petroleum Exchange
and StocL goard-The Exchange has been unusually
successful during the past year our greatest drawback
now is the narrowness of our quarters We ought to
have new building and steps TO that end are now being
,.Ler with new building the membership limit 1000
,,ould bo reached within II year We now have lOO4
members The constitution provides that all money re-
,vcd for the sale OF memberships shall be applied to
,ho huulue fund The seats are worth about $500
each when the membership reaches LOO no seats Will
he sold under 900. Experience has shown that men
are more willing to put their money into an exchange
having some real behind II. The cearances OF
u.troeum FOR the year ending on November 80 1851,
amounted to 2.G00 100000 barrels. an average of $780,
ooo barrels for each business day.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21

Mr. nusted's bill now before the Legislature to
amend the code Of criminal procedure relative to
insane defendants deserves careful considerations
Among other things it provides that when aperson
a aronitted of murder Oh the ground of insanity
that ct shall be stated by the jury, and the court
shall order such person to be committed to State
l,,atic ASYLUM during his natural life The Gov
crnor is given the power to discharge such person
when he is satisfied that it may be done without
danger TO Others. This provissg is seemnglyEa
wise amendment to the code II would perhaps put
an end to tho plea of emotional insanity
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21

artificial increase in the cost OF production IN
this country which the tariff causes. Inc
manufacture, ee-traders say, is so developed
that it can produce q far greater quantity OF
goods than the home market can take, ana
unless O foreign market can be found fOr inc
surplus the manufacture must be strangied'
But a foreign market cannot be found for the
surplus, it .is alleged, only because the cost OF
production in this country is artiticlally en-
HANGED by the tariff.
The manufacturers of Biddeford, and others
who are doing an equally successful business,
find the cost of production enhanced for them
as much as for anybody else. IL anybody Is
embarrassed in competition in foreign markets
by the indirect effects of duties at home, they
are so embarrassed But it is true OF them, and
not of them only, that in spite of the higher
wages paid to American labOrers, they are able
to undersell all foreign manufacturers in foreign
markets, thus proving cOnclusvely that the pre-
tended disadvantages resulting from the tarlff
are not real, sOr il to any extent real, are not
sufficiently important to affect the success OF the
manufacture. 1t is only few days since a
prominent cotton manufacturer said I" send
goods constantly to be sold in Manchester and
ain other English markets, and for myself do
9not care pinch of snuff whether we have a
atariff or Eot, except that the protective
System gives better labor, more contented
"labOr, more intelligent labor, and there
"fore far moro efficient labor, than can be
"Obtained without it. In that respect It's bcne-
I" fits to me are greater than can calculate, and
"they far outweigh all its disadvantages. With
"such labor as we can get and keep under the
"protcctive system we can compete successfully
with the whole world, if we are only content to
abe strictly honest in manufacture, and to
"consult intelligcntly the wants and tastes of
@thc consumers whose custom we seek" That
is just what the Bddeford manufacturers have
been doing, and their marked success shows
that they find their reward.
This is but one of many proofs that home in
dustries are deprived of foreign markets, not by
the cost of production which the tariff involves,
but by the innumerabe embarrassments which
the stingy and blundering policy of the Govern
ment in respect to foreign mails and foreign
diplomatic and consular service inevitably
produces. The bowling of Democratic dema-
gogucs about subsidies does infinitely more
harm than the tariff which they assail-and no
good whatever.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
npnrc1NG TIE TIME OF cABLE MESSAGES.

4. j. Locke, Of tie 4ngiO-Americm cable Company
We hnvo reduced the Tor cabling to London 10 the
minimum. Although 1t has to be repeated at Naiehua
ordinary message ready for delivery the oanks OF
,h rhmea from thirty seconds to minute and half
,.r I'm, New York operator has begun sending It, The
answer is received quickly. The repeating on the
irish ooast Is done by two operators ut adjoining desES
who respectively write down and dispatch each word the
instant Il is received should there be rush, third
o,n 4, ready TO take OF the extra work. Time Is
practically annihated. We have cabled over ana re-
ceyed answers promptly that people were iolh 10 pe
,oyo t..p penuIne Has tho Bennett Mackay eOmpeti-
zion affected our business Not in tho least On tho
other hnnd we do moro work than before.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-21
amussmenls Co. Might.

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