New-York tribune., 1885-02-20
Mrs Lowell has been for many years great IN

Mrs. Lowell has been for many years great IN
vahd and this fact wherever it was known, was al
WAYS sufficient ex PLANTATION of her husbands quiet
life in London and in Madrid When he was trans
ferred from one capital to tue other, she was now
ering between life and death and 1t was many
weeks before he could enter upon his ohclai uules
at the Court of ST. James Her health subsequently
improved but was never anything but delicate. In
the sad bereavement that has now befailen MN
Sir Lowell will have the sympathy of Americans al
home and abroad as well as OF a large circle ol
English friends and admirers.
An intimate friend of Mr. Daniel Manning has
noured into tic credulous eaI of an Albany corre-
spondent his serious doubt lest the machine boss
cannot be Induced to accept a Cabinet position
We are not authorized to make any promises ior
Mr. Manning but it i'll do no harm to suggest to
Mr. Cleveland the danger of making any ohers
based on the theory of their being refused
draft of q proposed extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States is reported 10
have been submitted to the Dominion Government
al Ottawa. II would be an unusual proceeding on
the part of the British Government to send pro-
posals of this nature to colonial administration
for revision and certainly the copy conld not have
been forwarded by the State Department at Wash
lURfOn. we 0OuDt WutlueI any ucpcuucuSo - y"
be placed upon the schedule of crimes gwen as the
result of international consultations. The list IN
cludes embezzlement, crimes by bankrupts against
the bankruptcy law and fraud by a banker, agent,
factor trustee or director, or member or pubic
officer of any company. An eXtradltion treaty
covering this class OF offences of the pressing
needs of the country. That it has not yet been
negotiated is evident from the careless phrasing OF
this schedule.
Wordsworth in one of his noble sonnets
lamentcd the decadence of "plain living and high
thinkipe." Thackeray reversed thisa and commended
plain thinking and high living. Now Matthew
Arnold takes the floor and regrets the absence in
England of what he thinks is abundant IN America
straight thinking and clear seeing. Thus the
word moves
Mr.. Cleveland has evidently adopted the motto
"Speech is silyern but silence is golden" But lie
should not forget the adage that man who says
nothing on first acquaintance Is to be set down as
cautious the man who remains silent at a second
meeting as wise but the man who Is still unable TO
talk on IA third meeting is to be set down as fool
While reticence is often pralseworthy quality,
there is also time to speak, aud 1t appears to be
almost time for Mr. Cleveland
One hundred dollars is offered by The 81. Louis
POST Dispatch fora correct guess by Monday next
of the names and offices of the Cabinet. That Will
still bc guesswork to Mr.. Cleveland, so long before
March T. and he might try his powers with the
other gucsscrs
Some of tho Independent pigs have gone to
market, and somo have stayed at home, but one
pushing little grunter has got piece of roast beef
Tho appointment OF Horace L. Deming by Mayor
~ nr a clark tn aid the (Om-
missioner of Accounts in making an investigation
of the Corporation Counsels Office IN meagre
reward for political services rendered to the Demo-
cratic party. But it is something; and little is
better than nothing; and probably there IS more to
follow.
Whatever opinion on the tariff Mr.. Cleveland
may express in his inaugural message, it is evident
thai he is i'll favor OF procction-irom otlce-seekers
The Neu- York Times claims that upon
sion it issued an edition of 600, 900 copies. hat is
a happy but fast-ileeting memory. Ii belongs to
the days when The lines an honest newspaper
Now however it is earning the wages OF deceit and
treachery and doubt If Its daily edition reaches
one-t twentieth of Coz, 900. The pleasure with
which il contemplates the reminiscence is only
oaualled by tho bitterness it feels when forced to
dwel upon the present fact of its barron influence
and waning circulation Verify, honesty Is the
best policy
People hope that Colonel Alexander will be good
enouqh not to kill Colonel Thomas Porterhouse
Oehiltree Things are becoming serious in this
country that we can't spare any more of our lead
ing humOrists.
1t is clear that the Hon. Bill" Morrison cannot
hold tho Democrats of the Illinois Legislature to
his Free Trade standard Seven of them pronounced
against him the first ballot and live of these
voted for Speaker Haines. Now if Mrs. Speaker
Hanes gets promptly to work with that energy
and vivacity which characterized her manpula-
tons in The preliminary contest, there is likely to
be made very unpleasant application OF Morrisons
horizontal views to his own vote.
The high character Of Ohio's Democratic Legislat-
ure has Just been advertised to the country in
forcible way. The Democratic members asked for
free passes to Washington for the inauguration.
They were refused One of them next day intro
State to construct barbed- wire fences both sides
of itheir tracks. Ii the bill passes, the members
probably expect enough from the barbed-wire
manufacturers to pay for their trip
Tho announcement that Mr.. Cleveland Is writing
his inaugural address. though auth0rtatively made
In his New-York organ, Is received with cautious