New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-03

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| been thrown.
1t is not often that story Of ancient mythology
| figures rs factor In a libel suit Such was the
| case however in the latest action OF that kind
brought by Prince Bismarck. In speech In Par
lament he compared tho followers of Richter the
Radical, to the blind H6aur, who unwittingly slew
Badur the Good. Thereupon, Herr Richters con-
stituents in an Indignation meeting denounced the
sime as piece of presumption, and their protest
was published in the local paper. Angered at this
| rebukc, Prince Bismarck prosecuted the paper and
also the leaders of the meeting for libel, and tried
hard to have the Offenders imprisoned The court
convicted them, but let them off with the payment
of heavy fines-a seemingly harsh sentence; for If
il was an offence TO call the Chancellor "presump-
tuous" how much worse was it to liken-by imp-
cation Herr Richter to the Spirit of Evil, and his
supporters to blind men destroying the Spirit OF
RICH teousnessw
Hill for Governor. General Slocum for Lieuten
ant-Governor one Of the tickets suggested fer the
Democrats to nominate this fell. Hill and Slocum
would be particularly bad case eff anti-climax
The tail would wag the head just awfuy
The Presidents admirers CIV ing him fulsome
praise for officially announcing that there are half
dozen officials in the Consular service so efficient
and 80 honest that he has no intention OF removing
them. Well alittle of the credit. we take 1t belongs
to TIE TRIBUNE 1t has paid considerable attention
to the subject of Consular removals and appoint
ments and has convicted the Administration Of
turning out great number of excellent officials
who were especially fitted by business training and
protracted experience for the work they were doing.
1t has also demonstrated that the President has
recruited the service with politicians and place
l..o 10 s-nrl he As,r
York Times for its treachery to the Republican party
by appointing member of Its staff Consul-General
Mt Rome The force of these disclosures has tenn
porarly arrested the movement for the transplant
ing of Democratic politicians to foreign soil. For
several weeks no Consuls have been appointed. and
now the Administration socks to put its best foot
forward by osten tatlously refraining from remoy-
ing half dozen officials not one whit more efficient
than Consuls Genera! Stearns and Byers, and
score or more of Consuls who might be mentioned.
"Nir Cleveland not only desires but expects to
have the support of the Democratic party" 1t is
The Buffalo Courier. his home organ, that writes
these amazing words of the President Think Of
1t. A Democratic President. five months in Office,
actually expects" that Democrats will continue
10 support HIM! Why, the Dutch expecting to have
the support of Holland was nothing to 1T.
That little congress OF special Treasury agents
which has been ordered to New-Yerk by Secretary
Manning TO resume the investigations OF frauds
on the revenue" will have q matter to look into
that was not anticipated. 1t seems too bad that
so soon after the Administration Of Reform" had
disposed of the offensive partisans" who held
chef places in the Customs service and "gsod
Democrats had succeeded them. there should be the
necessity for the investigation of a of declared
fraud on the revenue which should have been pre-
vented in the Appraisers Department. 1t remained
for two special inspectors both Republicans, under
tho detail of Special Agent Ayres, also Repub-
lican, to discover that an importer Of jewellers
materials in this city, by an undervalued invoice.
had shipped large quantity of goods to his firm IN
Nassau-st. from Germany and they were passed
throu Oh the Custom House. The speca. inspectors
discovered and seized the goods amounting in
value to between $4,000 and $4,000. and some
startling developments are promised from fur
Their investigation.
Defeat and disaster do not daunt the Arctic ex-
plorers No less than four well-equipped expedi-
tions are to out from Germany the coming fall,
in ouost of the North Pole. They will find Ameri-
cans have set high-latitude mark that it will be
difficult To surpass.
The fate of the Russian Nihilist colony in Ore
gon. detailed yesterday is a curious one
Weary OF despotc police surveillance, these people
left Odessa and founded community on the Pacific
Coast. For time they prospered, and lived in
harmony, all being members of the Greek Church.
But one day tho serpent entered their Eden. with
a copy of Comics philosophical works. They took
it. they read it, and they converted. Every
member of the colony at once became Positivst
of tho most positive degree But in philosophy they
failed to find the agreement thoy enjoyed IN
religion Some ian into one CONTAIN ism" some
into another. The strife among them grew bitter
as ever was that of Christian sects The end has
now come in the disruption of the colony, a consd-
cradle portion Of it seeding and coming East
penniless, while the remainder finds its old pros
pcrisy seriously impaired. So it seems that poor
old human nature is just about as prone to int0er
anco in theories in creeds and in philosophy as