New-York tribune., 1885-02-19

neglect and damages are sought. II landiords eau
be held responsible for such neglect as they Snouo
| be, there will be less defective plumbing anu
corresponding decrease in the death rate
The Hon. Sunset Cox is desired distinctly to un-
derstand that il he dares to accept any position
| under tho Government we shall consider that ne
is tri1ing with our affections. Hell THE IRIBUNEs
perennial candidate for the SpeakershIp OF the
House. and no duty is more pressingly upon us thaii
tho duty of making his calling and election sure
livelier iris never changes on the burnlsneu uovo
but that we yearn to JOIN Sunsets mana WIN ."'
I Speakers gave. He must not abuse this tepder
trust by becoming Secretary OF State, or frVaIe
Jester to the President. and we utterly refuse 10
believe any rumor that connects his name with
either of these offices.
II Judge Beach has any more injunction blanks
handy he might do the great public a service by
forbdding jeff Davis from writing any more lost
cause letters To be sure. JEFF is in Mississippi
| instead of New-York, but we don't suppose iitto
thing like that disturbs New-York Judge wheh an
Injunction is desirable.
The hi gh hOnors paid Jefferson Davis at the new
Orleans Exposition have had the effect or Dracihg
him up for a fresh effort in behalf OF the lost
cause' He has written a letter to Confederate
Otlcer ana autnOT eApfcsslug tHo "ioh e""O
| were many writer's in the land who, like yourself,
| would maintain the Justice of our cause untll IL
should be understood to be tho cause of the Con
stitulon and of the permanent interests OF all the
people of the United States" TO call this the talk
of traitor would wound tho sensibilities OF the
| Southern Democrats In Congress who expect soon
to rule the country; but 1T would be dlLicult 10
define it IN any other way.
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| and antique Ohio statesmen, severally known as
| the Old Roman and Gentlem IN George may DC leit
in the drear and wintry barren OF neglect by the
new Administrat ton. it is interesting to not &c the
painful efforts the old line Democrats are making
to moderate tho cold. They are assured that theirs
| il not a fame that needs new laurel wreaths, that
nothing of honor cOuld be added to their glorious
past This is nice and pretty but 1t reads too much
| Ike an obituary to suit men who prefer to thInk
| they still live
1t is said that Grover sneezes guilily every time
| some pilgrim Statesman shakes the grim Old
| Romans red bandanna at him.
Harvard really deserves to be congratulated upon
the triumph it has just achieved over the oid ana
| time dishonored method Of printing its qulnquen-
NAL catalogues. 1t has been the highly preposterous
aud utterly irrational custom from the foundation
| OF the university 10 label the III thi'
catalogue with what the committee IN their recent
report call foreign fancy names" The names OF
| the Young mon, to be more explicit. have been
| printed i'm something worse than bastard Latin; !;
rather in that kind OF dog Latin which the lawyers
and churchmen Of tho Middle Ages inflicted upon
| too tolerant world. As n rule. however TINS
| peculiar hybrid nomenclature has been confined To
| the baptismal name. with the natural elect oi
| intensifying the absurlity of the practice. ILe
committee appointed to consider and report on the
| expediency of substituting the baptl.ma appella-
| tions OF the graduates for the foreign or fancy
| names now in use in the Quinquennial Catalogue
issued an elaborate argument against the dog Latin
and undertook to demonstrate somewhat super
| duously-the absurdiy OF the practice. Ihe report
is signed by John Osborne Sargent and Charles
| Francis Adams. jr., and 1t Is gratifying 10 know
that the research logic and humor of these lads had
the desired effect. and that henceiorth the gum
| quennial Catalogue is to be published III the
| English language altogether.
| Distrct-Attornoy MARITIME is reported as express
ing regret that Police Justice Patterson granted
long delays IN the case OF Short tho dynamite
assassin merely to suit Jimmy" divers conven-
| lencc Mr. MARITIME quite right in his criticism,
| bat he should soundly berate his own representa-
| tive IN court for conscntng to these delays We
have no admiration for Phelan who is a ruiiian and
| consprator himself. but in the interest OF justice
and far play, the authorities should show no mis-
| placed mercy to the scOundrel Short, and should
bring Jimmy" Oliver up with sharp turn.
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