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New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
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FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, FEB. z.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

ForrrGy-General GordOn's fate still In doubt
- The three sailors charged with killing Cap
tain Armstrong held for murder. - Phiilp New
bold. arrested as a dynamteur in Derby, as
CHARGED. - Reply of Italy to the Porte regard
ing occupation of Egyptian ports on the Red Sea-
Congo ss.-The Senate passed the Consular and
DIPLOMATIC and other bills, aud Senator Palmer
spoke on the Woman Suffrage Amendment to the
Cons.itution - In the House the discussion OF
the River and HarbOr bill was continued
DoMEsrIc.-The Official report Of the vote of
Randolph County, West Virginia, in the October
election was made yesterday - Three Demo-
Gratis have refused to vote for Morrison In the
Illinois Legislature. - Cattle are dying win
strange disease In West Virginia. - ohlo
miners refused to accept the ten per cent reduction
offered by the operators. - manufacturer AT
High Bridge, New-Jersey. has been threatened with
a dynamite explosion. 60 The Faculty OF La
fayette College are beginning legal proceedings
against local hquor dealers. g The testimony
was continued for the defence in the Wainwright
murder case at Toms River. 60 The anti-Bour-
bon officials of the Virginia Military Institute nave
been supplanted by Democrats - The aileged
letter from Judge Folger to Hugh Hastings has hot
been found at Geneva.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-COmmissiOner flHKs res
irnation not accepted 60 Some alarm over the
non-aTrival OF the Alaska. ----- Dinnoi VI 'ii
Delta Kappa Epsilon. = Mrs. Stoipe got Ver-
dict of $50 against Mr.. Morosini. - Fires IN a
piano factory and in building in the swamp
- Captain Phelan appeared in the 1ombs
AGAINST Short - The Ford libel proceedings
continued. 60 Gold value of the legal-tender
silver dollar (412l2 graius s341 cents -
Stocks tame and declining till in the last hour
when sharp advances were recorded, and the clos
ing was at about the highest figures.
The Manufacturers local observations IN
dicate colder, followed by milder fair or partly
cloudy weather Temperature yesterday: high
est 29o; lowest. lOo; average 1912.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
,STI(IUE 1UVISED

The san explains how the Dem, cratic party
ought to deal with the railroad question, and
some others OF kindred nature. The panacca.
of course which the San recommends. is strict
adherence to the old-fashioned doctrines of
brass-mountcd Democracy. a strict and mar
row construction OF the Constitution, a denial
of all power to the Federal Government 10 reg
ulatc anything or do anything that can possibly
be regulated or done by anybody else. il is
urgcd. will save the Democratic party a great
deal of trouble. This is probably true. One
other thing would save it more trouble still,
namely, to get out OF power, and escape the re-
sponsibility of government now, rather than
two Or four years hence.
Bat the Democratic party, AS it happens, does
not want to get ont of power. 1t would like to
escape responsibility, if possible, and still, in
order 10 elect persons to the Senate and the
House, it i1ist at least aake Il show of dong
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

what it supposes tho people want. Hence we
have Reagan Interstate Commerce bills ana
measures to take from the United States Courts
the power to determine whether contracts WIN
the Government have been fulfilled by railway
companies, and other measures of the same sort
in great number. If the Democratic party were
wise, it would put such bills into the waste
basket, and would set itself to revive public
confidence in its good sense and patriotism
But the Democratic party is not wise.
The valuable advice which that party re-
ceives from the people who do not want to see it
wreck itself oif-hand by trying to meddle with
everything under the sun does not seem to DO
II much good. Most of the men who make the
marty what 1t is owe their places,in Congress
and in public life to prolonged and persistent
appeal to the ignorance and the prejudices OF
certain classes. 1t is not likely that they Will
change their line of operations all at once,
cutting oft their own heads by doing so, In
order to give their party better chance.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
An OLD CHALLENGE WIDENED.
From The Tribune Of Nov. IA, 1884.

The TRIBUNE made quiet statement or Or
cuation the other day. IL dsparaged nobody, ques'
toned nothing Its neghbors had been saying. and gave
to every advertiser access to absolute sworn PROOF OF
the accuracy OF Its statements We are not sur
prsed to that this has brought great distress
to The Ne,c- York Times, which exhausts itself In an ef
fort to show that there must have been an enormous
number OF returned copies.
The circulation Of THE DAILY TRIBUNE, o three-cent
newspaper averaged during the rest OF the week after
election 10000 copies per day than the high
est figure the NecTork Times to claim
for its highest day the adavits OF pressmen paper
makers and cashier proving this all on exhibition
the total circulation THE TRIBUNE for one week rs an
nounced 202, copies and the returns Tor the
week were less than three per cent!
II anything moro wanted this thing can be brought
10 head very SOON We hereby offer to give perfectly
fair impartial committee tho president OF the Amer
lean News Company the president OF the Adams Express
Company and either the Editor OF The sun or OF The
World as The To,es may prefer, full access to our
books and records, with full right to examine
employees and other witnesses to ascertain
the exact number OF copies OF THE TRIBUNE sod Tor
either the last week month from this date, provided
The Times will do the same. the sole condition that
their report as the circulation OF each paper shall be
spcuousy printed for week or one month at the
head OF the editorial columns In both.
The above was published in answer to a
ciate The TRIBUSE's circulation. The Times
did not dare to meet the challenge. 1t was
published in n dozen or more issues, but 1hs
Times could not be goaded into accepting our
offer.
We believe the disparity IN the circulation OF
the two papers to be much greater now than
it was then. The new year brought
great increase to THE TRIBUNE,
and much of 1t seemed to come directly from
former readers of The Times. Our belief is that
at present the regular circulation OF The
WEEKLY TRIBUNE is more than five times that
of The Weekly Times of The SEM-W WEEKLY
TRIBUNE four times that of The SENT
Weekly Times and of THE DAILY and
SUNDAY TRIBUNE double that of The
Daily and SUnddy Times We shall gladly
open our books and press room to the impartial
committee above named. on the fair terms
above stated for an authoritative decision OF
the uucstiOn.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
TALKS ABOUT TOWN.

CONTRACTION OF THE BRIDGE IN COLD WEATHER
O. @. Martin, Bridge Engineer 1t Is undoubtedly OF
great public interest that everything In connection with
Bridge managemeut should be closely watched Many
look with extreme to important feature,
namely the contraction the structure in cold weather
This IA point, of which the most careful and
patient calculations have been made, and needn't tell
YOU that there can he possible chance of anything
going wrong There is allowance of two feet for con-
traction which takes place in cold weather like this The
greatest shrnkage took place during last winter neasur
ing twelve and threequarer inches up to the present
this year the contraction is shade under eleven inches
and a half VIII it ever reach the two feeti Yes-when
nil or der and scientific calculation reversed!
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
EnrCArING TIE NEGROEs.

Dr. Gcorgs w. Ricketts, Of rPhiiddephia Il had occasion
10 go to North Carolina last month The illiteate con-
tlon OF the people Of that state whto and black Is
reproach civilization. There are $4,000 whites and
10000 blacks. Take away 10000 whites. and doubt
II the acks any more ignorant all things con-
slered, than the 10000 whites who would remain.
heard address by Dr. Curry, OF Richmond. trustee
of the Peabody Fund, TO the Legislature, In which lie
urged that educational advantages were necessary to
elevate the people OF tho state. and especially tho
negroes II they were not lifted up they were in
such prodomnance that they would pull other classes
down II struck me as forcble, rear-headed address
when came to talk it afterward with member OF
the legislature found that he considered the Doctors
argument as carrying things altogether TOO far' lie
only voiced the sentiment Of the cracker clement,
which regards the negro Inferior race. that would
get above its work and above them II educated and con-
seuueny 10 every way repressed In spite OF such
oppostion there is advancement and progress In the
clucatlon of the blacks In the South There good
many l-humbed books In the cabins, Of which the
whites are not aware.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
WU,T THE NAILS COST

The postal service, according To an official re-
port of receipts and expenditures for the year
ending June 30, 1854, WAS sclf-sus;ainlng only
i'm New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, RhOde
Island. Connecticut, New York, Ncw-Jersey,
Pennsylvania Delaware, Michigan and Illinois.
To the argument that increased facilities for
other States are not justified by the results of
the service it is replied by The baltimore Sun
that the surplus in n few large cities overcomes
a deficiency elsewhere. even in the ten States
named Ii is reasoned, moreover, with some
truth, that the return of the Department cannot
in fact show accurately for each State that part
of the expense which belongs to the service of
the people of that State Thus, III transporting
mails across n State like New-York or Ohio,
large sums are paid to railway companies,
though the mails are swclcd by matter from
Eastern States. or in Ohio from New York and
PENNSYLVANIA. But while it is not possible to
determine precisely what part OF the aggregate
EXPENSE Is involved in serving the people of
each State, it is not amiss to recognize the fact
that in most of the States the mail service
clearly costs moro than the people of those
States pay for IL.
Ii does not follow that the maintenance of
such service is not for the advantage of the
whole people. Criticism based on that narrow
idea used to be common in old Democratic days,
and underlics a great part of the clamor against
transportation by expensive routes in new
States and Territories. But the fact Is that
when the mails are transported to scattered
points i'm new State two sets of people are
served at once the few who have settled there,
and the many millions elsewhere who have
personal or business relations with thcnr Mail
communication between these two classes is
unite as necessary To the many millions as to the
few settlers. In providing for. the growth OF
the country, and the development of resources
in new Territories and States mail facilities far
in excess of the present demand are required
by the public interest, and it will be most un-
fortunate for the country il a nisgardly policy,
whether introduced by Democratic rcformers
or by anybody else, ever cuts down the man
service 10 the limit of present or immediately
prospective profit.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
PERSONAL.

ExMayor Robinson, Of Hartford Conn.,. tel.s this q
the famous preacher. DR.. Joel Hawes: Ono day he
came into my Office and sad Henry, man was In ny
study this morning. and, right under my own roof told
hadn't preached the Gospel for forty yearsl whas
would you have done. II you had been In my place
said would have kicked him ont OF doors The good
old Doctor man of peace In all respecs-lookcd at me
markea thoughtfay II Wish yOad Sesn sa 'sn Ser
Henryg"
Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr, is one OF the youngest
seaedon the Supreme Bench of Massachusetts
and looks even younger than he IS is said that a
the opening Of the first term after he became member
of the court the filed with barrsters and the
judges filed solemnly in and took sher seats one Of the
most eminent and highly esteemed lawyers glanced
quickly up the bench and seeing Judge Holmes for the
first time In that position turned TO his neghbor and tn
an USa put uss Th y n s
court r. But he presently had occasion to add apostro-
phizing Judge Holmes How much moro elder art thou
chan thy looks"
Tho WASHINGTON correspondent of The World telo-
graphed the other day that Mr. Irving had refused TO
ceive letter from Mr. Bcecher. As the absurd
story came to Mr. rvings notice he sent the following
telegram to The World 81 shall be greatly obliged
you will give my emphatic contradiction to an unwan
rantabe statement concerning Mr. Beecher and myself
in your Washington correspondents dispatch There
not a word OF truth In It,"
H. Clay Hail. Of Little Falls, N. Y, who was elected
Department Commander Of the Grand Army OF the Re-
puoic at Utica, Tuesday leading lawyer OF Her
kimer County. He enlisted private In 1862 in the
lst Regiment New-YOrk Mounted Kihes and severely
wounded at Suffolk, Va and later escaped from Libby
Prison after remaining there four days.
The late Colonel Roudaire of the French Army, was
the foremost advocate Of transforming the Sahara Desert
into inland 1t was he who converted NJ. Dc
Lesseps to the scheme.
At Prince 'Bismarcks private table, no member of the
household speaks word until its head has, tactly or
otherwise given him leave.
John W. Price, the famous restaurant keeper of Pha
depbia who died this week. head waiter Of the Amer
lean Hotel furnished meals to Jenny Lind during heR
stay In that city thirty-fve years ago. and 50
pleased she with his services that she presented TO
him miniature portrait OF herself which she had
ron Eurnna
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
Tifh or LEIDERS.

As GOOD wheat cannot be grown on the arid
and shifting sands of the desert, 80 a leader of
brains is possible only with party Of brains.
The Democratic and Assistant Democratic
Journals daily bemoan the predicanent of their
party, because IL has no competent leader. Yet
when n possible leader appears, who has
capacity enough to move his party or some irac-
ton of it for or against any measure, straight
way these same journals begin to bclabor him
with abuse, and are not satisfied till they break
him down. Mr.. Bayard led most OF his party in
the Senate and defeated the Nicaragua treaty ;
at once the batteries of dctractiOn and abuse are
opcncd on him. Mr. Randall led enough of his
party to Kill the Bankruptcy bill, aud the party
is Immediately warned that il will go straight To
pcrdlton with such a leader. 1t is rumorcd
that each of these gentlemen was prompted by
Mr. Cleveland; at once Mr.. Cleveland is
solcmnly warned.
One thing may be regarded rs certain; the
Democratic party cannot be led by Newly Drk
journals. II the Democratic papers of this city
we're infinitely ADLER than they are, and if they
were able TO lead themselves i'll any rational
path-as some of them are not-thcr attempt
to set mp government by newspaper In the
party world fail. For the party has its roots in
a soil where New York ideas and influence can
not penetrate; il gets its strength from men
who both hate and fear NcwIork rs they
hate and fear nothing else on earth. The banks
and the railroads. IN" capitalists and the enter
Prise of this metropolis, appear To Democrats OF
the West and South the dircful source Of all
their woes, and they are never more united or
in earncs, than when fighting for some measure
designed to smash the banks, the railroads and
the capitalists of Ncw-lOrk
But he party itself has an unconquerabc dis
pOsitiOn to stone all its prophets. Let any man
lift himself above the herd, and show that hc
has some foresight or practical sense, and ial-
mcdatcly the whole throng of little great men
begin to cry with one accord, "Stonc him to
death ~ When the party seeks a candidate, il
begins by ostraclZing the men who are known
to have brains. Having elected King Log. it
now fears that he may prove to be King StoIk,
and set himself against some of the inane
stuuditics for which the party passionatcly
longs. " lie is not Democrat at ALL" some are
already saying. II he does not contrive to feed
Il larger multitude than 5000, with very few
luavcs and small fishes, he will soon be made to
feel that he is not the man for the place
Il. is is the party to which the conduct Of
affairs has been intrusted for four years to
come The country will have to get on with il
priscd that such a party lacks leadership. II II
had large man, it would compel him to act
like a small one, or be politically put to death.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
amnssmsnis 90 Might.

AMERICAN INsTIrUTg-Roler skaung'
RIJor tbPER. HoUsE-S-" Adonis ,.,,..t
S,rYcxrRISG HALIr-s-Mr. Sidney Wooiiess
CAsISo-S-"Apajune"
Co~rny I,uEATRE-S--"I Ixion" -,
E.Sv;s TuEAIRE-S-" Love ON Crutches;c pand
TnTs MusYE-waxworks -Iiungaraa, a,iSis SLpsS D"N
a. xn (,prR. HOUsK-S-" Captain siishiSI rr,vota
MApysos SQUARE THEATRE - s;oo LILO
Secretary. - ,,o,,sn O nDie Walkure"
T,pIcSs a. G.RpEN-S---" May Blossom
sTIp IpFA FATRE-S-" julius Caesar. :,
erASp ARD THEATRE IT'D 10 Africa,
ITALIA fHEATRE-s-" Nanon." ,,.ou tor life y
UNIoS SQUARE THEATRE s. frisoner ioi ~
W.IIAcK's THFATRE-S-" Victor Durand: ,,,.o, ond
nth AVENUE rIEATRE-S-" Merchant OF 'ehioo '
"Katherne and Petruchio.' - ,so,or,s Dauph-
ter"
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

We regret to Mr.. Van Allen falling into the
had habit of introducing bulls to raise specified
salaries. There can be no excuse for any such
measure Tho Board of Estimate and Apportion-
ment has never been nggardly in fixing salaries.
and the compensation for public service i'll this city
has peycr been Inadequate Special laws liking
salaries put burden on the taxpayers which can
only be lightencd by other special laws abolshing
the Offices altogether Our courts are enormously
expensive the stenogpphers attached 10 them are
generously paid, and Mr.. Van Allen will earn no
thanks from his constituents by efforts to make
costlier what is already high-prlced.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

Much unnecessary taxation is the result OF
special legislation at Albany. An instance Is
furnished in the Kings County lnebriates'
Home. 1t is managed as though private in
stitution, without any supervising power on the
part of the Mayor of Brooklyn or anybody ex-
cept its own self-perpetuating Board OF 1rus-
tees and yet it is maintained at public expense.
It's Superintendent even refused Mayor Low III
formation about its receipts and expenditures
There are number of private charitable lnstl-
tutions in this city maintained wholly by pub
lie money, appropriated under mandatory laws
but which institutions are subject to no super
vision by any city authority. Some OF them
were organized and are managed for money
making purposes. This is condition OF af-
fairs that should not continue. The Legislat-
ure while taking up the question OF the inebrl-
ate Asylum might so further with profit.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
TIE pRESS OF NEW-YORK.

Monsignor Copet-The press of q country,ousht to
represent the literature of that country The press OF
New York gives beyond all doubt great quanttyof
information day by day When l look at-the literary
character OF tho Journals OF this city, struck by tho
fact that there is an anxiety to give information TO
the public at large and In that xety the literary
character is swamped. There arc two or three journals
here that use Lnglish tongue admirably and state
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

THE sUSDA. TRIBUNE tomorrow will print two more
Of the series of valuable copyright articles by d'tin-
guished men, their signatures on leading topics
of the times. Moncure d. Conway contributes one OF
them under the title OF The Buddhsts OF Ceylon An
other ia ON "England's Policy in Turkish Affairs" by
Hobart Pacha. Among the spirited special articles VIII
be strong and clever drawing of some types OF eouS
character, under the title Of " Poor White Trash.
George w. smaey sends good letter on the brilliant
Frerch actress Jane Hadin and Turgenei the Rus
sian novelist, is represented by beautiful story com
plete in one number called Lukerja."
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

The young gentlemen who were so active a iew
weeks ago In the effort to clutch patronage from
Mayor Edison for the benefit of Mayor Grace cannot
complain that the new Mayor Iorgets his irlehds'
place hsls been made for Francis NJ scout Ill Tue
Corporation CounsePs Office by pushing o.' "u
assistant who we are told, was althini eNper'onoou
and useful and the salary attached to the position
nas been raised for Mr. Scott from 81. 900 to $4,000
charles r. Miller will get fat retainers as special
counsel, and during the session of the Legislature
will lit between Albany ard New-fork IN the
interest of tho Mayor. We warn tho Legislature TO
be extremely cautious when Mr.. Miller Is IN tho
vicinity. Shy Us he seems, he is quite capable Oh
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07
DANGERS FROM MORMON POWER.

Joseph cook. lecturer Montana, Idaho ana Dakota
already feel the influence OF the Mormon vote, and II the
political power of MormOnis permitted to go on for
twenty-five years will he the balance of power in every
state west OF the Mississippi except California ana
oregon There Is doubt that threais have heen made
against legislative commission. but rebellion could not
long In Utah. particularly not In the Mormon strong
hold Salt Lake city The entire city could be sst Oh nre
nlen minutes. The Tabernacle and every prominent
building in the place could be rddled with bullets and
shells from Camp Do lglas In thirty minutes.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

The Hcrald talks of the " fatal sturi1ites" of men
like Mr. Bayard. concevng that 10 is stupidity on
their part not TO ratfy commercial treaties which
Blaine and his party would give the eyes out of
their heads to have carried to themselves"
The most extraordinary stupidity yet discovered is
that OF the editor who supposes that Mr Blaine and
his party would be anxious to carry out treaties
calculated to destroy the protective system, on
which Mr. Blaine and his party made their most
vigorous fight last year. In some features no
doubt these treaties enlist favor. But if there is
anything certain in human affairs. it is certain that
the Republican party would not knowingly tear
down the tariff which 1t has spent twenty-five years
IN building and maintaining The Herald lacks sin
ccr!ty. In its desperate endeavor to secure the
ratification OF treaties helpful to foreign trade and
fatal 10 home industry, it makes good many
altogether reckless statements The Nicaragua
treaty, upon which the Senate has already voted,
did not involve the question of protection, and
therefore enlisted the support of many Republicans
who would not support either of the commercial
treaties. In party point of view, probably nothing
wonld suit the Republicans better than to have
their opponents vote to confirm treaties which
would close the iron mines of Eastern States.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

the facts In manner that don't think any Ensliah
journal excel The press OF this city Il great powse
Its vigilance has largely helped to mako the city tie
most virtuous in the word-I mean to all outward
appearances; for the vices which hidden thoss
vices of human nature which arc almost ineradcable.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

O'Donovan R0ssa has frequently REFERRED to the
Mahdi as the ally of the dynanteurs Inc coihc'-
dence between the fall OF khartouin ana the
London explosions is too cose to escape NOTICE
The next thing to happen will be the re'ot OF the
pnoI Irjsb Regiment now marching to the relief of
u.ta,nneb. Rossa works on a large scale.
New-York tribune., 1885-02-07

tract system was abolished. Already anapproprl-
ation of half million dollars is found neces-
sary to provide employment for the prisoners
Superintendent Baker estimates that aitoge'her
So, SOC, 900 will be required for that purpose
When the prisons are fully equipped Tor Dnsi-
ness, unless past experience goes for nothine'
there will still be a large yearly deficiency. IN
stead of being self-sustaining, they VIII DE-
come tax upon the people. The Democrats
responsible for this ill-considered action VIII
be held accountable by the taxpayers. NO
change should have been made until some bet
ter means of employment had been devised.