New-York tribune., 1885-01-30

some American gentlemen dOmcilcd In her
Majestys dominiOns above the Lakes.
gentleman who has been in Albany voy-
age of discovery recently gives to newspaper tne
following statement of what he found out: What
Cleveland tells you is so little that you can blow IL
through the quill of hummiug bird into tho eye
Of mosquito, and not make the mosquito WINK
there il no lack of vivilness in this picture. An
other explorer tells Cincinnati reporter the re-
suits Of ais expedition IN these Words "The Gov
erDor is profoundly sensible man-too much in
earnest and too alive to his responsibility
to assume great airs. There is no
keep-your-distance way abont him. lie
talks freely concerning public affairs" etc. Ii
seems more than probable that both of these re-
ports, however seemingly inconsistent, are abso
lutely true. They harnonize entirely with the
theory of Mr.. Cleveland entertained all along by
THE TRIBUNE. 1t will be observed that the hrst
explorer simply states that Mr.. Cleveland says
nothing The second relates that he talks freely.
Now when third returns with the intelligence
that he tells all he knows, the public will be In
POSSESSION of full and complete analysis of the
man who mas turned somerslult into the White
House.
There is reported Democratic opposition to Sen
ator Garland for the Cabinet because hlr. Blame
once SAID he ought to be on the Supreme Bench;
to ex-senator Davis because ne is engaged In busi-
ness enterprises with Mr.. Blaine and Senator
Bayard. and besides is Mr. Baines warm friend
to Congressman Tucker because he was intimate
with General Garfield and Mr.. Blame. There was
a Democratic report that :" Mr. Blaine is head"
We presume, then, they are shlverlng at his ghost
1t seems to The Herald melancholy
fact that, although Mr.. Hewitt had proposed
q speech in favor % the Mexican treaty
and commercial treaties generally In their
industrial aspect and although Mr.. Dorshelner
had kindly proposed to follow with an Grafton
on the political phases Of the commercial treaties,
the House nevertheless voted 157 to 81 on Wednes-
day not to take up the subject aud so damned
this food of eoqucnce. This may have
been very wicked, bat il was certainly human and
natural The wonder Is that elghty-one members
of the House were found who wanted to hear TWO
oratrons on that subject. Considering the urgency
of public business and the fact that measures oil
great Importance to the country are pendlhg anu
likely to get killed by failure of the House to act
upon them. it may be SAID that the 157 members
who did not want to listen to the Threatened
speeches lperit considerable sympathy. As to the
Mexican treaty. it seems to be pretty clear that
the House Is not going to pass any bill to carry 1t
into effect this year. and there strong indica-
tons especially in the speeches by Senator Vance
and Senator Rayard, that Mr.. Cleveland does not
care to have the policy OF his adm nistratlon EN-
barrassed by action prior To Marclf on these ques-
tons Mr. Hewitt, Mr. Dorsheimer, and the other
enthusiastic Free-Traders must possess their souls
in patience, and file away their speeches for
future use.
Not the least amusing idea with relation to the
-. ata AZ fn thar
covered MahdI, is that Chairman Barnum has been
there in the interest Of Mr. Mcdonald. When the
dog goes to the cook to get the bone, we shall
be ready to credit the other fable.
A correspondent kindly writes to correct the
statement that tho price of wheat in England last
wear was the lowest erd" recorded. Iechnl-
caly he is right but the intention was 10 refer TO
the regular averages of price at the many different
towns in Great Britain, reported by official In
spectors and since this record was begun
the price of last year was believed 10 be the lowest
The table to which our correspondent refers, given
by Hunts Merchants Magazine, and copied from
Adam Smith. like the one in the work of Mr..
Rodgers on Agriculture and Prices in England
were based upon entirely different data ri:. upon
sales in a single market. and for special qualities
ofwheat Though these ancient records are the
best attainable information. they do not compare
IN accuracy with the oi cial records of later date
Thus Adam Smiths, for instance. gave only the
prices per quarter of nine bushels OF the best or
highest priced wheat at Windsor market on Lady
Day and Michaelmas the price of each year
being the medium between the highest prices OF
those two market davs" It is of course obvious
that. in a record so prepared. very wide huctua-
tons would occur; much wider TIA an could appear
in the average of sales during each week OF whole
wear and at many different points. 1t is enough,
however, that since 1850. and under the present
system of recording yearly average has been at
tained 80 low as that of the year 1854.
John f. Quarles was a man whose memory should
he n pride. as his history was enduring credit, to
the cOlored race
From The Buffalo Courier is derived the astonish-
ing intelligence IN 1t the Democrats of Ohio talk OF
running "Senator Payne's son" for Governor. Ii
doesn't think it worth while to make any tritliug
references to the Senator's sons name age or po-
utical qualifications. We know that the Democ-
racy is hungry but it is really unfair to beat
willing horse 1t would only be decent to give the
Senator a chance to recover the cost OF his own
election before leeching him again.
Which would fire the Southern heart with more
enthusiasm, Stonewall Jackson's old war-horse or
tb. IIherty Bellf