New-York tribune., 1885-07-08

from old customs. The Sycamore" Is represented
as carrying hatchet, whereas formerly he bore an
axe. Why the changef Is Tammany Hall tapering
off in political mportancel Or is it Grover Cleve-
land that carries the now, while Tammany
bears the symbol of the immortal George to indicate
that it proposes hereafter to tell the truth Then.
again, the Declaration of Independence was read by
J. A. Cantor. Heretofore Tammany has taken it
stra ght from the mouth Of A. ID. Canter.
As to what Boss Mclaughlin will do with his
Brooklyn delegation The Eagle can no doubt speak
with authority. Hence, when it says that General
Slocum. lowing to various causes" will not become
a Democratic candidate for Governor this year 1t
doubtless speaks the truth. One of the causes is
found the fact that the Boss has already sold the
Brooklyn delegation to Governor Hill III return for
the veto of the Brooklyn reform bills. But when
The Eagle talks about The State Constitution and
the Republicans 1t is out of its element 1T assumes
that the Republicans cannot nominate a Supreme
Court Justice for Governor because that official
would have to resign his present office before
election day. Well, the Republicans are going to
elect their candidate this year, and if he happens
to hold another Office which it will be necessary to
resign he will not hesitate to do so.
If Higgins does not go Civil Service Reform will
son quite naturally drops in at tine Custom House
for lunch. Was it fer this that Mr.. Hedden was
made Collectorf
A Democrat from Kingston, N. T., who went to
Washington TO see the President found him " not at
hsme." lie then went to the Arlington to see his old
friend Lamont, but he was informed that Colonel
Lamont never under any circumstances receives
visitors at his hstel." The Kingston Democrat re-
turned homo IN disgust. remarkng that he wanted
no moro to do with this Jefiersonian Admlnistra-
ton. similar outcry is raised against Collector
Hedden because lie requires visitors to send in
their cards. Persons who find fault with the.Ad-
ministratien on such grounds show lack of COM
mon sense. If the President to receive all the
oiice-seekcrs who call on him. he would not be able
TO do much else and II colone Lament received
them at his hotel he would never have an hour he
could call his own. There thousands of per-
sons seeking places in the Custom House. and If the
new Collector to permit thcn to crowd into
his room he could attend to no other business
There is abundance OF room for fault-finding with
the Administration, but it is not in that direction
The conduct of the Galia wandering among
icebergs with broken shaft. and of the Germanc,
in her terrible encounter with that most fearful OF
ocean foes, the storni wave. affords agreeable
great sea-travcllcrs when commanded by master
OF seamanshp 1t is scarcely possible for lives to
be lost now except through carelessaess or
stupidity.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has won his first spurs
as leader of the Government in the Commons by
overriding the wishes of the constituency which
elected Mr. Bradlaugh. In common with all his
Ministerial associates in that House he has been re-
alaotea nv "a Iocal constituency after taking the
seals Of Office. BY this curious custom local elect
ors have theoretically n species of veto power upon
the formation Of n new Government. But the
same leader whs was himself forced to sue for re-
election at heme is sooner returned to Office than
he denies to Mr. Bradlaughs constituents not only
a similar veto privilege but the right to be repre-
sented by man of their choice. 1t is refreshing
to find Mr.. Gladstone denouncing this illogical pro-
ceedIng unconstitutional and Illegal
United States District-Attorney Dorshemcr has
been taking lessons in the routine of his now Office
from Elihu Root. lie could not well have an aber
instructor, not in routine alone but III the general
management of that office.
The frantic endeavors of the Administrations
instruments of reform" to show up " something
somebody. in order to justify the long series OF
Democratic assaults on the honesty of the Republi-
can conduct of the Government, has resulted In
scotching more snakes than be killed. Carl
Schurz, for instance, is shown to have issued the
patents for the Maxwell land grant, which Mr..
Lamar says through Mr. Sparks is fraud, while
Mr.. Bayard is found to have accepted big fee
when United States Senator for an opinion in
favor of the grant. Meanwhile, some Of the Dem
ocIatc brethren in New-Jersey, struggling to tear
down the influence of Senator Mcpherson. become
responsible for the statement In Tho Trenton True
american The Aeg- York World and other Democratic
papers that Mr. Lamar while In the Senate was
employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad and
paid to promote and defend its interests This is
Democratic quarrel Lay OH the lash, gentlemen.
The opponents of the Deceased Wifes Sister In
England should canonizo without delay Mr.. L.
Rosen thai, of Portland, Oregon. This unfortunate
young man, who had recently been left widower,
refused to marry tho sister of his dead wife. and
when her father and mother beat him for refusing.
he committed suicide. This indicates devotion to
principle that deserves recognition somewhere
The proposition to annex six Of the States of
Mexico to tho United States by purchase has one
objection Of q most serious character There arc
Indians aud Indians in the new Territory, iiercer
and more untamable than the Apacbes. II these
are brought into tho United States it will be I'M
possible to carry out General Lew Wallace's great
plan of civilizing the Indians by sending them all
into tho valleys Of Connecticut whore tho Naw-
Englanders could take them to church once week.
There would be moro Indians than the valleys
wsuld hold.
What are known in law as "non-ceremonous
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