New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-19

how he was fraudulenty deprived of his seat
Pcrhars IT might be well to lower Liberty's arm.
bend her majestic figure and replace her fiery torch
with a duplicating hat
How can a Democrat be active without being
TerniciorSly sol
Grand tiries should not find indictments On in.
sufficient groun Is where there Is no likelihood
CT sccu ing convictions The in lctmen nst
the Kin County Charities Commissioners because
OF the oVercrowding OF the institutions i'm Fatbush
was unjustillabe because there no proof that
tie commissi mes responsible for the state OF
things there. Therefore TIE dismissal of IL by
judo Moore was wise 1t would have been a
needless waste of time and money TO go to trial
on it.
The Triple Alliance appears To be Joint stock
association in which Russia holds two-thirds of
the stock and Germany and Austria One-sixth each
The lesson Of all exposures Of corruption in Office
is that the people must go to the primary meet
ings. II they choose to neglect their rights as
freemen AMI their duties as taxpayers, they must
expect to pay penalty.
The Mugwump "Timesp describes Mr. Ceve-
lan1s letter reinstat NJ Bent n the Missouri Of
fensive partisan frank II is certainly frank
vulgarly frank. The wayfariny man. even though
he kept his head in his boots, could not help but
See through it all
To all and sin',ular promoters OF libel Suits
Your attention is particularly in, tied to the result
OF suit, this week. in which complaint for libel
against The TRIBUNr was kicked out OF court on
the ground that the publication was legitimate
ncws, fairly and candidly stated We get on an
average about dozen libel suits of this sort in a
year. They generally brought by lawyers
whose stan ng in the profession IS such that they
don't think case Of this sort will materially in
juie it. while they bore that rather than be wor-
ried with the annoyance of going into court and
making up the case. THE Tribune will ray two
or three hun lrcd dolla 10 be rid OF them No
doubt that would often be a temporary economy
but 1t is economy which The Tribune docs
not choose to pract SO. The result is that as a
rule, they get successfully shown the doors OF the
courtroom. as the last enteIprislng complain MT
was by and by perhaps they may take the hint
There may he papers in the country that finl il
cheaper to settle speculative libel suits than TO
n hit them. But The TRIBUNE does not. We
intend and ca nest,y strive TO avoid libelling
anybody. II. in the hurry OF newsgetting and
in the uncerta nty AMI inexactncss of human tes-
tim ny, we sometimes betrayed into a libel.
we are always ready and eager to make the proper
correction. The people who for libel gen
eially those who have not been libeed IL we
have TO pay money on account of such suits. we
prefer to ay it to our own lawyers who defend |
them rather than TO other lawyers who think 10
find profit in stirring them up.
saddle can get more Democratic votes in vir-
ginia than man
Clevelanl's intention with regard to the enforce
mpnt Of his "Dp niciOus activity order "A |
thunder and no lightning.
Speaker Carlisle evidently thinks that S. S. Cox
is whole host in himself. In other way can
be explained the Speakers statement that the
revenue reformers or free traders will be stronger
in the next House than they are in the present
one Morrison. Hewitt AMI many Others viii not
be there and the Democratic majority will be very
much less. But Cox win be there. In blooming
him in this way it must be that Mr.. Carlisle ex-
poets to withdraw in favor OF our candidate for
Speaker Of the next Houses. S. Cox.
The poker statesman OF Hominy Hall would
describe the Benton letter as a neat little blind,
which was promptly covered by the President
His is John Baker, Galveston News
Wrong. His name is Jehu Baker and he is a
solid protectionist The name of his late Oppo-
nent is Dennis
An Arkansas Democratic Journal "The Pine
Bluff Commercial says in our Judgment and |
in the judgment Of most of the people. Cleveland
Is not Democrat We remember to have seen
this opinion advanced many times before. but as
vet we have seen no answer to our cOnnundrum
Il he is not Democrat, what is hep
At the present rate Of increase there will soon be
rs many for Morrison's defeat as there
are earthquake theories.
DstrictAttorney Bentons confessions OF polit-
cal activity and official fidelity make the most {
,athethic bit OF autobiography vaporing world
las seen since Governor Cleveland's celebrated
etter to Mrs. Beecher was read at the Brooklyn
Rink by the pastor Of Plymouth Church. The
wo letters ought TO be hung up in parallel columns
~ the AID ministration press companion pictures
Il injured innocence and unassuming worth !
"The Herald says that Mr. Cleveland acts and l
kinks the level of the average citizen. The =
verage citizen prefers that "The Herald shall 6
peak for itself. :
man named Virgins has died In Boston, but
his only partially satisfies the public sense Of
ustice. \
What the Senator from Missouri did not say !
ut evidently meant when he demanded the rein u
tatement OF DistrictAttolney Benton: "In the
ext National Democratic Convention l shall
AIRY the vote OF my State In my Vest pocket"
THE Evening POST and other Democratic news
apers are making amusing efforts to have il ap
ear that the Note for Prohibition candidates for
congress Is fair test Of the third-p party strength
D this State But Ii this rule should be al piled TO
he democratic candidates a test Of the st ength
that party it would be far from acceptable to !,
hem, the party would be shown that event to Il
greatly in the minority in the State The truth p
J., as these newspapers well know that in the h,
nOndagQ district Democfata "indor sed an