New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-18

outspoken public press has convinced MIN thae n''
connection WITH the Pan-Electric ring OF specuia-
tors renders his position in the Cabinet apparently
delicater Indeed, he recognizes at last the Iaco
that there is much in it worthy OF thonghI" All
the rresent Administration needs IS tme ioi
adequate reflection. III it could only last nan
century or So it might possibly have suhclen' 1915
ure for determination and finally nave Spas"i
of sense and become thoroughly ashaiheu VI i'''N'
The rnity men in the Ohio Legislature wnoni
Donavin has IN his eye can choose between sharp
celluloid memory and the Aldermanic skip
The line which indicates the pruning in Nor
rison's new Tariff bill is not no izontal but eccen-
| trc.
Jacob Sharp is not the philanthropist he says ne
is if he fails to leave his brain to medical college
for examination. The physical atoms when pro-
| duce momory such as his ought to be the SUBJECT
of profound paper.
| Mr.. Garland has offered prize cOnundTum to the
country He intimates that he is going to do some
thing after Congressional invest CATION has been
! held and that it will set everything straight ana
satisfy everybody And positively he is not going 10
resign Now let the best guessers in the country
| tell us What he will do. We only venture to ofer
one faint surmise. tie will wait long enough 10
find out from Government counsel retained In the
telephone case whether his stocks will be worth SELL
ing or are cheap enough to give away
Perhaps the surest way of making the Chinese go
is to elect them Aldermen for term and apply Tor
a railroad charter.
About three years ago. and certainly year before
he became General or could have thought Of
becoming such, he Que % the eerp0rators o. new
telephone company called the Pan Electric under "hae
| IL known as the Roger" instrument device. In
this company he became shareholder entitled to stock
as thousands OF Others 20 IN klnred tsrpilSe'' LID
stock not GIT. -tPDiaielpha Ledger.
Why mott Did not DR.. Rogers make him
corporaror and give him 100000 of stock, carry
| inu with It 81 100000 in the Tennessee Company
subsequently fOmedi Why was he entitled 10
stOcki Because Dr. Rogers considered the lnnu-
ence of leading Democratic Senator and southern
lawyer worth long line of gift stock Instead OF
becoming q shareholder as thousands of Others do
in kindred enterprises, he was admitted without
expense into a pool for monetzing twenty-five
patents NOT one of which he owned, and the value
of which depended upOn National legislation OF
! Government Intervention. Why does our Phlladel-
phia ne ghbor stOop the folly of defending so I'M
proper a preceding We would have expected 1t
70 favor not the lowest but the highest, standards
| of public honor
Mention Broadway" to one of those Aldermen
and, presto! he fades like a wreath of mist at eve
An annual income OF 500, 900 ought to be enough
to keep the wolf from even n Sherifs door.
! The scandal which has compromised Mr.. Garland has
been turned also against Secretary lanar an absolutely
and Oue who is incapable Of allowing his
official action be shaped swaNed by such gn"Dle
motives every day openly Imputed 70 MN W
nrw-papOrs hostile TO the Administration aud friendly 10
the Bell Telephone Company 10 a man IN sucu "a
position secretary Lamar now Is the consciousness
reoItude l. not suniceut protection rom tue sas Oh
calnmny and malice lie has rlsht t. nenanu iuTe tVe
tn ft
nothing undOne tn repair the mSchief.-lN' T. Times
As the Attorney General with his tattered rep
utation end the pressing necessity foT fumIgatIng
his own Department could vIndicate anybody else !!
II Secretary Lamar be anxious to repair the mis-
chief caused by decision, which is without ade-
0uate warrant Of law and which was plainly rem
dercd IN "A spirit of Quxotic devotion TO his south
| ern colleague let him give orders in his own De-
partment for general clearance of the speculative
statesmen. Or at least let him compel them to get
rid of their Pan-ElectrIc stock.
Ii is odd that the Aldermen who have the weakest
| backs should also have the stoutest legs
To Inquirer: Garland A. II. Garland, is probably
| the author of the observation, Few die aud none
resign"
Ono Of the ex-Alderm5n who is sought by tn o
senate Railroad Committee is reported to have
said that he keeping in hiding as good
ioker That mans sense of humor must be peculiar.
He probably will not be- IN such Joking mood
after the committee has got through with HIM.
MIR. Garland's statements" have about as much
consistency as escaping steam
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