New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-17

| abnses have been greatly magniied by Land Com
missioner Sparks for his private plorifcation. Inc
| Homestead law has also been frequently aDnscn'
Probably the Democratic party. which wa' from
| the first hostile TO the homestead system. would
like TO abolish that act also II 1t dared. sparks
tcmnorariIy abolished its usefulness for thousands
of honest settlers by tho arbitrary rulng which
| the Secretary has finally had The wisdom to revoke.
Perhaps. instead of abollshing so many laws IL
would be enough to abolish Sparks
| n seems that Rogers the poet OF Parthenon
Heights has written poem Ireland. All, yes.
the beautiful green isle Of the sea has much 10
| struggle against.
Getting hosted out of Congress On the point OF "
rival Ed steel pen has disturbed the nerves oil
the amiable Editor of The Uorid, and left HIN sore
and wobLly. He frets over some supposed encour-
| ngement by The TRIBUNE to an alleged newsdoai-
| err, boycott on his paper. Bless Lis grieved hcart
TIA another journal altogether that IL dcveol ing
| that interesting business.-a journal me """
never seems TO have heard Of. The Ner- YORK Mar To-
| wit. They should have their attention called 10
| Tho Star in The Ford Office 1t is bright news
| miner edited by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dorshelmer.
n DISTINGUISHED and able Democrat. and personal
| friend of the President. II is supposed TO los tue
METROPOLITAN organ of the Administration ana u Is
certainly lin spite of some cross-eyed cohcep'ono
about THE TRIBUNE.) the cleanest and aoieSt
new paper New-York has seen for years. 1t enjoys
| Tho scrvices Of Mr. henry an able man on circula-
tion. whom The Uorld had as long as it could; and
Mr.. Henry SAYS he will make bigger success OF
| The Star than he did of The Uorid. They ought to
| know about The Star in The World Office and we
hereby exhort Bre'r Pulitzer to study 1t. He Will
| find in its columns all about the newsdeaiers no
| tion that he is blOated monOpOlist. head Inc
Star Brer Joseph 1t can teach you lots OF things
There is melancholy in GadstOne's posi-
| ton. one quarter Of century older than MS
party and another quarter of century ahead OF IT,.
| The Uorld reproduces on its editorial page the
suggestion that the Democratic National ticket for
| 1883 be Holman and Hill. 1t is thus that MI.
cleveland is relegated to innOcuous desuetude, III
! the house of his friends
II may as well be said for the benefit of the coun-
sci for the indicted Aldermen. and Mr.. Newcomers
motion before Recorder Snyth for bill of particu-
lars in Jaehnes calls 1t out that If the people
get the notion that counsel are ondeavorng to de-
Law these trials by legal tricks and articles, at
tempted only to obtain rights of appeal and excep-
tons it will 90 all the harder for their clients when
| the final day of trial comes. These are exceptions
to the rule. Guilt is prcjudged against the Alder
men aud their innocence must be established.
| They have an arbor day in Pennsylvania. and as
n result of ITS recurrence Thursday. many thou
| sands of trees planted all over the otate'
Such day should be set apart in New-York.
Incendiary rhetoric will not fill a hungry mans
| larder.
It's apparent that Congress is in favor of the
| ha
curing it becomes law 1t will be one Of the best
| accomplishments of the session.
That is a curious argument for the establishment
| of postal savings banks. that savings banks are
not wanted and do not exist to considerable ex-
tent outside of New-York and New-England while
in those States such banks are established IN alum
dant number by private enterprise. III the people
elsewhere do not want such banks, why force their
establishment there by National authority III
the people of New York and New England do want
banks OF their own creatiol, ana under their own
contrul why break down those institutions by
setting up others maintained at public expensef
The free traders toes were made TO be stubbed.
Until Recorder smytn suggested 1t, probably
Jaehnes counsel never once thought OF asking
Jaehne for a bill of particulars
| If some Aldermen could clear their consciences
and re1Ovate their characters with as much ease as
| the Board changes the name OF a street, what q
happy set of men they would be Compared with
| this task. however, the Ethiopians problem OF
| changing his skin is simplicity itself.
Senator Payne's vindication will cost HIM even
more than his election.
| Colonel Morrison is getting dangerously near the
| protection elephant again. lis Rood-natured
| elephant but 1t won't stand being scratched.
Senator Cullen's manure dumping bill met with
sudden but weil-deserved death IN the Assembly
| This measure might Justly have been entitled an
act to boost a brother-ln-aw by poisoning the air
OF sundry streets and aven les OF the City OF New
York. In declining TO waste time Ill considering IL
| aud in promptly striking out its enactmg clause
| the Assembly paid discriminating tribute to It's
! sweet-scented merits.
| This country has declared again for protective
policy III he of that foreign import, the boy
| colt. The tariff must be absolutely prohlbltory.
No law of Congress can prevent the shrewd, able
| and industrious man from accommodating the wealth
| that the dull and slothu never soc about them.
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PERSONAL.
Bishop Stevens. Of Phadclphia now attends to all his
episcopal duties. Apparently his health 10 quito re-
stored.
yice-Presdent Thomson, OF tho Pennsylvania Rail
road will sail for Europe with his family On Thursday
Tor the summer.
Don Carlos says he has greater hopes than ever
before of soon returning to Madrid In triumph.
Messra j. ID. Rockefeller OF this city. and j. B. Hoyt
of Con nectcut have each subscribed $4,000 toward
paying GA Baptist Home Missionary Societys debt
oil Sl4O,JOO.
Mr. Enoch Pratt, who gave Baltimore its fine free
library thought to be worth six millions, all
liz and Thin.