New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-29

| without reliance upon foreign lmpOItatlons.
Hence it is that a resolutc maintenance of the
system by which the development of home
industry Is encouraged remains an essential
condition to prosperity, as it has been for
twenty-five years.
The amlcablc ssttem mt ont of co lr6 of the Field
! LabOucherc libel suit Is fortu1ae conclusion to
an unpleasant aud Improbable dispute Mr.. La
bouchere withdraws his mputations against Dir.
| Field. who, In his turn, wIthdraws his action
| Both these gentlemen are able men, and we
glad that their bile did not get the better of their
common sense Mr.. Field may now return and give
his attention to The inns and The krenRg POST
that 49, if he can find any to sue, o. sees a way
of recovering anything but paper Judgment
The Mercantile Library Association has issued its
sixty-ffth annual report The library grows con-
stantly III membership and IN boods, and well per-
forms good work TO the public.
The forecas Of the London journals ofthe results
OF the approaching election TO be accepted eau
| uousy. In 1850 they assumed from the outset
that Lori Beaconsfied had the country with him.
! In 1885 they not only predicted Liberal defeat IN
n vance, but trlunphantly recorded 1t before the
borough elections over; and then had to
change their estimates when the counties voted.
The voice of the National shipping aud Industrial
League, which organized in Washington on
Wednesday, Is to be beard throughout the land. The
officers are selected from the several States and it
is intended that the League shall take Nation
al character. and extend ITS membership from one
side Of the continent to the other to bring all the
forces friendly to the OF the American ship to
the political front, and establish there line OF
| battle against her enemies III hatever party they
may be found. Or. one of the officers stated
"1be voters of this Nation shall have opportunity
! to make known their will whether the flag OF the
| Union shall fly at American maslheads, or he iQnO-
miuIously hauled down to give place to the flags of
| foreign nations. Every Congressman and Senator
| found harboring the enemies Of the American ship
| will be a marked man, no matter how sound he
may be on tho other tenets of the different political
parties"
The Aldermen have asked the opinion OF the Cor
poration Counsel 10 the effect of recent legsla-
ton on the cable roads proposed tor this city. We
admire their caution. The Broadway venture had
one terminus in Sing Sing.
Secretary Mannings physical condition is report
ed to be IN Ich impro yed, but he does not seem to
cain Judgment with heath. In public interview
he a lows himself to say Il fear that Mr. Biane's
rough condemnation of England and vltuperatlve
advocacy of Home Rule which was cabled to Lor
dom played directly into the han Is of Lord Sails
bury" We doubt if these considerations will so
distress Mr.. Manning as to bring about relapse.
If he manages 70 survive the bid effects upon his
Democratic system of Mr. aine's known sympa-
thy with Ireland and Of his popularity among our |
IRISH American citizens, fancy he Will not
droop into dependency on account of any assist
ance he may fear Mr. Blaine has given to the ene
MES of the Irish cause.
The FORD asks if The lines " can be regarded as
Republican newspa per-" o. yes, in the same way |
tina, Satan can be regarded as an archaugel of |
Heaven. lie was once. before he consplred to
overthrow and destroy it. Then something serious
happened to him.
The cry is still they come-the centenuials. Port
land has issued cards for hers, and very tasteful
cords they ara The celebration will begin on
Sunday July 4. with suitable services In the
churches Monday is to be devoted to professions
and other outdoor displays and on Tuesday, the
concluding day, there Will be CAV round OF ex-
curslons and reunions Interspersed with literary
exercises Portland is celebrated in Longfellows
the beautiful town
That is seated by the Sea,
and her record is as honorable as her face is fair
It 10 expected aud to be presumed that every native
of the ely in the United States who is not now re-
siding In Portland will return to the old home in
July and help along IN the merrymaking.
Every body hopes that the wind will blow great
guns off Marbehead to-day. for the people are be-
coming quite anxious to know wllch OF the great
sloop yaclts Is tho greatest SO far the endeavor
To discover 10 whom the bonor belongs has been an
effort to make bricks without straw. We want no
playful zephyrs but a regular Dolphinia0 cyclone
IL the Democratic members of the Pan-EIectric
Committee cannot agree upon anything else they
I'D md in,
Ing fa.ln.
The tranmrn on the elevated railways have fallen
iuto the bad habit of calling out tine stations In
tones inaudIble to all save those sitting standing
c,ose to the doors. Many passengers carried
daily beyond their destinations owing 10 the diff
cuity of hearing the names spoken with "bated
breath and whispering humbleness" from the plat
iolm; and when tho owdsd aud it IS inn
poss Bile to tho sign boards at the stations great
annoyance IL caused. general order should be
issued to The tfainnen to exercise their lungs for
the benefit of the public
What has become of that business prosperity
guar lnteed to workIrgme by Democratic speakers
INSIST Over 1000 900 men out of en-
pioyment; and wages are lower than ever they
were under Republican rule There Is some conso-
lat,on in the prospect that this Democratic free
trade Administration VIII be tine last one. e
There probably has never appeared In print outside
the domain of obscene literature properly SO called.
anything Indecent suggestive OF indrconcy snd ."
we'll calculated TO spread demand Tor ,ndecrnry both
IiI-rar, and pictorial. The Pail NAL 0d-eLes pre-
tended ACCOUNTS OF London vice--lN T. Evening Posi-
The BeecAm family Journal will pardon us. The
worst thing in that line was the series Of chastity