New-York tribune., 1886-06-03
What will Dan Lamont now have to do !


The UorM intimates that The TRIBUNE is pre-
paring for the canvass of 1888" We need 10 prep
aratlop We are all ready now. IL the election
were to-morroy " the incompetent, obstructive and
Pan-Electrc Democracy would be swept out of
sight.
When The Erening Post states that The TRIBUNE
preserves profound silence" " on the subject of
the Excise and the Spring Elections bills, we re-
pret to be compelled say that it wlfuy lies 1t is
well aware of the fact that we have repeatedly con-
demned the first and approved the second. The
Posts wicked and reckless fasehoods are neither
recent nor rare, but it becomes triile more Impu-
dent and at times. and upon this business 1t
has chosen to outdo itself 1t has made such an
odorous reputation that one seldom cares to cor
rect It's foolish and INSCRIPTIONS statements, and
in exposing it anew 10 the contempt of people VINO
be ieye in truth and decency as elements OF con-
troyersy we are not deceived into hoping that it
will be a whit more honest or shade less vulgar
in It's conduct. Moral castigatlon is lost upon
pachyderms like The Post 1t lies because it loves
TO lie 1t besmrchcs regulations because 1t enjoys
black guardism and it has long since forgotten how
TO feel ashamed of following ont the line of con-
duct INTO which It's natural tendencies lead It,
Buddensiek will find no mud mortar in the sub
stantial walls of the Sing Sing Prison
Tammany will wait long while before she gets
another leader like John Kelly. Such men do not
grow IN every community with each generation.
The Bankrupt bill appears to have small prospect
of success This will not seem strange to those who
| have studied the course of public sentiment on the
subject There still remains at the West and South
an exceedingly strong opposition TO a measure
which is supposed tc be conriyed in the interest OF
Eastern dealers and money lenders AT the same
time. not a few conservative hen doubt whether it
il best after all for the Nation to pass any act de
signed to the security and therefore expand
tine volume of commercial credits The measure
| pending however excellent it may be in its provis-
ions can hardly pass until the reasons for it are
| better understood by the country.
The question at issue now appears to be whether
| the Postmaster-General or THE NEw-ioRK TkIDuNE
! knows the more about tho post-oiice bushess-lNew
| York World.
| III we knew no more about 1t than Mr.. Villas seems
to know wo should never rcfor to the subject of a
| post-otfcc. The meagTo-minded person who has
| been un wisely given coltrol of department., the
Importance of which is not to be measured, was not
put there for what he knew. The fact that the
business OF his Office included the management of
900 Offices with their vast revenues and ser
vice. the transportation Of millions of communca
tons over domain bounded only by the oceans. a
well as foreign service ali over the world and TIT
| expenditure Of 500 900. 900 year, had no weigh
| with the people who put Villas where he is. Al
| they demanded man who would consent t
| violate tho law ana cripple to the extent Of hi
ability the American steamship lines, so that hav