New-York tribune., 1886-08-27

The Golden Club has adopted resolution upon
Mr.. TiIden's death describing him as man OF
q broad and lightened views on the subject OIL
free trade" There is room to hope that the Golden
Club will even yet elect the Hon. Sam Randall as
al honorary member.
A delegation Of dry goods merchants called a the
Custom House on Tuesday to obtain information
in regard to the refund which they claim upon
goods covered by the Oberteuffer decision. The ex-
oeedingly slow progress returning the refund to
tho importers has caused little amount OF dlssat-
isfactlon to them aud tho new Collector. MIR. Ma
gone will be asked to hasten matters In TINS de-
o plrtment Of the Custom House. VI course. each
claim must be examined, but at the present rate OF
adu u,tment it will take five years to pay OIL the
hundred claims now on file The Collector ought to
give little more time to such matters
William 7. Moses. the postmaster of Auburn, has
distinguished himself by appointing Democratic
ward heeers and such etiercarriers and so forth
in his Office He is likewise editor of a Democratic
newspaper. As postmaster he ls OF course by the
Presidents recent order, restrained from perni-
cious activity" and other equally damaging things
in political way. Now the question arises
whether Moses is free his editorial capacity to
manifest activity of a decidedly pernicious SORT
For instance. he says:
The President has to the extrene verge OF tho
Constitution In prohibiting Federal officials from beng
conspicuous In politics. and In curtang their rs9s G& az s
American CITIZENS because VI MS oAsrcno 'i'"'"' N
Service Reform
Now isn't that specimen Of partisanshp that Is
slightly offensive Auburn is not very far from
the Adirondacks and Mr. Cleveland will hardly
brook such unkind remarks from man whom he
appointed to Office 1t is plainly his duty to take
Moses in hand VIZ en- he from the wilderness.
Now that Cutting is safely home and out OF the
clutches of wicked Greascrs, the over-heated Gov
ernOr of Texas will have a chance to cool down.
Only one applicant for the Office of principal
examiner of the Pension Office Is this possible
Where are the hordes of "vcry hungry and very
thirsty Democrats whose watchword was ON 10
Washing " To be sure. there was Clvll
Service examination to be passed on the way, ana
although the Democracy are opposed horse ana iooe
to Civil Service Reform 1t was not to be sup
posed that they would miss chance for an oifce'
good, bad or indifferent. merely because an exam
ination was n necessary preliminary. This ts carry
ING oppostion to the Civil Service principle too far
Corporation Counsel Lacombe expresses the
opinion that no fundamental error was committed
in the conduct of the Mayors inquiry into Rolln
NJ. Squire The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is that he is a
no fundamental error about that
Mr. Parnell warns the Tories that they have got
hold of very thorny stick by the wrong end'
Major Saunderson on behalf Of the Unionists replies
in effect that any stick, and either end OF IT, Is good
enough to beat the Irish dog with. Then Mr.. Par
nell is right and the dog Is to be beaten coercion
is the inevitable outcome of an insucere shllly-
snally policy of conciliaton based on royal
commissions.
Rochester nourishes an Alderman who apparently
Is determined that his metropolitan brethren snail
net absorb all the notoriety of this era This ambi-
tious official has been distinguishing himself by
going cunning for his neutrality-suspicious.
attention given to newspaper men, when last
heard from he HADN'T as yet brought down any of
the game upon which he had set his heart, but ne
ad created several stampedes and had got himself
in Jail.
II looks as il General Newton had been laying
train of dynamite in. through and around Squire.
And Squire must now think that he was nearer
He'll Gate all the time than lie supposed.
Pucks artist ha wing demonstrated what he knew
about farming by picturing variety OF corn that
never was outside of its office, now turns his
| attention TO ralroading with success equally
] unique In his principal cartoon for this week he
represents an engineer seated on the lett side OF
| his engine. Concrete engineers on real railroads
never sit on that side. character in one OF Wlkie
| Colnss novels maintained that the best way to
breed bull was to determine what sort OF an ami
NAL was desired and then TO evolve him from ones
innet consciousness. Apparently that's the way
| Pncks artist produces the corn and the engineers
and things that he desires TO take on the spot"
Well it's convenient way. but the results are not
| 20 all-ired realistic as they might be.
| If Cutting continues to issue proclamations to
the American people and to " my brethren of the
| mighty press' he will bring down Secretary
Bayard's sorry diplomatic travestes to the level
| OF roaring farce
Mr. BlaDes criticism OF Secretary Bayard Is so much
personal matter and at the time so ephhmeral,
by 1883 the questions with which IL deals Will have
seems hardly worth while 70 comment upon IT. Water
| bury American
| The Fisheries question has survived good many
| Presidential campaigns. No issue in American
politics except the tariff has been less ephemeral!
| Now that NewYork is to have. through the
munifcence Of Mr.. Tilden. free public library
| or which there has long been demand. would not
this be good time for some of tho pubc-spirited
citizens Of Brooklyn to provide an adequate endow-
ment for the Brooklyn Library. so that that we'll
equipped and useful institution can be made moro
| widely useful BIZ being made free This was pro-