New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-14

When John Bull distributed pluck 10 the proSonC
generation oil Britishers re filed Lieutenant Henn
with it from his heels to his hair
II there had to be an earthquake what pity IL
did not strike Hominy Hill instead of Charleston.
The people OF Charleston averse to earthquakes
but it has been concusivey settled that the inhao-
liant of Hominy Hill does not mind them at all.
IL really begins to look if our fondest hope the
one which, as sll the world knows, we have treas
ured 10 these many years, were at last going to be
realized Sunset Cox is coming home' To be sure,
il il only on furlon9h but he gets here, his
loving e1 constituents whose briny te RS washed
the decks of the steamer that bore him from their
sight may be relied upon to snatch the red fez from
his brow to cut the Oriental sash from about LIS
waist and to hang his scmetar, like Taras harp'
upon the wall. Let him go backI NoVer' lhey
will give the Hon. Tim Cam pbell to understand
that he no moro than the Constitooshnn," shall
stand between friends. They will float sunset DhcK
to Congress tidal wave Of votes and once again
he will have the glorious and lovely distinction OF
being The TRIBuSE's perennial candidate 1or
Sneaker. The House will listen in wondering
silence to- his Jokes as of yore, and IL he does not
issue from the smoke of our thaumaturgic political
not with the Speakers gave in his hand this time.
then by the shades of Althotas. we will give up
| the job.
The Anarchist is tho socialist carried ont to
| logical conclusion
| The third party Prohibitonlst must confess him.
40 less Prohibitonist than tail to the Demo-
| cratic kite
The minors now current in Nova Scotia that the
| President has announced his intention OF again
| recommending to Congress the appointments
of n Fisheries Commission are undoubtedly
unfounded. The annual Message NAV contain such
| a recommendation. but 1t is Improbable that tno
President has minated his intentions to any one
connected with the Canadian Government Inc
eagerness with which this bait for gudgeons IL
snapped up and swallowed by the greedy fishermen
| Of the provinces may convince the ADIRONDACK
sportsman that Secretary Bayards casts have been
made too far in tho direction OF Canada. In the
Maritime Provinces lawyers are already named for
service in the International Commission, and pos
siby statistics are being prepared and case
worked mp" upon which AT other outrageous
award NAV be based We trust that the President
will not repeat the bunder of recommending the
policy for which the Canadians are clamoring
IF new man Of Europe must soon be made
| Prince Alexander should be one OF the draugnts-
! men.
| Ii is we'll for the third party people to compre-
lend the great theological principle TINT il Is not
necessary to hate your friends in order to attest
| how much you love your enemies
| Mr. w. W. McNaughton would seem to have his
own unoue IDEAS in regard to the best way of
getting even " with an antagonist. 1t appears
| that Mr. McNaughton supports n series of range
| liuhts SO called in Saut River, and that the Lake
| Superior Transit Company for reasons best known
| to themselves decline to pay for the maintenance
of the lights The result Is letter signed by Mr..
NcNaughton and addressed to the master of one of
| the Transit Company's steamers, Ill which occurs
| this remarkable warning: sowing to the above
| facts | hereby nctify You not to uso them the
ights after the 9th Of September for when you are
coming up and down the river they may not lie III
their proper place" Rather cheerful announce
ment that for mariners that partial to existence
and don't happen to have their lives insnrci. The
! lights "may not be in the proper place.! Until
the unpleasantuess is healed it might DO prudent
for the Transit Company to take the overland route
Among tho resources Of civilization the halter.
still holds its own as against the dynamite bomb.
According to The albany Argas the Governor is
enjoying himself among the farmers like school
boy on holiday, without a Thought OF politics"
Why. cert'nly @Wltnont a thought CT politics"
T. S-The Argus is much too gueless for tbs world,
and we doubt not that its fayorite hymn begins,
Heaven is my home.
A refreshingly frank member of the third party
lives in Rochester. The Democrat and Chronicle of
that cry reports that the last meeting of the Cen
trail Prohibition Club the question was discussed,
| = Why am PrOhlbition'stf This relreshlngly
frank member replied. Because he wanted to tear
the other two parties to pieces" 1t is beginning
TO bs pretty generally understood that there is
more politics than prohibition in the third party
movement
The st. John crowd prepare the trap for honest
temperance people, and tho grinnlng Democracy
furnishes the bait.
The London Standard adysos the Government to
| bid against the League for the gratitude of the
Irish people" But tho League is the Irish people.
and The Standards advice is like charging mans
worst enemy to grant him more than he would give
himself
Mayor Grace saws he really will not run again.
IL is wise man who knows when to stop monkey
ing with the bnzz saw of popular sentiment
A number of false but no true statements have
vet been brought to light in the campai IN book
issued by the Democratic Congressional Committee.
Those VINO prepared tho book look Tor a large sale
for it-among the marines.
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PERSONAL
Senator Edmunds and sir Lyoa Playfair will make
adde sses this week at the Fall at Burlington,
Vermont
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Douglass now in Boston
Thev Will coma IN New York this week and take passage