New-York tribune., 1886-02-16

Petersburg, Va, So So, and so on. Here Is
certainly fine opportunity for reorganization
and economy.
No; but we can turn the very scandal into credit
Democ%'tc Journal nr.t exposed and condemned It;
that nearly the whole Democratic press promptly rreog
nlzrd the udscretion; that Democratic House OF ep
Democratic President required ITS absolute separation
from his Administration.-lTh The World
There are only four inaccuracies here l. The
TRIBUNE first exposed and CONDEMNED the scandal
2. The Democratic press with very lew eAcep-
tiOns, promptly ignored the subject. B. Inc
! Democratic House has not ordered nvestiga-
tion. although 1t acGuiesced in the passage OF
fmsy RESOLUTION offered by a Republican member
! 4. A Democratic President has required the aDSo-
lule Identification of his Administration with the
scandal OF these four fictIons the hrSt is en1Ieu
to pre-eminencr as a work of imaginative power.
| The assumption that THE TRIBUNE is Democratic
paper really ttkes away br ;ath, acclImated as
we ar .by years of patient labor at tho exchange
table 10 the ehrontery of the Democratic press In
February snch eX libitions OF phenomenal cOolness
are not we'l-tlmcd, although they might possibly
prove refreshing next summer.
Jacob Sharp will but poorly appreciate his OPP
portunty if ne does not demand Il vlndicatiOn
Mr.. Bcccher fears If some one were to leave MN
great fortune 1t would ruin hin for minister. HIS
friends shond not he deferred on that account The
effect might bo apparent, Dat the cause would be
open for question.
The fellows who get in on the ground floor must
blame no one but themselves If the floor goes under
with them.
The Presidents announced programme that mo
ofiice-ho!der shall be removed except for cause"
sl onid be made TO read mo amount OF cause shall
| occasion the removal Of Democratic oitce-holder"
ris sad pity for Sir Charles Diko that The Na9,
York Erening Post Is not published In London. II
would probably stand ready to assure nlH tnat tn1
with the powers which make States great, happy and
/ unltrd.- Puiladr phia Press.
Well. the stern moralst did what he could to
cover up sir Charles DukeS ilagrant lmmorahtles.
The uaugh'v news editor had allowed MANY OF the
uauscatirg details to get Into the earlier editions;
but the morast interyened at the last moment
and succeeded IN restoring thr propucieS of family
reading for which Mr.. Beccher generously com
mcndcd 1t about the time The Fost was publishing
I- infamous articles on unchastlty.
Cleveland's umbrella is not big enongh to keep
the rain Of public cen.urc of his dSgraced oiclai'
lie will merely succeed IN getting himself wet
An ABRUPT change to a milk diet is respectfully
recommended e. the Hon. William H. Moloney,
Reading Clerk Of the Board OF Aldermen. And the
milk must be guiltlcss of punches. Then possibly
Mr. Ncwcombo will succeed in getting Mr. Moloney
to the witness stand.
All who admire honesty. strength and chivalry
III the open arena of debate will hope for the life OF
Henry WattersOn
THE TRrBrSr denies that said that Attorney
| Gene
will br gratifying To prontspirited man Ike Mt Oar
land gracrfuncs, ot It /. mnrre ny the beISrr-
rnt tone hich immediately follows for II wants 10
know whether II shall 60 ON aud use up me fr'ning
II id In the campaign 81 1854. For heavens sake not
now! spare US IN lsss.-tLvenins Post
Stay in your hole then but remember That the
public has found you out. In 1854 the great repu-
tatlon ol William Cullen Bryant still br'oded over
Ike Erening Post and lent some semblancc Of in
ducnce To its utterances in politics and morals The
lengths to which defamation, classification of evil
dcnce and wanton immortality were carried by his
SUCCESSORS that campaign have dspcllcd Lhe llu-
sion that the journal founded by hun has remained
honest In It's treatment of public men or clean and
reputable IN matters of common morality. Inc
next time The Post malevoently assaults a Repub-
hcan leader Mr. Bryant's ghost will no longer be
walking he earth, and the attack will only pass
for what II is IA petty exhibition of personal spite
The next time DR.. SchliemInn hunts around
among ancient ruins for relies Of bygono grandeur,
We hope he will keep "A sharp lookout for the Civil
Service Commission.
The chronological arrangement of the incidents
in the Pin-ElectrIc affair reveals IA conspiracy in
which all the parts dove-taIl perfectly
John Keenan, is at Lakewood, n j., and is re-
ported to be boiling over with innocence and with
Indignation that he should be suspcctedo OF knowing
ANYTHING about tho Broadway Railroad. We hope
| that Mr. Keehan's health will permit him to return
speedily to New-York, and to convince the Senate
Committee under crosse Examination that he does
moi even understand what bOodlo" means.
The reform engine has big whistle but no
wheels
The Government ship might safely have passed
the silver shoals and the tariff breakers, but 1t was
doomed when Garland shot the albatross of popu-
lar respect.
Where is Billy Moloney This IS fast be-
coming as important question that ono which
has come laundering down the ages-WhO struck
Billy Patterson
PERSONAL.
President Cleveland, II is remarked, has been SIN
guary unfortunate In the interruptions Of his recop-
tuus at the White House. -Four times already the death
OF 30 prominent person has caused pOslpOnenent
OF festivities.
The Marquis Of Ripon-albeita Liberal-s sadly thin
skinned Some ono wroo to The Manchester Era miner