New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-26

enced relief when Congress ad,ournns9; nnow "a
very reasonable demand"
meet uptown occasionally Jock Commissioner L. j. N
Stark He IL n handsome man OF hftyhve with lowing
ay side whiskers and mustache The DOCK CommsnonerS
have more money at their disposal for the comm. year
than for some time past and Mr. Stark says that there
will be number Of docks built besides consider
able outlay upon old ones probable tnas somS %
sS nrocess which have proved valuable in
waters as . projection against the teredo worm.
In lower broadway the other day ran aeross soma
tor Henry G. Davis Of West Virginia. tall, erect ana
busnesske in manner, but, he admitted, somewhat
lost In New York. al haven't been here for nearly
year. he sad "having been busy in the construction
OF railroads In West Virginia connect our West VIZ
giuia Central system with the Pcnnsylvans line ma
Il difficult TO keep with the march OF new Srs S.{
unless one here constantly. what 90 mink eDoug
the Inter Commerce bin We 1t has sorles gooa
features In it. and has some bad features 100 ike mp's
hope that will be amended somewhat before " passes
Senator Cheney, of New-Hampshirc, who was at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel Thursday. said that he had taken
house Washington for the winter a. more convenient
than apartments that he occupied at the Portland IN
city winters while his daughter was In school
at Washington Speaking Of his now position senator
Cheney said "Our legislative bodies in this country
compare favorably with any that saw in the Old World
where you know. have spent considerable time III
observation and study. do not quite Ike washington
place Of residence account OF the maarai Ten
denotes of the place. 1t to me that something
and S"' 40 get rid of the malaria" Senator
Cheney is firmly convinced that the future success
advocacy Of protective tariff and sound financial
agoment Speaking OF 1883 he said The question OF
New York il the Republicans Of this State unite upon
candidate Newlork and Indiana. in fact, will be the
other States viii rey If tie Republicans act prudently
and conservatvey In selecting candidate 70 %me U
and one that will be satisfactory to the party and Insure
We cannot afford to lose the sec% Oh so
a long time to come. Prudent and CONSERVATIVE acuon
part in selecting the nominee VIII insurehat sue
cess for u.s."
One of the wellinformed lumber merchants of this
State Is A. p Cooke Of Whitehall, who spends a great
deal OF time in New-York City. was chatting with him
the other day when from Washington that the
Free Traders intended make effort now thai the
Morrison bill Ia defeated to put lumber on the free list
I asked him what be thought about the proposition HIS
reply Was: 81 think they ought to take the duty OF
rough lumber OF every description. That would leave
the labor engaged lumber business fully protected
and would not nure the producers because the price OF
pine lumber Is regulated by the supply and demand. II
rid much vexaous trouble between Canada AND the
Unedstates They have an export duty OF ~ tnoa
should put rough lumber on the free list Inc TACT rs
that Americans most Of the lumber in Canada ana
We need access TO their lumber Logs are pretty
well In Eastern Michigan ana every year tue sup
ply Is growing less We might just as well have the Den
eft Of Canadian forests as not"
The new silver certificates, Of which great numbers
have recently been put in circulation give great delight
to the public first handling the paper being still
and hard and apparently rm But bankers and business
men who handle large quantities Of money are already
complaining that the quality Of the paper Is the poorest
since the days OF shinpasters. The soft hbre paper
which wears like buckskn metal only be perfected
by long process OF curing, which the new silver cer
Gates have not undergone prominent bond paper man.
ufacturer said Yesterday Until the Administration
came Treasury Department had for several years
kept hand at least years supply OF the paper ne
had found by long experience dt tne paper was
greatly improved by seasoning for year or So Inc man
ufacrers cannot OF be expected 10 carry sucn
lie security and good paper money, the Government
undertook IT, Treasurer jordan thought he saw
In this advance supply chance for prompt economy anu
while using the stock hand in the Bureau or EngraV
Ing and Printing he refused 10 sanction the OfernR OIL
further supply to keep up the stock Inc result was
little or paper on hand on which TO print them. New
paper ordered 1t printed while green anu SUD-
mitted an enormous heat to dry the inks Inc new
certificates harsh brittle and easily destroyed are the
the people who handle money and wear 1t out VIII
suffer-
Ihear story from Washington about CALIFORNIA; new
Senator may may be true, but which has he
Of frontier hunor Ina group in the Senate ante
chamber fellow member jOcuarly asked Senator Hearst
the other day he intended to hang up his stocking for
crowd roar:s Why, don't wear stockings In Cali
fOrnia"