New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-24

| q dollar by the telephone speculation. He has
| lost nothing III the entire transaction except
his honor; and perhaps that is to be rated as
low in the schedule as "public Office is public
trust
Among the cards left at the White House, one day
last week, was that of aged citizen who wrote
under his name have been voting for Demo-
cratic Presidents for fortyeight years. Inc confess
sion of this venerable sinner is sad blow to those
who hold to the theory that wickedness is fatal to
! longevity.
"Go where they don't feel such reverence for
! judicial precedents and comfy y was the advice
! Casey Young received from Pennsylvania LAWYER
who perceived that the Pan-Electric people would
! he laughed out of court in that State. Mr. Young
/ foIIoved this shreyd advice and made arrange
! mcnts with Mr. Van Benthuysen to fly the kite in
! Tennessee where there fewer legal cobwebs IN
the sky. But he took good care TO make the De-
partment of Justice the tail of the kite
How ex-Alderman Millers heart must have been
set palpitating when he read the papers Oh rlday
in Florida. Dempsey's services as L" bracer-up"
doubtless were greatly in demand.
at was believed" says Governor Hill in his
message referring to the passage OF the General
Street Surface Railway Act, that the local author
tiles having the interests of their municipalities
! at heart, would unquestiOnably avail themselves
of this fair and honest method the sale at public
! auctionl of dispOsing of such franchises" This
! chill dixie and bland faith could not have been
based on n thorough study of the habitat and
| characteristics of the species of Alderman known
as the Norus Eboricepsis. The environment OF TINS
! NeW-York spec les being largely liquorholes and
! fence corners does not tend to develop IN our
! Aldermen proper circulation OF their duty toward
the Municipality in fact, that kind OF circulation Is
exceedingly sluggish here.
Wbv not have Secretary Whitneys board Of
experts examine the Oregon wreck to determine
| whether her loss was due to structural weakness
orr The sinking of the Oregon seems to shake
England's boosted supremacy in ship-bulding
little No ocean steamship built by John Roach the
Cramps, Harlan 81 Holngsworth, or any other
American builders of iron ships. was ever sunk by
a schooner.
GSheeny Mike" has been brought back from
Florida. and it is said he has made confession.
| This does not necessarily impcate the two Alder
men of Ss4 who have fled to the Land OF Flowers
to escape rheumatism and the heart-dSease
1t is to be hoped that Northern papers will refrain
from unpleasant reflections upon the little massacre
in Senator Georges county. Why wave tie bloody
shirt excite race hatreds revive tho issues OF the
| Wari
1t is conjectured from a card which person who
signs himself "a North Albany Democrat" prints
in The Albany Journal that Mr.. Thacher the Demo
cratic nominee for Mayor of that city, is not held in
atfectonate regard by all his political brethren
| This North Albany brother writes that +" Mr..
| Thatcher will get the heart cut out of HIM at the
ballot-boxes." Considering the rough and painful
usage that awaits Mr.. TEACHERS heart, he may well
conclude that the post of honor is private station
To the Aldermen of 1884, who voted as Jacob
| Sharp desired: 1t is raining already and the
weather is growing worse. Come IN out OF the wet
| and confess. 1t is your only chance.
Mr.. Young asserts that the Attorney-General
never attended more than two meetings OF the Pan
Electric Company and that it was Impossible to get
him TO do anything When dividend was placed
Oh tho old turtles back, he always snapped for it.
Ii was always easy to get HIM to take hard cash
from a gft-enterprise in which he had not Ill
| vested a dollar.
| William p Kirk fellc tates himself that he was
out OF town when that famous August meeting was
held How Jaehne and some of the others must
wish that they had been with him!
There was something sweet and touching in the
unaffected generosity OF the IanElectrlc speculate
| Ors Mr. Young testiies that he gave two blocks
of stock Of IS 900 each to the children of personal
friends named after himself He had also given
$4,000 to an old friend In distress. Is it possible
| that wicked world can suspect any n-Electrlc
director of guief
The chances are that that mysterious something
the matter with his feet" did not prevent John
| Keenan, from stamping up and down the Lakewood
| hotel piazza in a rage when he heard that Jaehne
| had made n clean breast of 1t.
Among the patents recently granted by the
United States to citizens OF this State is one to
! Canandaigua and Syracuse inventors for 4
vinegar generator" Considering how sour Grover
Cleveland turns whenever the Pan-Electric busi-
ness is mentioned in his presence, he is likely TO
| turn ND some of these days infringement upon
this patent
@Oh the air.s full of rumors." said Alderman
Jaehne TO a TRIBUNE reporter; q it will all be
cleared up in the end" We deyoutly hope so. but
il can only be cleared up when Jaehne and his kind
have been taken where they will not be able to
pollutei 1T.
| The new agreement between the coal companies
in regard to prices and out put has already raised
the wholesale cost of coal 20 cents ton. This fact
however ought not TO make any unpleasant differ
ence to CONSUMERS The retail dealers seldom or
never give them the benefit of any tall IN wholesale
| prices, but pocket it themselves
One of the strong points Of Jashne's hold on the
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