New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-21

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Administration, of Cheap-John statesmen, wearing
| secondhand apparel and pInchbeck jcwelry
This Is the feeling among the mass OF Democrats.
Nothing conventional or perfunctory about
that Here lie flavor as we'll as force. deep
and affectionate party feeling manifested in
original striking phrases, the eloquent exuber-
ance born not of the pump but tho fountain,
an unmistakabe ui-generisness.
| Oh, yes, the Colonel has resumed work and
never felt better in his life, thank YOU
| Morrison may be leader, but where does ne
| lead The sphinx and the pyramids advance
| quito as fast.
Among the most important matters now pending
before Congress is the bill for the extinction OF The
Mormon infamy. Yet in all his ten column mess.
| age MIR. Cleveland could not find space to say
| word about it.
| The death OF James D. Warren. OF "Thc Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser whose funeral took place
yesterday, has elected from his numerous friends
throughout the State the heartiest tributes 10 his
sterling worth. man of great force OF char
| acter Of marked sagacty. Of answering integ-
rity, Mr.. Warren was generally recognized, both MS
journalist and party leader, as one OF the most
influential of the Republicans of the interior.
| II the President is grateful man, he Will re-
ward Colonel Morrison for not having succeeded
in doing it,
Spain is not harassed as this Nation of ours
| now is with the responsible duty Of dealing with
o big, unmanagcabe surplus in the treasury. On
the contrary 1t Is q very poor country. which finds
great difficulty in making both ends meet. But
| when it wants q new navy 1t goes about the
| business hand over hand. The Legislature has
voted s45 100000 for the creation OF new navy
and not begun to make the pother about it that
has been raised here by Democratic economists over
the expenditure Of fraction OF that amount.
Spain is happy in some features OF its political
state. 1t does not have dcmagogucs and Cheap
John reformcrs Of the Holman type to squeeze and
white down appropriations for national objects
| Of prime Importance.
The surface railroad companies seem to think
that their cars are intended to be refrlgerators'
| Mr. Randall would better make a Pig iron COW
ering for his devoted head before he reads the
current issues of "lhc Louisville Courier Journal
"Ihe Evening POST has its daily whine about
the degradation" OF American journalism. in
this country it remarks. nobody is too low to
have his qunrrels suierngs or intrigues set forth
| at lcnsth and tho papers TEEN with spicy reports
of the clopements of bartenders AMI servants. The
| scandals of unknown families, and the divorce
suits of people whom nobody ever heard oil. lhat
sentence is one of the thousand ibek
upon tho profession of journalism
which have appeared in the Chastity
Editors organ. lie is never weary or malisnln4
and insulting his professional associates. Yet nc
persists in remaining in business which he de
nounces daily low, dislcputable. blackguaro
calling Our advice to the Chastity Editor Il
either to step down and out las lie once urged his
| md patr Mr. Rppcher
else to turn new leaf, stop abusing MS
neighbors make "a special study of the seventh AND
ninth commandments, and live pcaccaby with al
men.
The peace of Europe costs about billion dollars
a year
The resolution of the Board OF Aldermen which
was recently vetoed by the Mayor. limiting the
pressure of steam pipes in the streets, VIII
como up to-day for passage over the veto II
ought to fail There is no justification for it. ano
it seems to have been devised and put through
chiefly for striking purposes Its passage over
the veto would seriously interfere with the Drcs
cnt system Of heating many large and important
| bull lin IS, and would benefit no one Ii woulc
besides be fatal TO many manufacturing enter
prises and would be gross violation Of vested
rights.
1t is dangerous for a public man to give thu
cold shoulder to bis promises.
Boss Mclaughlin and his friends do not relsl
at all the energetic way in which The Brooklyn
Union is exposing wrongs and abuses in the city
government and yesterday the Brooklyn BOARD
of Aldermen resolved TO take the corporation ad
vcrtising nom "1he Union and to give 1t to the
Ring organ "The Citizen But this will prob
ably be Of moro benefit than injury to The
Union The active hostility of the Ring will
increase the number of its friends and supporters
1t is better newspaper than ever before, and III
manly straightforward cOuisc meets the hearty
approval Of public-spirited citizens.
The free trade garment Is filed in with illusion
Mr. Hewitt has declared that his ConSrcssiona
career has been failure. He and Mr.. Morrison
are united by common bond.
II there is anything in the current theory Of
"the transfcrcnce of thought then by all means
let the American peoples opinion Of Mr. Garland
be forthwith transferred to the Garland conscious
ness This done it may be possible that it viii
occur to the Attorney General that the most &C
ceptable Christmas present he can make the pub
lie is his resignation.
The business of celebrating historical anniver
ssrics is certainly being erd Here is serious
account given in an English journal of nationa
exhibition at the Westminster Aquarium in hono
OF the tcrcentenaiy Of the Introduction of polatoe:
into Great Britain. Gold, silver and bronze medals
were bestowed upon competitors displaying The
finest assortments Of potatoes, and grea