New-York tribune., 1886-02-14

The Atforncy-Gcneral l. charged with accepting
81 800 900 81 git stock and with allowing the pc-
partmcnt of Justice and tn Administration g'her-
ally 20 bc used IN converting II into bonanza
IEat is the main issue. 10 >ay That ur Rogers Il
acr,uk. or that RcI4 invented the telephone or
that the Bell Company l. terrible monopoly Is
merely to cyade the real question.
III, Rochester Herali believes that no man can
serve TWO masters That - where The H"dd dis
agrees with the present Administration. Mr. Cie'e-
land think, hc can ride the charger reform gong
IN one direction and the charger Pan-Electuc
gong in another direction at the same time.
Iieutenaut Grccly makes pathetic appeal IN MS
,.,,, for tho .,rv,vor- of the lady Franklin Bay
cxuedIiion some 0f them have not been lully paln
for Their Arctic service; not one OF them mas D'eh
promoted in the Army; ono lies IN a ciN hospltH
the recipient of private charity aud ono ana All are
neglected and forgotten after their lalthiuI ais
charge of the Government service required ol theu
IN the Far North. The Lieutenant remarks lhA'
Rratpard who was LOCKWOOD associate III making
IN. furihcst North, Is still Sergeant III the Ohlttu
! States Army, whcrca, his gallant service would
have earned him commission III any other service
IN the world. The fact that these men were sent
! "a Lady Franklin Bay by the United States
! Government and were exposed to the most agonz-
,ug suffering IN the interest Of science fairy en-
! titles them to generous consideration.
"Itisnot of party slgnIiicancc." saws Mr.. George
! William Curtis, referring to the Pan-tecltc Sc"u-
| d,ls Mr. Curtis is also the author OF the phrase
a party which now attempts TO creep bick lh'o
power as "A conspiracy for plumber ana lor SpollS'
Tup TRmrSE insists warmly that Attorney-General
! Garland is ~ bad as Blane-lI The Evening Post
Our neighbor is never able to resist its men
| daclous instincts when Mr. Blanes name Is Nell
toned We have never said that " Garland was as
had as Blaine" What we have done ls to expose
the hypocrisy and cant of Journals when raised Il
false and dishonest Issue so far IA MT. blaiho ""S
concerned and are now either openly condoning
| Mr. Garlands scandalous offences, or else are qulo-
| hing over them Does Ihe Post wish us to take up
,h n,rollel again and show how. after 1t had rum
mayed IN the Muillgan dust-heap and failed to hhd
any actual poInt of contact between NT. Blame 5
business and public relations, 1t deliberately mis-
represented the facts and raised" the charge alter
the manner of "A counterfeIterf We succeeded Ill
conyicting The Post in 1884, and IN forcing II TO
retract ITS wicked and malevoent charges We
dare say we could do as we'll again.
1t is unnecessary 10 go back to Jacksons time foI
robust Democratic virtues. Neither General Han
cock nor Governor Seymour. # elected to the Pres
dency. would have tolerated in the Cabinet the
presence Of Il corrupted glit-taker
The recent mortality among Democratic cand
dates for the highest elective Offices Is strlklhH
Within little over three months three ot the
Presidential candidates of that party-McClcilah
Hancock and Seymour-havc passed away. IL
this list must be ADDED VIce-PrcsIdent Hendricks
and B. Gratz Brown. Mr. Iilden still lives, but II
feeble health and lie long since retired from active
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