New-York tribune., 1886-04-01
Nrw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, April. l. 1880

We. THURSDAY, APRIL ], 1SS
is reason to believe from Mr.. Youug's reluctant
admissions that there may have been some
secret understanding with the Gray telephone
svndicate. 1t was a combination against the
Bell Company, and the Department OF Justice
WAS placed Mt the disposal of the Attorney
Generals business associates and the specu-
lators In alliance with them.
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Mr. Casey Young seems to have a foolish as well
asa wary tongue When Congressman Ranney. who,
by the way, Is doing his duty very well, pressed
him for an answer to an important question which
was embarrassing in it's consequences. however 1t
should be answered. Mr. Young cried ont You
don't want 10 know: your manner is offensive you
are a pettifogging lawyerl" Mr.. Young needs to
he little careful lie is not III position 10 be IN
soIent When Mr. Ranney again puts hm IN such
pckle that he cannot afford to tell the truth and
vet is afraid to lie he should at least keep his tenn
per-
Harper's Weekly, writing of Governor HILL re-
marks: " He has made as yet, from the party point
of v,ew no serious mistake that is, he has done
nothing to repel the confidence even of the Demo-
Gratis no would nor support him." This Is to be
George II. Sterling has yet received.
T, there any good reason why Nfr. Villas should
nav th. British Cunard Line 3S cents n mile f0r
CARRYING the mails when he allows American lines
only about 3 1-3 cents 7
A correspondent from Bath calls THE TRIBUNE
70 task for what =, considers unjust attack upon
Irish Protestants contained in a recent article on
Gladstone and Pitt. The statements to which he
oh ects relate to the crcun stances under which the
Act of Union was passed, and can be easily verified,
if our correspondent will consult any standard MS
tory-J II. Green's Short History OF the English
people for example. Certainly 1t was not our pur-
nose 10 refer TO the matters under discussion in any
spirit of Intolerance unfairness but merely to
state the case as it is stated by English writer's
whose syrpathies with and not against the Prot
estants in Ireland. Our correspondent is evidently
a sincere aud loyal friend of The TRIBUNE, and
consequently this brief acknowledgment Of his
spirited protest is made.
The Ua,hingfop Star reports that Mr.. Cleveland
" has made no plans whatever for the simmer
Perhaps the President will devote his vacation to
struggling with the problem of recOnciling his re-
tention of Mr.. Garland in his Cabinet with his
theory that public Office is public trust" In that
case his vacation cannot begin TOO early or end TOO
late.
The Tnes's defence Of its shameless conduct in
aiding aud abetting the Broadway Railway steal
in 1854 is nc0nclusye 80 far rs II goes. Its lrst
and more elaborate plea in justification ofts course
was that JAY Gould had come back to town. Its
second and apparently final argument IS that 1t IS
work of supererogation for THE tribune to make
an ass of itself" Ah Fagln this is practical
community where there is good deal of hard
A. ls-a do
fences leave q hole in the argument through which
asma express wagon with the entire circulation
of The Times could be driven with very little deX-
terty Come Fagin! talk up like man. Why
did you think Sharp had made the best possible ar
rangement for the public What were your reasons
and what were they worth Had Dlsbccker
already communicated them TO Sharp before you
confessed IN public your change of heart
Municipal corruption will never cease until
bribers and bribetakers pay the penalty of their
crimes
Mr.. Dngley made plain statement OF fact when
he asserted that if Mr. Vilas's policy be continued
and the cry of Subsidy" be raised by Democratic
demagogues whenever the interests Of the merchan5
marine nperilied tue country will soon see the
last American steamer driven out OF the foreign
trade There is no subject discussed in Congress
respecting which Democrats feel at liberty to De
at once unpatrlotic and so unreasonable as that
of American shipping. III all the defences of the
Postmastor-General's discredtabe dealings with
the American lines and his uuwarrantable action
in multiplying Congressional legislation, there was
not one sensible argument used. Mr.. Dngleys |
powerful speech remains unanswered by the dema- |
gogues who have raised the false cry of subsidy.
Alderman Jaehne resigned his place as Vice. |
President of the Board Has it come to this that |
Garland must take lessons official propreCy from
Jaehno!
II is Announced that William Richardson of the |
Brooklyn street-car lines will speak this evening
before the Baptist Social Union on Strikes; their
Causes and How they may be Prevented The
scofer may say that Mr.. Richardson's in
preventing strikes on his lines has not been con
spicuous and brilliant to enttle him to speak |
with authority on the subject.
Assistant Dstrict-Attorney Purly ought to take |
voyage around the world. lie should arrange |
his affairs without delay and get Of And during |
the whole time of his absence from New-York he |
should let the salt winds blow ov him and |
the salt waves saturate him just as extensively |
and thoroughly possible 1t ght be we'll to |
pack him brine like Gloucester mackercl. For |
Mr. Purdy is as fresh could have been tho |
" zenith city of the unsalted seas" lie is contin-
ually trying to get people convicted of crimes of |
which they never guilty and getting rebuked |
by the court for his freshness.
There to he good deal of Pan-EIectrIcity |
in Mr.. Casey Youngs temper.
The country has experienced some extraordinary
weather during the last few days. Rains as heavy
as those which have fallen in Tennessee, Georgia
and Of the adjacent States rarely outside
of the Tropics. Between six and eight inches of