New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-09

whether he has authority to invite representa-
tycs of the French people to take part In the
unyeiling of The Bartholdi statue. If there is
no law covering the case, Mr.. Cleveland can
afford 10 make law for himself. IL would be
q palpbc dscourtcsy if this munifcent gift
Of France should be dedicated without the
official participation, as invited guests of repre-
scntatves Of the French Republic.
Why should Mr. Dowds proposal in the
Aoucduct Commission that the minutes OF the
Constitution Committee should be read at the
public meetings Of the Commissioners, have
caused sensation " and hurried whispered
consultation n Have the Construction Commit
tcc been doing ANYTHING on which they are
afraid to let the light Of day shinef Nothing
should be done in a corner in connection with
this great work.
4 steel rail suggests anything rather than
eolucncc, hut Mr.. Blaine, taking steel rails as
his text Yesterday, made an eloquent presenta-
ton of the tariff issue it affects the interests
Oh Name. Besides, he emphasized the necessity
OF clccting Republican Representatives in
Cong inasmuch us the Democrats are making
!hc Morrison bill the tOuchstone of party fcalty.
Such appeals must come with telling force 10
the PEOPLE of Maine, whose prosperity depends
50 largely on the protective tariff. If this is
made the decisive issue, the result ought not
70 be doubtful.
General Pane's challenge to Lieutenant Hem
t. sail him a race across Massachusetts Bay in a
gale of wind is one worthy of the old maritime
spirit of New England That would he race
which would settle once for all the talk of Eng
lishmcn that American sloops can only sail in
light weather. 1t is highly probable that Lieu
tenant Hem will accept the challenge, lie is a
pluclly Englishman and thorough sailor. He
has been longing for heavy weather race with
one of the big sloops and he will not be Likely
to let this opportunity pass. In such race as
the one proposed the Galatea would moreover,
stand an excellent chance of winning, for her
qualities a sea-boat are undisputcd. The
challenge is a bold one which only Yankee
would give and an Englishman accept
In THE TRIBUNE's cable dispatches TODAY,
our London correspondent discusses in par
ticuar Mr.. Parnels Land bill, saying that
the question whether the bill is accepted by the
Government depends on the terms in which ii
Is framed hut that whether 1t Will bc sup
ported by Harrington and Chamberlain does not
depend wholly on the merits Of the measure.
The abdicatiOn Of Prince Alexander and the
retirement Of Sir Edward Thornton are also
Gealt with. Another dispatch contains an In
tcrvicw with Henry GIcnlell, OF the Bank of
England, regarding The appointments made on
the new Royal Commission for examining the
relations OF currency TO trade and commerce.
Apart from the fact that the MayhOwer won
such handsome victory On Tuesday, the point
about the race that attracts the most attention
is the trouble caused 10y excursion boats getting
too near the racing yachts. There is question
as to which boat suffered the most. One Of
the English papers, however, goes so far as tc
say that if it had not been for the interference
Of these boats the race would have been close
one This is simply absurd Every one who
saw the race knows that the result would have
been the same If all the excursion boats had
been anchored just below the Battery Never
theless, the steamboats, that carry sightseers
should keep out Of the way and give the yachts
an unimpeded course. One captain says he got
n front Of tia Galatea because he didn't think |