New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-01
they can be sued for every dollar that has been

PAID 10 them.
In securing the next diplomatic no sends to
Mexico. Mr.. Bayard should be careful to obtain o
man who is used to the Mexican water
The Civil Service reform convictions OF THE
Albany Times are so intense that it signs to
think that tho President has not treated every
prominent Republican official in the country as
lac has treated Stone. And yet The Times Is
published ut tho capital within the moral iniiu
encc Of that fine old Civil Service reformer from
way back, David b. Hill.
It would seem that the most entcrprising and
industrious member Of the fraternity OF thieves
lives in Buffalo just now This person was re-
Gently brought into the police court OF that city
charged with stealing O small sum OF money, and
while waiting 10 be arraigned improved his time
by pocketing "a scarf pin set with three Drill
lantsD The pin had been produced In court In
q case that was being disposed Of and Inc
Courier reports that the thief in question stole 1t
"under the very nose of the bench" Most thieves
draw the line at police courts. but this Buffa-
1onian evidently believes in improving each shin
ing hour no matter what may be the environment.
In Europe when country earnestly desires
peace it always increases its standing army.
The anxiety Of ex-Alderman Reilly to go on
trial at a time when he knows the court could not
attend to his case is enough to touch the heart
Of John Keenan,. Mr. Reilly fortified by pair
nj deuces must be o hard man to bluff out IN
poker game.
Seeing in the new South the potentialty OF
riches beyond the dreams Of avarice, The AT
lanta Constitution climbing to the purple noun
tan top of expectancy, with eyes rolling
in fine phrenzy and mouth watering at the I'M
minent milk and honey, exclaims in the exuber-
ance of its delight: "Southward the star OF
empire takes it's way The West must CO.
1.-The Poughl1cepsie News DEM has fallen
into an nexcusable error. 1t asserts that the re
moval of District.Atolncy Stone by the President
has demonstrated that oficeholder can hold
office by virtue of the tenure Of office act and
neglect the duties Of position that demands con-
slant attention to deliver harangues in the interest
of his party without FORGETTING his position" Now
the fact is that the removal OF Stone proves MOTH
ng Of the kind Following Immediately after the
removal of District Attorney Benton it merely
demons rates that in the opinion of Mr.. Clcvelani
"pernicious activity" is all right in Democrat
but all wrong in q Republican.
Here is a political equation As Missouri's
electoral vote is to Senator Vest is Civil Service
reform TO Bentons perncious activity.
"Ihe World assures us that Mr.. Cleveland
PASSES the pages Of his message, which he IS now
prcparing over TO Colonel Lamont so soon as he
writes them. We have gross of nice deep blue
pcncils at this Office which await Colonel Lamont
orders.
IT. Is Pleasant TO observe that Mr.. Theodore
Roosevelt is having good time over III ENGLAND
The object Of lis mission is one which commences
itsclf to all rghtthiniIng men. and If man
isn't happy when he is about 10 get married, when
can he beP
II is Gained by certain pc's}ns that the follow
ng is the original text of the letters winch were
first written concerning the Bcnton-Stcne fiasco
me same sources of information supply the
theory that the reason these original letters were
not finally sent was because the Hon. Dan Lamont
did not think they were in just the right tenor
Here they are:
DEAR BENTON Yours asking to be restored to ofe Is at
yourself Election over and tie ays as rival Mere
sys the you Ss
i i4as ''''' &C.
DEAR GARLAND Please to that man Stone that being
II the sa seR %ss ." y Ti from II genuine
difference whose OK ~ EoIed
GR-VER CL-'ELND.
Nothing so much annOys Democratic poll
tician as taking hun ut his word.
Parsons. the condemned Chicago Anarchist, is
employing his time in prison writing political
novel. Is there no way TO hurry things up a
trihe in parsons's case ?
The State Prohibitory Amendment Association
which met in tbs city yeste day, acted wisely IN
ursing its members to take such action as may be
necessary 10 influence the choice of delegates to
the Constitutional Con, emit Ii who Will favor The
submission Of prohbitoIy amendment to Iopu-
lar vote. The Legislature ought to grant this re-
quest without waiting for the action OF Con
stitutiona Convention. But in the choice of
de cgates to the enton very friend Of tenn
perance will find opportunity for doing good worI<
To Frank Hurd: II you find time hanging
heavily on your hands while the Lth Congress- Is
in session you might invite Morrison to take the
fashionable trip through the Niagara rapids with
you in special barrel.
PLKSONdL
Governorelec Beaver of Pennsylvania started to
lecture the other evening at Bellefonte on From
Ocean to Ocean and Back to the Mountains"-his