New-York tribune., 1886-08-24

enter into tho Secretarys relations with third-rate
Powers. With Great Britain he considers 1t neces-
sary to follow q very cautious and dipiomasic
course, but he doesn't squander the resources OF
civilization upon q weak and Insignificant State
like N xico
Colonel Lamont would perhaps do well to cut his
vacation short aud hasten back to Washington to
oil and sharpen the official gullotine. For 1t Is
evident. from the reports from Michigan. that rs
soon as the President returns from the woods he
will be called upon under his order restraining the
political activity of employees of the General Gov
ernment to chop of the heads Of OF the Fed
eral ohiceholders of that State. The Weekly World
Of Grand Rapids reports that at tho recent State
Convention of the Democrats Of Michigan more
than fifty Federal of1ce-holders were present and
active" The World adds that all the leading Gov
ernment officials of Western Michigan and many
from the Eastern part of the State were present In
and about the convention. 1t is doubtful II polit-
ieal convention In Michigan was ever before at
tended by so many Federal Office holders" lie such
wholesale mutny to be condonedf Does the Presi-
dent intend to make treason against his order to
office holders odiousi We shall see when Mr.
Cleveland leaves the Adirondaoks.
Military titles in Central America are as easy to
acquire as American coats Of arms. Every two
penny reyoutionst is q General"
Englishnen who lamented Lord Randolph
Churchilps appearance as Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer can now congratulate the country that he
did not move into the Foreign Office Lord Iddes.
leigh is diplomatist of the Derby class-slow and
fussy, but safe
The canal conference begins at Syracuse to-mor'
row. The indications are that there will be large
attendance OF practical business men from all sec
tions of the State. These are all friends Oh the
canals-they believe that if NewYork Is to main
tain her commercial supremacy N the face OF the
fierce rivalry which she encounters, the Canals
must be enlarged and improved so as to be IN con-
dtion to render a. service corresponding to the
growing demands OF the time. 1t is perhaps 10 DO
regretted that the enemies OF the canas-and there
are some here and there-are not to be represented
at the conference. We take it they would return
homo converted.
1t rained Saturday IN Belfast and there was no
fighting What is apparently needed to restore
tranouilIity there upon solid foundation Is fine,
substantial food.
Lieutenant Henns challenge for an ocean race
between the big sloops and the Galatea to the ber
mudas and back is probably based on the character
istc British notion that sloop is skimmlng dlsn
unable to cope with heavy seas. American yachts
men decline to make any such acknowledgment.
and yet they have subjected their model TO so
severe a test as Lieutenant HEM proposes. lie
wants race in big waters for several days contln'
uously and if the soops are not mere racing
machines, as is 80 frequently alleged, If they are
built for safety and comfort, as well as speed. II
they are really yachts and not hunters, here IS
their chance to set such graceess criticism forever
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