New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-26


I 7s8 and 1873 Probably he would have been
rlad 60 do so II the British Commissioners had
asked the favor, but they lacked the etrcntery
required for SO monstrous demand. Would IL
not be well for Tartsans of the Administration to
hive some little knowledge Of the subject before
they prepare charts and try TO explain them'
DR.. r. Wbeaty, writing from New-lork TO
The Western Christian Advocate, says that
General Clinton b. Fisk might have been United
States Senator from the State of New-Jersey' II
he would have been untrue 10 his deepest ethicai
convictions. When was it' Who tried to pnr-
chase the General, and could he have delivered
the goods?
Experience does teach sometimes Mr Cleve-
land talks very little on his Southern tour
Perhaps. il Mayor Hewitt had been present at
the sumptuous feast given to the Broodlng Duddia
of the County Democracy, at the Hoffman House.
on Wednesday evening he would have revised MS
campaign statement that the County Democracy
has no boss All the speeches at that dinner ana
all the circumstances and incidents tended 10
prove in the clearest possible way that the county
Democracy is as completely in the grip OF Maurice
J. Power os ever Tammany Hall was under the
thumb of John Kelly in his most lmperlouS DAYS
The man who makes practice Of giving away
a great deal cf money in private channels does not
get tho same credit from tic world as the man
who gives away no more, perhaps, but who con-
centrates his gifts upon some project with which
his name is identified. Mr. Corcoran followed the
former method as a rule, Mr.. Peabody, his TREND
and rival in philanthropic works, followed manly
the latter, both from the purest motives. MI
Peabody's recorded gifts amounted to ABOUT
$4,000 600, of which $4,000, 900 WAS for the Lon
don houses for the poor and nearly the same sum
was for education in the South. THESE TWO
magnificent gifts gave him a Worldwide name.
Mr. Corcoran's largest single gift was sl'2oo,ooo
for the Corcoran Art Gallery, but ne seattered MS
money with such lavish hand on all deserving
objects that it was said at the time he celebrated
his eighty-ninth birthday his gifts OF over so'ooo
amounted to Sc, 000 900, or nearly the same sum
the giving Of which by Mr.. Peabody in large blocks
attracted the attention Of the civilized world IL
is no disparagcment to Mr. Peabody TO say 'hiS'
He gave in the way he did not from ostentauoh,
but because he had certain ideas TO carry out ana
it was impossible Of course, to hide his cohhecIoh
with them. But it is interesting 10 see now cloSe
together these friendly rivals kept each working
in his own way.
Let me buy the musical clocks, grand pianos and
conversation chairs of n people, and L care not
who make their laws.-(D. b. Hill
The sufferers by the cyclone which nearly de-
stroycd Mount Vernon, ILL.,, have mad their hiscry
increased bv a drenchng rain and are in ii most
pitiable condition. A large sum has already been
sent to their relief but the response to the appeal
for assistance has not been as generous as could
be wished The situation of those whose homes
have been destroyed is such as to arouse sympathy
in every benevolent breast. What is needed Is
immediate relief and the entreaty for 1t should
not be in vain.
The verdict Of sherf's jury upon the question
of sanity isn't worth the paper it is written upon
and where it is womans sanity 'hao - pei,ie
inquired into, the whole proceeding is likely to be
absurd.
Mayor Chapn's proposal that Brooklyn shall
issue bonds to large amount III order 10 lay
better pavements erect schoolhouses ana pro-
vide small parks in the rapidly growing secoiohs
of the city, is doubtless made IN good falth ana
IL the money was certain to be honestly expended,
the proposition would probably not arouse vast
amount Of opposition. But so long as political
ring of such character as that WHICH doniHifoes
Brooklyn is to control the laying oat % Such d
large sum, the Republican majority IN the Legs
O cursory examination.
The Dominion gives everything and gets rothns
The right 10 touch and trade, purchase suplalcs'
transshIp cargocs and engage men in C2ladan pUrtS
is surrendered Internationally and without compehSa
ton of any hind. OTTAWA Free Press
This is a fair sample of Canadian Mysteries.
The treaty does not confer any Of these rights
without STIMULATING that there shall be free
market for fish; and Lord Salisbury offered year
ago. in exchange for that free market not only all
these commercial privileges, but also the right to
fish anywhere on the Dominion coast. Canadian
editors ought to take the trouble to read the treaty
before procaiming that the Dominion gives every
thing and gets nothing 1t is charitable to suppose
that they have been msled by the sound OF
cvmbals and shawms which rose from the American
State Department when the treaty Of surrender
was negotiated.
According to a correspondent of The Albany
Times, Dem no true Democrat can he Free
Trader, Now let this correspondent proceed to
demonstrate that no true negro can be black
man."
PERSONAL
Tho Israel Putnam monument at Brooklyn, Conn, is
to DO dedicated on June Ii
Ex.Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, has made an
enormous collection of fans during his visit to Japan
He has also made a special study Of cremation. with
the Idea introducing the system at Chicago on his
return thiher His evil Official record VIII lur-
nisb a good subject to make experiments on.
The Row Dr. Randolph H. McKm, formerly of this
fly I'm a~to