New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-11

who use their Shields ana heInets ZOE i"'oi"'
There are others who regard themselves as owning
thu whole city, A blue coat and brass buttons
are apt to give a man an inflated notion OF MS
position and Importance, and useful thing Is done
,bon public official checks the prevalence of this
idea. A policeman needs TO DC toio oc''S'o"'''H
that he is only a citizen, after all, ana does not
enjoy immunity from the cp"s''ionS ~ "'"'"
other citizens are subject.
AT few minutes past noon Friday the AS
smbly adjourned over until Mohoay eNc"''5'
Il il not high time for that body 10 pes'i ~ ",
Industrious? II has already LOST u goo" "''i VI
time because of the cracks In the coming VI rs
chamber If it proposes to accomplish al wv wv,
worl, which it has marked out TOR llsell an" sun
Is unwilling TO see the session uhduly pfoIo"s'"'
it cannot too soon begin to push 'iihsS'
Tho comicaI Albany Argus" forgetting that
Governor Hill is man without CONVICTIONS oh
the canal question is now cndcavoring TO ni"Nc
the marines believe that the Democratic party u
tbc special champion OF canal improvements
The Judge must look TO its laurel''
The star, stands where Mr. Baysrt siood III
November. I5sGl And all Americans i sno" - on tho
stand there even If 1t be to stand together oh ''o
pcriions edges Of battle .7-tNcw- York STAR
We congratulate our nelghbor on rlsnB ",7"
above the level Of partisarship and giving 'n'
exhibition of genuine American patrio'isih
When the honor of the Nation Is compro'"9'"
AS it has been and is by this shameful Fisheries
Treaty. Democratic journals should drop politics.
as The Star" hts done, and be simply ana scleiy
American.
What! John L. Sullivan, proclaimed ~ "
Tost ON poet the greatest of boXeTs-the man VINO
dcGanty offered to knock out any living man
in twelve mnutes-fights more than three hours
with a dcspiscd opponent. and then it Is called
a draw Lower tho flag TO hali-ma>f ms Is
the saddcst day since Jumbo dicd
IT, IS perhaps ungalant to find fault with
lady WHO is so gracious TO say, as Yrs. W. A u.
Acland does in The Nineteenth Century, ahat
there is no more fascinating creature To be iouhu
anywhere than a thoroughly wcll-born ana we'll
bred American lady" Upon this point, as upon
many others. MIS- Acand's observations are
absolutely accurate and highly discriminating
Rut AN English review OF high standing ought not
to permit the statement to get into lts pages ''a'
every citizen Of the United States must pay
no,ltox ~ two dollars before his name is placed
on the register and he can vote, and thai I'M, Is 'e
only property qualification" in America Piatiie
of this kind i, eyid .ntly written by person WHO
has no conception of our electoral system. Plumbers
like this In the English papers and reviews are
ns mysterious H. they are persistent Similar
errors regarding English affairs would be I'M
possible in periodicals OF the same class IN TINS
country.
Learning that through unfortunate investments
made shortly before h.s death the late Admiral
Nicholson left his widow without means of sup
port, Mr. James Grant Wilson, Mr. Lew T.
Morton and Mr. Joseph ". DrcAel. representing
those who might be glad to relieve her situation.
purchased I'm her behalf for 500 600 the house
in which the Admiral died. The sum Of $1,000
la, been subscribed and paid leaving Si,SOo oil
the purchase money still due The committee
hope that this amount may be promptly contrib
utcd by those who knew and esteemed tle Admiral
in private life and who appreciate his pUDlc
services