New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-08

between four and five thousand for his opponent
The correspondent explains that in his opinion
the attempt OF the political gamblers Of his
party to be on both sides Of the tariff issue
iustifies this prediction. The head Of this par
ticular citizen Of Connecticut is evidently very
level
There is not one of the leading Journals which OPP
posed the Republican candidate of 1854 solely upon
on and that viii not be + renoT r5s S, SpPossS
Herald" The Providence Journal The Springfield
Il dssrs o9 epe aepuOncan 10 h0
Certainly not, esteemed Philadelphia; but can
you name any one whom these papers would sup
portp II So can you tell whether their support
would or would not be as fatal as when they drove
off two Republican votes for every one they
ght back in their support of Davenportp To be
specific, would or would not the New-York papers
which you name, The New-YOrk Times" Har-
per's Weekly" Evening POST and The Nation,'
support John Sherman against Mr.. Clevelandp IL
you don't know that they would not, you had
better send reporter over and investigate, or
else study their files.
Query: II tho Democrats love Mr. Cleveland
for the Civil Service Reform enemies he has made,
what do the Mugwumps, who are nothing II not
Civil Service Reformers, love him for
People who never did take much interest in
politics, anyway, and whose ears are sensitive
may well face the immediate future with fear
and trembling. A Chicago firm states that this
being Presidential year has put fresh vigor into
tho drum trade. They have already sold 10, 900
drums and the demand continues undated.
There is ground for the painful suppostion
that the South Carolina gentlemen who last year
discovered that the Garden Of Eden bloomed
near where the city OF Charleston now stands
were mistaken 1t was understood that their
find at all events was intended to be the
genesis Of a gratifying boom in eligible corner and
other lots. We remember that " The News and
Courier Of that city pointed with pride to the
theory that Charleston the legitimate successor
OF the Garden Of Eden and spoke eloouently Of
the manifest destiny Of place OF that sort But
now here come DR.. and Mrs. lie Pongeon with doc
uments and circumstantial evidence and remains
and things and boldly assert that those who are
in search Of the site Of the unapproachable Garden
must go not TO any town in South Carolina but to
Central America. What does Charleston propose
10 do about it5 We are grievousy in error IN
regard TO the character of her people If they ren-
quish their claim 10 the successorship Of the Gar
den without struggle
Mayor Chaplin may be considered the special
patron Of Doctors of Divinity
Why do the elevated roads take of many OF
the down-trains just people uptown are starting
for the theatres? This Is deliberate, brutal mis-
management on par with the cool calculation OF
the Brooklyn Bridge Trustees as to how many peo-
pie thoy can carry in by packing them In
like hogs
Mr.. Bronson Howard writes an interesting
letter, which will be found in another part OF
to-day's paper. upon the course OF instruction in
the proper methods of constructing and writing
plays, which is given in the University Of Mich
igsn by Professor Hennequin. There can be no
ouestion Of thu soundness of Mr. Towards main