New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-04


a caIbre like the new aqueduct. IL you are emp'ou
| remember George Let that be YOU. watchword-
Remember Georgclp InscrIbe II pm your banners
"Remember George % Remember Georgel-now bahd-
Ell with the men who consplrcd against huniun Hs"''
and helping them in their efforts to sneak PACK 10
poweri Lot us Close b. singing that bcautiui hShni
beginning
eI'm on the height, where all IS nsh''
Tho Democrats they howl below"
few days ago we called at'ention 10 .nc
fact that the courts In Massachusetts had declded
that the expenses incurred by the Aldermen OIL
Boston on Decoration Day and another holiday
| were not properly chargeable to the pubic ac-
count and we expressed proper need OF sympa-
thy for the Boston Alderman in this the hour OIL
his humiliation Mayor Hewitt has Just refused
to allow our own City Fathers to draw on the
Controller for $40 expenses, in connection with
the funeral of Mr.. Dorsheimcr. The blow Is all
the more cutting. because he adds that there
| was certainly no reason why the Aldermen " could
not attend the funeral. as the Mayor did, with
out any expense to the city" We hope that the
Aldermen of this town will make a test case and
carry the matter to the courts There IS little
doubt that the decision would be the same here
as in Boston Such decision would be whole
some thing Let us have the test case by all
means Shall the Aldermen pay for their own
gloves and carriages, must the city foot the
bill?
What has become Of the Naval Reserve bill that
was admitted by Congress TO be Of SO much I'M
portance? II is in no sense a party OF campaign
measure but has met with general lndoTsemenO
and cannot be construed into subsidy question.
The only escape of the liquor men from tho lay must
now rest repeal and they will undoubtedly lOoA
To the election of a Democratic Legislature TO secure
thls.-(New- York Evening Post
I nat is the plain truth respecting New-Jersey
temperance legislation. The saloon-keepers ana
the iouor-dealers will cast the full weight of their
influence with the Democracy, and against the
Republican party Our neighbor, soon as a
specific case arises, admits that the Republican
party, unlike the Democracy-which never was
known to vote against whiSlxey-is not liquor
marty but favors practical temperance legislation.
How dishonest them have been its frantic outcries
against Republcansm as the cause of free whiskey
and the saloonl
Yes, that Lick telescope must be most power
full instrument But the man is badly mistaken
who imagines that by summonng it to his assist
ance he will be able to see the difference between
CleveanL-Mills tariff reform and free trade.
| Mr. Hill can be reelected Governor, so The
| Lyons Press" thinks, in spite OF any and every
| Doodle combination that can possibly be made
| Well, what David doesn't know about Doodle
| combinations does not fall within the range of
contemporary human intelligence. For pa ticulars
see the testimony taken by the Aqueduct lnvestl-
| eating Committee. If the November election was
to be decided by Doodle combinations, Hill would
| obviously be strong candidate. But since 1t is
not to be so decided, his prospects are dscourag-
| ing.
An Indiana bard has been assaifng General
| Harrison with a parody Of Wolfe's " Not a Drum
WAS Heard" We may add that it looks very
much at this writing as though when the campaign
| is finished Grover Cleveland. late OF Buffalo.
VIII lie like a warrior taking his rest
With a red bandanna round him.
| shrewd observer, writing in one Of the newest
| magazines says that the dog will probably be
| man before any other animal is" This is inter
| esting If true and the development OF the dog
| will be watched with interest But observers OF
the evolution OF and beasts ought not to over
| look that peculiar product Of the animal creation
which first made its appearance, so far as known,
in the summer Of 1884. We allude TO that sim
gular object, the Mugwump. Tho opportunities
for studying the nature and habits Of this crea-
ture are becoming extremely limited, and they
should be improved to the utmost. 1t is we'll
|
ing: that is to say, t-or he's being absorbed by
the Democratic party, whose digestion seems TO
know no limits The Mugwump will speedily be
nothing more than IA historic memory, and while
| a few still remain in tadpole state they may we'll
be acutely observed The world will not soon
look upon their like again
Did you ever? Did you ever know of person
devoted to free whiskey leave the Democracy and
| Join the Republican party on that account? DID
You ever know OF "a person devoted TO the protec-
| ton Of American industries leave the Republican
marty and ion the Democracy on that account?
| What has become of the Hon. Roswell F. Flow
er's political ambition? Has he no longer any
desire to get the nomination for Governor IL
seems hardly credible that he has declared so en-
phatically in favor of Mr.. Hill as is reported
But that is much easily to be believed than the
talk that he may be induced to accept the nominal
ton for Lieutenant-Gover What! will he
take now what he rejected with scorn and con-
tumey three years ago? We scarcely fancy that
his party will give him the opportunity to put it
in hole again, although it managed to crawl out
in 1885 with the aid Of Jones. What, by the
way, has happened to Jones's own gentle boom for
the nomination for Governor? Will it turn out
that he addressed all those county fairs III vainP
How the Democratic leaders must sigh for q
man of the character and influence of the Kew.
Dr. Storrs TO pay the exalted tribute to the career
OF the Democracy which lie pays to the career OF
the Republican party. Democrats will search in
vain for such a eulogist. The trouble is that the
! Democratic party has career which appears TO
the best advantage when it does not appear at all
We are glad to observe that Controller Myers
says that the reappointment of John &. Sheehan as
secretary of the reorganzed Aqueduct Commission
is only temporary Mr.. Myers is right in thinking
that the appointment of this officer should not be
made hastily, but with careful delibcratlon. With
| a Mr. =