New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-10

| facturer of tho r. r. r. brand of dynamite, but
when he forsakes ALTERATION for less decorative
sncecf he is by no means so fatal. Mr.. Cleveland
President by the direct appointment OF Godf
Why of course; The powers that be, etc. etc.
But, unless the doctor wishes the public to re-
gard him as having withdrawn from the sheep
fold Of orthodoxy and gone over to the goatfold
| of heterodoxy, he must admit that whatever is
| is by the direct appointment OF the great over
| ruling Power-the shadow as well as the sunshine,
adversely as we'll as prosperity billiards as well
| as June weather, Minnesota wheat as well as the
Kansas grasshopper, Siberia as well as the Elysian
Fields. divines who put their foot in it as well
as leyelheaded ministers, President Cleveland as
well-but there is no use to add to these ilustra-
| tions. The doctor will catch our meaning
| Some Of the evening papers are fond OF arguing
that morning journals are superfuous, because
they say, the evening papers get all the news
Well the evening papers yesterday had oil the
news about the imaginary Pocantico deluge. and
heartily welcome they were to it too.
An English journal, " The St. James's Gazette
states that President Cleveland is the grandson Of
| an Irishman from County Clare This is a very
| insidious attempt to prejudice London society
| against the President when he has succeeded in
making a great reputation there by means OF his
free trade sage aid the patronage of Mr. Lowell
| Mr. Cleveland's grandfather on his fathers side
was Yankee, and the first ancestor mentioned by
| his most painstaldng bographer was Moses Cleve-
| land who away back in 635 left Ipswich. Suffolk
County England and settled in newfoundland. On
the mothers side, however, there was an admixture
| of Irish with American blood The Presidents
mother was born in Baltimore, but her father was
an Irishman. This TACT however, ought not to ahect
| Mr.. Cleveland's standing with the London world
which abominates everything that is Irish. On tho
fathers side he is English you know" with
| fine assortment Of tombstones in Suffolk County
to vouch for his ancestry and his ideas and politi
cal policy are everything that British manufact-
urer or country squire would consider good form
| for London"
indianapolis is pitting itself against New YORK
| City in claims for the honor Of being the place
| for the meeting Of the Democratic National Con-
| yention. Still New-York will be more important
TO the Democracy in November than Indiana
With a new criminal judge with the new part
of the General Sessions in full operation, and with
an increased force In the District Attorneys office,
it is not surprising that bail cases were taken up
last week and speedily disposed Of But even
Assistant District-Attorney Fitzgerald admits that
the result in most Of the cases tried was due to
iournments for trifling reasons, etc. 1t will be
a revelation to many indicted men to learn that
giving bail is not equivalent to acquitta as it has
been in too many cases in the past; but IL Will
be an excellent thing for the morals OF the COM
munity, and for its sense Of decency ana order.
Let no more untred indictments accumulate ana
let those in the pigeon-hOles be all cleared out'
One of the worst things that can happen 10 the
Republican party in this State will be to have
the majority at Albany divided on temperance
measures.
There was a fierce outbreak of Journalism
Yesterday afternoon. One paper had the aqueduco
choked with mules and Italians for two miles,
through a break from the Pocantico RIVER. Inc
Evening POST had great loss OF life" ana
many Italians drowned" though, as 1t proved
not even a mule had perished. Yet we thought
=" The Post" was never guilty of Journalism OF any
kind with or without quotation marks.
Not much stir has been caused of late by the
so-called Personal Liberty party, which sprang
into activity few weeks before the recent
election In fact since then it seems to have
been living uncommonly low 1t appears, how
ever that the party's leaders in Albany have
prepared bill for the Legislature, the main pro-
vision of which is said to be that saloons IN cities
of over so 600 inhabitants shall be open during
certain hours after noon Sunday for the sale
of beer and light wines There is not much danger
of the massage of such bill with the present
comnlexion of the Senate and Assembly. Gov
ernor Hill though could be depended on to sign
it if he got a chance.