New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-07

now talk of claiming the XVIII Of this State, con-
sisting Of Orange RoclIland and Sullivan Coun-
ties on the ground that David Is. Hill is a " man
of iron nerve and determination" The Southern
bricadiels will do well to bear in mind that in
this State there is an ineradicable prejudice in
favor of putting in an Office the man who was
elected to it
The committee having in charge the arrange
ments for the proposed winter carnival at Albany
is reported 10 be in rather diatory and in
| different mood. Last winters modest affair was
a success. and it was expected that It's successor
would be a triumph 1t must be admitted. how
ever that in the climate Of Albany 1t requires
beautiful faith to be enthusiastic and industrious
over the preliminaries of an enterprise which is
absolutely dependent upon temperature pro-
| longcd for many days below the freezing point
Many o man who would be willing to cast his
bread upon the waters would shrink from a
| large investment in ice palaces while the ther-
momcter was in the sixties
Minister Preston, OF Hayti, seems to be dis
Greet and sensible official At all events he knows
enough when times are critical to keep his mouth
shut
Mr. Cleveland continues TO insist that the tariff
is a tax. Now, if lie will convince himself that
the shortest distance between two points is
measured by straight line and that gravitation
is force he will go forth from the White House
fully entitled to the decoration Of the Order of
| Solomon.
Dr. Holmes, many years ago, metrically pointed
out the danger that turks in an indicted !. Ii
is similar in respects to the danger that turks
in an antiquated calendar Thus the Governor
Of Maryland has Just sentenced man to be
hanged on the 29th of next February He put
his trust in an 1913 calendar. which was care
less thing TO do, for any young woman of his
acquaintance could have told him that $50 is
not a leap year The sentence was amended
so that the sickenng thud' will come on March
1. unless, indeed. the convict's lawyer should
make up his mind to interfere. In that case
nobody can tell what Will happen.
"Thc St Louis Republic in commenting upon
the recent Eruption OF Cleveland scandals in the
Cleveland newspapers. revives the exploded lie
that the only time during the campaign that
these SANDERS came to the surface in the news
papers so they could 6e dealt with was at the
time of the Democratic National Convention i'll
ST Louis, when a pamphlet prepared by an attache
of The New York Tribune, who came to St Louis
on a railroad pass furnished by The Tribune, was
secretlv distributed among the a, IegatesH The
Republic doubtless knew that it was lying al
though il is never safe 10 assume that that pager
knows anything The man referred to had not,
at the time of the ST. Louis Convention, been
connected with The Tribune for number of
months and this paper had no more knowledge
OF his movements than IL is likely to have Of any
other reporter who drifts out Of its employ. The
statement that he furnished with n pass by
The Tribune, or that il had anything to do with
his MISSION directly indirectly. is nnqualiiicdly
false But az least The Republic knew it
lying when it charged the Republicans with false
hood in declaring that these stories about Mr..
Cleveland were Of Democratic origin. The COR
respondent of The New-York TimeS' who set