New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-29

, share lower than week ago, ana mas uccuneu
50 per share since the end Of September. Other
foreign and domestic influences have hampered
every effort to advance prices, but the faith of
4 holders is still shown in the comparatively stub
born resistance to a decline After the election
some members of both parties look for an advance
and possibly are less likely to get it because
there are too many Of them.
There is no reason to suppose, aside from the
frantic reservations Of panic-stricken Demo-
Grassland that is rather proof to the contrary
that the British Minister was deliberately shared.
But whether he was not. the authorship Of the
question pronounced to him Is a matter Of small
consequence. The genuneness of the answer is
the important thing. and of that there has been no
doubt. for he himself has said it." man Of
mean instincts might have temporized or prevar-
Gated when he perceived what he had done, but
Lord Sackville frankly acknowledged the truth
He knew that Great Britain ardcLtly desired Mr.
Ceveand's election, and he didn't see why he
should not say so. He sees now. poor man, but he
is brave enough to face the music.
There is an epidemic Of colds inst now in this
city, and presumably everywhere else in this
part of the country and the victims are busy
explaining just how they didn't catch them. The
principal cause of this autumnal outbreak is the
starting of furnace and crate ires which seem
necessary and doubtless are, but which, all the
same, take the system unawares, as it were, and,
moreover, can never be so regulated as not to
overhead Preparation, draft, and there you
are.
| Collector Magone believes in making hay while
| the sun shines On Saturday herd of Ayrshire
cattle, which he imported in July. were released
from the United States Quarantine Station at
Garfield, and sent to his farm at Ogdensburg The
Collector has also imported some choice ducks and
gamecocl,s recently 1t is reported that these i'm
portations come in free of duty, and that they
are for breeding purposes only
The point which interests the American people
is not the authorship of the letter to Lord Sack
vile, but the authorship of the letter from Lord
| Sacxvle. While the Democrats are wasting
their days and nights in attempting to identify
the writer Of the letter from California the British
Minister has courageously identified the writer Of
| the lettea from Washington. How ardently the
| Democracy prays that the real point, the only
point of interest to the American people, may be
| forgotten during the next seven days! But it
| won't be forgotten. for moment, and the result
on November 6 will burn it into the memory Of
every voter and of all future British Ministers.
Things are looking decidedly rocky in the IXth
Texas District where the author Of the Mills bill
is seeking a reelection. What fine stroke of
justice of the sort dear to the poets heart it
would be If Mills should meet the fate of Morrison
Many correspondents have suggested the publica-
ton of Tribune Extra containing Mr. Blaine's
speech In Madison Square Garden and the British
Minister'S correspondence with British-American
voter These requests have been complied with.
~ u DE harAD ha nh
tanned in large small quantities at The Tribune
counting-room.
If only the chairman of the Democratic National
Committee had been endowed with prophetic
soul, and had sent the following message to his
friend the British Minister, early in the campaign
" Dear Sackvile Don't write"
The typical porter of the Pullman car will doubt
less regard the bill that has been prepared to
regulate the running Of the Pullman in Kansas |
as a fragrant invasion of his private immemorial
rights. The bill actually makes it a misdemeanor
for the porter to receive tips from passengers
in recognition of those delicate little attentions
with which he is accustomed to relieve the mo- |
notony of travel 1t is such legislation as this
that does so much to make rank pessimist Of
the porter and force upon him the conclusion that |
chaos is getting ready to come again.
AS election day approaches it becomes harder
and harder for the Democrats to tell the truth.
Their ingrained opposition TO dealing in unvar-
nished facts then comes out strong and affords an
interesting study. Take, for instance, the esti-
mates made by the Democratic journals of this
town Of the number of persons who took part in
the parade Of Saturday. In the OF great
political meeting, especially an outdoor gathering,
the number present can only be estimated, and
there is excuse for varying figures. In the case
of u parade there is no excuse. 1t is simply a
matter of counting. Had our friends the enemy
followed The Tribunes course in this matter, they
would not have displayed boldly their in
eradcable habit of classifying. The Tribune's
actual count Of the paraders showed that 14,420 |
men were in the lines The World alone
thought of the simple expedent of counting, and
its reporters were able to count up 1929 That
discrepancy might be passed over but in its head |
lines The World" said that nearly 30, 900" men
turned out. " The Sum- trusting the imagination |
rather than the facts, gives 90 900 as the number
in its headlines, and nearly 25, OoO' in the body
Of its account. g. The Times says 80, 900 and |
admits no qualification. Tho Herald does
still better and tells it's readers that 35, 900 men
passed before Mr.. Cleveland's eyes The STAR
rolls up the comfortable total Of nearly so, 0oO"
This journal appears to have obtained it's figures
from Saturdays evening papers, where magma
ton riot, " The POST giving $4,000 as the
correct number. "The COMMERCIAL "about
100000 The Graphic" "nearly 90, OO0," and
The Telegram at least $4,000" Fortunately,
the bewidered Democrat was able to hold the
touchstone up to falsehoed by reading The tribune
1t Is pretty hard on the Democracy, there is
no doubt about it. that Just the British journals
have learned the cue of silence about British long
ing for Cleveland's election the official representa-
tive of Great Britain should give the game away
completely and irrevocably.
PERSONAL.