New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-05
GREAT MORAL NE US.
ABOUT AN UNFORTUNATE EDITOR.
WHY lie WEEPS.

The Net0- York Tribune
The most interesting feature In evening Journal
ism Yesterday the brilliant fash Of silence In
dulged In by Tho Evening PoSt' in regard TO tho
complete and crushing exposure In yesterday morn
ings Sun" of its grotesque fabehoods concerning
election figures
WHY EVERYBODY ELSE LAUGHS
From The.New York sun.
We understand that Larry Godbin, Of tho Second
Ward resolved yesterday TO try to live hereafter a
This IS good news We congratulate Mr.. Godkin
upon his manful determination: 1t is greatly to his
credit and speaks volumes for his energy and en-
eouraSo TO grappe With bad habit SO deeply rooted
in congcnta pedlsposition and SO strongly
S by lTnE bless sAerlC ary, s"e endeavor
While the whole continent. perhaps the entire
world is watching with so ne tSs ba aG
old damon Of unveracty It shall DO tho task or
/" The Sum to report mpartlaly from timc to time
his upward and onward progress. We nope, also,
that will DO pleasant duty to proclaim at last
his complete and glorious triumph
Tho fullest and most accurate account OF every I'M
port ant phase or thrilling incidents In tho impending
struggle viii he found In these columns and we need
establishment to furnish tho public with tho earliest
news of Larrys' arrival at the shining eoai no mat
ter at what hour OF The day or night II may occur,
nor II obliged TO print an extra for that
special purpose. We shall afford Larry" every
Journalistic facility.
We have devised very simple alcthometer,
contrlyance for measuring and registering Mr. God
klns progress toward complete tuhfnlDess. Let the
climax OF absolute yeracity be represented by 100
Let zero be tho other cxtrcme-tho vanishing point
of hopeless irrcdeemabe. underwriting unycraclty.
Starting with tho fact that Larry" Is now plungng
along somewhere between nlne and Thirteen, Il VIII
he easy for every reader Of the newspaper reports
TO follow with precision his gains or losses and 10
estimate his chances OF ultimate success.
For we do not suppose that even under the most
favorable conditions tho reform can DO steadily
progressive. Reforms rarely work that way. Larry
todldn will his setbacl, his periods OF retro
Cression his hours and days OF discOuragcuont or
dcs pair Tho little device which We are describing,
used In connection with the latest Bulletins from mo
seer, OF the great conflict In the Second Ward, VIII
cnabo every body to see al glance Jus, the
battle goes. 1890
10 n,aio a COdkin alohometer requires very little
nee hancal ingenuity. Tho farmer who Is Interested
In Iarry's" snugglc to be truthful Gait chalk On mo
inside Of his ba' door the numbers frIm to 100,
sticking q brad awl in the number representing Mr.
Godkin's latest position. An ordinary cribbage board
will be found very convenient. The holes may DO
marked IT, ink fion, zero to 100 and Inc varying
fortunes Of the contest Indicated with peg taai,
desiring TO construct a Codkln aethOmeter should
procure a long and narrow strip of caidDoiru, narn
II In some pretty color with the scale IN
figures. snt attach II horizontally to ne wa, .n
enlarge the tho head OF big pin win req soannb
wax TO represent Mr.. Godkin, decorate me Pn pI
haps with little flag OF blue sR ana 'ho
aethometer Is ready for use. -, -.
But these are details. The main ming Is tho sIeaii
fact that Larry GOdkn OF the Second Ward rosoNou
Yesterday TO try to conquer his unveraeHy; ihero
Is now beginning OF the most intenSeIy inter
esting moral ccnhlcts ever witnessed IN any ago
May "Larry's" better nature win.