New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-25

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body ought with the least possible delay to
reject the treaty of surrender and then pass
| an act mandatory in character, no longer leav-
! ing it to the discretion OF the Administration
whether it will uphold the rights of the Nation,
but recurring The President to enforce against
| Canada the provisions of the act of retaliation
long ago enacted. Probably the same vote
which sufliccd to pass that act in the House
would now require action in obedience to its
intent If not the Democratic members of the
Senate and House will at least be compelled
TO put themselves on record. and in the sea-
coast and lake States that will mean something
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The threatening illness of Mr.. Corcoran some
weeks ago prepared the pui.IIc mind for the final
stroke. which ended his life yesterday. That end
ing was gentle and painless, seemed
appropriate after life kindly. 1t
would be difficult to instance n career
in which all the elements Of happiness seem
to have been more tremendously blended than in
this lie acquired fortune large enough to en-
able him. not only to crafty every desire for the
highest intellectual pleasures, but to fulfil, in
remarkable measure, the purest aspiration of
which the human mind is capable-the wish to
relieve the suTerngs and tighten the burdens of
others lie was so situated as to be brought into
contact with and enjoy the friendship of, many
of the most distinguished men Of the country.
Lastly he lived to a great old age, not under bur
den OF weakness and disease. which makes long life
a sorrow, but in exceptional health and strength.
1t is pleasant to be able to think that a life so
purely benevolent as Mr.Corcoran was, so devoted
to the service of the fricndcss and unfortunate
and crowded with bencfactions Of which nothing
will ever be known, in addition to the great num-
Der of those which necessarily became public prop
erty carried a part Of its reward with it, and
warmed the heart Of this generous man with some
thing OF the light and peace he shed upon the
lives of others. Such career leaves behind it an
ex8npc, the value of which can hardly be over
estimated.
People who la been to the ruins of Mount
Vernon, that unfortunate little Illinois town that
was recently wrecked by a tornado, find themselves
quite unable adequately to describe the havoc that
was wrought. But it is clear from what they say
that the town came out of the tornado looking
about as the Presidents free trade message looked
after Mr.. Blaine's criticism had struck it,
Blaine and his friends admit now that 1t tBlalnos
letter Of withdrawal was a trick: that 1t was not
sincere Withdrawal, but a device to obtain fr m his
p3riy nomination b. acclamaiiolL-tN. \. Evening
Post.
Larry, Larry. the Second Ward will repudiatc
you if this sort of thing goes on; and the ale
thometer will be shattered in the vain effort to
n. gsuer your unveracity. How the multi
tude OF Christian men and women feel whom
" The Sun represented as yearning for your
information?
The Rochester Union" wants to know who
Mr. Draper, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
is that he should presume TO crticse the school
system OF Buffalo. Well, ne is Superintendent of
ID Inc t1,t'c ho &c A rit,
tendent of prisons, of canals Of rolling mills,
or Of sewing machine factories or of stock farms,
or of opera companies or of dog shows, of balI-
ing powder works, or of sugar trusts, night
might not be competent to critcise the public
school system of Buffalo. It's different with a
superintendent Of public instruction; his training
and experience render him-but The Union"
will perhaps catch the point without further
planatOry remarks
To BoolIworm The four lines to which you re-
fer understood in select literary circles to have
been written by David b. HILL an Elnira poet
You do not quote them quite correctly. This is
the way they run:
l love It, I love 1t,
And who shall dare
To Child me for loving
That conversation chair.
Price S163?
Parisans of the Administration do not venture
to examine the details Of the Fisheries Treaty.
They do not so beyond superficial defcnces which
beg the cardinal questions at issue For example,
they urge that a treaty which is equally objec-
tionable to extremists on both sides must be a
fair compromise. The reply to this specious
gument is that far as this Treaty relates to
commercial and fisheries rights it is not equally
Objectionable to Nova Scotia and to New-Engand
a. ebatfn Tho Oh ,,vit,
latter bitterly oppose it. This fact alone proves
that it is one-sded agreement. OF course the
Canadian advocates Of commercial reciprocity
disappointed; and from certain journals in the
Maritime Provinces there are expressions Of wrath
because the American market has not been opened
to their fishermen. These outcries against the
Treaty do not deserve consideration for the reason
that commercial reciprocity and tariff legislation
were outside the province Of the Commissioners.
International law does not require any nation to
put fish the free list, much less to throw down
tre tariff barrier altogether at the dictation Of
eigners. The Commissioners properly confined
themselves to questions OF maritime and treaty
law. and their conclusions are accepted. not only
by extreme English journals like The London
Times but also by the people OF the Maritime
Provinces as highly satisfactory As the treaty
is denounced in unmeasured terms by the New
I-HBLtuu '"S PAoVA 10 'ohcluSlNc lIdJ III
is not fair compromise, but a surrender of Ameri-
can rights.
Secretary Bayard was misunderstood When he |
asserted iublantly that lie had won a great dip
lomatic victory Americans rashly assumed than
il was a triumph for their own side lie was sue
ccssful in his negotiations, but il was a victory
for the other side.
The surface railroads Are trvino "a 40, ,L ;,
lege of scattering sand between their tracks
during the winter half OF the year. There is
no sufficient reason why they should have the
right 10 defle the streets with material that
has to be swept up again and that In the breezy
months is carried into peoples eyes, nos,riis and
dwellings. Sand, Of course, makes an easier foot
hold for the horses but we are nnt IA rricnlnrlr