New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-11

| elect Mr.. cleveland!
| -
Once more the superfuous announcement is
made that Mr.. Thurman will not allow the use
Of his name as q candidate for vioe-President
Cleveland and Thurmanl' 1t makes one think
| Of the sign the verdant youth had made when bis
father, who had successfully conducted business
for forty years, took him into partnership: John
| Smith & Father"
| Mr. Gladstone deserves to live five years, ana
| apparently is trying hard TO disappoint his enc
| mics, who console themselves with the reflection
that the present Parliament and Government Will
| survive him. They put the five years. he says
! against the life of an old man. This is an cpl
srammstic way of summing up the political situa-
ton in England The enemies Of the Grand Old Man
have five years lease Of power and well-dis-
ciplined, docile majority and they are calmly
| waiting for him to die. The consolation he oners
them is the quiet reflection that the final SETTLE
ment Of the Irish question will not be affected by
the life Of any man, old or young.
Remark BY Governor Hill, accidentally omit
ted from his High-License veto: Sec to it, fel
low Democrats, that government of the rum
power, by the rum power and for tho rum power
shall not perish from the earth.
The burning Of st. Pauls Cathedral in Buffalo
is a great blow to the meagrc architecture OF
that enterprisng city, which, while Astounding IN
elegant residences, has few religious or puohc
structures of conspicuous merit. With the ex'
ccption of the City Hail. which is one OF the
handsomest and best-proportioned buildings in
the country, the Cathedral is the most ambitious
structure in the town. 1t is one OF the numerous
churches designed by the elder UpjOhn, and has
massive spire, towering over everything in the
- Lto ol.,Val
work Of the Rev. Dr.. Shelton who for more than
half century WAS its indefatigab.s rector One
of the most eccentric clergymen of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, he was also one Of the most
persistent and tenacious in carrying out great
purposes and the completion OF this noble edl-
fee and the placement Of the parish debt were
objects which he lived to accomplish.
Four Mugwump newspapers are deeply panied
because q Democratic Governor true to the ira
dition and tendency Of his party, has vetoed
High License bill. Nevertheless these same news
papers are lsboring to perpctuats the rule OF the
Democratic party.
II the delegation from the State Of New York enters
the great convention hall with Governor David d. nin
not DO room In ST. Louis for tho enthusiasm that would
at once be aroussd-tThe Buffalo Times.
All, yes, Hill, the great apostle OF temperance
reform. carrying the banner OF Cleveland, the
great apostle of Civil Service Reform, would
doubtless create a sensation in St. Louis, espe-
cially if he was attended by Garland, the great
apostle Of public office is public trust" But
It is mistake to suppose that there would not be
room in St. Louis for the enthusiasm that
would be aroused. 1t is said that most Of the st.
Louis saloons are furnished with ample cellars,
and they ought to be equal to any demand for
enthusiasm which the delegates will make upon
them.
The New-Jersey Republicans should have the
credit Of furnishing the shortest and altogether
the most effective platform framed this year
The Craftsmanship of the Committee on ResOlu-
tons at Chicago should go TO that State, where
plain words are used and not one is wasted.
Naturally, the majority Of the Democratic State
Senator's joined with the majority of the Demo
cratic Assemblymen in resisting the passage OF
the Election Reform bill Democracy believes
in free rum and chance to put up jobs on the
ballot-box That statesman at Washington who
recently remarked, I" When you strike Democrat
you strike a nuisance evidently was a close
student of the Democratic record.
Insignificant as it may seem in itself, the inven-
ton Of the adhesive postage-stamp has been Of
such vast service that the credit Of it ought TO DO
properly bestowed. Patrick Chalmers, OF Wimble
don, England has been engaged for some years, and
apparently with much success, in demonstrating to
philatelists that his father the late James Chal-
mers, OF Dundee was the inventor. The credit is
usually given to Rowland Hill, who succeeded in
getting penny postage adopted and certainly rem
dercd great service In SO doing, but it is claimed
he took his idea from Post ONCE Blue Book Of
La hoa f.;l
ure In practice Mr. Chalmers saved II by his device
In fact, German writer has pointed out passage
in the Penny Cyclopacdia" wherein it is said
that Mr. Hill stated that tho idea did not originate
with him. When he died, about eight years ago,
and the London press gave him the entire credit
OF the postal reforms, there WAS general protest
from Dundee, where more than thirty years before
Mr. Chalmers had been presented with testimonial
In honor Of his having originated the adhesive
stamp. Many newspapers and philatelic societies
in different parts Of the world have now recog-
nized his claims
While Mr. Parnell is cooling of, Mr.. Gladstone
is heating up. One by nature calculates the
chances of politics without showing signs OF emo
ton. The other works always at white heat.
Mr.. Gladstones enthusiasm is q consuming fame.
His own self-respectn was one of the consid
erations which, according to Mr.. Voorhees, in
duced him to apologize to the Senate for making
a backguard Of himself in it's presence United
States Senator who is the victim Of intermittent
selfrespect ought either to resign his seat or else
resolve never to 90 to the Senate Chamber without
q keeper
PERSONAL
Dr. Charles Gross, Of Troy, n. Y, has accepted tho
chair of History at Harvard lie is now In London
Mr. William n. Warren, instructor In English lit