New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-02

wafer mark II is understood that the neck
appertaining to Steve is not insured. II remains
TO be seen whether poughlleepsie will give him
the freedom Of the city when he goes up to per-
form the feat or will heartessy interfere with his
career by giving him merely the freedom Of one
of her police stations.
There is an Office in the neighborhood OF Wall
Street which gave sixteen majority for Cleveland
four years ago and this year will give twenty-five
majority for Harrison. StrawS like these show
there is a pretty brisk wind blowing.
President Cleveland returned from his fishing
trip in time to sign the Naval Appropriation bill
yesterday, fortunate circumstance for those who
have to do with the disbursement of Navy funds;
otherwise there would have been much embarrass-
mont caused to the entire Naval Service in the alb
sence Of an extension resolution. which was twice
adopted-in July and August-and permitted the
Navy TO exist pending the legislation on the apDro-
priations The Navy will now be able to move
along in the even tenor of its way until July next
college education becomes more valuable every
day Mr. Spaldng will start before long for
Australia with his picked ball-playerS, paying
liberal salaries and all expenses If the college
boys will work hard there is no telling what trans
oceanic conqucsts they may yet achieve.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes tells reporter Of
The Boston POST how he treats applications
fox his Autograph. IT," said the Autocrat,
" an envelope postpaid and directed to the sender
contains card or paper to write on | generally
nut my name on it, But if the sender doesn't
take the trouble TO do all this 1 don't why L
should, and his request is apt to make the ac-
abundance of the waste-basllet." 1t will be gem
orally conceded that the Doctor takes sensible
view Of the rights of celebrity. An autograph
hunter who doesn't know enough TO enclose
stamp when writing TO a stranger deserves to
hunt without bagging any game. Some years
ago gentleman who was lunching with the
Autocrat spoke to him of autographs and auto
graph hends. During the conversation that fol-
lowed Holmes said: The other day / got a
request for my autograph which was directed
to Miss Olive w Holmes. | refused to grant
it. | thought that if the writer didn't even
know the sex of the author he was writing to he
didn't deserve any consideration at my hands"
am by means disposed to abandon the interests
and the rights Of our people In the prenises-(GrUver
Cleveland
Is the President beginning to efrace himself?
lie says our people instead of my people.
Nnut Is Inc HlcdHlus OIL all t1lSs lie u.s.
patches from Washington announce that Acting
Secretary Of the Navy Harmony has awarded con-
tracts for the manufacture of twelve six-inch
breech- loading rifles for the vessels. The
contracts are awarded 80 the South Boston Iron
Works and the West Point Foundry Company,
each receiving onc-half the work and to be paid
$4,000 on each contract. After the millions
spent during the last few years in alleged ord
nd in fho (,ttn
Foundry into condition TO build the heaviest
kind of guns the Administration now finds it
necessary to let siX-inch gans out by contract.
Then too when the bids were opened il was no.
tced that they were exactly identical, both as to
prices and times Of completion. When Secretary
Whitney remarked upon this state OF affairs the
president of the South Boston Works voluntarily
explained that the two firms had consulted and
had agreed TO submit the same bids. Then the
matter referred to the Bureau Of Ordnance,
which reported that there was nothing in the bids
that was in any way particularly unfair or out
Of the way. and that it was not strange that the
firms should consult Upon the Bureaus recon-
mcndation the contracts have been awarded.
The country seems to understand the President
better than he understands himself. and TO realize
that his main idea upon the fisheries question is to
utilize it as bait in fishing for votes Ii he could
only divert public attention from the tariff issue
how happy he would be.
There is no doubt about enc thing-that the
business partners of Mcssrs. Gilbert and Sullivan
are past masters Of the art OF advertising The
name of the new opera and the country in which
the action passes, and all other details, are being
carefully shrouded in mystery, for no apparent
reason but to set people talking. Certainly il
could not help play pirates much TO know
whether the scene is laid in Sweden or London
Verify, mankind is fond of being bamboozlcd
Put me down as a high private in the Harrison
and Morton Club of Alexandria, writes Congress
man Knutc Nelson of Minnesota. We must first
elect Harrison and then strike for tariff reform
In this Mr. Nelson shows degree of good sense
which he didn't show when he voted for the Mills
bill
The minority report Of the Printing Committee
establishes the fact that President Cevcland's
immortal series of swinging around the circle ,en-
cyclopcdia speeches printed at the Govern
mcnt Printing Office in palpablc disregard Of law
We submit TO Printer Benedict that if he insists
upon using the Government Printing Office TO set
up Democratic speeches he might at least feed
the presses with better brand of eloauence
The action Of the Chinese Government in re-
jccting the Restriction Treaty is TO he regretted
hut we are still entirely in the dark as TO its
reasons At all events, the situation is no worse
than the inacton of the Administration has per
mItted II to be during the past three years.
lie former treaty and the existing law remain