New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-12


tingent fee, evidently with the idea that he will
brighten sufficient number of them into settle
ment for some amount, to enable him to live upon
the proceeds for the rest of his life. The attempt
does not promise to be brilliant success and it is
gratifying to note that this kind Of blaclmail IS
seldom successful either to the verdict OF !urles
or as to the willingness of newspaper publishers to
submit to that kind Of extortion The danger OF
its success becomes less as the community grows
more familiar with the real attitude of reputable
newspapers with respect to mistakes into which
they have fallen and the honest endeavors the pub
fishers make to avoid such errors
General Bradley T. Johnson was precisely right
when he declared last week that the Confederate
soldiers were in actual possession Of the Govern
ment OF twenty-eight United States Senators
representing fourteen Southern States, twenty-sX
were officers in the armies Of Rebellion; and as
many as eighty Representatives in the lower House
from the same States fought on the same side. The
committees of the House are largely controlled by
Confederate soldiers and the President has dis
tributed among them the highest offices at his
command, knowing that his reelection would de-
pend upon their active support The Confederacy
is in the saddle and Is hoping to ride roughshod
over Northern Industries.
"The Sum protests against Democratic badges
and emblems of foreign manufacture. The Cleve-
land badges bearing the Trademark Of Thomas
Stevens Of Coventry, England. which were dis
played at st. Louis it dscards as worse than use
less: and it cautions Democratic enthusiasts
against purchasing silk bandannas imported from
the haunts Of cheap labor. Away with English
badges and English bandannasl" it exclaims
The Stars and Stripes are good enough for Demo-
cratic voters" Has our neighbor reflected that
the President may have given orders for the Eng
lish goods? He supplied the party with its candi-
date for Vice-President and with the text OF its
platform, even to the dottng Of an i" and the
crossing of IT" Mr.. Scott has been careful to
explain and it is not impossible that he is manag
ing the campaign even to the small details OF
badges and bandannas. His policy is English
you know" as Mr.. Punch has declared. and the
badges and bandsnnas may as well be imported so
as to be in keeping with it. 1
There is @ man living among the mountairs |
of Tennessee who will be 214 years and monhs
old on the 4th day of next July. He stands EJECT |
and one day last week, on wager ran so giles
in "a minutes, beating a limited express train
The engineer of the train mortified at the
result that he resigned The veteran Flu none
the worse for his run and celebrated his victory
by jumping over o fve-barred gate md eating
q large number of consecutive quail His hear
ing, eyesight, and taste for tobacco are as good
as they ever were. p S. This story Is not
founded on fact, but we cheerfully place 1t at the
disposal of the earnest Democratic editors who
are endeavoring to make out chat Thurman Is
rather a giddy young thing than otherwise
The public will be clad to see test made OF the
law requiring hotel-keepers to supply every room
in their houses with Efe-saving rope. The test
is to be made with one OF the lare and prominent
hotels of the city it should be and not with an
insignificant place, the proprietor of which might
not be able to defend his position thoroughly This
law was passed by the Legislature of 1887 but
thus far it has been dead Letter pracucally. VI
246 hotels examined in this dty, 228 were 1ound
not to have complied with itsDrovisions The OBJ
ject of the hote-eepers is tcdetermine the const-
of the law and ne case promises to be
one of peculiar interest. The efficiency OF the
rope as a means Of savin. life in case OF lire
in big hotel has not ben determined: but it
seems plain that rope il q good deal better than
nothing. The expense o; providing the ropes and
the proper fastcnings is said to be large: still 1t
can be only mere baiatelle compared with the
possibility of saving eva one life in an emergency
"Cleveland and Thurman do not roll trippingly
from the tongue as q campaign cry. We would
suggest to our Democratic friends that they take
the aliterative conjunction of the emblems OF the
two candidates." Tie Kolar and the 'kerchief"
One Of the thing that the President is praised
for by his admirers is that he has revised and
the Civil Service rules. 1t should
not be forgotten that he refused to give his APP
proval to the proposed rule requiring statement
Of the reasons or dismissal to be put on file
whenever Government emplOye subject to the
Civil Service lsw is got rid Of Ii there had
been such RIDE, it is safe to say that the re-
movals which lave just been exposed in the APP
praser's office here would rot have been made
Such rule is required in order to make any civil
Service scheme effective. So long as removals
can be made Freely and so long as the possibility
exists of filing the vacancies thus created with
men of the light party so long Will it not only
be possible for evasions of the law to be carried
On but the temptation to make changes, when
is surcharged with vicious and demoralzng
tendencies, will remain a menace and source OF
peril And no such fimsy excuse as admin
strative ex,ediencyn should be allowed or ac-
,ented TIL. clean sweep in the Philadelphia
POST Office showed the necessity of a rule re-
,uirin0 reasons for removal to be set forth. The
facts brought out by the Senate Committee here
accentuate the necessity OF IT,
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