New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-07

originated among Democrats VINO hao oecoino
bitterly hostile to the President and the man who
sewed the seed at St. Louis, The Republic may
h. clad to know, occupied himself while there
in sounding the delegates as to the chances OF
David b. Hill for the Democratic nomination In
1892.
Now is a good time for persons who want to
make handsome Christmas presents at small
outlay. and by the same token to pay ine COM
nIiment TO the virtue and intelligence OF the re-
cipients, TO subscribe for The Tribune in behalf
of friends who have unaocountably overlooked
this means OF happiness
Little satisfaction can be got out OF District
Attorney Fellows's latest delivcrance on the sub
iect ~ boodlep trials. The best that can be
said 10 that he has not abandoned hope OF bring
inc ono or more members Of the Doodle" gang
To the bar of Justice but his notions concerning
the matter appear to be exceedingly vague.
intend TO try another case when time IN WHICH
TO try one can be obtained In any OF the courts
The calendars are now full" The Colonel at
tennis no exclamation of his failure to have one
of these cases put on the calendar In time 10 De
taken up In fact he seems to have DO nAeo
determination In the matter. and 1t Is becoming
more and more evident that the Doodle prose
cutions have been abandoned. There VIII prooaov
be some more vague talk, from time to tlme' aoouc
taking 10 case when the calendars are not full
but that will be all.
Philip DAILY, author Of the new romance, One
Afternoon ought not to lose his temper because
his first effort is subjected to honest CRITICISM.
All our best story-telers have undergone the Same
experience and profted by it.
Having been delivered of the burden Of saving
the country, "The Evening POST resumes it's
pretty. kittenish ways. Nothing could be more
cute and frolcsome than its treatment OF the
DAILY shooting case this week. Having d1gested
all the details in the morning papers Of Tuesday,
it came out with half column in large type on one
of its outside pages and since then has supple
mented its first report and subsequent discoveries
bv lust the cunningest little editorial grimaces at
its wicked contemporaries that anybody ever saw.
We learn from an editorial in "The Congrega-
tionalistn presumably written by DR.. Dexter him.
self. that another phantom university has gone
into the business of comforting degrees upon DIS
tant candidates for cheap renown, IFS maternai
solictude having lately been exercised IN benalr
of an Englishman whose merits had been over
looked at home, but who now rejoices, or at last
accounts reoiced, in the undisputed possession OF
an III, D.. bestowed by the Collegium Medcum
Bellevue Bostonan.' The Congregauonahs1
finds charter and name, but no local habitation;
an ex-presdent, but no president The Boston
directory maintains an eloquent silence on the sub
iect and even the ex-president himself was un-
able to throw any light upon it, There are traces
Of an English agent in the person of one Ethering-
ton. M. A., who recently told The Christian
World of London, what o magnificent institution
the Collegium Medicum Bellevue Bostonan" was,
but I'D TO the present moment nothing has actually
msterialized except the charter and the ex presi-
dent
Henry Georges educational" campaign work
had some fruit, after all There is good deal
Of Progress and Poverty" in the Presidents
Message.
Tho Independent" this week completes forty
years of its life and it is therefore old institu-
ton as such things 60 in this country But IN
creasing age has brought to it none of the weak
nesses that usually appear with advancing years
Under the ntelg gent and far-sghted management
of Mr. Henry G. Bowen, one Of its original pro-
prietors, and at present its sole proprietor and
editor it has kept pace with the times and from
being an organ simply Of the Congregational
churches has become one Of the recognized mouth
pieces Of the best thought of the day on both
secular and religious topics 1t has been on the
right side Of nearly every great question that has
come ND since its birth, and it has been an es-
pecially strong and sturdy defender of the Re
publican party the party Of moral ideas and
true progress 1t has made for itself constltu-
ency that any journal might envy, and It's IN
auence for good has been great and far preaching.
Our congratulations and good wishes go with 1t on
this occasion. The change from four narrow col
umns to three broad columns which is made in the
anniversary issue, is reform in the right dlrec-
ton, and will doubtless be gladly welcomed by its
readers.
Copies of the Senate Tariff bill together with
the Mills bill and the present tariff in full, can
be obtained in The Tribune publication office for
twelve cents for the three. The pamphlet con-
tains total quantity Of imports Of each class OF
articles and a good many other facts OF inter-
est, which will aid the reader, as he muses. upon
the debates in Congress this winter, to clear
understanding of the tariff problem.
When al woman is appointed to post office,
on cht she TO be called postmaster postmstress?
The question is important because the records OF the
Post Office Department show now that there ore
q. 600 women In the United States holding such
commissions. The tendency of the better usage
now is to ignore distinctions Of sex in such deslg
nations There seems to be a growing preference
for author rather than authoress' sculptor
is easier and more natural than sculptress," and
some 90 even far as to prefer actor, even wheh
applied to women 1t is of interest to know that
the complaints against the women postmasters
are comparatively few, and that in the fourth
class offices their records are better than those OF
the men, because they seem more conscientious ana
pay closer attention to their duties.