New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-13

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has taucbt them that Democratic Leglsla' 'leS
arc GOOD for the tax-eatcrs but bad for the
taxpayers.
Mr.. John Lawrence Sullivan is reported rs re-
marIxinr-not without a tinge of dissatisfaction IN
his tones-that just row he is leading ounu"S-
school supcrintcndent's life" The context shows
that in making this autObiographical statement
MIR Sullivan had in mind the lhyscal repose rather
chan the ethical significance OF the Suhday -Sonooi
SUPERINTENDENT of the period This explanation
would seem to be due alike TO Mr. Sullivan ana 'le
superintendent 1t may be added that so iar ID 10
| known no one Of the Mayors OF Ehglahu nav
called attention to the simple Christian lie" oil
the American gladiator.
1.-The message of Governor Hill, OF NeW-1orh'
was brief saws The Omaha Herald" Yes IL
was ca amazingly brief that owing to the pressure
on its columns any allusion to the great canal IN
tercst or TO the overshadowing question OF temper
anc, reform LEGISLATION was altogether crowded OUT
The New-Yorl1 Times" endeavors to break the
force Of Senator Hae's Indictment oil FresluenV
Cleveland by self-stultilcation liz asserts ona'
Air cleveland as Governor consistently, not only
in profession but in practice, sustained ClVi scr
vice reform. 1t asserts that this devotion 10
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honesty and courage made him the candidate IN
1884 and won for him the support of the lndepend-
entsn That is nothing like the way The LINES
| alxed about Mr.. Cleveland when he was GoVefhor
IL accused him, by his action on one OF the Dills
that came before him, of authorizing the ROBBERY
of the public a great scale.' 1t accused MN Vi
being willing to swndc the architects OF the
Capitol out of money witch the State owes
them for work done" 1t accused him of being
very low-priccd reformer." 1t accused him OF
yielding TO the opportunities of the Irving Hall
managers" in signing the Ludlow Street
Jail bill. 1t accused him Of naming
Mr. Nlurtha for immigration Commits
sloner from considerations purely political"
1t will be seen that this by no means agrees with
The Illness" present account of Mr. Cleveand's
relation to Civil Service reform while he was Gov
ernor Its Independent" support of him is con-
litioned by its eating its own words.
The conviction is becoming epidemic in Brook
Ign that Mayor Chaplin SPELLS municipal reform
thus: M-c-L~a u-g -h-lin.
Lord Salisbury never concealed his sympathy
with the fair-trade or protection movement in Eng
land when he was in opposition. but as Prime Min
ster he finds it necessary to his faith in the
principles OF free trade Still his profession OF
| faith is made with so many reservations as to alarm
The Cobdente school. The Free Traders Will not
thank him for saying that the theory has been car
ried too far and misappied. Their complaint has
been that the theory has not been carried far
enouoh-tbat il has been restricted to Great Britain
through the operation of hostile tariffs President
Cleveland has encouraged them TO believe that it
soon can be carried the seas to the benefit of
English manufactures They do not expect
n Prime Minister to show signs Of vacilaton when
an American President has become convert and
an ally.
Seats in the Stock Exchange are offered at
e 900. How large will be the procession of
brokers next autumn in favor Of another Dem
ocratic President and administration? The pneu-
| uonia rheumatism and malaria caught IN 1887
have probably crippled some OF the paraders WHO
wanted a change"
IL is amusing to hear the Mugwump cry Oh an
,,,ieb over Mayor Cbapins surrender to McLaugh-
lin in BROOKLYN Last fall Mr.. Godkn did what
no coula to convince his admiring friends over the
river that il was their plain duty to vote for so
,rrcnroachable representative of what was best
| :; tho democratic party. The fact that Nc
laughlin had nominated the man was OF no mo-
mont, Mr. Chaplin was ideal candidate, an
otbor Seth Low" and must be elected because he
was altogether superior person in politics! The
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suncror person was elected by narrow margin
that il is possible that the votes of few hundred
uupwumps turned the scale. What is the result?
The surerior person at once takes his orders from
the Boss Why not? No man in his sober senses
eypected last November that Mayor Chaplin would
ever sacrifice his future by rebelling against Nc
laurblin But, then. your ideal Mugwump never
s in his sober senses. lie is transcendentalist in
notifies whenever he suspects any one OF being an
altogether superior person.
Senator Iae's post-mortem examination OF the
remains of President Cleveland's reform policy
vas very thorough and scientific The Civil Ser
vice Reformers tlem selves had a wake the
eorr Sc in Newport last August, with Mr. Curtis as
the chief mourner. The time has come to
bury the thing out OF sight and to write =" Here
Iiesp over the Wondering heap of can't In view
of the false pretenccs and hypocrisy of the Admin
stration Here lies" will be a most truthful
| legend.
The vrtuous Citizens League OF Brooklyn,
which affirmed last October that both candidates
for Hayor were good and satisfactory that
any citizen could vote as he pleased without risk
20 the cause OF good government, should be called
upon 20 pass a few resolutions on Mayor Chapns
| appointments Men and brethren, there is n diff
ferenoe-a very decided dfference-between elect