New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-10


and handed it to the customs officers. to whom he
declared he had nothing dutiable, he would not
have been the subject for trial upon charge OF
attempting to cheat the Government Of It's dues
Mr. Gillig should at least be consistent.
The sooner the party learns fow facts the better
who control the vote the nation. Hill necessary
TO steady the Democracy so as TO save ron ~, o
dlspensabo State Cleveland e necessary to Hi H.
Hin Is necessary to Cleveland; both are necessary 10
Eagle.
In other words, q" The Eagle holds that the
Democracy will be without hope in the next
election unless it adopts the good Lord-good
Devil" policy. The truly good refomer Is to
march arm in arm with the wicked partner, and
the combination is expected to bag both the
saint voters and the sinner voters. The farmer
who starved his hogs one day and overfed them
tho next hoping by so doing to furnish pork
for the market In which the lean and the fat
should irresistibly alternate, is understood to
have been the originator Of this brilliant dual
scheme. But he found that it didn't work
worth cent
The question that is now agitating the polit-
ical circles Of Brooklyn: Has Hugh Mclaughlin
lost his grip upon Kings County,
The revelations as to the way the Civil Service
rules have been enforced IN Philadelphia show
that IL bears the same relations 10 Reform that
Tweed's acts did to public honesty. The Demo-
cratic and Mugwump press appear by the way, to
be displaying massive Indifference to Senator
IIales investigation.
The rights OF passengers in sleepng-cars have
been again upheld. man who was robbed OF
$40 while asleep had his suit against the company
thrown out Of court but the General Term last
week ordered q new trial the ground that it is
the duty OF the company to watch over its sleep
ing passengers, and that il the Waterman was
absent the company is liable for the loss. Why
don't the companies put safes in their sleeping
carsP The passengers could then have their
valuables locked up and would go to sleep in
peace and security, while the companies would
save themselves a good deal of annoyance and
trouble.
Prince Bismarck may not have desired to out
live the old Kaiser whom he had served with such
fidelity throughout an historic reign. He may be
pardoned if he chershes the hope Of surviving
the present Emperor. lie has long score to
settle with his chief adversary in German politics,
the present Empress.
The latest British tronclad, the Nile, just
launched at Pembroke doclyard is the most pow
crful ship of war ever constructed in England, if
not in all the world The only others COM
parable with it are the British ship Trafalgar,
built from nearly the same plans, and the Italian
Doria LAURA and Morosini, and these are not
superior to it, unless possibly in speed, point
yet to be determined. The Nile may be briefly
described as a twin-scrcw steamer 345 feet long
and 70 broad and Of % 1-2 feet draught Her
displacement is IL, GAO tons and her Indicated
horsepower IL, 000 1t is expected that she will
steam nineteen miles an hour, and her 900 tons
of coal will take her 5000 miles at moro than
half speed. Her external steel armor Is from
fourteen to twenty inches in thickness. Her Of
fensve weapons comprise four siXty-seven-ton
guns in turrets eight five-inch in the box bat
terry, and six thirty-six-pounder and eight SIX
FOUNDER quick firing guns There will also be
eight torpedo tubes, for each OF which three
Whitehead torpedoes will be carried. She IS d.
yided into 100 water-tght compartments, and
her pumps have capacity of 5000 tons an hour
She can discharge simultaneously 5,640 pounds
OF shot, including four missiles OF 1850 pounds
each Finally her total cost will be about
So OO0, 00O-the most expensive ship ever built.
1t is an interesting circumstance that the launch
ing Of this huge fighting machine has left not
another warship on the ways in any British yard;
a state of affairs not before by this genera
ton.
FATTY Walsh had good deal to say on Satur-
day about nerv Gus proStration." Before he gets
through with this business he is likely to lind
his own nerves in badly shattered condition.
The New-Yorl Democrats were not able to bring
the National Convention of the party to this city,
but they have scored point by getting the State
Convention here The DOlitical cauldfOn, by the
way will bubble pretty violently in the State
about the middle OF May the Democratic Con-
vention occurring on the 9Th and the Republican
Convention on the next day.
"Ihe Providence Journal before the recent
election declared that the Braytons, the machine
politicians and the Republican bosses were to be
rebulsed by an indignant and outraged community.
The Evening POST after the election announced
that the results were encouraging in every respect
since the Democratic bosses had been slaughtered.
There seems to be slight difference of opinion
between these censors of public morals each Of
which assumes to speak eX cathedra all political
questions from free wool to chastity.
Gentlemen who attend the Democratic National
Convention must be sure to the Hickory Club
OF this city. 1t promises to be the decorative
feature Of that body. The members will wear
gray Prince Albert suits, white high hats and
white gloves, and will fall in gracefully behind
the gallant Colonel NJ. c. Murphy and a lovely
brass band. 1t is too bad that an organization
thus Respondent should waste itself upon Il con-
vention that is not to name the winning candi-
date.
PERSONAL