New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-19
FLYING THE DEMOCRATS CHANCES

GIVING THE DEMOCRATS CHANCES.
Spealxing of bets, what's the matter with these
500 that Cleveland weighs more IN. B-some
ways than Thurman.
slOO that the tail wags the head Of the Demo
cratic ticket
81 90 that Cleveland feels like kicking himself
every time he thinks of that paragraph in his first
letter of acceptance protesting against the eligi
bility Of the President for reelection as " most
serious danger to the common veal.
$40 that the difference between tariff reform
lCleveand-Mills PATENT and free trade is fully as
significant as the difference between tweedledum
and tweedledee.
81 that the Star-Spangled Banner. the Re
publican gonfalon in this campaign, IS more
patriotic and inspiring emblem than the red ban
danna Dem}
| 81 90 that no mince-meat was ever chopped finer
than the Federal oliceholders have chopped the
ORDER which the President addressed to them
81 90 that in any list which Mr. Cleveland pre-
parcs Of Books That Have Helped Me- he gives
the place OF honor to a good working cyclopedia
81 90 that the cry OF free whislScy' raised by
the Dcmocracy-the never failing champion of the
saloons-aganst the tariff plank Of the party that
has been the steady and efficient friend Of practical
| temperance reform will deceive no person with a
head on his shoulders outside of a retreat for in
curables.
500 that Mr.. Cleveland does not want to com
| pare war records with General Harrison.
| 500 that Mr.. Cleveland helped save the Union
by means of q substitute. and that Ben Harrison
got there in person.
| These bets to be taken sngly or in lump. This
is a golden opportunity for gentlemen who are fond
OF placing wagcrs on elections.
| |
| The real sentiment OF the Democratic party on
the whskcy-tax question was beautifully shown
on Tuesday, when the majority in the House of
Representatives persstently rejected all amend
mcnts to the Mills bill looking to the repres-
sion of illicit distillng As the bill now stands it
invites the opening of flood gates for perfect
dcluge of brush whiskey in every hamlet of the
South. Those sections bearing on the subject
might well be headed Moonshining Made Easy
They convey to the unlicensed disiller the ccarcst
ntimation that hcnceforth he may carry on his
trade without fear Of penalty. Democracy may
be in favor of the whiskpy tax; it certainly is
opposed TO its collection.
| The subscription for Hartt which Mayor Hcw-
| lit so pluclly began, is doing well, and working
men are joining in it, This is appropriate Work
|
prevents an honest man from getting work
| II some additional hangngs are necessary to es-
tablish the fact that assassination is not consd-
cred proper method Of expressing ones feelings
in this country, we will chccrfully consent to the
sacrifice of few more Anarchists.
| The driver of the bobtail car which killed
| a woman has been held for the Grand Jury's
action on charge of homicide This rigorous
treatment was no doubt justified, but as a gem
| eral rule the poor, overworked drivers do the
best they cam The way to stop the bobtail car
nuisance and danger is to go to headquarters
to the companies which thus impose upon their
patrons and imperil the lives of the public. Pros
| ccutng driver now and then will not affect the
corporations severely There must be some legal
enactment that will reach them. Are such cars
permissible under the terms of the charters grant
| cd?
| And still a. The Evening Post" DEM has moth
ing to say against the election of so notorious
character as William ii. Barnum to be chairman
of the National Democratic Committee. There is
no more hidc-bound organ in the Democratic party
than The POST
The prize Joke Of the season-the Democrats of
the House jeering at the Republicans as the free
whiszey7 party. Why, the Democratic party,
collectively speaking, is full Of whiskcy to the
chin.
THE cause Of Civil Service Reform is constant
" advancing under the fostering care of the Pres
ident and the Civil Service Commissioners"
This elegant extract we take from a Washington
letter printed in The Springfield Republican,
lDcmj Several hours reflection have failed to
enable us TO reconcile it with the subioined re-
marks made editorally in The New-forS Even
ing POST DEM n few weeks ago: The painful
truth is. that VIC doubt il a single Independent
voter in this State. OF the Thousands who sup
ported President Cleveland in 1884, any longer
attaches any importance TO the utterances OF the
members of the Administration on the subject
Of Civil Service Reform or any longer refuses to
believe that the Presidents promises and pro-
LESSONS have been violated or dlsrcgarded on
great scale, with the utmost boldness, in sundry
places and in divers manners" We think " The
POST told the truth that time and why should
anybody go on with the miserable pretencc that
the President and his subordinateS are giving
fostering care" to this reformP 1t is the fos-
tering care OF callous and hard-hearted step
mother.
People who have been circulating the report
that Colonel Lamonts presence in this city on
Tuesday had anything to do with politics would
do well to apologize. 1t is known that he fingered
in the metropolis merely for the purpose Of taking
another look at the Brooklyn Bridge He is very
fond of the Bridge and not nfrequenty comes
over from Washington simply to refresh his
rccolcctions Of its noble and graceful proportions.
President Cleveland, we are informed pos
sesses a remarkable memory for faces. The face of
A. Id Of far inCtn
The House Of Representatives has begun to show
some anxiety about the immigration Of improper
classes of persons. But there seems to be no
desire on the part of either branch of Congress
IN BASS a bill putting a stop TO this thing Early