New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-18

binding by them, the Prohibition vote should have
| considerably exceeded 100000. But 1t was only
40 600. and not all OF these probably were
| Methodists.
The EQUAL Rights party, which, as some people
NAV remember ran Presidential ticket IN the
oon,noicn that closed six weeks ago. came out Of
the turmoil of that memorable struggle WIN
honor. even though its display Of strength was
not extraordinary. In the whole of the United
States as the official returns show, just three
votes were cast in favor of the ticket OF Lock-
wood and Love The exact ratio of three to eleven
millions odd NAV be left to each reader to deter
mine for himself The party Of Lockwood ana
| Eoual Riahts need not be cast down, however, oy
| this seemingly untoward result Let it make
| vigorous canvass in 1892 and its vote may be IN
| crcased 70 five or six. 1t is we'll within bounds
| IN affirm that neither of the leading poltcal
| narties will show anything like so great pro-
| portionatc increase
| As an organization the Ohio White Caps appear
| n be well equipped and well managed, but Gov
ernor Foraker processes to be willing to put his
| trust in the saving grace of his militia.
General Boulanger says a kind word for the
Panama Canal shareholders and condemns the
action of the Chamber of Deputies in throwing out
| the proposed relief bill That is a bold bid Tor
| another large body Of political supporters Gen
eral Boulanger has steadily recruited his ranks
| from disseminated classes in France The share
holders ought to be good stout Boulanglsts' lhey
| certainly have material reasons for being dis
| contented.
The vote cast in the last election was the
heaviest known in the worlds history. Nothing
could be more appropriate, however
"The Providence Journal" having been alluded
70 as a Mugwump newspaper" responds " Cor
rect II is to be hoped that the invitation Will
not be accepted in any quarter, seeing that the
Mugwumps received o singing correction At the
recent election.
In his account of the recent robbery OF an ex-
press car on the Illinois Central Railroad, the ex-
press messenger says: The robbcr had large
nicI1el-plated pistol which looked unusually long
Yes that's a way pistols have Frequently they
look unusually long to man at whose race
they are suddenly and Unexpectedly levelled They
tell of a merchant in Kansas who bought nice
scrviceable pistol for his clerk, who slept In the
store. But still the merchant robbed one
night Didn't you hear the robber?' he in
ouired of his clerk Yes" replied the clerk,
heard him and saw him plainly, and l was going
TO pop him. But then, said to myself, suppose
| sbould miss him. Just then he turned and saw
me- He pointed a pistol at me that was ten feet
long, eight any way, and / went under the bed
clothes
A poet MARBLES this song in +" The Atlanta Con-
sttution:
Natures breast
Some day Will hold heart at rest.
The tides shall sccp,
No breeze shall crcep,
No fires shall glow,
All things will rest
These lines would be more satisfactory II the
bard had frankly stated when this era OF COM
pete rest is to dawn. We suspect it will have It's
advent during one of the off political years, AFTER
everybody has had his say about Robert Elsmere
and North and South enjoying the same Satur-
dav ha f-hohday. Well. good rest well earned
is a great boon.
At its recent session the Legislature Of Yer
mont made some radical amendments TO the edu-
cationa laws of the State. Recent statistics
showed that Vermont's educational system was
sineularly defective and that under n illiteracy
WINS increasing at an alarming rate. The amend
ments provide for greater uniformity in teaching
and in school books, for raising the standing OF
teachers and for compulsory education This
looks like an excellent beginning Of a much needed
reform
II WAS announced last week that in the Servian
elections the Radicals had won an overwhelming
victory. The fact is more significant than it
appears on its face. The issue was not simply
between the Radicals and the Conservatives-or
progressists 1t was between the party Of popu-
lar rights and the arbitrary tyranny OF King
Milan few weeks ago new Constitution
WAS brought forward, formulated largely accord
ing TO Radical ideas. 1t provided for such
ordinary civil rights and liberty the inhab
tants Of most European States enjoy. The
King hoped, however, to have 1t materially modi-
fed in the direction Of conservatism before it's
final adoption In this he was disappointed The
Radicals carried the day on every point, and IN
the popular elections, which were held for finally
passing on the new Constitution, made great
gains everywhere. This angered the King, so
that he arbitrarily ordered the elections quashed
and new ones held There was not shadow
of constitutional authority for this, but the Rad
Gals did not demonstrate The final result is
seen in last weeks news of the new elections.
Instead of majority OF forty, before, the
Radicals have a majority Of about two hundred
in the Legislature, the Kings party being almost
viped out Milan will now have to face some
pretty lively music
Major Powell of the Geological Survey. states
his confidence in the storage reservoir plan as
a means of irrigating the great arid plains OF
the West with surprising emphasis The prob
lem of placing these reservoirs, Of keeping them
filed, OF protecting them against innumerable
dangers, and of releasing the water as to impart
Il condition 10 the soil which will make it con-
stantly and permanently suited to agriculture, is
simply stupendous. To learn that Major Powell
considers it undoubtedly feasible is TO give
il an i'm portance it has never before possessed
PERSONAL.
Professor Tracy Peck, Of Yale, announces that the
funds presented TO that university by daughters OF
the late l.. f. Robinson, OF Hartford Nae 43l' are