New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17


sion of Paris Journalists. II duelling were real
test of courage and were conducted by combatants
who were really in earnest M. Floduet might be
expected to have recourse to il. at least on ex-
traordinary occasions But nearly all the So
called affairs of honor in Paris are burlesque dis
plays Of courage which are unattended with seri-
Gus results.
We trust that no one will do Mrs. Tobias B.
Strylxer the injustice of insnuating that she is
base imitator of the Princess 0'Deia just because
she happens to have escaped publicity longer
Her name, lineage and figure less majestic
than those OF the immortal Diss Debsr, but in all
other respects the latter is bad second
In its bushwhacking campaign against all prac-
ticabe temperance legislation The Voice. is send
ing out circulars of inquiry soliciting opinions on
the High License question. Although the questions
are so disingenuously framed as TO entrap the un-
wary into giving replies favorable TO The Voices
theories, they do not always succeed in their OBJ
feet One conspicuous and representative business
man of Chicago, for example, after exposing the
jnsincerity of tho canvass answers as follows TO
the inquiries quoted:
rs II true, as stated by the Hon. Warner Miller,
that High License everywhere diminshes drunEepness
paupesm and cr%s shuts ~ ,o ~ tne aV'' anu
Yes in our opinion
Has the working Of the High License Law. IN your
neighborhood diminished the consumption OF liquors.
Has the tendency been to make the saloons larger
and more attractive, and hence increase their tempt
ing power to respectable young menf
Have The saioon-keepers been hostile to ths party
that passed the High License lawa
Is tho cause Of absolute prohibition helped or
hndered by High Lcensef
Helped.
"The Voice. is quite welcome to all the en-
couragement it can extract from this and from
other letters Of similar tenor which it has received
OF the four Senators elected on Tuesday two
are graduates of Yale, one Of Harvard and one Of
Bowdoin. As the two Yale men, however, are
new to Washington life and the Others served
their apprenticeship long ago, perhaps the honors
may be considered even.
General Harrison has shown from the day
of his nomination full sense Of the dignity OF
the great Office TO which he has been elected
and OF the solemn obligation which 10 imposes,
but we venture to say that he is moro interested
to-day in the recovery of his little grandson
than in the formation Of his Cabinet. No harm
win be done II the politicians bear this In mind
The Behrtng Sea performances Of the Admins
tration last summer require thorough investigation
When the revenue cutters left San Francisco for
their cruises in Northern waters. it had been an
nounced that no sealing would be allowed during
the season. During April the Treasury Depart
ment was informed by Captain Healy that clearing
papers had been refused to British vessels Tor
Behring Sea, and that crews could not be shipped
at Victoria for sealing. Owners OF American seal
ing vessels at Port Townsend and Seattle had been
telegraphing TO Republican Senator to ascertain
whether they would be allowed to fish In those
waters, and answers had been sent warning them
that they would BIO liable to seizure. The Ameri-
can sealers did not 60 North. but the British beet
sailed az the last moment in consequence of the
receipt Of secret dispatches at Victoria announo-
ing change of policy on the part Of the Admins
tration Those dispatches were sent from Wash
inRton when the secret orders countermanding the
published instructions were prepared for the reve-
rue service The British poaohers doubtless got
tho cue owing TO o betrayal Of trust the part of
some subordinate. All these matters need probing.
II is well understood that canvass Of the
House of Representatives shows q majority in
favor of the Copyright bill The Committee
on Rules intends TO move soon 70 fix a day for
its consideration There ought not TO be any
doubt of the result OF such motion, but there
would be less II every citizen who feels that
the lack of international copyright is both
disgrace and q detrment 10 this country would
write 10 bis Congressman and urge him to support
the bill.
The coroner's Jury has found that the silk mill
which collapsed at Reading during the cyclone
was "a perfectly Sound and substantially built
structure" though the necessity Of providing
extra light for the operatives resulted in sacri
81 41,a efrap rtrhia on1
have had otherwise. We are glad that she first
impression has been confirmed and the builders
are blaneless 1t is, moreover, doubtful IL any
building so exposed could have withstood the
shock. We know that windclouds are competent
20 uproot oaks, and such force as that would
make q plaything of fortress.
The Gar extracts pious consolation from the
railway disaster which came within an ace of
DESTROYING him, and enters upon the new year
with renewed faith in Providence" but his
enemies will be greatly mistaken If they imagine
that he is not keeping his powder dry.
Such botanical garden as that for the creation
Of which the Torrey Botanical Club appeals would
be n notable addition 10 the educational resources
of this city. as well as new
means of pleasure TO rich and poor. We
ect attracting the attention and winning the sup
port of philosophical citizens The first requisite.
when once a sufficient interest has been aroused.
will be ate and the suggestion that . suitable
space might be provided in one of the new parks
Is worth consideration. 1t is important how
ever. not to take a false step at the outset and
the advantages of different locations ought to be
carefully weighed
"a ~.
corrected but we have thought that we detected
here and there in the faces of newspaper readers
aboard the street ears and elevated trains signs
that In the course of the next four years people
might get tired of being told that nobody ever
read or knows anything about the Constitution
Of the United States except The Evening POST
and the Supreme Court.
PERSONAL.