New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-26
Mr.. Labouchere is having hard luck in his
fantastic attempt to boss the Grand Old Man."

Mayor Chaplin Of Brooklyn, from whom much was
expected because Of his fine promises, turns out to
Republicans who were at first well disposed toward
him are camoring for a Republican Mayor
Boston Journal
Yes, there was a considerable number Of Re
publicans who believed that Mr. Chaplin would
have pluck and backbone enough to stand up
against the demands of the big boss and the little
bosses, without whose consent he could never
have been nominated. The illusion did not last
long, however. Mr. Chaplin soon showed his sub
servicncy to the ring which created him by re-
tanning Fire Commissioner Ennis in Office. Other
evidence to the same effect kept cropping out
until at last the complete revelation made
that the Mayor was merely q tool in the hands of
Mclaughlin and Shevlin. Mr.. Chapin's heart is
set on a second term in the9blayor's Office. The
Eagle" frankly says that his message TO the
Aldermen on Monday is :" message for renomina-
tion.7 To accomplish this end, in the hope that
Il will lead to higher things, Mr. Chaplin is willing
to resort to any means The only hope for Brook
lyn is in defeating him at the polls in November
and putting in the Mayors chair clean, strong,
upright and inHeXble Republican. 1t can be done.
The Republicans are reminded that Mr.. Saxton
had an opportunity afforded him 70 perfect bill
which would have been signed by Governor Hill.
abstract bush is worth two in the concrete hand.
He is good at signing excise and ballot bills which
don't exist. Those that reach him he kills every
time.
The Parnell Commission has adjourned for three
months in order to avoid dissolution from sheer
inanition. The withdrawal of the Irish members
was staggering blow, which left it in a state
of suspended animation, After proiracted vaca-
ton il will pull itself together to listen to a
summing-up of tie evidence on one side. If the
counsel for the prosecution had been magnani-
NOUS they would have allowed the case to be
submitted without argument and have eXtricated
the judges from the embarrassment of hearing
an ex-parte argument TO which reply will be
made
Not content with having Lake Erie, Niagara
Falls, business boom and the prettiest girls to
be found in the western end OF our State, Buffalo
now expresses wish to furnish the next United
States Senator from New-York Wanting am
bition sometimes suffers from an excess of embon-
point.
The rights of ice-cream have been noby vindi-
Gated by Judge in Cincinnati In the case Of
a man arrested for selling that commodity on
Sunday this ornament of the bench declared that
therefore its sale on Sunday could not be inter-
fered with Warming to Lis subject, the judge
remarked that " no man WAS ever melted by the
eating of ice-crcam TO 20 home and beat his wife
and break up the furniture True, very true.
TT head Of Cincinnati justice is level. lcecream
is all rightthat U.s. all icecream except the picnic
variety, which in its devastating career has been
known 10 lay out hundreds OF victims.
In our opinion says The Brooklyn Eagle
" District-Attorney Fellows performed his duty IN
a straightforward and efficient manner" We
dare say that is precisely the view taken by
McQuade
Georgia newspapers tell of pond in that State
which regularly disappears every summer. Just
at this time OF the year," The Atlanta Constitu-
ton states, the water gradually goes down a
few feet Then there is rush of water, ire