New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-26


GENTLY civilized to know that the life of any
up to the moment the law says he must die. is as
sacred as their own" The paper referred to sup
pressed the intermediate portion, and mads it ap
pear that the mob wanted the satisfaction Of kill
ing, not the prisoner, but Sheriff Smith. 1t is moi
worth while to waste argument upon paper capa-
bic Of such Misrepresentation It need only be
said that the views expressed by The Tribune al
that time regarding this occurrence, and the sur
vival Of this lawless spirit in many parts of the
South, conceded entirely with those of number
Of the Governors of Southern States and other
leading men in that section.
It already begins to look as though that
81, 600, 900 canal appropriation would stand
better chance of passing il lt were cut down one
half
The most surprising fact in recent French
history, not even excepting the political vitality
of General Boulanger, is the serious outcome OF
two dues. When q couple of French patriots are
wounded the field of honor within the short
space Of two weeks, ii is time TO amend the code.
Fogs like that OF Thursday morning rarely be-
set Manhattan Island at this season. They belong
to milder and more languid type Of weather than
usually prevails in winter. Great as are the
consequence of such phenomena, New-York fares
far better than the British metropolis in this re-
gard. On the day before last New Years in Lon
don, for instance. the fog was so dense that the
steamboats, stopped running until toward even
ing carriage traffic was practically suspended-al
though few cab drivers Lit their lamps and tried
to continue, collisions between vans and omni-
buses frequent in the great business thorough
fares link boys were needed to guide pedestrians
across the Streets and lighted fires and signal
men were placed all along the suburban railways
In spite Of all these precautions many accidents
happened. The situation was but little better,
either on the opening day of the year. It is some
consolation-though poor one-to know that our
English cousins are occasionally worse of than we.
The Batavia Spirit Of the Times" speaks of
Cleveland Democrats We beg TO remind The
Spirit OF The Tines that all ornithologsts agree |
that ther are no Cleveland birds in this years |
Democratic nests.
Cansdl has proclaimed the discontinuance Of |
the modls vivendi So passes away the glory Of |
Chamhrlain-Ba diplomacy. That was sll
there was left of IT, and even that poor remnant
has been kicked into the grave and buried out of
sight by our Canadian friends
Cne elevated railroad official affirms that prob
ably the only way Of securing absolute safety in
fos is to cease running trains altogether That
would be o primitive method indeed II tho
rogress Of civilization and tho development OF
cience have only brought us 10 this, we may well
six ourselves whether they justify the boasts so
INDUCED in. The adoption OF means
10 ends is of the things that differentiate
he developed human being from the savage. So
many obstacles have been overcome so many
ecrets uncovered so many discoveries made, that
o sit down helpless in the presence Of SO simple
thing as fog would be pitiful reflection on
he capacity of the human race.
Admiral Luce 10 Admiral Kimberly: Trust in
'rovidence and keep your champagne extra dry. !
Mr.. Powderly is complaining that be receives (
90 much mail That's where he differs from the | q
sst Of us. Under this Democratic regime most of v
re citizens Of the United States complain that a
icy receive too little mail with entirely too much
regularity.
Mayor Grants backbone seems 20 be IN the right o
ace. His chilly reception Of n crowd of Tam b
any politicians, headed by Tom" Grady who d
me to him in the interest OF Paddy DIVERS p
'pointment as Excise Commissioners, will be c.
'reeably received indication of his purpose o
resist the appeals Of such people in behalf of 81
en- people lhe idea or appointing Diver, a
loon-keeper. as Excise Commissioner is too pre- NJ
sterous to be thought of. and in his curt dis ev
ssal of Grady the Mayor served the hind Of no >,
e upon the professional politicians that they
eded 70
II appears from the annual report Of the State Br
ntroller that the corporation tax law brought &
hrly 100000 into the public treasury last
mr. This is perhaps q good time to remark N ~
u the law in question was the work Of Re on
blican Legislators. Zoe
bin introduced in the Assembly proposes Ia ssc
Ike IL misdemeanor for one person TO person. Is
another in Civil Service examination. The nos
" case Of the kind that we now recall oc- It
red in Brooklyn during Mayor whitney's adj
and was one of the things that
ped TO bring great discredit upon the manage
mt Of Civil Service business in those DAYS. Il Ba
5 found that no way of furnishing the fraud ex snc
NJ, which made the need of law on the sub uat
apparent Probably that case suggested the -, ns
referred TO- and its passage would supply an 70,
-ious defect in our statutes Alb,