New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-30

ness for the prosecution IN the Ives case NOOu-
ruff was not needed in that capacity as the DOCKS
and other unimpeachable evidence proved mosC
of the important facts. Mr.. Fellows was wise
enough to throw Woodruff overheard when he
came to sum up. but Woodruff had done all the
mischief and it was then too late to save the day.
There was once an Observation-Disclosures attorney Tor
a deputy assstantj who was sent off on long
vacation because he had shown too much " fresh
ness How would % repetition of that treatment
operate now? Perhaps permanent vacation
would be more edicacious.
Harmony is the Democratic watchword. Never
theless. our friends, the enemy have not yet got
together to such extent that the members
of Tammany Hall and the County Democracy will
travel TO Syracuse on the same train.
The summit of the (Syracuse) Convention foIes
was capped by the emphatic aSseTSn sT tribune
OF course, the Convention never maze suon r an
sertion, emphatic otherwise, and Inc IrlOuno
knows it.-(The New-YOrk Voice
OF course The Tribune knows it, The para
graph quoted above doesn't pretend that u
doesn't. 1t simply recalls the quarrel between
the belligerent DIR. Boole, of Staten Island, ana
Edwin p Ide of Brooklyn, in the prayer-meeung
which Immediately preceded the Convention. MT.
Ide, commenting on the charge Of John wesley
Whitfield Utica Prohibitionist that the Lord
had forsalen the Republican party, asked the
delegates to stop this miserable vltuperatlon,
and added: " | know my father was Christian
when he voted the Republican ticket Dr.
Bodies denial of this reasonable proposition was
not only emphatic, but boisterous and persistent
II Mr. Ide had not shown great forbearance, the
prayer meeting might have wound up with nght'
and then what would " The Voice. have done
Perhaps explained the incident as an agreeable IN
terlude expressly arranged for the entertainment
of rural delegates.
"The Utica Observer is trying to persuade
Young men to vote the Democratic ticket. Why
should they do so? If they read history or pay
attention to current politics they will discover
that the Democracy is not party to be trusted
A full, exhaustive and critical report OF the
experiences of the dispatch-boat Dolphlns cruise
around the world, well as of her condition upon
arrival here on Friday, is to be made to the Navy
Department.. 1t will certainly prove Interesting
and useful thorough and technical study of
the report of her performance at sea Will have n
peculiar bearing on the designing of future naval
vessels The Dolphin was subjected to absurd
tests. intended on their face to be misleading III
their results; her materials and construction were
yiied TO degree unknown in any navy. linen
Secretary Whitney wrote 20 Commodore BellInap'
want to know whether she is structurally
weak or not" To this Commodore BellInap re-
rlied that she was structurally weak; her bows
are weak, her steering apparatus defective, her
painting joining and gliding are faulty, she lacks
the necessary speed of twelve knots ara eNhlolts
dangerous vibrations in heavy sea- In other
| words she was dead failure. The Dolphin has
hat IA bpin n
| cheeks of her captious critics. She has made
cruise around the world in less than two years and
she has been in dry-docll twice only in that
| time, and then simply to have the barnaces re-
| moved from her bottom. Her officers report that
in both instances her hull carefully examined,
but not plate was displaced not rlvet loosenel,
| nor a timber strained. And yet she is scarcely
! more than big steam-yacht being only 24o feet
| long and 1885 tons displacement How proud
| John Roach would have been of her performance!
| St. Louis is talking of building an elevated
railroad She is evidently not willing to follow
the example of Boston, which has adopted electric
| cars run by dangerous overhead wires. and yet
claims that these furnish rapid transit. ST. Louis
is after something that approaches nearer to the
! genuine article
| A committee of the Boston School Board now
has under consideration the question how the
standard of good manners in the public schools
shall be raised Educators generally will await
| the report of the committee with considerable in
| terest; for young America, both in and out Of
school, is confessedly deficient in this important
| matter. We are too apt to take it for granted
| that boys are rreverent thoughtess and uncouth
by sort of natural right, and we therefore en-
cuse their faults Of manner on the simple ground
| that they are boys Similarly though TO less
| degree the manners of girls are neglected. The
consequence Of all this is that the rudcnesS and
irreverence of American children have become q
! bv-word all over the world. 1t may be that the
public schools could do something TO remedy this
| evil, but parents could do much more. And until
they do their duty in the matter the efforts of
! teachers will be of little avail The fact of the
matter is that parents obey their children alto.
eether too much in this country. They do not
lool, for respectful obedience from their children
and of course therefore they do not get it, Nor does
ANYBODY else get it, either. Strange as 1T may
appear there are parents who are actually proud
Of the rudeneSs and pertness of their Children they
look upon il as an evidence of smartneSs.' And
| in this way children are encouraged TO make
nuisances Of themselves in public places. So
we have that untamed Philistine, the Piazza Cub,
| at our summer resorts. and his equally unpleasant
sister the Pert Young Woman, who together do
50 much 10 make every summer resort terror to
| ouiet people In view of all this the need of
reaching good manners TO our children is very
apDarent But even more urgent, perhaps is the
need of teaching good manners 10 their parents