New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-17
n,ny TRIgrNE WEDNESDAY APRIL IL 1885, TEN PAGES

the managers and the Woodworking ooihmivese.
men their due. But they deserve snare q
praise and some tokens Of encouragemene "h'ie
their Iabors are in progress. Their tasA -
Herculean one, and to all appearances tnes rls
performing it In o most admirable manner. Inc
end will crown the work. and 1t Is SAFE 20 aSserp
that the work win deserve crown.
Let us be dignifed, gentlemen. IL we are no'
more moderate In our use Of language we may as !.
be- mistaken for Aldermen or members Oh e s's
Legislature, who are not descended nom any0'us
at oil.
II any one Is looking for boom in real estate'
and Is not satisfied with what may % seen on
the west side of Central Park, he need noe puin
his eyes further west. Let him glance eastwsru,
and observe what Is being done in South brookiyn'
and In the Eighteenth, Twenty-ffth and Iwenty-
sixth Wards of our big sister city. Inc iaceS
there speak with impressive eloquence'
Governor Richardson, OF South Carolina, has
taken a courageous and just stand, Tor which nc
deserves great credit. Two colored men were
recently convicted of lynching white man VINO
had committed q shocking crime. Ihey were tne
FIRST men who had been convicted OF iynchng, ana
the Governor granted them fun pardon, saying
frankly that he would not allow them 10 DC iaaue
an EXAMPLE Of so long us white men had never
been punished for the same crime, especiany ~
view of the fact that it was the first time colored
men had lynched any one. 1t was ooVerhor
picbardson also who lately pardoned out two
little children who had been sentenced 10 inprison.
ment for life for stealing few dollars worth OF
,binos and released number of victims of the
| harharous laws of South Carolina. verify, ne
shall have his reward.
some persons are born with genius for fault
| finding, and we confidently expect that somebody
will complain before April 80 because the COM
mittee has not arranged matters 80 that any one
| can drop q nickel in the slot ana ara" ou'
window on Fifth-ave
| Mataafa says that he and Mahetoa are perfeety
able, in case of the latter's return TO SAMOA 70
settle the question Of sovereignty between tnem-
selves II Is to be hoped that Germany England
and the United States will not undertake 10 teacn
| him that three knaves are better than pair OF
kings.
To the President should take the White House
problem into his own hands. in the way now sug-
gested, the whole country would applaud MS ac-
| tion. No doubt the apartments he IL sad 10 con-
template occupying in the State Department are
large enough to give him such accommodation as
he needs. at least for the present. and his action
would force upon Congress the necessity OF dong
something. The President OF the United STATES
Is entitled TO at least as much privacy as any other
gentleman. ard 10 is monstrous that he should DC
oyerrun at all hours Of the day and night oy
oficescekers and imDortunate persons OF al sortS
who invade even the hours which should be sacred
70 rest and domestic life. There Is undoubtedly
| n strong sentiment in favor OF preserving the
| White House much as it is. Its situation is ex-
cellent, and If It used solely either as resi-
dence or as an Office. IL would no doubt DC iouno
amply convenient II its sanitary conditlon is mol
! good, that is fault that can be easily remeoiea
Rut above all things, the President has the right
| TO o home.