New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-12

,vork in the parnell case he had blundereu rear
fuIlx and had disastrously failed and he knew,
too that his hinder and failure had gwen AID
Cd corfort IN his enemies. and had reacted
9TH deadly force against the cause he had too
vooIouslv sought 10 serve There are plumbers
which morally amount to crimes ana IL Is hoe
uniting harshness to repeat that MS "ocep'-
ance and publication of the fleo'. lorseries
,,os ono of them. The most resentful OF MS
onnonents will scarcely deny however, the per-
sonol disinterestedness Of his motives ana the
ahsI,rto sincerity of his too rash and credulous
zeal Nor is it to be forgotten that he man
fuIIv accented the responsibility for that sorry
oorformarce and unflinchingy acknowledged
his fatuous error. -, A.. NJ.
Great as was the error INTO WhIUh WI -i'0
donald. and through him "Ihe HINES were
led by Pigott, it is not Unprecedented IN tne
history of that very paper Away pacn III 90
il nublished. as coming from u Hc'aii'
leading Paris paper. the text OF treaty vi
ro,co olIocod 70 have been entered into between
Franco and Austria. The money market was
81 curse greatly affected and SPECTATORS made
t.,,o fortnros in a few hours. But Pitt de-
oIorod in Parliament that the Foreign once
knew nothing of the treaty, and the news was
orosortIv discountenanced II afterward came
ont that q ring of spectators, intent on reapihg
. fortune at the Stock Exchange, had forged
add Fabricated an entire issue OF " l. Eclalf,"
cd nassed IL off upon "The Times" as gen
,,;ne Oddly enough the fraud was detected
inst nc pipotfs was, by the misspelling OF
few words From the i'll effects OF thlS Sou'',-
fuI mishap "The Times" specify reoo'ereu'
and # is a remarkable indication OF the Strength
of that journal that its latest great Dl''hder mas
60 little impaired its influence and prosperity
Some dividends have been passed or greatly
reducod 10 meet the heavy expenses Of the
emit but It's circulation and advertising patron
600 arc about the same as ever, and it easily
,Soirto;ns its rank as the leading journap of
the British Empire.
Mr. Macdonald was one Of the veterans OF
"The TimessD staff, and since the death OF
Delane has. more than any other man, made
that naner what it is. He first came into notice
durinp the Crimean War as the head and soul
of a private commission that sought in meas
IRE to do what the Government so shamefully
failed 10 do for the welfare of the British sol
dies. In that work he won honorable fame.
For the last twenty years he has been the man
aper of "The Times" and during most OF that
period has been its real head. 1t was he more
than Mr.. CheneIy or Mr.. Buckle, who controlled
the policy Of the paper; more even than Mr..
Walter himself. 1t was he who determined
chiefly what should be written for the editorial
mage. and who should write it. In this he felt
himself under cOmpulSiOn to consult no one
and to hold himself accountable to no one save
the British public Had he not held such
commanding position in that great, impersonal
e,tabli, hment he could scarcely have committed
"The Times so rashly to the PigOtt forgc'ies.
and certainly would not have preserved his
tenure of power long after the astounding dis
closures of last spring. That he did thus sway
that q eat newspaper makes his death an event
Of more than passing interest, and also makes
it easier to remember him for the many good
features of "The Tines rather than for this
one great error